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Ruel Fox

Ruel Fox

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Club career

Norwich City

Fox made his senior debut for Norwich City during the 1986–87 season in a Full Members Cup match against Coventry City and made his league debut against Oxford United at Carrow Road a few days later. After several seasons of being a substitute and finding it difficult to hold down a regular first team spot, he eventually established himself and played an important part in the 1992–93 and 1993–94 campaigns, which were two of the best in the club's history. In 1992–93, they led the inaugural FA Premier League several times before finished a club best third, and in 1993–94 they reached the last 16 of the UEFA Cup, defeating Bayern Munich on the way. He had also been involved in Norwich's runs to the semi-finals of the FA Cup final in 1989 and 1992, and their previous highs of finishing fifth in the old First Division in 1987 and fourth in 1989. He was a fast, tricky winger who outran defenders and provided good crosses. In 2002, Norwich supporters voted Fox an inaugural member of the Norwich City F.C. Hall of Fame.

Newcastle United

Fox left Norwich on 2 February 1994 to join Newcastle United for a fee of £2,250,000. Upon signing him, Newcastle manager Kevin Keegan described him as "the best player in his position in the country". Fox was an early member of the Newcastle teams known as "the Entertainers". He played in Newcastle's final 14 games of the 1993–94 season and scored twice as they finished third in the Premier League and qualified for…

Coaching career

Fox was named head coach of Montserrat in October 2004, and despite being two years since he retired from playing, he gave himself two international caps and scored once for his adopted nation in a 5–4 defeat against Antigua on 2 November 2004. Upon his return he was named as coach of non-League football club Whitton United and remained in that role until 2008, where he was replaced by his assistant Ronnie Mauge. He has also acted as assistant manager and now is the club's chairman. He also became a coach at Suffolk College.

Career statistics

International

Scores and results list Montserrat's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Fox goal.

Club
Newcastle United F.C. (1994–1995)
Club
Norwich City F.C. (1986–1994)
Club
Tottenham Hotspur F.C. (1995–2000)
Club
West Bromwich Albion F.C. (2000–2002)
Club
Montserrat men's national football team (2004–2004)
Club
England national association football B team (1994–1994)

Personal

Personal life

In November 2008, Fox returned to hometown Ipswich and ran his own restaurant and bar. In 2012, Fox was working as a personal trainer in Ipswich.

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Identifiers & aliases
Description

English footballer and manager (born 1968)

Position

midfielder

Extract from Wikipedia

Ruel Adrian Fox is a former professional footballer and the club chairman of Whitton United.

▸ Source: Wikipedia
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