Staff · Coventry City

Ray Ranson

Born 12 Jun 1960 · St. Helens (age 49)

Record at game start, 1 Jul 2009

Current ability
120 of 200
Best job (calc)
6 Manager First Team
World reputation
—
Current reputation
4,000
Wage
—
Contract until
—

Tactics

Preferred approach

Playing style
—
Pressing style
—
Mentality
—
Coaching style
—

Tactical tendencies

  • Attacking—
  • Directness—
  • Pressing—
  • Sitting back—
  • Tempo—
  • Width—
  • Depth—
  • Flamboyancy—
  • Flexibility—

Team management

  • Free roles—
  • Marking—
  • Offside trap—
  • Set pieces—
  • Squad rotation—
  • Use of playmaker—
  • Use of substitutes—
  • Dirtiness allowance—

Stored preferences and tactical tendencies. Each tendency uses the game’s 1–20 scale.

Staff attributes

Coaching 12

  • Attacking—
  • Defending—
  • Fitness—
  • Mental—
  • Tactical—
  • Technical—
  • Working with youngsters—
  • GK distribution—
  • GK handling—
  • GK shot stopping—
  • Coaching (general)—
  • Technique (coaching)—

Mental 4

  • Determination—
  • Discipline—
  • Man management—
  • Motivating—

Knowledge 8

  • Judging player ability—
  • Judging player potential—
  • Judging staff ability—
  • Tactical knowledge—
  • Negotiating—
  • Analysing data—
  • Presenting data—
  • Judging team data—

Medical 2

  • Physiotherapy—
  • Injury management—

Board 9

  • Business11
  • Buying players—
  • Hardness of training—
  • Interference6
  • Mind games—
  • Patience14
  • Resources11
  • Versatility—
  • Eccentricity—

Personality 8

  • Adaptability—
  • Ambition—
  • Controversy—
  • Loyalty—
  • Pressure—
  • Professionalism—
  • Sportsmanship—
  • Temperament—

Stored staff attributes, 1–20. A dash means the attribute is not recorded for this person in this build.

Coaching stars (calc)

  • Overall——
  • Quickness——
  • Strength——
  • GK shot stopping——
  • GK handling——
  • Defending (tactical)——
  • Defending (technical)——
  • Possession (tactical)——
  • Possession (technical)——
  • Attacking (tactical)——
  • Attacking (technical)——

Calculated by fm-reader per training category, as FM shows them. Missing ratings remain blank.

Job ratings (calc)

JobRatingStars calc Preference
Manager First Team60.5 of 5 stars—
Assistant Manager First Team60.5 of 5 stars—
Coach First Team60.5 of 5 stars—
Scout60.5 of 5 stars—
Physio First Team60.5 of 5 stars—
Gk Coach First Team60.5 of 5 stars—
Fitness Coach First Team60.5 of 5 stars—

Calculated by fm-reader (1–200); preference is the stored 1–20 wish for the job.

Staff profile

Coaching badge
—
Potential ability
150
Best job (calc)
Manager First Team
Home reputation
4,000
Reputation scope (calc)
—
Personality (calc)
—
Media handling (calc)
—

What the best job values

Manager First Team: stored job weights
AttributeWeight
Attacking4
Defending4
Judging player ability4
Man management4
Motivating4
Tactical4
Tactical knowledge4
Judging player potential3
Mental3
Technical3
Determination2
Fitness1
GK shot stopping1

The game’s stored attribute weights for the job type of this person’s calculated best job. Weights are 1–10; these are weighting inputs, not attribute or job ratings.

Personal

Full name
—
First name
Ray
Last name
Ranson
Common name
—
Date of birth
12 Jun 1960 age 49 at game start
Place of birth
St. Helens
Nationality
England
Height
—
Weight
—

Contract

Job
—
Contract type
—
Joined club
—
Contract starts
—
Contract expires
—
Weekly wage
—
Leaves at end of contract
—
Needs work permit
—

Playing career

20
SeasonTeamDivisionAppsGoalsFee
1994 Reading Coca-Cola Championship 00 £0
1993 Reading Coca-Cola League 1 240 Unknown fee
1992 Manchester City Loan English Premier Division 170 Unknown fee
1992 Newcastle United Coca-Cola Championship 30 £0
1991 Newcastle United Coca-Cola Championship 60 Unknown fee
1990 Newcastle United Coca-Cola Championship 270 Unknown fee
1989 Newcastle United Coca-Cola Championship 330 Unknown fee
1988 Newcastle United English Premier Division 141 Unknown fee
1988 Birmingham City Coca-Cola Championship 170 £175,000
1987 Birmingham City Coca-Cola Championship 380 Unknown fee
1986 Birmingham City Coca-Cola Championship 170 Unknown fee
1985 Birmingham City English Premier Division 370 Unknown fee
1984 Birmingham City Coca-Cola Championship 280 Unknown fee
1984 Manchester City Coca-Cola Championship 00 £15,000
1983 Manchester City Coca-Cola Championship 260 Unknown fee
1982 Manchester City English Premier Division 400 Unknown fee
1981 Manchester City English Premier Division 360 Unknown fee
1980 Manchester City English Premier Division 331 Unknown fee
1979 Manchester City English Premier Division 400 Unknown fee
1978 Manchester City English Premier Division 80 Unknown fee
Total (site's sum of the stored rows)44420/20 recorded220/20 recorded

Up to 200 stored seasons. The site's sums cover the displayed rows only; missing appearances and goals are excluded separately.

International

NationCapsGoalsU21
England0010 / 0

Staff career

1
  1. Coventry City

    14 Dec 2007 – —

    Chairperson

Up to 200 stored career entries. A missing departure date remains unknown.

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About this record

  1. calc marks a calculated figure. Position and role ratings, values, personality, job ratings and stars come from fm-reader.
  2. A dash means this build does not store the value. Numeric zero is shown as stored.
  3. Ages, employment and contracts are at game start, 1 Jul 2009.