Ron

Visit my blog, get the info on posting a bulletin and post one - the more people we get I could be back on ITV!

I'm amazed at how much interest in me has been generated in the press! The article basically said that if I can prove myself popular enough ITV will take another look (Pleat apparently didnt do it for you in the world cup)
So add me to your friends list and lets show them!

..I've had a long time to think and during this time had someone write up my career - playing and commentating, you can read it lower down.
Some guy told me to put these terms he found about me underneath becuase people said it was funny... but if I wanted to be a comedian I would have joined a circus not gone into football
Some friends of mine are on the bottom
Some "Ronglish" terms
early doors: early
lollipop: a trick performed by a player, often a winger, consisting of passing the foot over the ball in an attempt to fool an opposition defender
amusement arcade: a skilful but ineffective player
reducer: a firm tackle made early in the game to reduce a skilled player's contribution
Hollywood ball: an overambitious pass
spotter's badge: plaudit given to a player who has made an accurate pass
little eyebrows: a header made which glances off the player's forehead intentionally
Ron Atkinson Quotes
"His white boots were on fire against Arsenal, and he'll be looking for them to reproduce tonight"
"When you're at that end of the table, normally you're looking for front players but he's got four good ones in Brian Deane, Hamilton Ricard, Alen Boksic and Noel Whelan"
"He actually looks a little tw@t, that Totti"
"That boy throws a ball further than I go on holiday" - On Dave Challinor of Tranmere.
"The keeper should have saved that one but he did"
"The Spaniards have been reduced to aiming aimless balls into the box"
"If Glenn Hoddle said one word to his team at half time, it was concentration and focus"
"Carlton Palmer can trap the ball further than I can kick it"
"Ryan Giggs is running long up the backside"
"I would not say David Ginola is the best left winger in the Premiership, but there are none better"
"The Bulgarian players are tried and trusted. Well, I'm not sure they can be trusted"
"I tell you what, if the Cameroons get a goal back here they're literally gonna catch on fire"
"Well, Clive, it's all about the two M's. Movement and positioning"
"Suker - first touch like a camel"
"Woodcock would have scored, but his shot was too perfect"
"Someone in the England team will have to grab the ball by the horns"
"He's not only a good player, but he's spiteful in the nicest sense of the word"
"He sliced the ball when he had it on a plate"
"I'm afraid they've left their legs at home"
"I think that was a moment of cool panic there"
"Beckenbauer really has gambled all his eggs"
"They've done the old-fashioned things well; they've kicked the ball, they've headed it"
"Chelsea look like they've got a couple more gears left in the locker"
"Now Manchester United are 2-1 down on aggregate, they are in a better position than when they started the game at 1-1"
"Zero-zero is a big score"
"He was lightning slow"
"Tony Adams - He's a rock that the team has grown from"
"A ten foot keeper really should have stopped that"
"The keeper was unsighted - he still didn't see it"
My History Then!
I did not achieve great heights in my playing career. I was originally signed by Aston Villa F.C. at the age of 17, but never played a first-team match for them and was transferred to Oxford United F.C. in 1959. I went on to make over 500 appearances as a wing-half for the club, and earned the nickname "The Tank". I was United's captain through their rise from the Southern League to the Second Division, achieved in just seven seasons.
My managerial career
After retiring from playing, I became manager of non-league Kettering Town F.C. in 1971. My success there led to a move to the league with Cambridge United F.C., going on to win the then Fourth Division in 1977 and leaving them when they were on the verge of promotion to the Second Division. At the start of 1978, I moved to manage First Division West Bromwich Albion F.C.. I soon signed black player Brendon Batson from his former club, to play alongside the black pair of Laurie Cunningham and Cyrille Regis. Never before had an English team simultaneously fielded three black players and the Three Degrees, as they became known in reference to the contemporary vocal trio of the same name, challenged the established racism of English football and marked a watershed that allowed a generation of footballers to enter the game who would previously have been excluded by their ethnic background.
I led West Bromwich Albion to third place in the league in the season 1979/1980 before catching the eye of Manchester United F.C., one of England's biggest clubs. In June 1981 I became their manager. After the dull years of Dave Sexton, United appointed a manager with charisma and sparkle. Sexton had replaced a larger than life character in Tommy Docherty and once again United went for flamboyance. In all of his seasons with the Reds, United did well. In 1981/82 United finished third in the First Division. In 1982/83 two appearances at Wembley, one of which was an FA Cup victory against Brighton fuelled speculation that United were back in a big way. In 1983/84, I, reached the semi-finals of the European Cup Winner's Cup and once again United were runners-up to Liverpool in the league. The frenetic quest for the Championship still eluded United and the fans' pressure to win it was gaining momentum season by season. In 1985 United again won the FA Cup and ten successive victories in the 1986 season put me well ahead of the pack. However their form tailed off badly and they fell by the wayside.
Although the club won two FA Cups during my tenure, I had spent heavily, paying over £8 million for new signings. I had recouped more than £6 million with the sale of players, amongst whom were Ray Wilkins and Mark Hughes. The 1986/87 season opened disastrously and in November 1986 with the club fourth from bottom, I was sacked. I returned to West Brom in the Autumn of 1987 for a year and then had a high-profile move to Atletico Madrid of Spain. This spell only lasted 96 days.
I was manager of Sheffield Wednesday from February 1989 to June 1991. Although the club were relegated in 1990 to the second division, a year later in 1991 I guided them back to promotion. They also won the League cup by beating, ironically, Manchester United 1-0 at Wembley. He offended some Sheffield Wednesday fans though by saying on 31 May that he would be staying as manager, but a week later leaving to become Aston Villa manager.
Taking over from Jozef Venglos, I led Aston Villa to second place in the inaugural 1993 FA Premier League and to League Cup victory in 1994. However, I was sacked on 10 November 1994. After this I became, for a spell, director of football at Coventry City.
My last managerial job came with Nottingham Forest F.C., whom I briefly managed in 1999, fairly unsuccessfully, once climbing into the wrong dug-out and saying I thought Dennis Bergkamp was in the Forest squad.
I was already working as a pundit for ITV and after leaving management I continued in this role. For a number of years he covered most of the channel's live matches, sometimes as a studio pundit, but more often as the "ex-football insider" member of a two-man commentary team. This exposure led to "Ronglish" becoming known to a wider audience. With my permanent suntan and taste for chunky, gaudy jewellery, I was often portrayed as a loveable buffoon in the U.K. media.
This changed on 21 April 2004, when I resigned from ITV after making a racist remark live on air about the black Chelsea F.C. player Marcel Desailly: believing the microphone to be switched off, I said, "...he [Desailly] is what is known in some schools as a fucking lazy thick nigger". Although transmission in the UK had finished, my comment was broadcast to various countries in the Middle East. I also left my job as a columnist for The Guardian "by mutual agreement" as a result of the comment.
Since the incident, I has claimed that the comment was an aberration and that I am not racist, citing in my defence that my West Brom side was the first high-profile British club to have a significant number of black players. This, however, has not diminished the condemnation I have received from anti-racist groups and the public at large, who question whether I would have resigned had the comment not been accidentally broadcast and note that it was not the first time I had used racist language. A BBC Radio documentary about the Three Degrees, due to be repeated on 16 May 2004, was cancelled owing to my central contributions.
I again caused controversy at a function for Sheffield Wednesday Football Club in January 2005 when I asserted that "the Chinese people have the best contraception in the world - but I can't understand why there's so many of them because their women are so ugly."
In my defence, I went on to say, "I cannot believe anyone has complained about anything I said. I went there to help them out and to raise money. I stayed for ages and did photographs. I just can't believe this. I can't say anything now. I've been ultra-careful about everything. It was an easy evening and everyone enjoyed themselves."
It was reported I was being brought in to support Iffy Onuora at Swindon Town in December 2005, and I and the club appeared to confirm this. However it later transpired that my role was simply as part of a Sky One documentary about the club being filmed at the County Ground.
It was then in late January 2006 that I and Swindon parted company, with Swindon manager Onuora citing interference as the main reason for stopping the documentary from going ahead. Just a week later the cameras turned up at Peterborough United's ground, London Road, to begin filming for the documentary. It is believed Peterborough owner/acting manager Barry Fry was offered £100,000 to allow the filming to take place. Just three months later the club was thrown into turmoil as caretaker manager Steve Bleasdale resigned just 70 minutes before kick off against Macclesfield Town (22 April 2006) citing interference from a number of people in the running of first team affairs, many believing the documentary involving me had a major part to play.
I was apparently set to take the job of coaching Trinidad & Tobago for the 2006 World Cup. However captain Dwight Yorke and his teammates voiced their disapproval of the move due to the Desailly incident, and Leo Beenhakker was appointed instead.
I was apparently set to take the job of coaching Trinidad & Tobago for the 2006 World Cup. However captain Dwight Yorke and his teammates voiced their disapproval of the move due to the Desailly incident, and Leo Beenhakker was appointed instead. Instead, I spent the 2006 World Cup recording an amateur video blog and distributing it through the UK-based video sharing site, SelfcastTV.com. I also provided commentary on the World Cup for the UK digital channel UKTV G2.
Despite the racial slurs that have so blighted my late career, I recently took part in the BBC 2 programme Excuse My French. I, comedian Marcus Brigstocke and television presenter Esther Rantzen were immersed in the French language by staying in a remote town in the Provence region, being compelled to adapt to the French lifestyle and speak the language. I assignment at the end of the course was to provide a match analysis on a football match (Paris Saint-Germain - AS Monaco) in French for a French radio station. Being a complete beginner to the French language, I found the experience a considerable challenge, although I succeeded. The assignment was made more difficult by the fact that the match concerned was a dull goalless draw, leaving me with little to talk about.
I have since made a return to football commentary and can be heard presenting on Football Italia.
On January 23, 2007 I returned to Kettering Town, the club I had managed more than 30 years previously, as Director of Football. However it was announced on April 19, 2007 that I had left the post at the Conference North club following my disapproval over the sacking of manager Morell Maison.