Pierre van Hooijdonk: ‘I told Ron Atkinson he was a pub manager’

13 October 2019 08:00
The Dutch striker on his time at Nottingham Forest, Celtic and returning to Glasgow to pay tribute to Fernando RicksenPierre van Hooijdonk does a very good Ron Atkinson impression. It is genuinely funny as, in the lobby of an Amsterdam hotel, he tries in vain to collapse his 6ft 4in frame into something resembling Big Ron. The Dutchman’s accent and intonation, however, are spot on as we discuss his final few months under Atkinson at Nottingham Forest in 1998-99, when the club was relegated from the Premier League. They have not been back since. Related: Steve Ogrizovic: ‘I enjoyed the police. I was good at clearing bars and clubs’ Related: Karel Poborsky: ‘They put me into a coma. All my face muscles were paralysed’ Related: Lothar Matthäus: ‘With Putin I talked football, judo and Brexit' Related: John Scales: ‘I punched a hole in the wall when I had to leave Liverpool’ #fernandoricksen pic.twitter.com/vML0GOVIqN Continue readingreadfullarticle

Source: TheGuardian