Late Tackle

RON OF THE BEST

by
The Late Tackle Magazine Team
26 September 2012

Ron Atkinson’s reputation is permanently stained by the low point of his 2004 racist gaffe but PETER BATEMAN says it’s still OK to remember ‘Big Ron’s high points, too

WEST BROMWICH is starting to commemorate its history. For the last couple of years a monument to locallyborn Hollywood star Madeleine Carroll has stood outside The Public, a new arts centre.
A further piece of civic sculpture has recently been announced: a tribute to the Albion ‘Three Degrees’ – Cyrille Regis, Brendon Batson and the late Laurie Cunningham.
Ron Atkinson, the manag...

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