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Injuries, risky signings and debatable tactics are all factors in Millwall’s decline, but an unspoken issue is the playoff hangover. It’s hard to get that close and have to start over again. After losing in the Champ playoffs in 91, 94 and 02 we finished mid table the next year.
Floodlights slashing through the sulphurous gloom, the Den was the bastard offspring of Bedlam and the Maudsley. Sparks of electricity from the twisted train tracks looming overhead triggered flashbacks to John’s shock therapy. Acute psychosis? No. You just met the Bushwackers.
The pinnacle of an incredible rise: 4,000 Millwall fans at Liverpool for a 1-1 draw with the champions in 1988. Just two years earlier, our home crowds were often the same number we took to Anfield.
Millwall at Doncaster in 1982. Late night fun and games with West Ham at Kings Cross on the way back. Had to have your wits about you that night.
Millwall at Leicester in 1991 after exchanging pleasantries with the Baby Squad. One familiar face not keen to be caught on camera.
In 2010, Millwall started their Championship campaign with a 3-0 win at Bristol City featuring two assists from @lisbie_kevin. 16 years later, it’s his son’s turn when the Lions head to Ashton Gate for the first game of the season. Over to you Kyrell…
“I thought I could improve things by some open, friendly ideas. But now I have the unenviable record of being the only chairman who was top of the division in December and relegated in May. It’s a brutal business…try facing football fans in the car park” - Peter Mead.
“Coming from Millwall, that was your taters and greens. Going to Rangers, it doesn’t get any better. It’s tradition. The wood panels, the picture of the Queen. What a club. Butcher, Steven, Gough. I was so lucky to play with those boys. I was in awe. I still am” - Terry Hurlock
“I can remember we went to Southampton. He said ‘you’ve got 3,000 Millwall nutters out there and this is what they’re demanding - you’ve got to run’. We had 22% possession. He’s gone ‘That’s what I want. We battered em!’ That was Chopper all over.” - Andy Marshall on Neil Harris.
"I'm absolutely gutted to miss the West Ham game. That's one game I'll absolutely miss. So maybe I could just come and sign for those two games. That'd be nice. I’m pretty sure Millwall will run them over on and off the pitch.” - Danny McNamara. Go on Dan… 😂😂
“Just after the war, mum ran a boarding house for Millwall players. But I was surprised when she told me dad had a couple of first-team games for them. I said ‘what are you talking about, you tell me this now!’ I was quite chuffed, and proud.” - Gary Oldman’s Millwall roots.
