Ron FLOWERS | 1965-1966 | PES Stats Database (Golden Era Backup)

FLOWERS PES STATS | 1965-1966

electric_trigger Ron FLOWERS | 1965-1966 Club: Wolverhampton Wanderers Number: Position: CM, DM, AM Nationality: English Era: 1965-1966, Aged: 32 Foot: R Side: B Length: 180 Weight: 81 Attack: 75 Defence: 75 Balance: 85 Stamina: 85 Top Speed: 78 Acceleration: 77 Response: 84 Agility: 78 Dribble Accuracy: 78 Dribble Speed: 78 Short Pass Accuracy: 82 Short Pass Speed: 79 Long Pass Acc: 84 Long Pass Speed: 81 Shot Accuracy: 76 Shot Power: 83 Shot Technique: 78 Free Kick Accuracy: 80 Curling: 80 Header: 84 Jump: 83 Technique: 80 Aggression: 76 Mentality: 85 Keeper Skills: 50 Team Work: 90 Injury Tolerance: B Condition/Fitness: 6 Weak Foot Accuracy: 5 Weak Foot frequency: 5 Special Covering* Centre* Penalties* Ronald ''Ron'' Flowers (born July 28, 1934 in Edlington, near Doncaster) is an English former professional footballer, most known for his time at Wolverhampton Wanderers. He was a member of England's victorious 1966 World Cup squad. Career Flowers began in the Doncaster Rovers academy, where his father played semi-professionally. Whilst he flourished on the pitch at Belle Vue, he also trained as an apprentice at the Doncaster rail sheds,(it was his father's insistance that he learned a trade before chasing his footballing dream). He was later released by Doncaster and joined the Wolves' nursery side Wath Wanderers, where he soon came to the attention of the highly successful Wolverhampton Wanderers manager: Stan Cullis. Within a year, he was moved down to Molineux and soon broke into the first team, making a scoring debut against Blackpool on September 20, 1952. Prior to this time, he had served in the RAF and became an aircraftman second class at Padgate before being transferred to Hednesford. At Wolves, he won three league championships and an FA Cup. In total, he made 515 appearances for the club, scoring 37 times. Flowers won 49 caps for England and scored 10 goals. His international debut came on May 15, 1955 in a 0-1 friendly defeat to France. He went on to appear in the 1962 World Cup and scored two goals from the penalty spot in the group stage. Although his last England cap came before the finals (a friendly win over Norway), he was a member of the squad that won the 1966 World Cup, being the oldest and earliest-capped member of the squad. Flowers narrowly missed out on playing in the final itself, Jack Charlton who was due to play, caught a cold on the eve of the West Germany match, and ultimately, Flowers never kicked a ball at the tournament. Flowers was approached by his manager, Alf Ramsey, the night before the final and told that if Charlton had not recovered by the morning he was on. After a sleepless night, it turned out that Charlton was fine in the morning. He finally left Wolves in September 1967 to join Northampton Town, where he later became player/manager. He ended his playing career at non-league Wellington Town (latterly known as Telford United) as player-manager before retiring to run a sports shop in Wolverhampton. His sports shop company: ''Ron Flowers Sports'' is still successfully trading on Queen Street in the town centre. In an article in the England international Official Match-Day Programme for the FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Ukraine on April 1, 2009 Flowers was cited as England's best ever penalty taker (shared with Alan Shearer). In the 1966 World Cup final only the 11 players on the pitch at the end of the 4-2 win over West Germany received medals. Following a Football Association led campaign to persuade FIFA to award medals to all the winners’ squad members, Flowers was presented with his medal by Gordon Brown at a ceremony at 10 Downing Street on 10 June 2009. [2] Honours League Championship 1953/54, 1957/58, 1958/59 FA Cup 1960 Charity Shield 1954, 1959, 1960 World Cup: 1966 Ron FLOWERS | 1965-1966 | PES Stats Database (Golden Era Backup)