Ronald Morris (born 25 September 1970) is an English former professional

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who played in

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for

Birmingham City Birmingham City Football Club is a professional football club based in Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, it was renamed Small Heath in 1888, Birmingham in 1905, and Birmingham City in 1943. Since 2011, the first te ...

. He played as a winger. Morris was born in

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. He began his football career as one of the first intake of boys to

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's School of Excellence at

Lilleshall Lilleshall is a village and civil parish in the county of Shropshire, England. It lies between the towns of Telford and Newport, on the A518, in the Telford and Wrekin borough and the Wrekin constituency. There is one school in the centre of ...

which opened in 1984, from where he joined

as a YTS trainee in 1986. He was capped for England schoolboys, and made his Birmingham debut in the

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on the last day of the 1987–88 season, coming on as substitute for Tommy Williams in a goalless draw at home to

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.Matthews, p. 223. Morris turned professional in September 1988 and made 14 appearances in all competitions, mostly as a substitute, in the 1988–89 season, but the club cancelled his contract following incidents at the training ground. An attempt to revive his career in Italy foundered when he was discovered to have signed for his new club after the

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, and Morris returned to England and joined

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club

Redditch United Redditch United Football Club is an English football club based in Redditch, Worcestershire. The club participates in the and play their home games at the V Trico Stadium. They are managed by former Captain and Assistant Manager Matt Clarke. ...

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1970 births Living people Footballers from Birmingham, West Midlands English footballers Association football wingers Birmingham City F.C. players English Football League players Redditch United F.C. players {{England-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub