Mike Ford (rugby) lost the series 3-0). He left his position with Ireland in September 2005. In May 2006 Ford became defence coach of England, part of the coaching team that guided England to the 2007 World Cup Final. With Ford as defence coach England conceded the fewest points in the in 2009 Six Nations (70) and the fewest tries in the 2010 Six Nations (5), and the fewest tries in the pool stages of the 2011 World Cup. Deciding not to seek a renewal of his England contract, Ford joined the coaching staff at Bath Rugby. He became head coach at Bath
The Inheritors (Conrad and Ford novel) Soldier" and "Parade's End" published much later, the author depicts a long undisturbed English aristocracy confused and bewildered by the arrival of the 20th century. Joseph Conrad and Ford Madox Ford, "The Inheritors: An extravagant story", William Heinemann, London, New York, 1901. The Inheritors (Conrad and Ford novel) "The Inheritors: An Extravagant Story" (1901) is a quasi-science fiction novel on which Ford Madox Ford and Joseph Conrad collaborated. It looks at society's mental evolution and what is gained and lost in the process. Written before the first World War, its themes of corruption and the effect of the 20th Century