The absolute irony of max clifford talking about someone being in the wrong 😂😂😂😂

Just imagine if Big Ron was the commentator during the England/Italy Euro final penalty shoot-out. The airwaves would have sounded like an NWA record.

"Who wants tea, who wants coffee?" I will take a coffee Ron and make it black... " Not in my fookin house you won't!"

This does feel like an Alan Partridge special.

"Apparently I made the alleged remark." Ron Atkinson Yeah the one on tape.

Atkinson was quoted as saying "How can I be a racist? I drink gallons of Um Bongo and some of my best shoes are black"!

When a completely random video shows up in your algorithm! And of course I will watch it in full

The most hilarious documentary i have ever seen.

Atkinson himself faced a lot of prejudices for being orange in colour.

I think Frank Skinner hits the nail on the head when he says "you can debate is Ron Atkinson racist but what he said about Marcel Desailly WAS racist". Attributing racism to words and actions is more constructive than arguing whether people are or aren't.

“It was a black day” “Shouldn’t say that really should I” effin hell!

Funniest documentary ive seen in a long time 😂

Ron reminds me of Feech Lamanna from The Sopranos

This is the best piece of television ever made haha

“Do you define yourself as English first Or Jamaican first ? “ “ neither ..... I define myself as John Barnes”

That was the strangest opening segment for a documentary on such a serious a topic as this.

Being with Chelsea fans before the Monaco game obviously rubbed off on him

Throughout the whole program I just felt he was bitter for getting caught and didnt really seem apologetic

I think the N word is used more in this documentary than a Snoop Dogg record or maybe even a Tarantino movie

"Thrown it away by sheer stupidity" You said it Ron!

Lmao 😂 this doco had me rollin

This documentary did more more bad than good and probably drove the last nail home in Ron's career.

Ron's defence seems to be based solely on that he brought through "the three degrees" at WBA thus helping to breakdown racial barriers in sports, and that he was the only manager doing it. The trouble is that it's not really true: Ron didn't sign Regis or Cunningham for Albion, they were already there, though he did sign Batson (who was with him at Cambridge) and later Remi Moses. Ron saw a great marketing opportunity to put his club in the public eye with the three degrees nickname and the legend of Ron being a racial pioneer was born. As for other clubs in the late 70s: Man City had Roger Palmer, Dave Bennett, Gary Bennett and Alex Williams; Port Vale had Neville and Mark Chamberlain, later Mark Bright; Chris Hughton then Garth Crookes at Spurs, Luther Blisset and John Barnes at Watford, Ricky Hill and Brian Stein at Luton, George Berry and Bob Hazel at Wolves, so Ron was far from the only one.

And this is when I apparently made the alleged remark......... he couldn’t give a toss

16:58 “The two coloured players combining beautifully there” Imagine if they said that now...

Watching this in 2020 with my jaw on the table! 🤯

Atkinson football career highlight... hitting the post. Legend!

Big Ron will always have swagger

it is actually enjoyable to see the producers haul him from place to place to try to reeducate him on what he has done. currently at 25 minutes and they have stuck him on a plane to the US to find out about the word he used

When Max Clifford is taking a morale high ground over you, you know you messed up 😂

Wow we’ve come along way!!

Somebody should have told Ron to stop digging.

looking forward to Adrian Chiles' retrospective documentary on whether his Ron Atkinson racism documentary was in itself racist

I'm black and my brother used to play for Aston Villa, I met Big Ron one evening at Villa Park with my dad & Mr Atkinson couldn't have been more warm, kind, friendly & accommodating if he tried. As I've gotten older and have had a lot of experiences in my life with regards to colour I've learnt not to throw Racism at every incident involving stupidity & race and believe me there are a lot of stupid people out there. I tend to judge people on their intent and not what comes out of their mouths, we all say a lot of stupid shit, I called someone a stupid faggot the other day cuz they broke a string on my guitar not thinking for a moment that I have gay friends & how would they feel if they heard me say that. What made me really mad with big Ron was his comments afterwards when he said I can't be racist I've signed black players & I have many black friends, note to white people never say this to a black person because even the white slave owner had black slaves working in his house. If I could have given him any advice at the time it would have been ' say sorry, shut the fuck up & move on.

The music is ace

If this was meant to support the fact he’s not a racist then it has backfired !!! So much self pity and an apology that is only said in the hope his career is resurrected, the bloke interviewing him at the end is absolutely spot on and deserves a pint 🍻

All he had to say was “I’M not calling him a n****r, I’m saying what people MAY have called him when I started managing....I shouldn’t have said it but it was said without thinking” etc. All this “I’ve apologised enough” makes him sound like he feels he’s the victim now. That isn’t going to wash.

I just wasn’t prepared for the whole American radio bit. Honestly what were they thinking? Absolute comedy gold He came back more angry and more indignant hahaha

This is TV heaven.

Ron is a legend

David Brent should have been sent on a racism awareness course. It was like The Office episode that never happened.

Haha Max Clifford lol

11:23 lol.....words of wisdom, there, from convicted sex offender Max Clifford

love you BIG RON

‘Alleged’. What is he talking about??

"His mum is somewhere in Africa watching it from a tree" effing hell

Imagine itv putting this on the tv tonight!!!

In one word! Yes ron

He could have totally sorted everything out by admitting what he said was racist and showing genuine desire to learn from his mistakes... (even if he didn't mean it) - Instead he basically denies any wrong doing and comes across ignorant and un-remorseful ... Missed opportunity Ron.

As a black man I must say that I myself have used racial slurs, insults and jokes to other races, including myself. It’s pretty hypocritical that people are condemning others for using “racial slurs” when we’ve all done and said it. I’d be a massive hypocrite had I slated Atkinson for this

"You're the man that's going to batter me" 😁

What's the song? @ 0:00 to 0:20 please

Car crash tv. The equivalent of big Ron having a motorway pile up.

At the time, the worst thing about this it felt to me was that it was said of Marcel D. Arguably one of the most successful hard working footballers of his time. A legend of the game who would be anything but lazy. In fact, Desaily and Deschamps grew up together at Marseille like brothers with a commitment to each other to out work everyone else on their way to the top. Now if he was called a lazy n***** after all he went on to achieve, what hope for us mere mortals. Big Ron at the time was my favorite CL host at the time. He commented on some great games; R Madrid v MAn UTd with peàk Zidane. Then that. Such a let down

Yes. That was a short documentary.

Anyone know the song that's used at the very beginning?

"This is a black day".... lol he can't help himself 🤣🤣🤣

Imagine his thoughts on Pogba if he managed Manchester United now.

Love ron great guy

Am I the only one who feels like this entire documentary is about Mr. Atkinson justifying his own actions? If you're able to say THAT kind of stuff when (you think) nobody is listening/looking.. Your thinking process is that way, which means you ARE racist in my opinion..

He said how can I be racist, I like Bob Marley and Black Coffee

@20:40 Ron never answers the question from Brendon Batson - Why Ron?

Hilarious that they go America to teach Ron a lesson and all the radio show callers are on Ron's side 🤣

I bet Ron take his coffee strong and black ☕💪

Legend

What's the music 57 minutes in?

Big Ron on a University campus in Alabama discussing use of the n word with undergrads..... So random, lol.

One of the cuff comment, does NOT make him a racist. Daft comment? Yes, Is he a racist? No.

11:45 " I said this is a blackday innit?....shouldn't have said that"

Apparently that's when I made the alleged remark. Jesus.

Ron Atkinson "put black footballers on the map in the U.K.", NO DOUBT about that, and ACTIONS speak louder than WORDS.

And he was never seen or heard of again

The Cameroon clip is the killer...in court that would destroy the defense lawyer's argument

As a young Newcastle fan I'm ashamed to say I joined in with some of the racist chants in the 70s. My excuse? I was 14 and stupid. I grew up and I look back on those (mercifully short) times with shame. Ron didn't have the excuse of age on his side. He's a racist whatever excuses he makes.

Mistakes happen. Big Ron is still a legend

Outstanding commentator

Anyone else feel that Adrian Chiles’s (admittedly natural) nonchalant tone sets the wrong mood for this programme?

Kinda obvious Ron was more sorry he got caught saying it than what he said, and feels he’s “over-apologised” now

This is to funny Ron stop it 😂😂😂😂

John motson the two coloured players says it all aye ..

31:10 Gotta love the fact that they used a song by Mos Def, a song which had a message and an actual reason beyond the superficial for using the n word, and played like 5 seconds without context.

'I didn't realize I said it'.......classic!!

11:15 Max Clifford. hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe

Yes Ron... Yes. You are.

Ron needs to come out

We need to forgive Big Ron, he's a product of his time. He's paid the price for what he did.

A lot of people think like big Ron, they just hide it better.

“As out of data as his hairstyle”🤣🤣🤣

A new sky sports Saturday with Ron Atkinson, Rodney Marsh, Geoff Hurst & Andy Gray would be great

9 minutes in, loads of contributions from Ron and his mates and yet he still hasnt been confronted with what he said and when he finally is, he doesn't give a 5hit

That was bloody ridiculous 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 he came across more racist than before 😂😂😂😂😂😂 Silly old fool...

Yes, probably but there are levels. Time, context and intention.

Yes

The weird thing is nobody ever manages to drive the point home to him. It doesn't help that he tries to learn about racism from a white racist phone-in in Alabama (lol). As far as Big Ron is concerned, he has basically called Desailly the equivalent of a "wanker", and by the end of the programme his position hasn't really shifted. I think the only way to explain it to a white person might be to call their mother a cheap inbred whore or something along those lines - it's that ancestral slur and the baggage of slavery that makes the N-word much more offensive than a swear word. By using that word, you're not just insulting someone, you're bringing up all sorts of implications about their worth as a human being and their status in society. Ron never grasps this. (I don't think he's a bad person, by the way. And I don't think he needs to keep apologising. I'm just surprised he never catches on to what all the black players are saying to him - usually very patiently and politely.)

“These are the sort of things you find offensive?” Stood in front of a picture of a black man being eaten by an alligator 🐊🤦🏻‍♂️

54:43 "brom fans only seem to recognise one of their own" cuts to a Welshman

Being paid several times more than brain surgeons for being a football pundit is such a good deal that very very few people get that you really ought to be without blemishes to do it. If he's "brought back" someone else will have to go, obviously. My question is why the hell should someone else be forced out when they haven't done what Ron done? Can anyone answer that? There isn't an infinite number of commentator slots. Why should someone else be fired or have their work reduced for Ron? Hmm?

Lovely house Ron, beautiful lol

28:42 Ron :“ what the fuck is she saying 😂😂

16:55 Shocking commentary from back in the day, '2 coloured players combining beautifully there' 😭😭🤣