Career
A utility player, Ross"s debut was for Liverpool on 14 January 1967 at Sheffield Wednesday in the First Division. After falling out of favour at Villa, he had spells on loan at N ottinghamshire County and Northampton Town before joining Peterborough United in December 1976. Here, he amassed over 100 appearances during two-and-a-half seasons, in which he also served the club in a coaching role.
He joined First Division Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1979 primarily as a coach, following his former Peterborough manager John Barnwell.
He remained a registered player but never played a first team game for the club He stepped in as caretaker manager after Barnwell"s eventual sacking in January 1982, taking charge of five games, losing all.
Ross left the club soon after, joining Hereford United in a similar role, though here he did make 15 first team appearances during the 1982/83 season. He moved to Iceland to manage Valur, KR and later Keflavík before returning to the United Kingdom and later took up the reigns at Huddersfield Town in 1992/93.
He subsequently managed Berwick Rangers in 1996.