![]() He left Cardiff after five seasons at the club, after falling out with management over not being selected for the Cup Winners' Cup quarter-final match against Real Madrid, and joined Crewe Alexandra where he spent one year before dropping into non-league football with Gloucester City. He helped the club to win the Welsh Cup in his first season, one of three times he won the competition at Cardiff, and gained a reputation for scoring spectacular goals. He eventually left Bradford in 1965 to join Bury but only spent seven months at Gigg Lane before being signed again by Jimmy Scoular, this time at his new club Cardiff City for £5,000. He became a prolific penalty scorer at the club and his 14 penalties scored in league football remains a club record. He quickly established himself in the side and helped the club to retain their Division Three status after being promoted the previous year. He began his club career as an apprentice at his hometown club Birmingham City, turning professional in January 1959 at the age of 18, but found first team chances hard to come by and left to join Bradford Park Avenue, being signed by manager Jimmy Scoular in June 1961. ![]() Career īorn in Erdington, Birmingham, Bird played football at youth level for England alongside Bobby Moore. ![]() He played more than 100 league matches for each of Bradford Park Avenue and Cardiff City, and also had spells with Bury and Crewe Alexandra. Ronald Philip Bird (27 December 1941 – 20 March 2005) was an English professional footballer who scored 66 goals from 269 appearances in the Football League in the 1960s and early 1970s. *Club domestic league appearances and goals
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