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Tony Daley joined Aston Villa, as an apprentice at the age of 14
and made his senior debut, aged 17 in April 1985. He played for
Villa for just over nine seasons at the highest level and finished
a runner-up in both the league seasons of 1989 - 1990 and 1992 -
1993 and won the League Cup with Villa in 1994. During this period,
Tony was capped seven times for England between 1991 and 1992 under
former club manager Graham Taylor. Tony linked up with Graham
Taylor again as he finally left Villa for Wolverhampton Wanderers
in July 1994 for a (then) club record GBP1.25 million, but he was
plagued with injuries and was only able to manage 21 appearances
for the club in four seasons. He was signed by Graham Taylor yet
again in July 1998, who was Watford manager, on a free transfer.
His injury woes continued though, and he struggled to get fit,
missing the final months as the club won promotion to the Premier
League. He was given a free transfer to newly promoted Division One
side, Walsall in June 1999, and after a brief spell there, he
finished his playing career with Conference side Forest Green
Rovers, finally hanging up his boots in July 2002.
Ron Atkinson is one of English football's most recognisable and
popular characters, having been involved in management for a
quarter of a century. He remains the only Englishman to have won
major trophies with three different clubs: Manchester United,
Sheffield Wednesday and Aston Villa. At West Bromwich Albion, he
was one of the first managers to promote black footballers,
including Laurie Cunningham, who went to Real Madrid, Cyrille
Regis, who became an England international, and Brendon Batson MBE.
After retiring from management, Ron evolved into one of the most
familiar and forthright commentators on football. Yet that career
came to an end in April 2004 with a single, unguarded comment about
the Chelsea defender, Marcel Desailly. Atkinson was labelled a
racist and driven from the game he loves. In The Manager Ron
Atkinson delves into the highs and lows of an extraordinary career
that took him from non-league football to Old Trafford's theatre of
dreams in the space of seven years. He almost managed two Midlands
clubs - Aston Villa and West Brom - to the league title. But behind
the familiar image of the bling and one-line quips Ron Atkinson was
- and remains - a deep observer of football and footballers. Here
he gives the full account of a life in football. From an awestruck
youngster in 1950s Birmingham watching the supermen of Honved via a
stalwart career as a lower league professional with Oxford to
managing one of the biggest club in world football, Atkinson's has
been a life less ordinary. With detailed portraits of the men he
worked with an against, including Bryan Robson, Paul McGrath, Sir
Alex Ferguson and Dwight Yorke, Atkinson also discusses the rise of
the foreign footballer; the decline of the English manager and what
it is like to sing live at Ronnie Scott's.
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