“…Other than its inclusion in Wilkes (2004), where lollipop stick is glossed as 'quick / trick' (two separate uses for the price of one, neither of which is supported by examples, citations or references to sources), the only use, or rather mention, of this form I know of is precisely as an explanation (e. g. Dent 2003: 53;Dalzell/Victor 2006) of the origin of lollipop. And that in itself does not prove anythingexcept that RS is a hot favourite when it comes to etymologising (see Lillo 2018). Most revealingly, not only does the word's putative inventor, former player and manager Ron "Big Ron" Atkinson, 9 not acknowledge that origin, but among the many other terms and phrases he introduced into the football vernacular while working as a commentator (little eyebrows 'a glancing header', Hollywood ball 'a long-range pass', etc.…”