Ronald Frederick Atkinson (born 18 March 1939) is an English former football player and manager. Nicknamed "Big Ron",[2][3] he was regarded as one of Britain's best-known football pundits in the 1990s and early 2000s.
Nicknamed "The Tank" during his playing career, he represented Oxford United for twelve years, and still holds the club record for appearances.[4] As a manager, he won the FA Cup with Manchester United in 1983 and 1985 and the Football League Cup with Sheffield Wednesday in 1991 and Aston Villa in 1994.
^Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 32. ISBN 9781852916657.
^McGavin, Harvey (22 April 2004). "Ron Atkinson quits ITV after his racist remarks are heard on air". The Independent. London. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
^Bishop, Rob (18 March 2014). "ATKINSON AT 75: BEHIND-THE-SCENES AT VILLA WITH BIG RON". Aston Villa F.C. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
^"Ex-U's boss: 'I can't believe my pal Ron has gone in the Celebrity Big Brother house'". Oxford Mail. 24 August 2013.
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Ronald Frederick Atkinson (born 18 March 1939) is an English former football player and manager. Nicknamed "Big Ron", he was regarded as one of Britain's...
(1962–1974). His brother is RonAtkinson. Graham Atkinson was born in Liverpool four years after his brother RonAtkinson and joined Aston Villa's groundstaff...
Atkinson missed Villa's departure for a 1994 pre-season tour of South Africa because of what was described as "personal problems." When RonAtkinson left...
There he played alongside Cyrille Regis and Brendon Batson under coach RonAtkinson, becoming only the second trio of black players to be fielded in the...
player-coach. Strachan became full-time manager of Coventry when the incumbent RonAtkinson was appointed as director of football. After five years as Coventry manager...
That summer, there had been speculation that he would take over from RonAtkinson at Manchester United, who had slumped to fourth in the English top flight...
over Stoke City. His performances at the World Cup convinced manager RonAtkinson to start Whiteside alongside Frank Stapleton at the front of United's...
into the first team at West Bromwich Albion under the management of RonAtkinson in the late 1970s, when Albion were enjoying a strong run of form which...
Big Ron Manager is a television documentary series based on RonAtkinson's efforts as a troubleshooter at the English football club Peterborough United...
to the side under new boss RonAtkinson, whom Robson described as "a down-to-earth, fair-minded, regular bloke". Atkinson did leave Robson out of an FA...
trouble forcing his way into the team under manager RonAtkinson. In March 1993, he was told by Atkinson he wasn't needed, but as Pisa didn't want him back...
He took part in the BBC Two programme Excuse My French (2006) with RonAtkinson and Esther Rantzen. They were immersed in the French language by staying...
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commentator. During his first season in that role, he commentated, alongside RonAtkinson, on all of Manchester United's games in their successful Champions League...
may fall outside the club's period in the Premier League, for example, RonAtkinson was appointed as Aston Villa manager in 1991 (before the Premier League...
Sunday Supplement. In 2004, Hill defended fellow pundit RonAtkinson over racist comments Atkinson had made, believing his microphone was off, which were...
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