Two years before being appointed by City, he had been strongly linked with the manager's job at their cross city rivals Manchester United, but the job had gone to Ron Atkinson instead.
On October 18, former Manchester United and Aston Villa manager Ron Atkinson was appointed as a consultant to the new manager.
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Later in the season, after Wright had departed, Carden became one of the central characters of the Big Ron Manager documentary series on Sky, with Ron Atkinson drafted in to help new boss Steve Bleasdale.
Petter Rudi was signed by David Pleat in October 1997 from Molde FK and he made his debut against Spurs; his style of play made him popular with the Wednesday fans and he became a regular starter under Ron Atkinson later that season after Pleat was sacked, he failed to score in his first season however he did score the 5-3 penalty shoot-out victory against Watford in the 3rd round of the FA Cup.
The series 'Respect' was produced and directed by Pogus Caesar for Carlton TV, and featured the likes of Dwight Yorke, John Barnes and Ron Atkinson all paying tribute to the winger and his ridiculously skinny legs.
Walsh was given a professional contract for the 1986–87 season (during which Ron Atkinson was sacked in favour of Alex Ferguson) and make his first-team debut soon after.