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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Ryan | ||
| Date of birth | (1945-05-12)12 May 1945 (age 80) | ||
| Place of birth | Stirling, Scotland | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ?–1962 | Cowie Hearts | ||
| 1962–1963 | Manchester United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1963–1970 | Manchester United | 24 | (4) |
| 1970–1976 | Luton Town | 184 | (21) |
| 1976–1979 | Dallas Tornado | 97 | (21) |
| 1979–1982 | Wichita Wings (indoor) | 101 | (73) |
| Total | 406 | (119) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1990–1991 | Luton Town | ||
| 1991–2000 | Manchester United Reserves | ||
| 1998–1999 | Manchester United (assistant) | ||
| 2001–2002 | Manchester United (assistant) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
James Ryan (born 12 May 1945) is a Scottish former professionalfootballer who played as awinger. He spent the majority of his professional career in England, starting withManchester United before moving toLuton Town in 1970. In 1976, he moved to the United States, where he played for theDallas Tornado in theNorth American Soccer League (NASL) and theWichita Wings in theMajor Indoor Soccer League (MISL).
Upon his return to England in 1984, Ryan took over as manager of Luton Town's reserve team before taking charge of the senior team from January 1990 to May 1991. In June 1991, he was appointed byAlex Ferguson as the manager of Manchester United's reserve team, a position he held for ten years. He was also the club's assistant manager for the2001–02 season, before being made Director of Youth Football in 2002. He retired in June 2012, following 21 years on the Manchester United coaching staff. He is the father of former footballer and current manager ofManchester united U18sNeil Ryan.
Born inStirling, Ryan started his career withCowie Hearts. At the age of 17, he was spotted by a scout and invited for an initial two-week trial with English clubManchester United.[1] The trial was extended to a month and Ryan signed as an apprentice with the club on 7 December 1962. A month later, he signed his first professional contract, but it was not until May 1966 that he made his first-team debut, playing on the right wing in the final four league games of the1965–66 season. He scored his first goal in the third of those games, the third goal in a 6–1 home win overAston Villa.
He played for Manchester United for four more seasons and was part of the team that won the1966–67 Football League and1967–68 European Cup. However, being in competition for a position withGeorge Best (among others) meant that his appearances were limited and he left the club forLuton Town in 1970, along withDon Givens.[1] In five seasons with Manchester United, he played 27 times and scored four goals. He played for Luton Town until 1976, when he left to play four seasons in theNorth American Soccer League with theDallas Tornado. In 1979, the NASL players decided to strike for better pay, but Ryan was the only Tornado player to honour the strike.[2] At the end of the 1979 season, Ryan moved to theWichita Wings of theMajor Indoor Soccer League where he finished his career with three indoor seasons.
After living in the United States for eight years, Ryan returned to England to take over as manager of the Luton Town reserve team. Following Luton's dismissal ofRay Harford, Ryan was promoted for an 16-month spell as manager on 11 January 1990, saving the club from relegation on the last day of two successive seasons. However, he was sacked on 13 May 1991, and replaced byDavid Pleat. Three weeks later, Manchester United managerAlex Ferguson made Ryan the club's reserve team manager after a club reshuffle caused by the departure of his assistantArchie Knox. He held the position until 2000, when he was promoted to coach the first-team. After assistant managerBrian Kidd left to manageBlackburn Rovers in December 1998, Ryan stood in as Ferguson's assistant untilSteve McClaren's appointment in February 1999, taking full charge of the side for their 3–2 defeat at home toMiddlesbrough on 19 December 1998, which Ferguson missed in order to attend a funeral.[3] Ryan was named as assistant manager again after McClaren left to manage Middlesbrough in 2001, but remained in the post for just one season untilCarlos Queiroz took over. From 2002, he was named as the club's Director of Youth Football, a position he held until his retirement in June 2012.[3]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other[a] | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Manchester United | 1965–66 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| 1966–67 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 0 | |||
| 1967–68 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | ||
| 1968–69 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||
| 1969–70 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 4 | |
| Luton Town | 1969–70 | – | – | ||||||||||
| 1970–71 | – | ||||||||||||
| 1971–72 | – | – | |||||||||||
| 1972–73 | – | ||||||||||||
| 1973–74 | – | – | |||||||||||
| 1974–75 | – | ||||||||||||
| 1975–76 | – | – | |||||||||||
| Total | 184 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Dallas Tornado | 1976 | 23 | 9 | – | – | – | – | 23 | 9 | ||||
| 1977 | 26 | 4 | – | – | – | – | 26 | 4 | |||||
| 1978 | 27 | 8 | – | – | – | – | 27 | 8 | |||||
| 1979 | 21 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 21 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 97 | 21 | – | – | – | – | 97 | 21 | |||||
| Wichita Wings (indoor) | 1979–80 | 29 | 26 | – | – | – | – | 29 | 26 | ||||
| 1980–81 | 37 | 27 | – | – | – | – | 37 | 27 | |||||
| 1981–82 | 35 | 20 | – | – | – | – | 35 | 20 | |||||
| Total | 101 | 73 | – | – | – | – | 101 | 73 | |||||
| Career total | 585 | 207 | 52 | 21 | 30 | 11 | 34 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 709 | 253 | |
Manchester United Reserves