Ron Saunders (born November 6, 1932 in Birkenhead, Cheshire) was an English football player and successful manager. Events 355 - Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Birkenhead is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in Merseyside, England. Cheshire (or archaically the County of Chester) is a county in North West England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered He remains the only manager to have taken charge of Aston Villa, Birmingham City and West Bromwich Albion. Birmingham City Football Club is an English Professional football club based in the city of Birmingham. West Bromwich Albion Football Club (also known as West Brom, The Baggies, Albion, The Albion, The Throstles or WBA) are
As a player, he was a hard-shooting centre forward. He scored over 200 goals in 13 years as a centre-forward for Everton, Gillingham, Portsmouth, Watford and Charlton. Everton Football Club is an English football club located in the city of Liverpool. Gillingham Football Club is an English professional football club based in the town of Gillingham, Kent. Portsmouth Football Club is an English football club based in the south coast city of Portsmouth. Watford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. Charlton Athletic Football Club (also known as The Addicks) is a professional football club based in Charlton, in the London Borough of Saunders was leading goalscorer for six consecutive seasons at Portsmouth and it was largely his goals that won Pompey the Third Division title in 1962. 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 He remains their third highest goalscorer to this day. He retired from playing in 1967, when with Charlton.
As a manager Saunders first tasted success at Norwich, guiding them to the Second Division title for the first time in 1972. PLEASE NOTE This section is the introduction Please do not add too much detail here A short spell at Manchester City followed, before he joined Aston Villa in 1974.
He managed Villa to the Second Division title and the League Cup in 1975, winning the League Cup again in 1977 before taking the club to its first Championship success for 70 years in 1981. The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup, is an English football competition He resigned from Villa on the verge of the club's greatest achievement, winning the European Cup, due to a disagreement with the board over his contract.
Surprisingly he moved straight to Villa's arch-rivals, Birmingham City. Birmingham City Football Club is an English Professional football club based in the city of Birmingham. They went down in 1984 but he got them back into the top flight at the first attempt. In January 1986, Saunders walked out on struggling Birmingham to take charge of local rivals and fellow strugglers West Bromwich Albion. He was unable to stop Albion from sliding into the Second Division and was dismissed in September 1987, after failing to get them back into the First Division. Events in September It is the start of the academic year in many countries in the Northern Hemisphere. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) This was his last managerial role.
On 23 December 2006, the 74-year-old Saunders was the guest of honour at Villa Park for the match between Aston Villa and Manchester United. Events 962 - Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Villa Park is a football Stadium in the district of Aston, in Birmingham, England This was the first time he returned to the club since his resignation in 1982, as the guest of new chairman Randy Lerner. Randolph D Lerner 'Legend' (born February 21, 1962, in Brooklyn New York) is an American Entrepreneur and sports team owner However, he returned to Villa Park shortly after on 5 May 2007 for the 25th Anniversary celebrations of the 1982 European Cup win. Although Saunders was not in charge for the final (he resigned three months earlier at the time of the quarter-finals) he had brought in all the players who won the European Cup under his successor Tony Barton. Anthony Edward Barton ( April 8, 1937 - August 20, 1993) was an English footballer, playing as an outside right and football
His long-standing record of scoring 4 hat-tricks in one season for Tonbridge Angels was recently beaten by Jon Main. Tonbridge Angels are a football club in Tonbridge, Kent, England.
Ron Saunders is a cousin of American Football coach Al Saunders. Al Saunders (born February 1, 1947) is an American football coach
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