| Ron Phillips 22:25 - Apr 2 with 17846 views | flynnbo |
Just to say I chatted on the phone to him this evening  |  | | |  |
| Ron Phillips on 22:45 - Apr 2 with 10848 views | flynnbo |
No way! | | | |
| Ron Phillips on 22:45 - Apr 2 with 10845 views | flynnbo |
| Ron Phillips on 22:45 - Apr 2 by flynnbo |
No way! |
Yes, I did and you know what? | | | |
| Ron Phillips on 22:46 - Apr 2 with 10842 views | flynnbo |
| Ron Phillips on 22:45 - Apr 2 by flynnbo |
Yes, I did and you know what? |
What? | | | |
| Ron Phillips on 22:47 - Apr 2 with 10838 views | flynnbo |
| Ron Phillips on 22:46 - Apr 2 by flynnbo |
What? |
Nobody gives a 5hit. | | | |
| Ron Phillips on 23:02 - Apr 2 with 10800 views | TheBlob |
So tell us already. |  |
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| Ron Phillips on 02:55 - Apr 3 with 10686 views | timcocking |
Who is he? |  | | |
| Ron Phillips on 08:49 - Apr 3 with 10605 views | qprxtc |
Is this Ron Phillips the ex Bury midfielder from the 70's or the ex QPR secretary/programme editor? |  | | |
| Ron Phillips on 08:59 - Apr 3 with 10590 views | loftboy |
Who was the secretary that went to prison for fiddling the end of season raffle for a ford escort in the mid eighties? |  |
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| Ron Phillips on 09:12 - Apr 3 with 10567 views | qprxtc |
Some scouse bloke called Fran I think. | | | |
| Ron Phillips on 09:19 - Apr 3 with 10558 views | flynnbo |
| Ron Phillips on 08:49 - Apr 3 by qprxtc |
Is this Ron Phillips the ex Bury midfielder from the 70's or the ex QPR secretary/programme editor? |
The ex-secretary from 1966 till 1989. Is always happy to talk Rangers. There was a big article about him in the Sunderland programme. | | | |
| Ron Phillips on 09:23 - Apr 3 with 10548 views | TheBlob |
| Ron Phillips on 09:19 - Apr 3 by flynnbo |
The ex-secretary from 1966 till 1989. Is always happy to talk Rangers. There was a big article about him in the Sunderland programme. |
He's a legend to us oldies mate.
What did he have to say? | |
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| Ron Phillips on 09:28 - Apr 3 with 10535 views | Hayesender |
You'll be telling us you spoke to Michael Wale next  |  |
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| Ron Phillips on 09:30 - Apr 3 with 10536 views | flynnbo |
He runs the Baron's Court theatre now and was comparing the actors to players, what with their histrionics, demands and even getting a half time break! He just seemed very happy to chat about all things QPR. | | | |
| Ron Phillips on 09:40 - Apr 3 with 10526 views | TheBlob |
| Ron Phillips on 09:30 - Apr 3 by flynnbo |
He runs the Baron's Court theatre now and was comparing the actors to players, what with their histrionics, demands and even getting a half time break! He just seemed very happy to chat about all things QPR. |
Good on him,still active.Yes I can see the analogy,and if the comparison is correct they both need constant praise and reassurance.Does he get to many games? | |
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| Ron Phillips on 09:48 - Apr 3 with 10510 views | sexton |
Saw Michael Wale in West Ealing the other week. |  | | |
| Ron Phillips on 10:12 - Apr 3 with 10476 views | flynnbo |
| Ron Phillips on 09:40 - Apr 3 by TheBlob |
Good on him,still active.Yes I can see the analogy,and if the comparison is correct they both need constant praise and reassurance.Does he get to many games? |
Too busy to go regularly but some of his family still go. Was wondering whether, as he ran the theatre, he would be up for a question/answer session on QPR-possibly at end of season. It's a pub with a theatre so could all meet in pub first. Do you think there'd be many takers? | | | |
| Ron Phillips on 10:18 - Apr 3 with 10467 views | TheBlob |
| Ron Phillips on 10:12 - Apr 3 by flynnbo |
Too busy to go regularly but some of his family still go. Was wondering whether, as he ran the theatre, he would be up for a question/answer session on QPR-possibly at end of season. It's a pub with a theatre so could all meet in pub first. Do you think there'd be many takers? |
Depends who is buying.
Good idea,would love to hear what he has to say. | |
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| Ron Phillips on 11:12 - Apr 3 with 10416 views | smegma |
| Ron Phillips on 08:59 - Apr 3 by loftboy |
Who was the secretary that went to prison for fiddling the end of season raffle for a ford escort in the mid eighties? |
Wasn't he the one who announced over the PA 'get off the pitch , you are not real fans' during the Man City pitch invasion many moons ago ? |  | | |
| Ron Phillips on 11:34 - Apr 3 with 10384 views | CanadaRanger |
I think he's the one that lost our apostrophe and it hasn't been found since! |  | | |
| Ron Phillips on 12:20 - Apr 3 with 10355 views | wombat |
| Ron Phillips on 11:34 - Apr 3 by CanadaRanger |
I think he's the one that lost our apostrophe and it hasn't been found since! |
the one who fiddled the lottery actually sorted it for his sister to win allegedly |  |
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| Ron Phillips on 23:27 - Apr 3 with 10127 views | TacticalR |
Next time you speak to him can you ask him whose idea it was to sell Goddard & Allen? |  |
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| Ron Phillips (n/t) on 11:21 - May 1 with 9866 views | RonPhillips |
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| Ron Phillips (n/t) on 11:23 - May 1 with 9860 views | RonPhillips |
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| Ron Phillips on 11:48 - May 1 with 9772 views | RonPhillips |
Ron Phillips speaking (Yes, the ex-QPR Secretary and Programme Editor - I don't get a lot of time playing at mid-field for Bury nowadays).
Sorry to eavesdrop on the correspondence about me but I'm delighted to see there was nothing too derogatory!
My brother, Peter, who still goes to Rangers occasionally, directed me to this site. I thought it was about time I cleared up the Mystery Of The Missing Apostrophe, or it will continue into the 22nd Century.
Oldtimers will recall that, when I started the new, improved QPR programme in 1966, I designed a highly original cover for it, consisting of a chequer board, with the famous 'Little Men' on white squares of the board, alternating with the letters of Queen's Park Rangers.
Our printers were very helpful but phoned me one day to ask for a decision about the apostrophe. The letters of the alphabet looked O.K. on the white squares but an apostrophe by itself on a white square looked silly. And, if they tried to put a letter and the apostrophe on a white square together, they would look squashed.
Famous for my snap decisions, I said "Then drop the apostrophe. No-one will notice"...
The new cover came out and everyone liked it (and, as I keep reminding people, we won the award for 'Best Programme In The Football League' two years running).
The printers apparently liked it too because, one day, I noticed they had dropped the apostrophe from the Queen's Park Rangers title inside the programme.
This looked O.K., so I decided to leave it as it was - otherwise we would have had to live with two different formats of QPR's name in the same programme.
In addition, we were in the good company of Regents Park, Barons Court,
Lloyds Bank, etc., who all possessed apostrophes originally.
23 years went by and (as far as I can recall) no-one ever said a word about the missing apostrophe. I left QPR and, within a few months, the sky fell in upon me. Every Rangers fan on the planet seemed to be bewailing the loss.
Anyway, there it is. My defence rests.
You can change it back, of course, but I assure you that you will then receive hundreds of complaints about why you have decided to include an apostrophe in the club's name.
You really can't win, you know.
Anyway, best wishes to Rangers fans who may be reading this. It looks as if it will be a terrific season next time.
Ron Phillips | | | |
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