Big Ron Atkinson Appreciation Page
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Big Ron Atkinson Appreciation Page |
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 Big Ron sets his comb-over stall out early doors. |
Big Ron Stats: Born with a full head of hair in 1920, big Ron was immediately
baptised into the world of football at the age of 11 with a hatrick in Preston North End's
5-0 drubbing of West Rainton Albion in the 1933 FA Cup final.Bald at the age of 14 he decided to retire into football management
and began his lifelong quest to manage every club in the english football league.An ambition which he achieved at the age of 51, he put it down to
years of hard work and sunbed usage.Big Ron's celebrity status has led him to star in big productions
such as Record Breakers before Roy and he was once offered the National Lottery show,
(allegedly). Of course we all know and love him for his football commentary nowadays, the
subject of our next table.
link to Big Ron's real stats. Courtesy of Sheffield Wednesday (the last club to sack 'im)
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"I know it's an obvious comment but I'm going to say it. If the good players play well, we're going to have a great game.""He dribbles a lot and the opposition don't like it - you can see it on their faces""I never comment on referees and I'm not going to break the habit of a lifetime for that prat.""Zidane is not very happy, because he's suffering from the wind""They've picked their heads up off the ground and they now have a lot to carry on their shoulders"Ron Atkinson lauds Gordon Strachan, 39 :
"There's nobody fitter at his age, except maybe Raquel Welch."|
"he's almost hit that too well.""they've set their stall out early doors.""Any more of that Keegan and I'll put you in a hurt locker.""He sliced the ball when he had it on a plate""Well, either side could win it, or it could be a draw""I'm afraid they've left their legs at home" |
"Beckenbauer really has gambled all his eggs.""I think that was a moment of cool panic there."
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"I'm going to make a prediction - it could go either way.""I would also think that the action replay showed it to be worse than it actually was.""I would not say he is the best left winger in the Premiership, but there are none better."
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Atkinson, who parted company with Sheffield Wednesday in the summer, has been in Johannesburg for a series of meetings with South African football chiefs and is confident of landing the job.
He said: "I've had a lot of talks today with the South African FA's technical committee and I have been very impressed. As soon as I got off the plane and I felt all that sun on my face, I thought yep, this'll do for me," he told the Express.
South African FA chief executive Danny Jordaan added: "It's not a case of whether we can afford Ron Atkinson, it is whether we cannot afford to do it."
Quotes about Big Ron"I think when he first went there, he was perhaps a little reluctant to go backin and it was always going to be a short-term appointment.'' "I think that Ron will have had a big say in that situation.Ron is a major management figure in the game." "He carried out his side of the agreement so far and I would think that it would be a mutual agreement.""He set out initially to stabilise Sheffield Wednesday and his brief was to make sure they stayed in the Premiership and that's exactly what he did.""We need to keep people like Ron Atkinson in the game," Barnwell said. "He has bags of experience."
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| ....Big Ron's Arch enemy little Kev. Matching him blunder for blunder with equally as embarrassing and corny verbal diarhoeah. |
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Buy the book!! "United to Win" The autobiography of Big Ron |
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