Ronnie Boyce

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Ronnie Boyce (born January 6, 1943 East London) was a football player.

Ronnie Boyce joined West Ham as an apprentice in May 1960 and went on to make 282 appearances for West Ham between 1960 and 1973 scoring 21 goals. The most important of which was the winner in the 1964 FA Cup final. He was also a member of the '65 cup winners' cup and the defeat in the '66 League Cup final. Nicknamed "Ticker", because of his style of keeping things ticking over in midfield, he allowed the more creative players such as Byrne, Brooking, Peters and Sissions to have more freedom to attack. He could also play as a sweeper, during West Ham's successful cup winners cup campaign, he filled in as sweeper when Bobby Moore was out injured. When playing Sparkture Prague he earned great reviews comparing to his team mate the great Bobby Moore. After hanging up his boots he became a key member of the coaching staff under John Lyall, overseeing cup Final victories in 1975 against Fulham and the famous victory against Aresnal in 1980. He also helped oversee with Lyall the successful years in the 1980s. He was made care-taker manager in 1990 before moving on to Tottenham as chief scout where he retired from the role in 2003.

He is namechecked in the Half Man Half Biscuit song "Ode To Joyce", from the album CSI: Ambleside.