Ron Atkinson

**Ronald Frederick Atkinson** (born 18 March 1939), 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.

He spent his playing career at Oxford United. As a manager, he won the FA Cup with Manchester United in 1983 and 1985 and the Football League Cup with Sheffield Wednesday in 1991 and Aston Villa in 1994.

## Managerial statistics

|rowspan=2|Team|rowspan=2|From|rowspan=2|To|colspan=5|Record||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Kettering Town|align=left|14 December 1971|align=left|22 November 1974||||||
|align=left|Cambridge United|align=left|22 November 1974|align=left|12 January 1978||||||
|align=left|West Bromwich Albion|align=left|12 January 1978|align=left|9 June 1981||||||
|align=left|Manchester United|align=left|9 June 1981|align=left|6 November 1986||||||
|align=left|West Bromwich Albion|align=left|3 September 1987|align=left|12 October 1988||||||
|align=left|Atlético Madrid|align=left|12 October 1988|align=left|16 January 1989||||||
|align=left|Sheffield Wednesday|align=left|14 February 1989|align=left|6 June 1991||||||
|align=left|Aston Villa|align=left|7 June 1991|align=left|10 November 1994||||||
|align=left|Coventry City|align=left|15 February 1995|align=left|5 November 1996||||||
|align=left|Sheffield Wednesday|align=left|14 November 1997|align=left|17 May 1998||||||
|align=left|Nottingham Forest|align=left|11 January 1999|align=left|16 May 1999||||||

### Manager

**Kettering Town**
- Southern League Premier Division: 1972–73
- Southern League Division One North: 1971–72
- Northants Senior Cup: 1972–73

**Cambridge United**
- Football League Fourth Division: 1976–77

**Manchester United**
- FA Cup: 1982–83, 1984–85
- FA Charity Shield: 1983

**Sheffield Wednesday**
- Football League Cup: 1990–91

**Aston Villa**
- Football League Cup: 1993–94

**Individual**
- Premier League Manager of the Month: March 1995

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Ron Atkinson
- **image**: RonAtkinson.JPG
- **image size**: 200px
- **caption**: Atkinson in 2007
- **fullname**: Ronald Frederick Atkinson
- **birth place**: Liverpool, England
- **position**: Wing half
- **youthclubs1**: Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C., Wolverhampton Wanderers
- **years1**: 1956–1959
- **clubs1**: Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa
- **caps1**: 0
- **goals1**: 0
- **years2**: 1959–1971
- **clubs2**: Oxford United F.C., Oxford United
- **caps2**: 384
- **goals2**: 14
- **manageryears1**: 1971–1974
- **managerclubs1**: Kettering Town F.C., Kettering Town
- **manageryears2**: 1974–1978
- **managerclubs2**: Cambridge United F.C., Cambridge United
- **manageryears3**: 1978–1981
- **managerclubs3**: West Bromwich Albion F.C., West Bromwich Albion
- **manageryears4**: 1981–1986
- **managerclubs4**: Manchester United F.C., Manchester United
- **manageryears5**: 1987–1988
- **managerclubs5**: West Bromwich Albion F.C., West Bromwich Albion
- **manageryears6**: 1988–1989
- **managerclubs6**: Atlético Madrid
- **manageryears7**: 1989–1991
- **managerclubs7**: Sheffield Wednesday F.C., Sheffield Wednesday
- **manageryears8**: 1991–1994
- **managerclubs8**: Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa
- **manageryears9**: 1995–1996
- **managerclubs9**: Coventry City F.C., Coventry City
- **manageryears10**: 1997–1998
- **managerclubs10**: Sheffield Wednesday F.C., Sheffield Wednesday
- **manageryears11**: 1999
- **managerclubs11**: Nottingham Forest F.C., Nottingham Forest