Ron Atkinson is one of English football's most flamboyant characters. In his autobiography, he offers a candid account of a career which has taken him to West Bromwich Albion, Manchester United, Aston Villa and Atletico Madrid.

Big Ron: A Different Ball Game

Atkinson, Ron

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Ron Atkinson is one of English football's most flamboyant characters. In his autobiography, he offers a candid account of a career which has taken him to West Bromwich Albion, Manchester United, Aston Villa and Atletico Madrid.

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August 7, 2008, Naples, Florida - "Change" in this historic election year can't come fast enough for 58 year-old disgraced financial fraud investigator Rainey McDermott. His own stock portfolio on life support, he's desperate for money, power and prestige he's certain holds the key to his redemption. But when he accepts a promising invitation to a gala at the home of one of the community's most influential couples, he soon discovers it is the prelude to blackmail. What follows is a harrowing journey of self-discovery that will unmask the central lie of his life as he plunges into the dark swamp of international money laundering and a multi-million dollar securities scam. With the FBI breathing down his neck, Rainey vows to follow his conscience, unaware his decision is about to pit his tarnished values against an obsessed seductress who knows just how to dispose of the evidence.

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The Manager

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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Big Ron: A Different Ball Game

Big Ron: A Different Ball Game

Murder by the Books

The Manager