Tony Millard

[dougdeep]

A real shame. He made the most mundane thing sound interesting.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Very sad news.

The voice of the Albion through our most successful period.

RIP Tony.

 

[Carrot Cruncher]

Sad news.

I'm sure it was reported in Gulls Eye that Tone had commentated on a minutes silence before the FA Cup game at Sudbury. What a legend!

RIP Tony.

 

[Kick Ass Minton]

RIP Tony

 

[Turkey]

Very sorry to hear this, RIP.

 

[King Barnes]

R.I.P.

Some commentary on this:

Still at school then and has to go down as one of the best years in my life

 

[The Oldman]

Very sad. As with many others the voice of the Albion for me especially when I was marooned in East Anglia in the 70's. Saw him at the county ground at the beginning of the month. A chipper as ever. RIP Tony.

 

[Frutos]

Sad news, RIP Tony

 

[Albion_Dave]

Very sad news. Many childhood memories of sitting on the stairs listening to the seahull line.

RIP Tony.

 

[timco]

Hereford "highlights" with Tony's commentary. There is a man with a real emotional connection to his subject.

[video=vimeo;23283912]http://vimeo.com/23283912[/video]

Even though I knew the result I was still nervous right up to the final whistle.

Tony was a booming voice in the press room you could not miss him thanks for the chats Tony goodbye.

 

[Taybha]

RIP Tony , thanks for the memories .

 

[El Presidente]

To honour him properly the club should have a six minute discussion on what Gully had for breakfast before the sad story of Tony's death.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

To honour him properly the club should have a six minute discussion on what Gully had for breakfast before the sad story of Tony's death.

And charge us all a premium per-minute fee to listen in

 

[Sussex on Leith]

And charge us all a premium per-minute fee to listen in

Funnily enough, I was thinking of Tony Millard the other day while reading the "£43 for a ticket for Millwall" thread - I was trying to work out whether the per-minute cost of watching the Albion live had finally surpassed the per-minute cost of phoning the Seagull Line.

RIP Tony.

 

[Blues Rock DJ]

Sorry to hear the news, not only an Albion legend but also the at cricket and speedway, I guess he may have turned his hand to commentating on other sports too. He used to pop up on TV or radio reports from all sorts of locations, I'm sure he was only reporting from Priestfield or similar last week. He brought great passion and enthusiasm to his role.

I recall Tony from the 70's/80s when I used to steward at The Goldstone and Tony being one of the first reporters to wear the full length thermal quilted football coats. No doubt it was cosy but the diminutive Mr Millard looked a bit like a Hobbit. I think he even had his trademark comb-over back then.

The other local commentator I recall from that era was Fred Dineage, funnily enough he was also a fan of the long football coat and sported a comb-over too - but he wasn't half as amenable as Tony Millard.

RIP.

with, or rather out of respect, please don't mention that **** Dinneage in the same breath as the wonderful Tony Millard.....RIP

 

[glasfryn]

great times
great memories
Rest in Peace Tony

 

[TSB]

RIP Tony.
Will always remember you imploring people to stay off the pitch v York and v Hereford.

And, of course, that impassioned commentary at Hereford.
That ought to be played at the end of our Matchday build-up video in tribute.

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

I seem to recall he was a fan of the classic commentator's sheepskin jacket

Sheepskin jacket and epic combover. Old school.

 

[Surf's Up]

Absolute Albion legend, very sad news - RIP Tony.

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

My greatest Millard memory was of one night in our First Division days when he was the Goldstone PA announcer. Andy Ritchie was less-than-committed in chasing a ball down the line, and Millard muttered 'FFS, Andy, pull your finger out.'

Sadly he had forgotten to switch the PA mike off so his words echoed all over the Goldstone and most of Hove ...

Absolute. Legend.