Ron Atkinson
Ron Atkinson
Ronald Frederick "Ron" Atkinson, commonly known as Big Ron, is an English former football player and manager. In the 1990s and early 2000s, he was one of Britain's best-known football pundits...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionSportscaster
Date of Birth18 March 1939
division able villa
All I do know is that I'll never be able to achieve what Tommy Docherty did, and that is take Aston Villa into the third division and Manchester United into the second division
england
They are playing above the ground.
england needs weight
Heskey needs to punch his own weight.
afternoon bulls england
He'll take some pleasure from that, Brian Carey. He and Steve Bull have been having it off all afternoon.
should-have feet england
A ten-foot keeper really should have stopped that.
half-time england bangs
They've come out at half time and gone bang.
england beckham
He's the equivalent of the Spanish David Beckham.
england nothing-to-lose loses
They must go for it now as they have nothing to lose but the match.
done england balls
They've done the old-fashioned things well; they've kicked the ball, they've headed it...
wise mean england
They've certainly grown, the Japanese. I mean grown in stature, playing-wise.
winning want england
I'm sure Bobby won't want them to be losing the match before winning it.
wise england attacking
How are they defensively, attacking-wise?
water england dangerous
...was treading on dangerous water there... (on Phil Neville)
white fire tonight
His white boots were on fire against Arsenal, and he'll be looking for them to reproduce tonight.