Ronnie Moore

Moore began his playing career at Tranmere Rovers, where he was initially utilized as a defender by player-manager Ron Yeats, who he would often play alongside in defense. He was later turned into a forward by John King. In 1977, because Moore did not want to take the summer break and instead play more football, he was advised by King to play for Bill Foulkes' Chicago Sting team. After a season in the USA, he returned to Tranmere. However, Tranmere were relegated in 1979, and they were forced to sell Moore to relieve their financial problems. Moore was sold to Cardiff City for £120,000; a club record for Cardiff at the time. He only played for the Welsh team for a year, before joining Third Division Rotherham United. He quickly made an impact, being top scorer when the club got promoted to the Second Division in the 1980-81 season. After 52 goals in three years for the club, Moore left for Charlton Athletic in 1983, reportedly because of a clash with incoming manager, George Kerr, centred around access to the players' bar. This episode has been described as "a drink problem - no, it’s not what you’re thinking" which "led to his departure to Charlton Athletic." He also then played for Rochdale and returned to Tranmere in 1986, while also being John King's assistant manager. He retired from playing in 1989.

After several years at Rotherham, Moore joined Oldham Athletic in March 2005, helping the club to avoid relegation. In his second season, he led Oldham to a mid-table finish and won the League One Manager of the Month Award for December 2005, but later parted company with Oldham ostensibly due to poor season ticket sales.

Tranmere Rovers

Moore was immediately offered a position as manager of former club Tranmere Rovers in June 2006, which he accepted. He began his time in charge of Tranmere by bringing in nine players in the close season, including Chris Shuker and Paul McLaren. In his first year, he guided the team finish 9th in League One, although Tranmere had looked likely to achieve a play-off place for most of the year. In his second year in charge, Tranmere could only finish 11th, despite having been top of the table earlier in the season. Moore was affectionately known as "Ronnie Raw" by many Tranmere fans due to his extreme sense of humour.

Return to Rotherham United

In September 2009, Rotherham United confirmed that Moore would begin a second stint as manager, assisted by former teammate Jimmy Mullen. The following day, Ronnie was unveiled to the Millers faithful at the home game against Barnet, to a standing ovation. Rotherham went on to win the game 3–0. His return spell at Rotherham was mixed; Moore won the League Two Manager of the Month Award for November 2009, and took the club to Wembley for the League Two play-off final, although the…

His son is Ian Thomas-Moore. In July 2025, it was revealed that Moore had been diagnosed with myeloma.

Player

Tranmere Rovers

Football League Fourth Division fourth place promotion: 1975–76 Rotherham United

Football League Third Division: 1980–81 Individual

PFA Team of the Year: 1975–76 Fourth Division

Manager

Rotherham United

Football League Second Division runner-up: 2000–01 Football League Third Division runner-up: 1999–2000 Individual

Football League Second Division / Football League One Manager of the Month: October 2000, December 2005, August 2012, September 2012 Football League Two Manager of the Month: November 2009