| Ron Greener | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ron Greener | |
| Date of birth | January 31, 1934 | |
| Place of birth | Easington, England | |
| Playing position | Defender | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Retired | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 19??-19?? 1955-1967 |
Newcastle United Darlington |
? (?) 439 (5) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Ron Greener signed for Darlington in the summer of 1955 from Newcastle United and established himself as the rock at the heart of Darlington's defence for the next ten years, going on to make the most appearances for the club. In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring
Football career
A run of 131 consecutive games from his debut was only halted when he was unable to reach Workington in February 1957 because of severe snowfalls. Workington AFC are an English football club from Workington, Cumbria. He broke a leg in the third game of the club's first season in the Fourth Division in August 1958 and missed the rest of that campaign, but returned to miss only a handful of games during the first half of the Sixties. "Fourth Division" redirects here For usage of the term in the Military, see 4th Division.
Ron was a member of the 1966 promotion winning squad and played most of our matches in Division Three in 1966/67, making his final appearances (and 439th in the Football League) in April 1967 against Bristol Rovers at Feethams. From the 1992-93 to the 2003-04 season, the Football League Third Division was the third-highest division of The Football League and the fourth-highest The Football League, also known as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons is a league competition featuring professional football clubs Bristol Rovers Football Club is an English professional football team based in Bristol. Feethams is a cricket ground and former home of Darlington FC However having turned in a club record 490 appearances, Greener, more affectionately known as 'The Man Mountain' during his twelve years at Feethams, slipped out of the back door almost unnoticed when he was given a free transfer by then manager Jimmy Greenhalgh in 1967. Feethams is a cricket ground and former home of Darlington FC Jimmy Greenhalgh was manager of the English Football club Darlington from 1966-1968
It was a sad end to an otherwise distinguished career for the Easington-born player who not only contributed to the club's success a year before his exit but also played his part in some memorable cup upsets. Greener was at the heart of the Quakers defence which humbled First Division giants Chelsea in an FA Cup replay in 1958. The Football League First Division was the highest division of The Football League between 1993 and 2004 and the highest division of English football overall between The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after
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