Ronnie Moore

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Ronnie Moore
Personal information
Full name	Ronald David Moore
Date of birth	29 January 1953 (1953-01-29) (age 56)
Place of birth	Liverpool, England
Playing position	Striker/Central defender
Club information
Current club	Tranmere Rovers (manager)
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1971–1979 1977 1979–1980 1980–1983 1983–1985 1985–1986 1986–1989	Tranmere Rovers → Chicago Sting (loan) Cardiff City Rotherham United Charlton Athletic Rochdale Tranmere Rovers	249 (72) 022 0(8) 056 0(6) 125 (52) 062 (13) 043 0(9) 075 0(6)
Teams managed
1987 1996–1997 1997–2005 2005–2006 2006–2009	Tranmere Rovers (caretaker)) Southport Rotherham United Oldham Athletic Tranmere Rovers
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Ronald David "Ronnie" Moore (born 29 January 1953 in Liverpool) is an English football manager and former player. He was most recently manager of Tranmere Rovers until his sacking. He is also the father of Tranmere Rovers striker Ian Moore.

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Managerial career 3 Honours 3.1 As a Manager 3.1.1 Promotions 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Playing career

Ronnie Moore was born in Liverpool and he began his playing career with local side Tranmere Rovers as a centre-half, before making a successful switch to centre-forward. He also played for Cardiff City where his somewhat disappointing goalscoring record of six goals led some fans to sport badges bearing the legend "I Saw Ronnie Moore Score". He later played for Rotherham United, Charlton Athletic and Rochdale, before returning to Tranmere, where he finished his career.

In a recent poll, Moore was voted as Rotherham's greatest ever player, beating the likes of Mark Robins and Paul Hurst.

[edit] Managerial career

Moore's first managerial post was a two-month caretaker spell at Tranmere, while still acting as a player. After later acting as assistant manager to John King, he replaced Steve Joel as the manager of Conference side Southport in the 1996/1997 season, before beginning his first full-time managerial role in 1997 at former club Rotherham United. He proved a success at Millmoor, taking the club from the Third Division to the First Division in successive seasons. Moore helped keep Rotherham at this level for three years but left the club early in 2005.

Moore then joined Oldham Athletic in March 2005, and the club did enough to avoid relegation in his first season. He achieved a mid-table place the following year but parted company with Oldham because of poor season ticket sales.^[1] Moore soon returned to management with former club Tranmere in June 2006, just eight days after leaving Oldham..^[2]

He started in charge of Rovers by buying 9 players in the close season, quality players like Chris Shuker and Paul McLaren. In his first year at Rovers he guided his team to a 9th place finish, after looking set for a play off place for most of the year. Again he shuffled things around in the summer with Kevn Ellison and Jason McAteer amongst the departures. In came goalkeeper Danny Coyne, defenders Antony Kay & Ben Chorley and midielder Adnan Ahmed. Inhis second year it was another near miss, this time Rovers finished 11th after being top in mid-October. Injuries seemed to be against Ronnie also as his two key wingers Chris Shuker & Steve Davies were ruled out for long spells. He did enough in his first two years at the club to earn a new contract in May 2007. His first signing of the summer was Gareth Edds, a midfielder from MK Dons, who signed on the 10th June 2008.

After spending most of the 2008/9 season in mid-table, Tranmere made a late surge and went to Scunthorpe in their final match, needing a win to reach the play-offs. They led 1-0 until conceding an equaliser two minutes fron time. Scunthorpe went on to win the play-offs and earn promotion to the Championship. Despite this, Ronnie was sacked by Tranmere on the 5th of June 2009 - again due to falling attendances.^[3]

[edit] Honours

[edit] As a Manager

[edit] Promotions

• 1999–00: Division 3 Runner Up (promotion to Division 2) - Rotherham United
• 2000–01: Division 2 Runner Up (promotion to Division 1) - Rotherham United

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Manager stats at Soccerbase.com

v • d • e Southport F.C. – Managers Fisher (1977–78) · McNally (1978–79) · Hampson (1979–80) · Brown (1980–81) · Johnson (1981–83) · Ross (1983) · Perkins (1984) · Gibson (1984) · Murphy (1984–85) · Griffiths (1985–87) · Taylor (1987–89) · Kettle (1989–95) · Ayre (1995–96) · Joel (1997) · Moore (1997) · Futcher (1997–99) · Wright (1999–01) · Wilson (2001–03) · Walsh (2003) · Watson (2003–06) · Cook (2007) · Davenport (2007–08) · Brabin (2008) · Watson (2008–)

v • d • e Rotherham United F.C. – Managers Heald (1925–29) · Davies (1929–30) · Heald (1930–33) · Freeman (1934–52) · Smailes (1952–58) · Johnston (1958–62) · Williams (1962–65) · Mansell (1965–67) · Docherty (1967–68) · McAnearney (1968–73) · McGuigan (1973–79) · Porterfield (1979–81) · Hughes (1981–83) · Kerr (1983–85) · Hunter (1985–87) · Breckin (1987) · Cusack (1987–88) · McEwan (1988–91) · Henson (1991–94) · Gemmill and McGovern (1994–96) · Bergara (1996–97) · Moore (1997–2005) · Knill (2005) · Harford (2005) · Knill (2005–07) · Robins (2007–)

v • d • e Oldham Athletic A.F.C. – Managers Ashworth (1906–14) · Bamlett (1914–21) · Roberts (1921–22) · Ashworth (1923–24) · Mellor (1924–27) · Wilson (1927–32) · McMullan (1933–34) · Mellor (1934–45) · Womack (1945–47) · Wootton (1947–50) · Hardwick (1950–56) · Goodier (1956–58) · Dodgin (1958–60) · Rowley (1960–63) · McDowall (1963–65) · Hurst (1965–66) · McIlroy (1966–68) · Rowley (1968–69) · Frizzell (1970–82) · Royle (1982–94) · Sharp (1994–97) · Warnock (1997–98) · Ritchie (1998–2001) · Sheridan (2001) · Urmson (2001) · Wadsworth (2001–02) · Dowie (2002–03) · Eyres (2003–04) · Sheridan (2003–04) · Talbot (2004–05) · Philliskirk (2005) · Moore (2005–06) · Sheridan (2006–09) · Royle (2009) · Penney (2009–)

v • d • e Tranmere Rovers F.C. – Managers Cooke (1912–35) · Carr (1935–36) · Knowles (1936–39) · Ridding (1939–45) · Blackburn (1946–55) · Kelly (1955–57) · Farrell (1957–60) · Galbraith (1961–61) · Russell (1961–69) · Wright (1969–72) · Yeats (1972–75) · King (1975–80) · Hamilton (1980–85) · Worthington (1985–87) · Moore (1987) · King (1987–96) · Aldridge (1996–2001) · Sheedy (2001) · Mathias (2001) · Watson (2001–02) · Mathias (2002–03) · McMahon (2003) · Little (2003–06) · Moore (2006–09) · Barnes (2009–)