Also remember that there was a time when the Bloom family name wasn't as, er, 'revered' as it is today. I don't think Ray Bloom was 'one of us' during the War Years. Age might be playing tricks on that score so I'll willingly withdraw that remark if it proves incorrect, but I seem to remember Gulls Eye weren't fond of him. Strange as it may seem there may have been a time when TB felt he wasn't welcome at Brighton games.
I'm old enough to remember those days too. Interesting that you say that Tony may have felt unwelcome at times. I've never heard that, but it's certainly plausible given everything else that was going on at the time.