Ronald Futcher was born on 25 September 1956 and is an English former footballer who played as a centre-forward.
19 Facts About Ron Futcher
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Ron Futcher was the fourth-highest career scorer of the North American Soccer League and made over 400 appearances in total for nine different English Football League clubs.
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Ron Futcher was noted for his aerial ability and solid ball control.
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Ron Futcher began his career at Chester before moving on to Luton Town the following year.
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Ron Futcher signed with Manchester City in August 1978 but left Maine Road the following year to concentrate on his career in the United States with the Minnesota Kicks.
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Ron Futcher signed with Oldham Athletic in 1985, and then transferred to Bradford City in 1987.
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Ron Futcher helped the "Valiants" to win promotion out of the Third Division via the play-offs in 1989.
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Ron Futcher announced his retirement the next year after a brief spell in the Conference with Boston United.
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Ron Futcher left Kenilworth Road after David Pleat was appointed manager.
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Ron Futcher began playing summers in the North American Soccer League in 1976 with the Minnesota Kicks, spending the next five seasons with the team.
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Ron Futcher played with the Portland Timbers in the summer of 1982, becoming the club's top scorer with 13 goals, including a hat-trick against the Vancouver Whitecaps.
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Ron Futcher spent a brief period in early 1983 back in England with Southampton without making first-team appearances.
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Ron Futcher finished with 296 points in 201 career games in the league, including 119 goals.
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Ron Futcher had a fight with Stan Ternent in training and was ordered to leave the club.
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Ron Futcher had verbally agreed to move to Mansfield Town and was scheduled to meet with Bolton Wanderers manager Phil Neal, but instead signed a contract with Rudge and chairman Bill Bell.
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Ron Futcher was less impressive in the game at Swansea City as he was sent off for verbally abusing a linesman.
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Ron Futcher was a striker with cool finishing skills and footballing intelligence but a distinct lack of pace.
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Ron Futcher has previously worked as Bradford City's Community Officer and Youth Development Officer.
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Ron Futcher is the uncle of former Premier League midfielder Danny Murphy.