Hornets legends LBliss8 and Ross Jenkins pay tribute to Oli Phillips watfordfc
How can we share ‘just a thought’ about Oli Phillips, his words, his knowledge, his integrity and character so woven into the fabric of our town, Watford, and our Club that anything else is, well, chip paper!
A smiling Luther Blissett looks on as Elton John signs a copy of Oli Phillips' official history of Watford. To try and describe our bond and camaraderie is impossible today. I know that my strike partner Ross feels the loss so deeply of the ‘grumpy man in the hat who became his great friend’, the sports writer who was spot on when he described that so called giraffe of a man as “the best line-leader I ever witnessed at Vicarage Road”. As always, well said Oli, spot on.
I noted people who I would not have put down as being his readers or friends, enthuse over him, his career and achievements. I found it almost uplifting amidst the onset of my own depression; so much so that the fleeting thought passed through my mind, to phone Oli and compare notes. Fortunately for Watford as a town, and for Watford FC , the Club and everyone who ever supports it. Oli’s words and honest documentation of talent will be with us forever in his books and articles. Long may we read them as our history defines our entire character and future.
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