Grenville Millington
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Grenville Rodney Millington | ||
| Date of birth | 10 December 1951 | ||
| Place of birth | Queensferry, Wales | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Rhyl | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1968–1969 | Chester | 1 | (0) |
| 1969–1972 | Rhyl | ||
| 1972–1973 | Witton Albion | ||
| 1973–1982 | Chester | 288 | (0) |
| 1983 | Chester | 1 | (0) |
| 1983 | Oswestry Town | ||
| 1983–1984 | Wrexham | 13 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| Wales Amateur | |||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Grenville Rodney Millington (born 10 December 1951 in Queensferry, Flintshire) is a former professional footballer who played in The Football League as a goalkeeper. He enjoyed a long career with Chester and was voted the club's BBC Cult Hero in 2005. Millington is now an established goalkeeping coach. He is the younger brother of Tony Millington, who played in goal for Wales.
Millington made his Chester debut as a 17-year-old in April 1969 in the final home game of the season against Lincoln City, in a match which also provided the first Chester appearance for Nigel Edwards (who would go on to be a long–serving colleague for Millington) and the last for the prolific Gary Talbot. However, this was to be Millington's only appearance for Chester before being released and he returned to Rhyl, where he had been as a youngster. While with the Lilywhites he came up against Tony for the only time, when Rhyl met Swansea City in January 1971 in the FA Cup. He also had a spell with Witton Albion and played on trial for Brighton & Hove Albion, before returning to Chester in November 1973. His first game back ended in an FA Cup win over Telford United and he replaced John Taylor as first-choice goalkeeper at the club.
The 1974–75 season was one of Chester's finest, as they reached the Football League Cup semi–finals and won promotion from Division Four. Millington was vital to both successes as he played in every game, memorably making an outstanding save from Malcolm MacDonald in a quarter-finals giant killing win over Newcastle United. The season also saw him set the club record for the longest run without conceding a goal.
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