Jimmy Ryan

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Jimmy Ryan
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Jimmy Ryan as a player from Luton Town
Personnel
Surname James Ryan
birthday May 12, 1945
place of birth Stirling ,  Scotland
position Winger
Juniors
Years station
Cowie Hearts
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1963-1970 Manchester United 24 0(4)
1970-1976 Luton Town 184 (21)
1976-1979 Dallas tornado 97 (21)
Indoor
Years station Games (goals) 1
1979-1982 Wichita Wings 101 (73)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1990-1991 Luton Town
1 Only league games are given.

James "Jimmy" Ryan (born May 12, 1945 in Stirling ) is a former Scottish football player and coach . As a winger , he was part of the expanded Manchester United squad of the 1960s, but without being able to step out of the shadows of his teammates. He later served the club as a coach in various functions, having worked successfully as a player and coach at Luton Town .

Athletic career

Player career

When Ryan was playing for a club called Cowie Hearts at the age of 17, a Scottish talent scout from Manchester United invited him to practice training. This lasted a month and resulted in his being hired in Manchester in 1963. He made his debut in May 1966 in a 3-3 draw against West Bromwich Albion , having previously recommended himself to the reserve team. The winger brought the necessary prerequisites for professional operation with speed, strengths in dribbling and a generally good physique, but he was often nervous in the team with top-class players such as George Best , Denis Law and Bobby Charlton . It was attested to him that he was rarely able to confirm his training performance under competition conditions. He contributed only marginally to winning the English championship in 1967 and the European Cup of National Champions in 1968 . After just 24 first division appearances in a good seven years, he then moved to the second division Luton Town in April 1970 . He was one of four United players who were hired "as a package" for £ 35,000 in Luton.

Ryan stayed in Luton until 1976, where he was mostly a regular player and the greatest success was the first division promotion in 1974 , to which he contributed 40 league appearances and seven goals - the following year he scored another seven goals, but the class could not be maintained . He then ventured across the Atlantic to the North American NASL , where he worked for Dallas Tornado until 1979 . He then played indoor soccer in the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) in the ranks of the Wichita Wings until 1982 .

Coaching activities

In total, Ryan lived in the United States for eight years and then returned to his English homeland. At his old club, Luton Town, he initially took care of the reserve team. When first-team head coach Ray Harford was sacked in 1990 , Ryan succeeded him. In Luton, which was back in the top English league, Ryan managed to keep the league twice in a row on the last day of the game. Nevertheless, after the end of the 1990/91 season and a total of 18 months, he was replaced as the main person in charge by David Pleat .

Around a month later, Alex Ferguson invited him to return to Manchester United. Ryan agreed and looked after the reserve team of the "Red Devils" until 2000, before Ferguson promoted him to the first team's cotrainer. In addition, he had been Ferguson's direct assistant temporarily from December 1998 to February 1999, after Brian Kidd had previously left the club for the Blackburn Rovers . On December 19, 1998, Ryan also represented the briefly absent Ferguson in the 3-2 home defeat to Middlesbrough FC . After Kidd's successor Steve McClaren left for Middlesbrough FC in 2001, Ryan was once again Ferguson's assistant and held that position for exactly one season before Carlos Queiroz took over. From 2002 to 2012 he was director of the youth division of Manchester United and, together with fellow countryman Brian McClair, was instrumental in developing talent.

Web links

Individual references / footnotes

  1. ^ "My playing days: Jim Ryan" (manutd.com)
  2. ^ Ponting, Ivan: Manchester United Player by Player . Hamlyn, London 1998, ISBN 0-600-59496-3 , pp. 81 .
  3. ↑ "Ryan retires" (manutd.com)


personal data
SURNAME Ryan, Jimmy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ryan, James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION scottish soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Stirling