Tony Carter R.I.P.

ElvisC · **Joined:** Mon Aug 15, 2011 9:55 am **Posts:** 4504

First bloke to ever pick me for a Football Team. Passed away New Years Day.

joemaxi · **Posted:** Mon Jan 05, 2015 10:58 pm

Real shame, my first manager at St Francis back in the mid eighties...RIP...Mr Carter.

Mr Irrelevant · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:25 pm **Posts:** 22681

He was a crap football manager as he picked both me and Dunn. Neither of us could hit a cows arse with a shovel. But what a nice guy. RIP.

millhouse seat · **Joined:** Tue Aug 12, 2014 11:31 pm **Posts:** 6

Sad news, a top guy who put a lot of time and effort in to youth football in the town. RIP Tony.

Kevin Dixon · **Joined:** Mon Jan 07, 2008 1:04 am **Posts:** 1432

RIp Tony, I remember the days with St Francis in Germany in the 80's great time great bloke.

Kolley Kibber · **Posted:** Tue Jan 06, 2015 5:36 am

Very sad news. I played in his all-conquering town team of the late '90s, and I always remember what a good bloke he was. We beat Leeds for the first time in years (yours truly scoring the winner) and I have never seen a happier man. He truly loved his football. RIP.

alleztfc · **Posted:** Tue Jan 06, 2015 12:17 pm

Really sad to hear this.

A true gent and a great teacher at St T's. sadx

horden · **Posted:** Tue Jan 06, 2015 7:26 pm

ElvisC wrote:

First bloke to ever pick me for a Football Team. Passed away New Years Day.

I had a teacher called Tony Carter in the 70s. surely not the same one, he was from Trimdon

killergrahamsfarrahs · **Joined:** Wed Nov 25, 2009 8:44 pm **Posts:** 82

Is this the mush who used to wear the Pods? Sent me home in disgrace from a match for the town for "larking about". This ultimately saw me hit the booze George Best style and instead of playing football I began poking bewers, drinking and knocking about with gypsies. Thoroughly decent bloke. RIP Coach Carter x

Kolley Kibber · **Posted:** Wed Jan 07, 2015 8:53 am

horden wrote:

ElvisC wrote:

First bloke to ever pick me for a Football Team. Passed away New Years Day.

I had a teacher called Tony Carter in the 70s. surely not the same one, he was from Trimdon

I'm pretty sure he was a yakker. He was teaching at a primary in Peterlee when he coached me, but I know that he lived in town. I used to see him in the White House quite regularly.

horden · **Posted:** Wed Jan 07, 2015 9:12 am

If same bloke taught me in Blackhall junior school around 74/75 time, if it was him would of been around 65 year old now, used to take around 10 of us to Hartlepool baths in his lunch break, in the back of a clapped out transit van, can you imagine the h&s implications now. Remember the police stopping us near the Seagull once, they gave him a ticking over about the state of his van, nowt said about 10 kids in the back with wet hair. He was a Sunderland fan and once told us he had trials for them as a kid, as a goalie, was a big lad when he taught us, Martin Burleighesque.

ElvisC · **Joined:** Mon Aug 15, 2011 9:55 am **Posts:** 4504

Deffo different guy. TC was short. Taught me in 74-75 so was deffo teaching at St Teresas in Hartlepool.

horden · **Posted:** Wed Jan 07, 2015 8:28 pm

That sorts that then, seems like my Tony Carter is still alive, hopefully!

SlackArris · **Joined:** Fri Mar 12, 2010 8:08 pm **Posts:** 40

Just heard the sad news about Tony today. Tony sat behind me in the Cyril Knowles Stand and what a thoroughly nice guy he was. He always had a friendly word, his knowledge of football was superb and sometimes he even agreed with the Ref.
Block G will miss you Tony.
Our thoughts are with his family and I do hope his lovely wife can come back to football, we'll be there for you.

Tony Carter R.I.P.

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