Ronnie Wallwork

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Ronnie Wallwork
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Ronnie Wallwork
Personnel
Surname Ronald Wallwork
birthday September 10, 1977
place of birth Manchester ,  England
size 178 cm
position Defense , midfield (central, defensive)
Juniors
Years station
1993-1995 Manchester United
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1995-2002 Manchester United 19 (0)
1997-1998 →  Carlisle United  (loan) 10 (1)
1998 →  Stockport County  (loan) 7 (0)
1998-1999 →  Royal Antwerp  (loan) 17 (2)
2002-2008 West Bromwich Albion 93 (2)
2004 →  Bradford City  (loan) 5 (2)
2004 → Bradford City (loan) 2 (2)
2006 →  Barnsley FC  (loan) 2 (0)
2007 →  Huddersfield Town  (loan) 16 (3)
2008 Sheffield Wednesday 7 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
England U-20
1 Only league games are given.

Ronald "Ronnie" Wallwork (born September 10, 1977 in Manchester ) is a former English football player . As a central defensive and defensive midfielder, he was trained in his hometown at Manchester United . There, however, the sporting breakthrough was always denied to him and after various loan stations he tried a fresh start at West Bromwich Albion in 2002 . The "enfant terrible", who was temporarily banned for life after a choke attack against a referee in 1999 in the service of Royal Antwerp - until it was partially repealed by a Belgian court - did not find its lasting happiness there either and ended after the 2007 season / 08 started his active professional career at the age of only 30. The greatest sporting success in the 2000/01 season was winning the English championship with Manchester United, when coach Alex Ferguson used him in a total of twelve Premier League games.

Club career

Manchester United (1993-2002)

Born in Newton Heath , the center and former namesake of Manchester United in its origins, Wallworks' close association with the Red Devils has been almost inevitable since early childhood. He also attended the English Association's National Football Academy in Lilleshall and officially began his training at Manchester United in April 1993. Between 1994 and 1997 he went through various youth teams of the club and in 1995 won the youth edition of the FA Cup, the FA Youth Cup, alongside captain Phil Neville . In March 1995 he signed his first professional contract and after good performance his club honored him as the best young professional in 1996.

At the beginning of the 1997/98 season Wallwork conquered a regular place in the reserve team and on October 25, 1997 coach Alex Ferguson changed him in the 7-0 win against FC Barnsley in the middle of the second half for the first time in the senior team. In order to gain permanent experience in professional football, Ferguson loaned him out twice later in the season. First he spent a good two months at Carlisle United , where he scored his first goal against Southend United , and later another seven games for Stockport County followed .

The cooperation between Manchester United and Royal Antwerp ensured that Wallwork supported the Belgian second division side in the campaign for promotion from just before the turn of the year in the following season 1998/99. After the move into the play-off games, RAA La Louvière was the final destination. Much more serious, however, were the events after the final whistle, when the angry Wallwork referee Amand Ancion "went to the throat" and was subsequently given a lifelong ban - he himself pleaded innocent and spoke of a mix-up. The fact that this banishment was then effectively annulled - as in the case of his teammate Danny Higginbotham , who was to be taken out of circulation for a year - was due to the fact that the remaining sentence was only three years after it was reduced (two of which were on "probation." “) And this should only be used in Belgium.

So Wallwork continued his career undeterred in Manchester and came in the 1999/2000 season mostly in defensive midfield to further appearances as "Joker", including the away win at Liverpool FC in Anfield in September 1999. His most successful year in Manchester followed in the 2000/01 season, when he - although usually not in the starting lineup - played twelve times in the league and was entitled to an official medal after winning the English championship . However, it quickly became apparent that Wallwork could not open up permanent prospects and with new signings such as Laurent Blanc in defense and Juan Sebastián Verón in central midfield, he moved into the sporty offside. His last appearance for "United" was on January 26, 2002 in the fourth round of the FA Cup , in which he played a good hour against Middlesbrough FC until coach Ferguson exchanged him for Ryan Giggs . In a total of seven years, he had only played 28 competitive games and in the summer of 2002 his contract expired.

West Bromwich Albion (2002-2008)

The next stop was West Bromwich Albion , which had just been promoted to the Premier League. Wallwork, who had been coach Gary Megson's first signing after promotion to the premier league, came "off the bench" in the first three games and was then in the starting lineup for the first time in the 1-0 home win against Fulham FC . Although he was in 27 of 38 league games and showed good fighting performance in defensive midfield, he was mostly denied a regular place and in the end he went back to the second division with his new club. During the 2003/04 season, Wallwork fell further back in the pecking order, was used in only five league games in the first half of the season and was finally loaned to Bradford City in January 2004 for an initial month . At the "Bantams" he was an immediate reinforcement in the right midfield, scored a goal on his debut against Crystal Palace and returned to Bradford once more after the first loan period had expired. Due to the tactical requirement of the local trainer Bryan Robson to intervene more often in the attacking actions, he kept his newly discovered scoring danger with a total of four hits in seven league games until the fracture of a toe stopped him and he was called back to "WBA" prematurely. While he was there due to injury, his teammates from West Bromwich Albion ensured the return to the Premier League.

In the top division Wallworks remained initially limited until coach Megson was replaced in November 2004 by Bryan Robson of all people, who had already successfully trained Wallwork in Bradford. The new coach immediately promoted him to the new "control center" in midfield and Wallwork suddenly became an undisputed regular player in the second half of the season. With a win on the last match day against Portsmouth FC , the league succeeded and the new leader received in addition to the club's internal award for the best player of the past season, a new contract until June 2007. Another year followed as a key player and temporary team captain of WBA, albeit him after his 31 league appearances, the renewed stay in the Premier League was no longer granted and he was thus relegated to the second-rate Football League Championship . Although equipped with a further contract extension until the end of the 2007/08 season, his prospects worsened again in the 2006/07 season. This was due to another coaching change in October 2006, when Tony Mowbray followed Wallworks "mentor" Robson. Mowbray preferred him from then on other midfielders, relying mainly on Jonathan Greening , whom he moved from the outside position to the center. Wallwork moved to Barnsley FC on loan in late November 2006 . Before he could really gain a foothold there, however, he had to take a good two months off because of an incident outside of the sport. On November 30, 2006, Wallwork was assaulted by an ex-boyfriend of his partner in a club in Manchester and injured with multiple stitches in the hand, back and stomach. The fortunately not life-threatening wounds healed relatively quickly and at the end of February 1997 he celebrated his comeback with the WBA reserve team.

The 2007/08 season was the last professional season in Ronnie Wallwork's career. Since he was still on the athletic siding at West Bromwich Albion, he was loaned out again at the end of September 2007. Andy Ritchie , who had already arranged the loan deal in Barnsley, was now the coach of Huddersfield Town and made wallwork his extended arm in the midfield center. The measure was reflected in improved results and the one-month loan period was extended twice by the same period until the end of the year. Wallwork then moved to Sheffield Wednesday free of charge in January 2008 . There he quickly lost his place to Adam Bolder, who was also newly signed, and after only seven competitive games Wallwork and his new club went their separate ways again. A last attempt by the 30-year-old in August 2008 to find an alternative at Carlisle United failed because coach John Ward, who was active there, classified him as "not strong or fit enough" for football at this level.

International assignments

In the summer of 1997 Wallwork was in the squad of the English U-20 selection, which took part in the Junior World Cup in Malaysia . He played all four games there, including all of the three group games he won and the subsequent knockout loss against Argentina. Possible appearances in the English senior team were never an issue during his playing career.

successes

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1998-99 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 1998, ISBN 978-1-85291-588-9 , pp. 315 .
  2. ↑ "Ronnie Wallwork" ( memento of the original from September 10, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (rafc.be) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rafc.be
  3. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1999-2000 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 1999, ISBN 978-1-85291-607-7 , pp. 308 .
  4. ^ "Life ban for Man Utd hopeful" (BBC Sport)
  5. ^ "Antwerp link flourishing" (Manchester Evening News)
  6. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 2000-2001 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2000, ISBN 978-1-85291-626-8 , pp. 328 .
  7. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 2001-2002 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2001, ISBN 978-0-946531-34-9 , pp. 315 .
  8. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2002/2003 . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2002, ISBN 978-1-85291-648-0 , pp. 425 .
  9. ↑ "Wallwork mulls Baggies offer" (BBC Sport)
  10. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2003/2004 . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2003, ISBN 978-1-85291-651-0 , pp. 438 .
  11. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2004/2005 . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2004, ISBN 978-1-85291-660-2 , pp. 422 f .
  12. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2005/2006 . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2005, ISBN 978-1-85291-662-6 , pp. 422 f .
  13. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2006-07 . Mainstream Publishing, 2006, ISBN 978-1-84596-111-4 , pp. 422 .
  14. ↑ "Walsall Res 1 Albion Res 2" ( Memento of the original from April 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (wba.co.uk) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wba.co.uk
  15. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2007-08 . Mainstream Publishing, 2007, ISBN 978-1-84596-246-3 , pp. 421 .
  16. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2008-09 . Mainstream Publishing, 2008, ISBN 978-1-84596-324-8 , pp. 428 .
  17. ↑ Ronnie Wallwork in the database of FIFA (English)
personal data
SURNAME Wallwork, Ronnie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wallwork, Ronald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH September 10, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Manchester