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Big Ron picks his best Albion XI, names the player who should never have left and the 'coach driver' who should never have been signed!
20.10.26, 17:30 Updated 20.10.26, 17:55 4 Minute Read
Big Ron is still sharp as a tack when it comes to holding court while talking football. I saw him recently at an Albion Foundation event at The Hawthorns alongside Ally Robertson, Tony Brown and Brendon Batson and at the age of 87, he absolutely stole the show. Reverse those two numbers and you have the year when Atkinson was at the peak of his powers.
Albion were doing fine when Ronnie Allen suddenly quit for the Saudi Arabian national job, lying sixth. But Big Ron's box office impact was evident pretty much from the off in January 1978.
'I would say during my whole managerial career, the second half of season '77-78 and all of '78-79 was the most simple in picking a team,' Atkinson told Full Throstle.
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Steve Tudgay
Editorwas a journalist for the Birmingham Evening Mail during the early 90s when West Brom were managed by Bobby Gould and Ossie Ardiles. You may remember him - he was the one banned by Gould! Since then he has worked in television for ITV Sport, Sky Sports and Premier League Productions.