Ronnie Phillips

For the former Australian rules footballer, see Ron Phillips (Australian footballer).

Ronnie Phillips

Personal information
Full name	Ronald Daniel Phillips
Date of birth	(1947-03-30)30 March 1947
Place of birth	Worsley, England
Date of death	18 April 2002(2002-04-18) (aged 55)
Place of death	Cumbria, England
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1963–1965	Bolton Wanderers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1965–1975	Bolton Wanderers	145	(17)
1975	→ Chesterfield (loan)	5	(0)
1975–1977	Bury	72	(5)
1977–1981	Chester	130	(21)
1981	Chorley
1981	Barrow	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ronald Phillips (30 March 1947 – 18 April 2002) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Playing career

A left sided midfielder who also played as winger,[1] Phillips began his career with Bolton Wanderers. After 145 league appearances and a loan spell with Chesterfield, Phillips joined Bury in 1975 for a two-year spell.

Early in 1977–78 Phillips joined Chester, where he became part of one of the club's most successful teams.[1] His four-year stint at Sealand Road was largely successful, although Phillips did suffer the indignity of missing an open goal for Chester in a televised match at Blackpool in December 1978.[1]

Phillips left Chester in February 1981 and briefly joined Chorley before signing for Barrow in the Alliance Premier League. But he suffered a serious leg injury shortly after signing and left him in plaster for six months, effectively ending his playing career at a serious level.[1]

After his football career ended Phillips worked for an insurance company and later established a successful newsagents business.[1] Unfortunately he began to suffer from depression,[2] leading to his death from self-inflicted injuries in April 2002.[2]

References

1. Where are they now?, Chester City v Bolton Wanderers matchday programme, 17 October 1992, p 20
2. "Former Wanderers star Ron Phillips tragedy". This is Lancashire. 1 October 2002. Archived from the original on 3 January 2008. Retrieved 13 November 2008.