Rodney Marsh

Rodney Marsh
Personnel
Surname	Rodney William Marsh
birthday	October 11, 1944
place of birth	Hatfield ,  England
size	185 cm
position	striker
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1962-1966	Fulham FC	63 0(22)
1966-1972	Queens Park Rangers	211 (106)
1972-1975	Manchester City	118 0(36)
1976	Cork Hibernians	3 00(1)
1976	Tampa Bay rowdies	23 0(12)
1976-1977	Fulham FC	16 00(5)
1977-1979	Tampa Bay rowdies	87 0(41)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1971-1973	England	9 00(1)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
1980	New York Apollo
1981-1983	Carolina lightnin '
1984-1986	Tampa Bay rowdies
1 Only league games are given.

Rodney William Marsh (born October 11, 1944 in Hatfield , Hertfordshire , England ) is a retired English football player . He was named by his father after the battleship " HMS Rodney " on which he had previously served, and later became known as the "Clown Prince of English Football" due to various cheerful moments in English football. After playing for Fulham FC , Queens Park Rangers , Manchester City , the Tampa Bay Rowdies and the England team , he then appeared as a football expert and commentator in the British media.

Career as a football player

The forward Marsh grew out of a highly talented loner generation that emerged in the 1960s and 1970s and whose icons were players such as George Best , Peter Osgood and Stan Bowles . Marsh originally began his career at Fulham FC , where he made his debut in 1963, but was often marred by injuries and disputes with the club's management. He lost the hearing in his left ear due to a collision with a goal post and an opposing defender and after a dispute with Vic Buckingham he was sold in March 1966 for 15,000 British pounds in the third class Third Division to the Queens Park Rangers . There he experienced the most successful time of his career in his first season, scored 44 goals in 53 games and led his club to both the third division championship - and the associated promotion to the second division - as well as winning the English league cup , with the Rangers there in the final after a 0: 2 and the interim equalization of Marsh with 3: 2. In the 1967/68 season, the club managed another rise, now in the top English league , which was followed by direct relegation again after only one year.

In 1972 Marsh was signed by the Malcolm Allison- coached Manchester City club for the then-internal record transfer fee of £ 200,000. At the time of Marsh's move in March of that year, Manchester was only four points behind the top of the table, but slipped to fourth place in the table by the end of the season, with Marsh afterwards making himself mainly responsible for the loss of the championship title because of his style of play apparently not corresponding with his new team at the time. Nevertheless, he became one of the best players for City in the following years, contributed 19 goals in the 1972/73 season and became a crowd favorite because of his performances. He reached a league cup final again in 1974 with his new club, in which, however, he was now subject to the Wolverhampton Wanderers . After disagreements with the new coach Tony Book , he left the club in the early stages of the 1974/75 season.

A revival of his career only took place in the US professional league NASL when Marsh joined the Tampa Bay Rowdies and was active there in over 100 games. He briefly returned to Fulham FC during the 1976/77 season, where he played alongside his old friends George Best and Bobby Moore , before returning to Tampa Bay in 1977, where he continued to operate until 1982 and in 1978 in the " All- Star Team ”was chosen. In addition to a short coaching period in 1984, he was managing director of the club for a total of eleven years.

For the English national team Marsh made his debut in 1971 against Switzerland and came to a total of nine internationals, in which he scored a goal during the 3-0 win against Wales . His international career ended prematurely after he met the then coach Alf Ramsey with a sarcastic comment. As Marsh opened in an interview in 2005, Ramsey told him, "I'll watch you for the first 45 minutes and if you don't work harder I'll take you off the field at halftime." To which Marsh replied, "Oh God! We only get a cup of tea and oranges in Fulham. ”He was never considered for the English national team again.

Activities after his resignation

After his active football career, Marsh appeared increasingly as a football expert in the media and made a name for himself through his frank analyzes of English football.

He took part in a long-term ridicule of the Bradford City club and its supporters in the 1999/2000 season, where he expressed disapproval of the club's competitiveness in the Premier League . Since he was certain that the club would have to be relegated from the English top division, he offered to have his hair completely shaved off if his prediction did not come true. Since Bradford was actually able to secure relegation, Marsh honored his bet and had his hair removed in the middle of the Valley Parade Stadium in Bradford.

Marsh worked for the broadcaster Sky Sports for around eleven years and was fired in 2005 when he said something inappropriately during a program:

“ Why is n't David Beckham going to join Newcastle United ? Because of what the Toon Army did in Asia. "

This was meant to be an allusion to the 2004 tsunami , but it was primarily related to Beckham's alleged lack of intelligence and not to the victims of the seaquake. Many supporters of the show regretted the decision to dismiss Sky Sports and found it unfair. Marsh himself also stated that he disagreed on the grounds, but accepted the right to fire him.

In 2007 he took part in the British television show I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! part.

Marsh is currently co-host of Adrian Durham on the TalkSPORT radio program "The Game" and spends his time in England and Tampa equally .

successes

• English league cup winner: 1967

Web links

• Rodney Marsh in the England national team
• Photo by Rodney Marsh
• Photo of Rodney Marsh as a player
• Photos by Rodney Marsh on QPR
• Interview with Rodney Marsh

Individual evidence

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