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Ron Greenwood CBE
Personal information
Full name
Ronald Greenwood[1]
Date of birth
(1921-11-11)11 November 1921
Place of birth
Worsthorne, England
Date of death
9 February 2006(2006-02-09) (aged 84)[1]
Place of death
Sudbury, England
Position(s)
Defender
Youth career
Chelsea
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
1945–1949
Bradford Park Avenue
59
(0)
1949–1952
Brentford
142
(1)
1952–1955
Chelsea
65
(0)
1955–1956
Fulham
42
(0)
Total
308
(1)
International career
1952
England B
1
(0)
Managerial career
1961–1974
West Ham United
1977–1982
England
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Ronald GreenwoodCBE (11 November 1921 – 9 February 2006) was an English football player and manager. He is best known for being manager of the England national football team from 1977 until 1982, as well as being manager of West Ham United for 13 years, a time during which the club gained much of its fame.
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1976 or the 1978 World Cup. Revie resigned in 1977 and was replaced by RonGreenwood, under whom performances improved. The team qualified for Euro 1980...
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seriously considered turning his main focus to cricket. In April 1961 RonGreenwood took over as manager, and drastically changed team training by putting...
Moore, a player he long admired, and Trevor Brooking. West Ham manager RonGreenwood informed Clough that neither was available but that he would pass his...
size of the wins against them proved to be decisive. Nevertheless, RonGreenwood was given a second chance in charge of England, after taking the role...
young FA staff coaches: men like Bill Nicholson, Don Howe, Alan Brown, RonGreenwood, Dave Sexton, Malcolm Allison, Joe Mercer, Vic Buckingham, Jimmy Hill...
Preston North End. West Ham, captained by Bobby Moore and managed by RonGreenwood, won the match 3–2 to win the FA Cup for the first time. Second Division...
captain the England team of 1966. Ramsey had summoned West Ham manager RonGreenwood to England's hotel and told the two of them to resolve their differences...
he trained at both Tottenham and Chelsea. However, West Ham manager RonGreenwood watched him with scout Wally St Pier, and Brooking was offered apprenticeships...
His first manager Ted Fenton left the club in 1961, to be replaced by RonGreenwood. He was a major influence on Peters and his progress as a young footballer...
the national game. The award was first given in 1983, and was won by RonGreenwood. In 2024, Emma Hayes became the first woman to win the award, for the...
squad. Head coach: Kálmán Mészöly Head coach: Jozef Vengloš Head coach: RonGreenwood Note that this squad is numbered alphabetically by surname, unlike traditional...
Lillelien's taunting of England following the final whistle. England coach RonGreenwood started to feature Robson regularly in his midfield, selecting him for...
overlooked by England manager RonGreenwood for a place in the England squad for UEFA Euro 1980. He was called up by Greenwood for the 1982 FIFA World Cup...
aerial ability and courage. This was soon noticed by England manager RonGreenwood who gave him his debut in a friendly against Australia in 1980. In 1981...
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1976 European Championships during this period. From 1977 new manager RonGreenwood started to select Shilton as regularly as Clemence, eventually reaching...
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after England were knocked out of the 1982 World Cup, he succeeded RonGreenwood as coach of the England national team, selecting former West Bromwich...
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