Ronnie Wallwork Player Profile

Ron­nie Wallwork

New­ton Heath born and bred, Ron­nie Wall­work joined the Manchester United Academy straight from school at the age of 16. The gran­ite hewn mid­fielder made his Premier League debut in a 7–0 win over Barns­ley at Old Traf­ford in Octo­ber 1997 but he never man­aged to estab­lish him­self in the first team under man­ager Alex Ferguson.

With the fierce com­pet­i­tion for places at Manchester United, Ron­nie Wall­work struggled to make an impact at Old Traf­ford. The local born player was even­tu­ally given a free trans­fer by Manchester United at the end of the 2001-02 cam­paign and sub­sequently left the Old Traf­ford club for West Brom­wich Albion where he became a massive favour­ite with the Hawthorns sup­port­ers. Well known for his com­mit­ment and ded­ic­a­tion, the strong run­ning mid­field dynamo made close to 100 league appear­ances for West Brom­wich before he decided to join forces with Shef­field Wed­nes­day mid­way through the 2007-08 sea­son. In Novem­ber 2006, Ron­nie Wall­work needed a life-saving oper­a­tion after suf­fer­ing seven stab wounds to his stom­ach, back and hand when he was attacked in a Manchester night club. Ron­nie Wall­work: “I was train­ing at West Brom­wich while the court case was going on so it was tough and then after the court case, and I was just delighted he got sent down.” Ron­nie Wall­work Facts: A determ­ined and ver­sat­ile mid­field play­maker, Ron­nie Wall­work man­aged to notch up a total of 28 first team appear­ances for Manchester United while with The Red Dev­ils. The much traveled player was loaned out to sev­eral league clubs his pro­fes­sional career, includ­ing Carl­isle United, Stock­port County, Brad­ford City and Barns­ley. Unfor­tu­nately, Ron­nie Wallwork´s life after play­ing foot­ball was some­what less com­posed with a num­ber of ill-fated attempts at busi­ness management.

Manchester United Items