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Title: Atkinson as Director of football??? Post by: SwindonTartanArmy on Wednesday, December 28, 2005, 11:16:14 From BBC.co.uk:
Quote Former Manchester United manager Ron Atkinson is to make a shock return to football in a consultancy role at League One strugglers Swindon. Atkinson, who has been out of the game since losing a TV punditry job due to racist remarks about Marcel Desailly, will work with manager Iffy Onuora. "It'll be great to be round a club again. It's been a long time," he said. "I am not going there to do a Clive Woodward. Iffy is the manager and I am there when he needs me." Swindon deputy chairman Mark Devlin added: "We hope that Ron's experience and contacts can help us stay in League One." It was in April 2004, after Chelsea's defeat by Monaco in the semi-final of the European Cup, when Atkinson made an off-air remark about then Chelsea defender Desailly. "I don't want to go there, I've apologised. End of story," said Atkinson. "I will put my track record up against anybody. Not just with footballers, but my record with people. It's gone, it's over, time to draw a line under it. "Being called a racist annoyed me. It hurt me, but I'm not annoyed now. I understand what followed, I shouldn't have said it. I know that." :shock: Title: Atkinson as Director of football??? Post by: DV on Wednesday, December 28, 2005, 11:20:57 where does it say he is director of football?
Title: Re: Atkinson as Director of football??? Post by: Whits on Wednesday, December 28, 2005, 11:21:52 Quote from: "SwindonTartanArmy" From BBC.co.uk: Quote "I am not going there to do a Clive Woodward. Iffy is the manager and I am there when he needs me." :shock: he ain't Title: Atkinson as Director of football??? Post by: SwindonTartanArmy on Wednesday, December 28, 2005, 11:22:54 sorry! couldnt find a decent title of his role.
Maybe I should just be a journalist!!!! :scribe: Title: Atkinson as Director of football??? Post by: Compo on Wednesday, December 28, 2005, 11:24:06 He's the link
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/swindon_town/4563400.stm Title: Atkinson as Director of football??? Post by: blinkpip on Wednesday, December 28, 2005, 11:26:19 I hope they don't force Alan Reeves out of the club either. :cry:
Title: Atkinson as Director of football??? Post by: Elsterap on Wednesday, December 28, 2005, 11:26:28 Maybe you should keep topics in one thread too :)
Title: Atkinson as Director of football??? Post by: Compo on Wednesday, December 28, 2005, 11:27:47 Yeah..its kinda taking over.
Title: Atkinson as Director of football??? Post by: DV on Wednesday, December 28, 2005, 11:28:35 Quote from: "blinkpip" I hope they don't force Alan Reeves out of the club either. :cry: He's still our best defender!! Title: Atkinson as Director of football??? Post by: Johno on Wednesday, December 28, 2005, 12:38:02 according to that he isn't helping out in coaching, so what is he actually going to do?
has this all just been blown out of proportion? Title: Atkinson as Director of football??? Post by: SwindonTartanArmy on Wednesday, December 28, 2005, 13:25:27 it seems to me that they have taken the Ron atkinson being around presenting this TV show and totally misread what is actually going on!
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