Ron Fenton

For the Australian rules footballer, see Ron Fenton (Australian footballer).

Ron Fenton

Personal information
Full name	Ronald Fenton
Date of birth	(1940-09-21)21 September 1940
Place of birth	South Shields, England
Date of death
Place of death	Beeston, England
Height
Position(s)	Inside forward
Youth career
–	South Shields
1956–1957	Burnley
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1957–1962	Burnley	11	(1)
1962–1965	West Bromwich Albion	59	(16)
1965–1968	Birmingham City	33	(7)
1968–1970	Brentford	91	(19)
1970–1971	Notts County	0	(0)
Managerial career
1969	Brentford (caretaker)
1975–1977	Notts County
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ronald Fenton (21 September 1940 – 25 September 2013) was an English football player, coach and manager. He played as an inside forward and made nearly 200 appearances in the Football League.

Fenton was born in South Shields, and began his football career with his home town club before joining Burnley as a junior. He moved to West Bromwich Albion in 1962, later playing for Birmingham City and finally Brentford, for whom he acted as caretaker manager after the sudden departure of Jimmy Sirrel to Notts County.

After finishing his playing career, he followed Jimmy Sirrel to join the coaching staff at Notts County. After Sirrel moved to Sheffield United, he became County manager for two years before being replaced by Sirrel again.

After leaving County, Fenton joined Nottingham Forest where he spent ten years on the coaching staff and a further six as assistant manager under Brian Clough.

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