Millwall F.C.

History

Main article: History of Millwall F.C.

Beginnings, Southern League and relocation: 1885–1920

The club was founded as Millwall Rovers by the workers of J.T. Morton's canning and preserve factory in the Millwall area of the Isle of Dogs in London's East End in 1885. J.T. Morton was founded in Aberdeen in 1849 to supply sailing ships with food, the company opened their first English cannery and food processing plant at Millwall dock in 1872 and attracted a workforce from across the country, including the east coast of Scotland, primarily Dundee. The club secretary was 17-year-old Jasper Sexton, the son of the landlord of The Islander pub in Tooke Street where Millwall held their club meetings. Millwall Rovers' first game was an away fixture held on 3 October 1885 against Fillebrook, a team that played in Leytonstone. The newly formed team were beaten 5–0. Millwall's first home game was on a piece of waste ground on Glengall Road against St Luke's, on 24 October 1885, which they won 2–1.

Rovers found a better playing surface for the 1886–87 season, at the rear of the Lord Nelson pub and it became known as the Lord Nelson Ground. In November 1886, the East End Football Association was formed, along with the Senior Cup Competition. Millwall made it to the final against London Caledonians, which was played at Leyton Cricket Ground. The match finished 2–2 and the teams shared the cup for six months each. Millwall won the East London Senior Cup at the first attempt. The club also won the cup in the following two years, and the trophy became their property.

In April 1889, a resolution was passed for Millwall to drop "Rovers" from their name, and they began playing under the name Millwall Athletic, inspired by their move to their new home The Athletic Grounds. They were founding members of the Southern Football League which they won for the first two years of its existence, and were runners-up in its third. During this period the club was invited to join the Second Division of the Football League but the committee turned down the opportunity, partly due to the expected increase in travel expenses but also to stay loyal to the Southern League. They were forced to move to a new ground North Greenwich in 1901, as the Millwall Dock Company wanted to use their land as a timberyard. Millwall Athletic reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup in 1900 and 1903, and were also champions of the Western Football League in 1908 and 1909. On 10 October 1910, Millwall played their last game as an East London club against Woolwich Arsenal in the London Challenge Cup. Millwall won the game 1–0 in front of a crowd of 3000.

Millwall moved to a new stadium, named The Den, in New Cross, South East London in 1910. The club had previously occupied four different grounds in the 25 years since their formation in East London; limited expansion space on the Isle of Dogs meant The Lions had to move to boost support and attendances. The estimated cost of The Den was £10,000. The first match played at the new ground was on 22 October 1910 against reigning Southern League champions Brighton & Hove Albion, who won 1–0.

Entering the Football League: 1920–1940

Millwall, who had now also dropped "Athletic" from their name, were invited to join the Football League in 1920 for the 1920–21 season, along with 22 other clubs, through the creation of the new Football League Third Division. The Southern League was shorn of its status, with almost all its clubs deciding to leave—Millwall followed suit. Millwall's first Football League match was on 28 August 1920 at The Den, and they were 2–0 winners against Bristol Rovers.

In the 1925–26 season Millwall had 11 consecutive clean sheets, a Football League record, which they hold jointly with York City and Reading. Millwall became known as a hard-fighting Cup team and competed in various memorable matches, notably defeating three-time league winners and reigning champions Huddersfield Town 3–1 in the third round of the 1926–27 FA Cup. In the 1927–28 season Millwall won the Third Division South title and scored 87 goals at home in the league, an English record which still stands.{{cite web |title=Football League Records – Goals |url=http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/Goals/0,,10794~634862,00.html |work=The Football League |date=3 August 2008 |access-date=28 August 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320021001/http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/Goals/0%2C%2C10794~634862%2C00.html |archive-date=20 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724125618/http://www.footballgroundguide.com/millwall/ |archive-date=24 July 2011}} Their 1937 FA Cup run saw Millwall reach the semi-finals for the third time, and a fifth-round game against Derby still stands as Millwall's record attendance of 48,762. Millwall were the 11th best supported team in England in 1939, despite being in the Second Division.{{cite web

Wartime doldrums and relegation to fourth tier: 1940–1965

On 7 April 1945, Millwall appeared in a Football League War Cup final at Wembley Stadium against Chelsea, but because it was a wartime cup final it is not acknowledged in the record books. With the war in Europe in its last days, the number of spectators allowed to attend games was relaxed. The attendance was 90,000, the largest crowd Millwall have ever played in front of, which included King George VI, whom the team were introduced to before kick-off.

The loss of so many young men during the Second World War made it difficult for clubs to retain their former status. This was especially true for Millwall, who appeared to suffer more than most. The Den sustained severe bomb damage on 19 April 1943, and one week later a fire, determined to have been caused by a discarded cigarette, also destroyed an entire stand. The club accepted offers from neighbours Charlton Athletic, Crystal Palace and West Ham United to stage games at their grounds. On 24 February 1944, Millwall returned to The Den, to play in an all-standing stadium. This was achieved with considerable volunteer labour by Lions fans.

Millwall's fortunes fluctuated in the immediate post war years, they were relegated to Division Three South in 1948 and had to apply for re-election to the league in 1950 after finishing in the bottom two. An upswing in fortunes saw Millwall finish 5th, 4th, and then runners up in Division Three South in 1952–53 season; but with only the Champions being promoted, Millwall found themselves stuck in the third tier despite averaging crowds of over 20,000. Millwall then suffered a down swing in fortunes with a number of bottom-half finishes. One highlight of the period was one of the biggest giant-killing upsets in the Fourth Round of the 1956–57 FA Cup on 26 January 1957, when Millwall beat Newcastle United 2–1 in front of a crowd of 45,646. Millwall suffered the ill fortune of becoming a founding member of Division Four in 1958. While initially suffering from this reorganisation, the de-regionalisation of Third Division North and Third Division South opened up the way for promotion via the runner up spots. Millwall won the Division Four Title in 1962 with the help of 23 Goals from Peter Burridge and 22 from Dave Jones. They were relegated again in the 1963–64 season, but were to bounce back by winning back-to-back promotions as runner up. This is the last time Millwall played in the fourth tier.

Unbeaten home record and the class of '71: 1965–1986

Later in the decade, Millwall established a record of 59 home games without defeat (43 wins and 16 draws) from 22 August 1964 to 14 January 1967. During this spell, Millwall played 55 different teams, kept 35 clean sheets, scored 112 goals and conceded 33. This was thanks largely to managers Billy Gray, who laid the foundations, and Benny Fenton, a former player who continued to build on Gray's side. All the players, which included winger Barry Rowan, goalkeeper Alex Stepney, defender Tom Wilson and strikers Hugh Curran and Len Julians, were presented with a commemorative gold cigarette lighter by the Football Association.{{Cite news| title = Millwall's unbeaten Home Record| url = http://www.millwall-history.co.uk/Origins-8.htm| work=The Millwall History Files| access-date =17 September 2010

In the early 1970s, the Millwall team included many notable and memorable players, now remembered by some fans as "The Class of '71". This was a team that included; goalkeeper Bryan King, defender Harry Cripps, goalscoring midfielder Derek Possee, Millwall's most capped international player to date, Eamon Dunphy and the club's longest serving player, Barry Kitchener. They missed out on promotion to Division One by one point. By remaining unbeaten at home in Division Two for the 1971–72 season, Millwall became the only club to go through an entire season without losing a match at home in four different divisions 1927–28 Division Three South, 1964–65 Division Four, 1965–66 Division Three and 1971–72 Division Two. In 1974, Millwall hosted the first game to be played on a Sunday against Fulham. The Lions reached the quarter-finals of the League Cup in 1974, and again in 1977.

George Graham managed Millwall from 1983 to 1986, and during that time he guided the club to a Football League Group Cup win, beating Lincoln City 3–2 in the final in the 1982–83 season. The 1984–85 season was particularly successful, Millwall reached the FA Cup quarter-finals and gained promotion to the Second Division, going unbeaten at home again in Division Three, winning 18 games and drawing five. In the FA Cup they were beaten 1–0 by First Division Luton Town at Kenilworth Road. The match is remembered for all the wrong reasons, after hooligans rioted at the game. 81 people (including 31 police officers) were injured in the disturbances.

Promotion to top tier, new stadium, and administration: 1987–2000

Graham's replacement was Glaswegian John Docherty. In his second season as manager, Millwall won the Second Division championship and gained promotion to the top flight of English football for the first time in the club's history. Starting the 1988–89 season strongly, Millwall topped the league on 1 October 1988 having played six games (winning four and drawing two) and rarely slipped out of the top five before Christmas. This was mainly due to Tony Cascarino and Teddy Sheringham, who scored 99 goals between them in three seasons playing together. Millwall's first top division season ended with a tenth-place finish, which was the lowest place occupied by the club all season. The following season, they briefly led the league for one night in September 1989 after beating Coventry City 4–1, but won only two more games all season and were relegated in 20th place at the end of the 1989–90 season.

Just before relegation was confirmed, Docherty was sacked and replaced by ex-Middlesbrough manager Bruce Rioch. Striker Teddy Sheringham was the highest-scoring player throughout the Football League in the 1990–91 season with 38 goals, was sold to Nottingham Forest for £2 million after Millwall's 6–2 defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion in the Second Division play-offs. Rioch left Millwall in 1992 to be succeeded by Irish defender Mick McCarthy. McCarthy guided Millwall to third place in the new Division One at the end of the 1993–94 season, losing to Derby County in Millwall's second playoffs appearance. This was their first season at a new ground, at first known as The New Den (to distinguish it from its predecessor) but now called simply The Den, which was opened by the Labour party leader John Smith on 4 August 1993. The new ground was the first all-seater stadium to be built in England after the Taylor report on the Hillsborough disaster. The Lions knocked Arsenal out of the 1994–95 FA Cup in a third-round replay, beating them 2–0 at Highbury. They also reached the quarter-finals of the League Cup for the third time in their history in 1995. McCarthy resigned to take charge of the Republic of Ireland national team on 5 February 1996, shortly after Millwall had been knocked off the top of the Division One table by Sunderland, following a 6–0 defeat.

Jimmy Nicholl of Raith Rovers was appointed as McCarthy's replacement, but could not reverse the slump in form which saw Millwall relegated at the end of the 1995–96 season in 22nd place. Just five months earlier they had been top of Division One, but now Millwall found themselves in the third tier for the 1996–97 season. The club experienced severe financial difficulties that resulted in them being placed in financial administration for a short time. Nicholl was relieved of his duties and John Docherty returned on a short-term basis to stabilise the club.

Millwall came out of administration, and new chairman Theo Paphitis appointed ex-West Ham United manager Billy Bonds as manager.{{cite web |title=Billy Bonds

Division 2 Champions, FA Cup Final, and European football: 2000–2007

Mark McGhee was named as Millwall's new manager for the 2000–01 season in September 2000, and eight months later the club won promotion as Division Two champions. They finished with 93 points, a club record, with striker Neil Harris winning the golden boot with 27 league goals. Along with Harris, the turn of the century saw the emergence of a 'Golden Generation' of players, some of whom would go on to play in the Premier League such as Tim Cahill, Paul Ifill, Lucas Neill, and Steven Reid. Winning the first match of the 2001–02 season 4–0 at home to Norwich City set the team up well for a good year, in which Millwall finished 4th and qualified for the Division One play-offs, but lost to eventual winners Birmingham City 2–1, their 4th playoff semi-final loss. Millwall finished 9th in the 2002–03 season, but McGhee left Millwall by "mutual consent" in October.{{Cite news| title = Mark McGhee| url = https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/millwall/3193162.stm|work=BBC Sport | access-date =28 August 2010| date=15 October 2003}}

In October 2003 ex-Chelsea and England player Dennis Wise became caretaker, and subsequently permanent player-manager, of the club for the 2003-04 season. In his first season in charge Wise led the team to finish four points off of the play-offs, and to the first FA Cup Final in their history.{{Cite news

In 2005, Theo Paphitis announced that he was stepping down as chairman of the club with Jeff Burnige to replace him from May 2005.{{Cite news

New owner, stability, and first play-off success: 2007–2015

In March 2007, Chestnut Hill Ventures, led by American and future chairman John Berylson, invested £5 million into the club. Millwall appointed Kenny Jackett as new manager on 6 November 2007. Over the course of the next two seasons, Jackett led Millwall to two top six finishes in League One, in fifth and third place respectively. On 13 January 2009, Harris broke Teddy Sheringham's all-time goal scoring record for Millwall during the 3–2 away win against Crewe Alexandra with his 112th goal for the club. After a play-off final defeat in the 2008–09 season against Scunthorpe United and losing out on automatic promotion on the last day of the 2009–10 season to Leeds United by one point, Millwall made it back to Wembley, finally breaking the play-off hoodoo run of five successive failures, with a 1–0 win in the 2010 League One play-off final against Swindon Town, securing a return to the Football League Championship after a four-year absence.

After a strong start to the 2012–13 season, including a 13-game unbeaten run and flirting with the play-offs, Millwall finished poorly, with only five wins in the last 23 games, narrowly avoiding relegation on the last day of the season. Their poor league form coincided with reaching the semi-final of the FA Cup for the fifth time in their history. They played Wigan Athletic at Wembley Stadium on 14 April 2013, losing 2–0 to the eventual cup winners. Kenny Jackett resigned on 7 May 2013. He was Millwall's fourth-longest serving manager having managed 306 games. After a month of searching, Millwall appointed St Johnstone boss Steve Lomas as their new manager on 6 June 2013. Millwall sacked Lomas on 26 December 2013, after winning only five of his first 22 games in charge.

The club appointed Ian Holloway as their new manager on 6 January 2014, with the club sitting 21st in the Championship table. Millwall went unbeaten in the last eight games of the 2013–14 season and finished in 19th place, four points above the relegation zone.{{cite news

Harris era, return to Championship, and FA Cup giant-killers: 2015–2023

In his first full season in charge, Harris led Millwall to a fourth-place finish in League One and a play-off final at Wembley, which the Lions lost 3–1 to Barnsley. In the 2016–17 FA Cup, Millwall reached the quarter-finals for the tenth time in their history. Millwall made it to the League One play-off final at Wembley for the second successive year, after beating Scunthorpe United 3–2 in the semi-final. They were promoted back to the Championship following a 1–0 play-off final victory over Bradford City, thanks to an 85th-minute winner from Steve Morison.

In the 2018–19 FA Cup, Millwall reached the quarter-finals for an 11th time in their history, losing to Premier League side Brighton on penalties. This season Millwall broke their club transfer fee record twice, firstly buying Tom Bradshaw from Barnsley for £1.25 million, and then a week later buying midfielder Ryan Leonard from Sheffield United for £1.5 million. They also broke their record received for a player, selling George Saville to Middlesbrough for £8 million.

On 3 October 2019, Neil Harris resigned as Millwall manager with the club sitting in 18th place with two wins from their first ten Championship games. Harris led Millwall to Wembley twice, with one promotion, and to two FA Cup quarter-finals during his tenure. On 21 October 2019, Harris was replaced by former Stoke City boss Gary Rowett. Rowett inspired a dramatic upturn in form; losing only two matches of his first 15 league games, which saw the 2019–20 season end in an 8th-placed finish, just two points off the play-offs. Rowett guided the club to a mid-table 11th place in his second season in charge. The following 2021–22 season saw an improved 9th-place finish, missing out on the play-offs on the final day of the season. In the summer of 2022 Millwall broke their transfer record to sign Dutchman Zian Flemming for a reported £1.7m. Millwall went close again in 2022–23. Millwall required a win on the final day of the season to secure a play-off spot but gave up a 3–1 lead, losing 4–3 to Blackburn Rovers and eventually finishing 8th with Flemming starring as their top goal scorer.

Death of chairman and second tier consistency: 2023–2025

On 4 July 2023, the club announced the death of owner and chairman John Berylson, who died in a car accident. His son, James, was named as his replacement as chairman.

On 18 October 2023, the club announced it had mutually agreed to part company with first team manager Gary Rowett. On 6 November 2023, Millwall confirmed England under-20s manager Joe Edwards as their new Head Coach. After a run of four wins in 19 games, Edwards was sacked by Millwall on 21 February 2024. He was replaced by former player and record club goalscorer Neil Harris, his third spell in charge of the Lions. Under Harris, the club finished 13th.

On 15 June 2024, the club's first-choice goalkeeper Matija Sarkic died while on international duty with Montenegro. The 2024–25 season was Millwall's eighth consecutive year in the second tier, their most successful period since 1996. On 10 December 2024, with Millwall 11th in the Championship, Harris said he would be leaving the club following the side's match at Middlesbrough on 14 December. Alex Neil was appointed as Harris's successor, and led Millwall to 8th, just missing out on the play-offs on the final day of the season.

Colours, crest and nickname

Kit

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Millwall's traditional kit has predominantly consisted of blue shirts, white shorts and blue socks throughout their 125-year history. For the first 50 years, up until 1936, they played in a traditional navy blue, similar to the colours of Scotland national team. This colour was chosen because it paid homage to the Scottish roots of the club, with the nucleus of the first Millwall Rovers squad being from Dundee. In 1936, newly appointed Millwall manager Charlie Hewitt opted to change the kit colour from navy blue to a lighter royal blue, and the team played in this colour for the best part of 74 years, with the exception of 1968–75 and 1999–2001, in which the team played in an all-white strip. Their kit for the 2010–11 season celebrated the 125th anniversary of the club, with Millwall adopting the darker navy blue of their first strip.{{cite web |access-date = 28 August 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100708075726/http://www.millwallfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10367~1980984,00.html |archive-date = 8 July 2010 |url-status = dead | access-date =16 October 2014}}

Badge

The club crest has been a rampant lion since 1936, which was also introduced by Charlie Hewitt. There have been many variations of the lion; the first was a single red lion, often mistakenly said to be chosen because of the club's Scottish roots. The lion bore a striking resemblance to signs used by pubs named The Red Lion. From 1956 to 1974 Millwall's crest was two leaping red lions facing each other. Former chairman Theo Paphitis brought back the badge in 1999, where it was used for a further eight years. The current crest is a leaping lion, which first appeared on a Millwall kit in 1979. It remained until 1999 and was re-introduced again in 2007. The club mascot is a giant lion called Zampa, named after Zampa Road, the road The Den is located on.

The Lions

The team nickname is The Lions, previously The Dockers.{{Cite news | access-date =13 September 2010 |access-date = 13 September 2010 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140226122712/http://www.millwallfc.co.uk/news/article/dockers-day-160276.aspx |archive-date = 26 February 2014 |access-date=21 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110124030731/http://www.millwallfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10367~2272083%2C00.html |archive-date=24 January 2011

Kit sponsors and manufacturers

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Stadiums

History

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Millwall began life on the Isle of Dogs and inhabited four different grounds in the club's first 25 years. Their first home was a piece of waste ground called Glengall Road, where they only stayed for one year. From 1886 to 1890 they played behind The Lord Nelson pub on East Ferry Road, which was known as the Lord Nelson Ground, before being forced to leave by the landlady, who received a better offer for its use.

They moved to their third home, The Athletic Grounds, on 6 September 1890. This was their first purpose-built ground, with a grandstand that seated 600 people and an overall capacity of between 10,000 and 15,000. The club was forced to move on again though, this time by the Millwall Dock Company who wanted to use it as a timberyard. They relocated in 1901 to a location near their second home, which became known as North Greenwich. They remained an east London club for a further nine years, with the last game played on the Isle of Dogs on 8 October 1910 against Portsmouth, which Millwall won 3–1.

On 22 October 1910, Millwall crossed the river to South East London, moving to Cold Blow Lane in New Cross. The fifth ground was called The Den, built at a cost of £10,000 by noted football ground architect Archibald Leitch. The first game played there was against Brighton & Hove Albion, which Brighton won 1–0. Millwall remained there for 83 years, until moving to their sixth and current ground, at first known as The New Den but now called simply The Den, on 4 August 1993. The ground has an all-seated capacity of 20,146. A Sporting CP team, managed by Bobby Robson helped open the ground by playing a friendly, which The Lions lost 2–1.{{cite web |access-date=5 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001154410/http://www.millwallfc.co.uk/club/history/ |archive-date= 1 October 2012 | access-date =28 August 2010}}

Bermondsey redevelopment controversy and the Den's future

In September 2016 Lewisham Council approved a compulsory purchase order (CPO) of land surrounding The Den rented by Millwall, as part of a major redevelopment of the "New Bermondsey" area. The plans were controversial because the developer, Renewal, is controlled by offshore companies with unclear ownership, and is seen by the club and local community to be profiteering by demolishing existing homes and businesses as well as Millwall's car-park and the Millwall Community Trust facility to build up to 2,400 new private homes, with no social housing. The club contemplated the possibility of having to relocate to Kent. Millwall had submitted their own plans for regeneration centred around the club itself, but the council voted in favour of Renewal's plans. In December 2016 Private Eye reported how Renewal had been founded by a former Lewisham Council leader and senior officer, suggesting potential bias, and that the decision to approve Renewal's plans may have been made as far back as 2013 despite the fact that no due diligence had been able to be carried out by PricewaterhouseCoopers due to "poor" and "limited" access to information and management at Renewal, which is controlled from the Isle of Man and British Virgin Islands. In the face of mounting community opposition and media scrutiny, the Council said in January 2017 it will not proceed with the CPO. However, it was later reported to be taking legal advice regarding other avenues of securing the CPO, and Council cabinet members will decide how to proceed after a "review". Private Eye reported that Millwall are continuing to explore relocation options in Kent.

On 9 May 2024, Millwall secured a 999-year lease for The Den from the council, after approval from the Mayor of Lewisham. The new lease secured the club's future in London and removed restrictions on developing the area surrounding the stadium, also giving Millwall development rights to build new homes, leisure and community spaces in New Bermondsey.

Traditional songs

A tradition at The Den is the playing of the official club song "Let 'em Come", by Roy Green, as Millwall and the opposing team walk onto the pitch. It was specifically written for the club and the lyrics represent old London culture, such as eating jellied eels and having a glass of beer before going to the game. The song ends with all home fans standing, arms raised (usually in the direction of the travelling fans singing the last line, "Let 'em all... come down.... to The Den!" A television drama about a Millwall supporter and ex-docker, starring David Jason, featured a lyric from the song in its title, Come Rain Come Shine. The song was played on repeat at Wembley Stadium after Millwall gained promotion to the Championship in 2010.{{Cite news| title = Millwall 1 Swindon 0| url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/league-one/7783105/Millwall-1-Swindon-0-match-report.html |archive-date=14 September 2010 |url-status=dead

Other songs that have been regularly played at The Den over the years in the build-up to a game include "London Calling" by The Clash, "No Surrender" by Bruce Springsteen, "Town Called Malice" by The Jam and "House of Fun" by Madness, which features the lyric "welcome to the lion's den...". Status Quo's cover version of "Rockin' All Over the World" is played after every home win.{{cite web |access-date = 28 August 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100702110313/http://www.millwallfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10367~2061714,00.html |archive-date = 2 July 2010 |url-status = dead

Rivalries

Millwall were listed eighth out of a list of 92 Football League clubs with the most rivals, with West Ham United, Leeds United, Crystal Palace, and Charlton Athletic considering them a major rival. Portsmouth, Everton and Gillingham also share minor rivalries with Millwall, with hooliganism between their fans dating back to the 1970s.

Major rivalry with West Ham United

Main article: Millwall F.C.–West Ham United F.C. rivalry

Millwall's fiercest rival is West Ham United. It is one of the most passionately contested local derbies in football. The two clubs have rarely met in recent years due to them playing in different leagues; the majority of their meetings happened before the First World War, with some 60 meetings between 1899 and 1915. The clubs have played 99 times since the first contest in 1899. Millwall have won 38, drawn 27 and lost 34. Despite violence between the two sets of supporters and calls for future games between the clubs to be played behind closed doors, they last met in the Football League Championship in 2011–12 with no outright ban on either set of fans, and no repeat of crowd trouble.{{cite news | access-date =17 September 2011

Rivalry with Leeds United

Main article: Leeds United F.C.–Millwall F.C. rivalry

Millwall share a fierce rivalry with Leeds United. The rivalry between the teams is intensified by both clubs' passionate fans and association with football hooliganism. The clubs' two hooligan firms, the Leeds United Service Crew and the Millwall Bushwackers, were notorious in the 1970s and 80s for their violence, being called "dirty Leeds" and "the scourge of football" respectively. From 1920 to 2003 the sides met just 12 times; competing in different tiers for the majority of their histories, and neither considering the other a rival on the pitch. Since Leeds were relegated from the Premier League in 2004, the teams have met 28 times in 16 years. The rivalry began in League One during the 2007–08 season, with disorder and violent clashes between both sets of fans and the police at Elland Road. It continued into the 2008–09 season; where the teams were vying for promotion to the Championship, culminating in Millwall knocking Leeds out of the League One playoffs at the semi-final stage. In 45 games between the two clubs since 1931, Millwall and Leeds are tied with 20 wins each, with five drawn.

South East London derbies

Main article: South London derby

Millwall are closest in proximity to Charlton Athletic, with The Den and The Valley being less than four miles (4 mi) apart. They last met in January 2026, with Millwall beating Charlton 4–0 at the Den. Since their first competitive game in 1921, Millwall have won 38, drawn 27 and lost 12. The Lions are unbeaten in their last fourteen games against Charlton, spanning 30 years, where they have won eight and drawn six. The Lions last played against Crystal Palace in September 2025, in a League Cup tie at Selhurst Park. The game ended 1–1, with Palace winning 4–2 on penalties.{{cite news |title = Millwall's Head-to-head comparison with Crystal Palace |url = http://www.statto.com/football/teams/millwall/crystal-palace/head-to-head

Players

Current squad

Out on Loan

Retired numbers

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Millwall Under 21s

Millwall Under 18s

Player of the year

:As voted by Millwall Supporters Club members and season ticket holders.{{cite web | access-date =28 August 2010}}

Personnel honours

Football Hall of Fame

Millwall players inducted into the ENGEnglish Football Hall of Fame:{{cite web |access-date=16 November 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114114919/http://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/halloffame.htm |archive-date=14 November 2007 |url-status=dead

• ENG Teddy Sheringham (2009)
• ENG Ray Wilkins (2013)

Millwall players inducted into the IRLIrish Football Hall of Fame:

• IRL Tony Cascarino (2015)

Millwall players inducted into the AUSSport Australia Hall of Fame:

• AUS Tim Cahill (2023)

PFA Fans' Player of the Year

Players included in the PFA Fans' Player of the Year whilst playing for Millwall:

• ENG Jay Simpson (2008, while on loan from Arsenal){{cite web |access-date=28 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905170052/http://www.millwallfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10367~1285519%2C00.html |archive-date= 5 September 2012

PFA Team of the Year

Players included in the PFA Team of the Year whilst playing for Millwall:

• AUS Tim Cahill (2004)
• AUS Tim Cahill (2001)
• ENG Matt Lawrence (2001)
• ENG Neil Harris (2001)
• SCO Alex Rae (1996)
• SCO Alex Rae (1995)
• WAL Ben Thatcher (1995)
• ENG Colin Cooper (1993)
• ENG Dave Cusack (1985)
• ENG John Jackson (1980)
• ENG Ray Evans (1976)
• ENG Bryan King (1975)
• ENG Bryan King (1974)

Notable former players

The following is a list of notable footballers who have played for Millwall, including players who have been honoured in Millwall's Hall of Fame, international players who were capped by their country while playing for Millwall, players who have been given a testimonial for 10 years of service at the club, players who have made over 100 appearances or scored 50 goals, and also 1885 founder member players who contributed significantly to the clubs' history. |- ;Algeria

• ALG Hamer Bouazza

;Antigua and Barbuda

• ATG Mahlon Romeo

;Australia

• AUS Tim Cahill
• AUS James Meredith
• AUS Dave Mitchell
• AUS Kevin Muscat
• AUS Lucas Neill
• AUS Jason van Blerk

;Barbados

• BRB Michael Gilkes
• BRB Paul Ifill

;Canada

• CAN Marc Bircham
• CAN Adrian Serioux
• CAN Josh Simpson
• CAN Kris Twardek

;Comoros

• COM Jimmy Abdou

;Czech Republic

• CZE Jiří Skalák

;England

• ENG Gary Alexander
• ENG Sam Allardyce
• ENG Chris Armstrong
• ENG Herbert Banks
• ENG Mark Beard
• ENG Gordon Bolland
• ENG Ray Brand
• ENG Les Briley
• ENG Joe Broadfoot
• ENG Peter Burridge
• ENG John Calvey
• ENG Jimmy Carter
• ENG Nick Chatterton
• ENG Steve Claridge
• ENG Jack Cock
• ENG Jimmy Constantine
• ENG Colin Cooper
• ENG Tony Craig
• ENG Harry Cripps
• ENG Ian Dawes
• ENG Danny Dichio
• ENG Alan Dorney
• ENG Marvin Elliott
• ENG John Fashanu
• ENG George Fisher
• ENG Jack Fort
• ENG Freddie Fox
• ENG Paul Goddard
• ENG Len Graham
• ENG Lee Gregory
• ENG Neil Harris
• ENG Brian Horne
• ENG Gordon Hill
• ENG Richard Hill
• ENG Terry Hurlock
• ENG Shaun Hutchinson
• ENG Johnny Johnson
• ENG Len Julians
• ENG Harry Kane
• ENG Bryan King
• ENG Barry Kitchener
• ENG Matt Lawrence
• ENG David Livermore
• ENG Dave Mangnall
• ENG Alan McLeary
• ENG Stuart Nethercott
• ENG Derek Possee
• ENG Andy Roberts
• ENG Henry Roberts
• ENG Paul Robinson
• ENG Barry Rowan
• ENG Neil Ruddock
• ENG John Seasman
• ENG Paul Shaw
• ENG Teddy Sheringham
• ENG Reg Smith
• ENG Alex Stepney
• ENG Keith Stevens
• ENG John Willie Sutcliffe
• ENG Tony Towner
• ENG Alf Twigg
• ENG Phil Walker
• ENG Jed Wallace
• ENG Darren Ward
• ENG Keith Weller
• ENG Dennis Wise
• ENG Tony Witter
• ENG Steve Wood ;Iceland
• ISL Jón Daði Böðvarsson

;Jamaica

• JAM Shaun Cummings
• JAM Barry Hayles

;Montenegro

• MNE Matija Šarkić

;New Zealand

• NZL Chris Wood

;Nigeria

• NGR Danny Shittu

;Northern Ireland

• NIR Daniel Ballard
• NIR Tom Brolly
• NIR Shane Ferguson
• NIR Bryan Hamilton
• NIR Ted Hinton
• NIR Chris McGrath
• NIR Billy McCullough
• NIR Conor McLaughlin
• NIR Josh McQuoid
• NIR Anton Rogan
• NIR George Saville
• NIR Ian Stewart

;Republic of Ireland

• IRL Keith Branagan
• IRL John Byrne
• IRL Tony Cascarino
• IRL Kenny Cunningham
• IRL Alan Dunne
• IRL Eamon Dunphy
• IRL David Forde
• IRL Jon Goodman
• IRL Joe Haverty
• IRL Charlie Hurley
• IRL Mark Kennedy
• IRL Andy Keogh
• IRL Mick McCarthy
• IRL Aiden O'Brien
• IRL Kevin O'Callaghan
• IRL Steven Reid
• IRL Robbie Ryan
• IRL Richard Sadlier
• IRL Dave Savage
• IRL Pat Saward
• IRL Gary Waddock
• IRL Shaun Williams ;Saint Kitts and Nevis
• SKN Bobby Bowry

;Russia

• RUS Sergei Yuran

;Scotland

• SCO Jordan Archer
• SCO Willie Carr
• SCO Stevie Crawford
• SCO Hugh Curran
• SCO Jimmy Forsyth
• SCO Malcolm Finlayson
• SCO John Gilchrist
• SCO Paul Hartley
• SCO Duncan Hean
• SCO Alex Jardine
• SCO John McGinlay
• SCO Alex Rae
• SCO Murray Wallace

;Trinidad & Tobago

• TRI Carlos Edwards
• TRI Justin Hoyte
• TRI Tony Warner

;United States of America

• USA Kasey Keller
• USA John Kerr
• USA Bruce Murray
• USA Zak Whitbread

;Wales

• WAL Malcolm Allen
• WAL Tom Bradshaw
• WAL Joe Davies
• WAL Walter Davis
• WAL Jermaine Easter
• WAL Paul Jones
• WAL Dick Jones
• WAL Steve Lovell
• WAL Steve Lowndes
• WAL John Lyons
• WAL Steve Morison
• WAL Ben Thatcher
• WAL Alf Watkins

Managers

Since the appointment of the club's first professional manager, Bert Lipsham on 4 May 1911, there have been 50 individual managers (including 34 permanent and 17 caretaker managers), across 53 management spells. From 1890 to 1910, Millwall directors Kidd, Stopher, and Saunders were honorary managers, also working under the title of club secretary. Bob Hunter is Millwall's longest serving manager, having stayed at the helm for 15 years. He died in office in 1933, having served at the club for a total of 36 years. Steve Claridge holds the shortest tenure at the club, having been in charge for a period of 36 days without ever taking charge of a first-team game. 7 managers have held the position of manager multiple times, with club top goal scorer Neil Harris the only manager to hold the position on 3 separate occasions. Every Millwall manager has come from the United Kingdom or Ireland.

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Top 10 managers by games managed

Club officials

League

• Second Division / First Division (level 2)
  • Champions: 1987–88
• Third Division South / Third Division / Second Division / League One (level 3)
  • Champions: 1927–28, 1937–38, 2000–01
  • Promoted: 1965–66, 1975–76, 1984–85
  • Play-off winners: 2010, 2017
• Fourth Division (level 4)
  • Champions: 1961–62
  • Runners-up: 1964–65
• Western Football League
  • Champions: 1907–08, 1908–09
• Southern Football League
  • Champions: 1894–95, 1895–96

Cup

• FA Cup
  • Runners-up: 2003–04
• Football League Trophy
  • Winners: 1982–83
  • Runners-up: 1998–99
• Football League War Cup
  • Finalists: 1945
• Third Division South Cup
  • Winners: 1937

Minor

• London League
  • Champions: 1903–04
• United League
  • Champions: 1896–97, 1898–99
• Kent Senior Shield
  • Winners: 1912, 1913
• London Challenge Cup
  • Winners: 1909, 1915, 1928, 1938
• East London Senior Cup
  • Winners: 1887, 1888, 1889
• East London FA Cup
  • Joint-winners: 1886
• Southern Professional Charity Cup
  • Winners: 1904
  • Finalists: 1903
• London Charity Cup
  • Finalists: 1892

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Records and statistics

Main article: List of Millwall F.C. records and statistics

Barry Kitchener holds the record for Millwall appearances, having played 596 matches between 1966 and 1982. The goalscoring record is held by former manager Neil Harris, with 138 in all competitions.{{cite web | access-date =16 September 2010}}{{cite web |access-date=13 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819095813/http://www.millwallfc.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0%2C%2C10367~9116%2C00.html |archive-date=19 August 2010 | access-date =8 September 2010 |access-date = 28 August 2010 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101031174901/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/millwall/records |archive-date = 31 October 2010

Player records

;Appearances{{cite web | access-date =8 July 2013}}

;Goals{{cite web | access-date =8 July 2013}}

• Players in bold denotes still playing for the club.
• Only Football League and senior cup competitions included.

See List of Millwall F.C. seasons for Millwall's top goalscorer each year since 1895.

Millwall in European football

Main article: Millwall F.C. in European football

On 22 May 2004 Millwall played Manchester United in the FA Cup Final, losing 3–0. As United had already qualified for the UEFA Champions League, Millwall were assured of playing in the UEFA Cup. Millwall played in the first round proper and lost 4–2 on aggregate to Ferencváros.

European record

Supporters and hooliganism

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Millwall have averaged a gate close to 12,000 per home game over their 93 seasons in the Football League, while the club have spent the majority of that time yo-yoing back and forth between the second and third tiers of English football.{{cite web |access-date = 28 August 2010 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090930182516/http://www.millwallfc.co.uk/page/Attendance |archive-date = 30 September 2009 | access-date =28 August 2010}} Originally based in the East End of London, the club moved across the River Thames in 1910 to south east London and support is drawn from the surrounding areas. The club and fans have a historic association with football hooliganism, which came to prevalence in the 1970s and 1980s with a firm known originally as F-Troop, eventually becoming more widely known as the Millwall Bushwackers, who were one of the most notorious hooligan gangs in England. On five occasions The Den was closed by The FA and the club has received numerous fines for crowd disorder.{{cite news | access-date = 2 October 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100622011137/http://www.footballspotter.com/panorama-1977-millwall-hooligans/ | archive-date = 22 June 2010 | access-date =28 August 2010

The stigma of violence attached to Millwall can be traced back over 100 years. Millwall played local rivals West Ham United away at Upton Park on 17 September 1906 in a Western League game. Both sets of supporters were primarily made up of dockers, who lived and worked in the same locality in east London. Many were rivals working for opposing firms and vying for the same business. A local newspaper, East Ham Echo, reported that, "From the very first kick of the ball it was seen likely to be some trouble, but the storm burst when Dean and Jarvis came into collision (Millwall had two players sent off during the match). This aroused considerable excitement among the spectators. The crowds on the bank having caught the fever, free fights were plentiful." In the 1920s Millwall's ground was closed for two weeks after a Newport County goalkeeper, who had been struck by missiles, jumped into the crowd to confront some of the home supporters and was knocked unconscious. | access-date =26 March 2008}} The ground was again closed for two weeks in 1934 following crowd disturbances after the visit of Bradford Park Avenue. Pitch invasions resulted in another closure in 1947 and in 1950 the club was fined after a referee and linesman were ambushed outside the ground.

In the 1960s, hooliganism in England became more widely reported. On 6 November 1965 Millwall beat west London club Brentford 2–1 away at Griffin Park and during the game a hand grenade was thrown onto the pitch from the Millwall end. Brentford's goalkeeper Chic Brodie picked it up, inspected it and threw it into his goal. It was later retrieved by police and determined to be a harmless dummy. There was fighting inside and outside the ground during the game between both sets of supporters, with one Millwall fan sustaining a broken jaw. The Sun newspaper ran the sensationalist grenade-related headline "Soccer Marches to War!"{{Cite news | access-date =30 September 2010 | access-date =16 September 2010}} When Millwall's unbeaten home record of 59 games came to an end against Plymouth Argyle in 1967, the windows of the away team's coach were smashed. In the same year, a referee was attacked and the FA ordered the club to erect fences around The Den's terracing. On 11 March 1978 a riot broke out at The Den during an FA Cup quarter-final between Millwall and Ipswich Town, with the home team losing 6–1. Fighting began on the terraces and spilled onto the pitch; dozens of fans were injured, with some hooligans turning on their own team's supporters leaving some innocent fans bloodied. Bobby Robson, then manager of Ipswich, said of Millwall fans afterward, "They [the police] should have turned the flamethrowers on them". In 1982 Millwall club chairman Alan Thorne threatened to close the club because of violence sparked by losing in the FA Cup to non-league side Slough Town.

The 1985 Kenilworth Road riot, after an FA Cup sixth-round match between Luton Town and Millwall on 13 March 1985, became one of the worst and widely reported incidents of football hooliganism to date. On that night, approximately 20,000 people packed into a ground that usually only held half that number to watch Luton beat Millwall 1–0. Numerous pitch invasions, fighting in the stands and missile-throwing occurred, of which one such object hit Luton's goalkeeper Les Sealey. It led to a ban on away supporters by Luton from their Kenilworth Road ground for four years. Luton were asked by Millwall to make the Wednesday night match all-ticket, but this was ignored. As a result, rival hooligan firms gained access to the stadium. As well as the Millwall hooligans and those belonging to Luton's firm the MIGs, many of the 31 fans arrested after the violence were identified as being from Chelsea's Headhunters firm and West Ham United's Inter City Firm. The FA commissioned an inquiry which concluded that it was "not satisfied that Millwall F.C. took all reasonable precautions in accordance with the requirements of FA Rule 31(A)(II)." A£7,500 fine was levied against Millwall, though this was later withdrawn on appeal.{{cite journal | url-access=limited

In May 2002, hundreds of hooligans attaching themselves to Millwall were involved in disorder around the ground, after the team lost a play-off game to Birmingham City. It was described by the BBC as one of the worst cases of civil disorder seen in Great Britain in recent times. A police spokeswoman said that 47 police officers and 24 police horses were injured, and the Metropolitan Police considered suing the club after the events. The then chairman Theo Paphitis responded that Millwall could not be blamed for the actions of a mindless minority who attach themselves to the club. "The problem of mob violence is not solely a Millwall problem, it is not a football problem, it is a problem which plagues the whole of our society", he said. Paphitis later introduced a membership scheme whereby only fans who would be prepared to join and carry membership cards would be allowed into The Den. Scotland Yard withdrew its threat to sue, stating: "In light of the efforts made and a donation to a charity helping injured police officers, the Metropolitan Police Service has decided not to pursue legal action against Millwall F.C. in relation to the disorder". Some legal experts said it would have been difficult to hold a football club responsible for something that occurred away from its ground and involved people who did not attend the match. The scheme introduced by Paphitis now only applies to perceived high-risk away games. Many fans blame the scheme for diminishing Millwall's away support, such as at Leeds United where fans are issued with vouchers which are then exchanged for tickets at a designated point of West Yorkshire Police's choosing on the day of the game. Also, early kick-off times arranged by the police often result in only a few hundred fans making the trip.{{cite web | access-date =28 August 2010}}{{cite web | access-date =28 August 2010}}

In January 2009, hundreds of Millwall fans perceived as "high risk" individuals gained access to an FA Cup fourth-round match away at Hull City. The game, won 2–0 by Hull, was overshadowed when seats, coins and plastic bottles were thrown by some away supporters. There were conflicting reports in the media as to whether missiles were initially thrown by Hull supporters following chanting and jeering by Millwall fans of Jimmy Bullard (an ex-West Ham player) just prior to the fixture. On 25 August 2009, Millwall played away at West Ham United in the Football League Cup, losing 3–1 after extra time. One Millwall supporter was stabbed during clashes between the two sets of fans outside the ground. The game saw hundreds of West Ham fans invade the pitch on three occasions, forcing the game to be temporarily suspended once. The police later said the violence, because of its scale, was organised beforehand. In the aftermath of the disorder, Millwall were handed three charges by the FA and later cleared of all of them; West Ham received four charges and were found guilty on two counts: violent, threatening, obscene and provocative behaviour, and entering the field of play. West Ham were fined £115,000, an amount seen as an insult by Millwall, which staunchly defended the actions of its own fans and the club's inability to do any more than it had for a match at a rival's ground.

After a game against Queens Park Rangers at Loftus Road in September 2010, manager Kenny Jackett said Millwall's hooligan problems are to a certain extent exaggerated by media sensationalism. "I see it as unjust. We are an easy club to criticise and in my time [at the club], the way we have been reported is unfair", he said.{{cite news

On 5 December 2020, Millwall played against Derby County in the first game back at the Den for fans in ten months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Some of the 2,000 fans present booed the players who took a knee and raised a fist before the game in support of anti discrimination as outlined in a letter written by the Milwall players before the match. The booing was condemned by The FA, EFL, Kick it Out, and mainstream media. Cabinet minister George Eustice refused to condemn Millwall fans, stating the Black Lives Matter political movement was against what most British people believed in though said the players should be free to express their views. The leader of the Brexit Party Nigel Farage called BLM a Marxist Party who had been "sussed out" by Millwall fans and called for kneeling to stop. In the next game at the Den against QPR on 8 December 2020, Millwall fans applauded as QPR and Millwall players raised aloft an anti-racism banner about inequality in football. The 2,000 Millwall fans also cheered the QPR players who took the knee. No Millwall player kneeled. Before the game, every fan was given a letter from the club saying, "The eyes of the world are on this football club tonight – your club – and they want us to fail. Together as one, we will not let that happen." Some Millwall supporters had said their boos at the Derby game did not have racist intent, but were instead directed specifically at the Black Lives Matter movement, which had become increasingly unpopular with fans.

Notable supporters

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In the community

In 1985, the club founded the Millwall Community Trust (MCT), which offers sporting, educational and charitable projects.{{Cite news | access-date = 27 July 2013}} The Trust is based next door to The Den, in the Lions Centre.{{Cite news |access-date = 27 July 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130724122055/http://www.millwallcommunity.co.uk/ |archive-date = 24 July 2013 |url-status = dead | access-date = 27 July 2013}} In a match against Charlton Athletic in 2009, both teams wore special kits for the match in honour of murdered local teenagers and supporters Jimmy Mizen and Rob Knox. The logos of both clubs' shirt sponsors were replaced by the text, "Street violence ruins lives".{{Cite news | access-date = 6 September 2010}} The club has also helped raise over £10,000 for the charity Help for Heroes.{{Cite news | access-date = 27 July 2013}}

In popular culture

Millwall have been depicted in films several times, specifically highlighting the club's hooliganism firm the Bushwackers and the rivalry with West Ham United.{{cite web | access-date = 28 August 2010 | archive-date = 12 September 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100912130844/http://www.football-hooligans.org/millwall-bushwackers-hooligans.html | url-status = dead | access-date = 24 September 2010

• The Firm (1989) – Real life Millwall supporter Gary Oldman plays Bex, leader of football firm the Inter City Crew, a fictional representation of West Ham's Inter City Firm and their violent exploits. Millwall's Bushwackers firm are called The Buccaneers in the film.{{Cite news | access-date =24 September 2010
• Arrivederci Millwall (1990) – A group of Millwall supporters travel to the 1982 World Cup in Spain, just after the Falklands War breaks out, intent on avenging a personal loss.{{Cite news | access-date =17 July 2011
• Black Books (2000) – In the first episode "Cooking the Books", Bernard Black (Dylan Moran) attempts to antagonise some Millwall hooligans into injuring him severely enough so that he may avoid doing his taxes. Upon remarking, *"How does the song go? Millwall, Millwall, we're really dreadful and all of our girlfriends are unfulfilled and alienated," *he succeeds.
• The Football Factory (2004) – Primarily about the Chelsea Headhunters, who fight numerous other firms on away days, culminating in a big fight against Millwall's Bushwackers.
• Green Street (2005) – Elijah Wood plays an American student who gets involved with West Ham's firm. The film builds up to a big clash with Millwall's firm at the climax, after the two teams are drawn against each other in the Cup, foreshadowing similarities to the 2009 Upton Park riot.
• Rise of the Footsoldier (2007) – The rise of a football hooligan is chronicled from his beginnings on the terraces to becoming a member of a notorious gang of criminals. The rivalry between West Ham and Millwall is portrayed during the opening scenes of the film.{{Cite news | access-date = 17 September 2010 | archive-date = 12 March 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160312131529/http://filmsreview.co.uk/rise-of-the-foot-soldier | url-status = dead
• Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal (2007) – The main protagonist Sunny Bhasin (John Abraham) initially agrees to leave Southhall United Football Club and signs a lucrative offer to play for Millwall F.C. He later decides not to play for Millwall though.
• Green Street 2: Stand Your Ground (2009) – A direct-to-video sequel to Green Street. It follows on directly from the original's climax, with several members of West Ham's and Millwall's firms ending up in prison together and arranging a football match.
• The Firm (2009) – A remake by Nick Love, director of The Football Factory and himself a Millwall supporter.{{cite news | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110615154601/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article6822270.ece | url-status = dead | archive-date = 15 June 2011 | access-date = 28 August 2010 | access-date = 6 January 2014 | access-date = 6 January 2014}}{{cite news | access-date = 6 January 2014
• St George's Day (2012) – A British gangster film which featured cameos from Millwall players Liam Trotter, Alan Dunne, David Forde, Darren Ward and Scott Barron. The film also included several Millwall references such as 'No One Likes Us' and 'We Fear No Foe'.

The club's ground The Den doubled as The Dragons Lair, home ground of fictional team Harchester United in the television series Dream Team. It also appeared in episodes of the shows The Bill and Primeval.{{Cite news | access-date =2 October 2010

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