Ralph Milne - Citizendia

Personal information
Ralph Milne
Date of birth	May 13, 1961 (1961-05-13) (age 47)
Place of birth	Dundee, Scotland
Height	5 ft 8 in (1. Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dundee (Dùn Dèagh is the fourth-largest city in Scotland and fully named as Dundee City, one of Scotland's 32 local government council Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. 73 m)
Playing position	Midfielder (Retired)
Youth clubs
	Dundee Celtic BC
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1977–1987 1987–1988 1988 1988–1991 1990 1991-??	Dundee United Charlton Athletic Bristol City Manchester United → West Ham United (loan) Sing Tao	179 (44) 022 0(0) 030 0(6) 023 0(3) 001 0(0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. Charlton Athletic Football Club (also known as The Addicks) is a professional football club based in Charlton, in the London Borough of Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol England, (the other being arch rivals Bristol Rovers) } West Ham United Football Club is an English football club based in Upton Park, London Borough of Newham, East London, who have played Sing Tao (in chinese星島 is a now defunct Hong Kong football club which were dissolved after the 1998-99 season * Appearances (Goals)

Ralph Milne (born 13 May 1961) was a Scottish professional footballer who played for Dundee United, Charlton Athletic, Bristol City and Manchester United. Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Charlton Athletic Football Club (also known as The Addicks) is a professional football club based in Charlton, in the London Borough of Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol England, (the other being arch rivals Bristol Rovers)

Career

Ralph scored some spectacular goals early in his career and had exceptional acceleration. Dundee United historian Mike Watson recalls Milne's

"electrifying pace and devastating changes of direction left defenders floundering in his wake". ^[1]

That was probably what Alex Ferguson remembered when he brought Milne to Old Trafford in the late '80s but the magic was gone by then. Milne's manager at Dundee United offers this insight into the footballing enigma that is Ralph Milne:

"If I had an outstanding failure then it was Ralph Milne. He should have been playing in World Cups. He should have won a bundle of Scotland international honours. It was a tragedy that that boy was not playing for his country all the time. He had tremendous talent -and I failed with him. He did not have the right attitude to the game and I could not instill that into him. ". ^[2]

Ralph is also Dundee United's all-time top scorer in Europe with an impressive tally of 15 in all competitions - UEFA and European Cup. Whilst the latter stages of the player's career were perhaps hampered by off-field activities, no Dundee United supporter will forget Ralph Milne's contribution to early '80s successes both in Europe and on the domestic front.

References

^ Watson, Mike (1985). Rags to Riches. David Winter and Son Ltd. , 3.
^ McLean, Jim (1987). Jousting with Giants. Billing and Sons, 162-163. ISBN 1 85158 088 3 (cloth).

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Career Information

Persondata
NAME	Milne, Ralph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	13 May 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dundee, Scotland
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dundee (Dùn Dèagh is the fourth-largest city in Scotland and fully named as Dundee City, one of Scotland's 32 local government council Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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