Hornets greats Kenny Jackett and Nigel Gibbs have joined former press box colleagues in paying tribute to Oliver Phillips watfordfc
Former Watford players and press box colleagues have been among those to pay tribute to the Watford Observer's former Sports Editor Oliver Phillips following his death.
A light has gone out in the press box at Vicarage Road, and part of Watford Football Club's fabric has expired with it. I remember “ambushing” him after Graham Taylor’s funeral to ask for an instant live assessment of his friend’s passing. Ever the professional he instantly delivered a precise and succinct appreciation.I was sad to hear of the passing of Oli Phillips, all our thoughts are with his family at this sad time.
When you read the match reports they were full of detail and if you weren’t at the game you could visualise what Oli had written about it. I knew Oli from the age of 17 - I’m 80 in April - and at one of my milestone birthday lunches in Rickmansworth he told guests that I was ‘the brother he never had’. I am an only child too and that was how I felt about him.
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