November 12, 200520 yr anyone old anuf to remeber him cause he taught me how to drive bout 5 years ago had some great chats about how much he hated fransis lee and how he scored from a corner once in late 60's. hes now a dam good driving instucter based in glossop
November 12, 200520 yr If I remember rightly I`m sure he used to wear no 11...he went to my old school Farnworth Grammar
November 12, 200520 yr well who was the ronnie phillips, who had the offy in walkden. used to play fert wanderers. and topped himself a number of years back??????
November 12, 200520 yr BEN reported him dead in this article Wanderers 3, Manchester City 0 THE headline in the Bolton Evening News of October 6, 1971, read: "42,000 see Bolton take City apart". First Division City had arrived for this third round League Cup tie boasting a top-quality line-up including Mike Summerbee, Joe Corrigan, Willie Donachie, Mike Doyle, Tommy Booth, and ex-Wanderers favourites Freddie Hill and Franny Lee. They were to finish the 1971-72 season just one point behind champions Derby County. But on this night - as reporter Frank Booth delighted in telling BEN readers - they were "taken apart" by an emerging Bolton side, led by the fleet-footed Garry Jones. "I always had pace and knew that if I got the chance I could score against any defender, no matter how experienced he was," Jones, now 54, recalls. "We had a young side with a tremendous team spirit. People don't always appreciate just how many talented young players were developed by Bolton in those days." In the Wanderers side that night were other "young bloods" in Alan Waldron, Ian Seddon, Jimmy Redfern and the late Ronnie Phillips, alongside the experienced Roy Greaves, Warwick Rimmer and World Cup winner Roger Hunt. From the start Bolton played like the First Division side. Seddon, Waldron and Peter Nicholson "pounced like tigers every time City threatened" while skipper John Hulme and Rimmer - who had run two miles to the ground after getting stuck in a motorway traffic jam - were brilliant in defence. Bolton went ahead after 16 minutes with a glancing header by Jones from a Waldron cross. "I was knocked flat and didn't see the ball go in. I didn't know I had scored until I heard the roar of the crowd and the players surrounded me," said Jones. "I remember thinking then that even if we lost 8-1 at least I had scored." Shots and headers from John Byrom almost extended Bolton's lead and City's giant goalkeeper Joe Corrigan was repeatedly called into action to keep the score to 1-0 at the break. Even the voluble City manager Malcolm Allison was stunned into silence! "City came out for the second half meaning business," recalled Jones. "They pressed us but I always felt that if someone could just play the right ball through I would outpace their defence." The "right ball" came with a 65th minute defence-splitting pass from Greaves which put Jones into a one-on- one with Corrigan. He got a touch to the lobbed shot but could only watch it trickle over the line. The killer goal came 14 minutes later when Waldron was upended by Donachie in the penalty area. "I just picked up the ball and walked to the ??spot'. I half expected one of the senior players taking it off me but they didn't so I took the penalty and sent Corrigan the wrong way. It was a fantastic feeling; those three goals were probably the highlight of my career." There was a reality check for Bolton in the next round when they drew another top First Division side in Chelsea and, after a thrilling 1-1 result in the capital, they were dumped out 6-0 in the Burnden replay when Charlie Cooke, Alan Hudson and Peter Osgood weaved their magic. As for Jones, his heroics generated immediate transfer interest from his home-town club City and again in 1974 when a persistent knee injury ended his chance of a move to Maine Road. The injury continued to blight Jones's career but by the time he left for Blackpool in 1978 he had played 247 league and cup games for Bolton and scored 56 goals. After just a few games for the Seasiders he moved to Los Angeles Aztecs, Derry City and a number of non-league clubs. He still plays charity soccer and cricket games with teams of ex-professionals and is a frequent visitor to the Reebok.
November 12, 200520 yr Thats right he had the offy next to the train station, he was a top man who attended most matches but he never came to terms with the suicide of his brother and ended up topping himself
November 12, 200520 yr Author urm intersting was there two guys with the same name cause he is alive and well
November 12, 200520 yr urm intersting was there two guys with the same name cause he is alive and well Didn't Jimmy Phillips' dad play for Bolton? What was his name? MickD JCL in 1974
November 12, 200520 yr urm intersting was there two guys with the same name cause he is alive and well Only one R Phillips according to Simon Marland's book
November 14, 200520 yr one of the first chants I picked on the lever end in 73 was " We've got Ronnie, Ronnie, Ronnie, Ronnie Phillips on the wing, on the wing!" The blonde haired wing wizard was instrumental in our kick and run assault on the 3rd division.
November 14, 200520 yr as i remember it, kick off used to be knock it back to the edge of the centre circle, then whack it to the touchline, level with the penalty area for ronnie philips. who had just covered 40 yards in next to no time
November 14, 200520 yr as i remember it, kick off used to be knock it back to the edge of the centre circle, then whack it to the touchline, level with the penalty area for ronnie philips. who had just covered 40 yards in next to no time "who then pushed it forward and wrapped then his foot around it to cross.......only to see it sail harmlessly over the cross bar 4 out of 5 times"
November 15, 200520 yr as i remember it, kick off used to be knock it back to the edge of the centre circle, then whack it to the touchline, level with the penalty area for ronnie philips. who had just covered 40 yards in next to no time A technique developed much earlier by Neville Bannister
November 15, 200520 yr as i remember it, kick off used to be knock it back to the edge of the centre circle, then whack it to the touchline, level with the penalty area for ronnie philips. who had just covered 40 yards in next to no time A technique developed much earlier by Neville Bannister Aye they had to shut the gate otherwise Bannister would have kept on running right up Manchester Road.
November 15, 200520 yr did ron jeremy ever play for bolton? aye good in the tackle i heard Hard as nails and he'd have a go at anything
November 15, 200520 yr did ron jeremy ever play for bolton? aye good in the tackle i heard Hard as nails and he'd have a go at anything Unfortunately i never saw the great man play "live" But from what i've heard he was - 1, Fearless in the box 2,Didn't mind being outnumbered 3,Didn't mind it wet 4, Always rose for the big occasion What a guy, we could do with more like him!!!!!!!!!!!
anyone old anuf to remeber him cause he taught me how to drive bout 5 years ago had some great chats about how much he hated fransis lee and how he scored from a corner once in late 60's. hes now a dam good driving instucter based in glossop