SwindonTartanArmy
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From BBC.co.uk: 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."
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Vi er best i verden! Vi er best i verden! Vi har slått England 2-1 i fotball!! Det er aldeles utrolig! Vi har slått England! England, kjempers fødeland. Lord Nelson, Lord Beaverbrook, Sir Winston Churchill, Sir Anthony Eden, Clement Attlee, Henry Cooper, Lady Diana--vi har slått dem alle sammen. Vi har slått dem alle sammen. Maggie Thatcher can you hear me?
Your boys took a hell of a beating!"
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« Reply #1 on: Wednesday, December 28, 2005, 11:20:57 » |
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where does it say he is director of football?
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« Reply #2 on: Wednesday, December 28, 2005, 11:21:52 » |
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From BBC.co.uk: "I am not going there to do a Clive Woodward. Iffy is the manager and I am there when he needs me."
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Plays in midfield and his name is Tommy Miller,
signed him from Huddersfield his name is Tommy Miller,
first touch is average but his second is a killer,
heeeeeey Tommy Miller!
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SwindonTartanArmy
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« Reply #3 on: Wednesday, December 28, 2005, 11:22:54 » |
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sorry! couldnt find a decent title of his role.
Maybe I should just be a journalist!!!! :scribe:
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Vi er best i verden! Vi er best i verden! Vi har slått England 2-1 i fotball!! Det er aldeles utrolig! Vi har slått England! England, kjempers fødeland. Lord Nelson, Lord Beaverbrook, Sir Winston Churchill, Sir Anthony Eden, Clement Attlee, Henry Cooper, Lady Diana--vi har slått dem alle sammen. Vi har slått dem alle sammen. Maggie Thatcher can you hear me?
Your boys took a hell of a beating!"
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« Reply #4 on: Wednesday, December 28, 2005, 11:24:06 » |
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« Reply #5 on: Wednesday, December 28, 2005, 11:26:19 » |
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I hope they don't force Alan Reeves out of the club either.  |
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ee the trick is only pick on those that can't do you no harm
Like the drummer from Def Leppard's only got one arm
I annoyed Yeovilred 28/01/06
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« Reply #6 on: Wednesday, December 28, 2005, 11:26:28 » |
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Maybe you should keep topics in one thread too  |
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« Reply #7 on: Wednesday, December 28, 2005, 11:27:47 » |
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Yeah..its kinda taking over.
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« Reply #8 on: Wednesday, December 28, 2005, 11:28:35 » |
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I hope they don't force Alan Reeves out of the club either. He's still our best defender!! |
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« Reply #9 on: Wednesday, December 28, 2005, 12:38:02 » |
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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?
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« Reply #10 on: Wednesday, December 28, 2005, 13:25:27 » |
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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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Vi er best i verden! Vi er best i verden! Vi har slått England 2-1 i fotball!! Det er aldeles utrolig! Vi har slått England! England, kjempers fødeland. Lord Nelson, Lord Beaverbrook, Sir Winston Churchill, Sir Anthony Eden, Clement Attlee, Henry Cooper, Lady Diana--vi har slått dem alle sammen. Vi har slått dem alle sammen. Maggie Thatcher can you hear me?
Your boys took a hell of a beating!"
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