£12.99, Regular Price: £9.99, Special Price For the first 50 years, up until 1936, they played in a traditional navy blue, similar to the colours of Scotland national team. The Lions have also used all white, blue and white stripes and blue with white sleeves as home kits over the years. [194][195][196] In April 2013, Millwall met Wigan Athletic in a semi-final of the FA Cup. [100], The team nickname is The Lions, previously The Dockers. [132][133] The clubs have played each other 40 times and are evenly matched; Millwall has won 18, Leeds 17 and five games have ended in a draw. United at the Millennium Stadium. "[80], The club appointed Ian Holloway as their new manager on 6 January 2014, with the club sitting 21st in the table. [162] The club's heaviest loss in all competitions was a 9–1 defeat at Aston Villa in an FA Cup fourth-round second-leg in 1946. [56], In 2005, Theo Paphitis announced that he was stepping down as chairman of the club with Jeff Burnige to replace him from May 2005. The book looks at the rivalry with West Ham United, the stabbing of a Millwall supporter and the Lions play-off success and promotion to The Championship under Kenny Jackett. (Associated Sporting Press 1934) Information provided by Arthur Fergus, (h) Millwall FC 1940-2001 [3] In November 1886, the East End Football Association was formed, along with the Senior Cup Competition. [21][143][144][4][145][146], There have been 34 permanent and 15 caretaker managers since the appointment of the club's first professional manager, Bert Lipsham on 4 May 1911. 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[79] Harris and youth team coach Scott Fitzgerald took over as joint caretaker-managers. [65] 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. [103] The club adopted the motto: We Fear No Foe Where E'er We Go. It was described by the BBC as one of the worst cases of civil disorder seen in Great Britain in recent times. Luton were asked by Millwall to make the Wednesday night match all-ticket, but this was ignored. [32], 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. Since most of the staff were emigre Scots, [184] 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. [3] In November 1886, the East End Football Association was formed, along with the Senior Cup Competition. ", "Millwall: Steve Lomas sacked after Watford defeat on Boxing Day", "Harris: Millwall players let themselves down at Southend", "Ian Holloway appointed Millwall manager on two-and-a-half-year deal", "Ian Holloway sacked as Millwall manager after 14 months", "Neil Harris named manager of relegated club", "Leicester gloom deepens as Ranieri's men suffer Cup shock", "Millwall boss: Gregory answered the questions with penalty winner", "Match preview – Millwall vs Bristol City", "EFL essential stats: In-form Millwall set club away wins record", "FA Cup's top giant-killers? [4] They finished with 93 points, a club record. Millwall made it to the final against London Caledonians, which was played at Leyton Cricket Ground. 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. The ground has an all-seated capacity of 20,146. The club did have a brief spell in the top flight between 1988 and 1990, in which they achieved their highest ever league finish of tenth place in the First Division in 1988–89. The continued investment of Berylson, who has since become the club's major shareholder and chairman,[64] has steered The Lions on a better course on and off the pitch. [12] 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. Millwall have averaged a gate close to 12,000 per home game over their 86 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. [122][126] The rivalry between the sides, specifically the clubs' two hooligan firms has been depicted on the big screen several times, in films such as Green Street.[127]. [4] Stevens and McLeary led Millwall to their first ever official appearance at Wembley Stadium. The club contemplated the possibility of having to relocate to Kent. Millwall wore a special one-off camouflage kit to commemorate the centenary of the First World War against Brentford on 8 November 2014. [3] The club did not like the moniker and changed the nickname after press headlined Millwall as 'Lions of the South', after knocking Football League leaders Aston Villa out of the 1899–1900 FA Cup. [2] For the first 50 years, up until 1936, they played in a traditional navy blue, similar to the colours of Scotland national team. [34] In the FA Cup they were beaten 1–0 by First Division Luton Town at Kenilworth Road. Asked in an interview in 1893 in English Sports, he said of the founding of Millwall: “A few tinsmiths, engaged on the island were the founders. [163] They beat both Torquay United and Coventry City by this score at The Den. [57], Millwall's first game back in the Championship was a 3–0 away win at Bristol City. The club experienced severe financial difficulties that resulted in them being placed in financial administration for a short time. [129][130] 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. seasons for Millwall's top goalscorer each year since 1895. Harris described the performance as a "shambles. In the closed season Nigel Spackman was appointed as the new manager, but he lasted only four months after a string of bad results. [37][38] 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. [22] The club accepted offers from neighbours Charlton Athletic, Crystal Palace and West Ham United to stage games at their grounds. Football Shirts History. [199][200] On 26 January 2019, Millwall beat Everton 3–2 and knocked them out of the FA Cup. The Addicks last win came in March 1996 at The Valley. He won the League One Manager of the Month award three times while in charge of the club. Lions" returned to Division Two in 1938 but their progress was cut The crowds on the bank having caught the fever, free fights were plentiful. [2] It remained until 1999 and was re-introduced again in 2007. [35] 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. Millwall Vintage and retro Millwall Football Club shirts and training kit, featuring home, away and special match worn player editions from the history of the Lions up to present day. They moved to their third home, The Athletic Grounds, on 6 September 1890. [161] The club's widest victory margin in the league is 9–1,[162] a scoreline which they achieved twice in their Football League Third Division South championship-winning year of 1927. [62] On 19 March 2007, Willie Donachie signed a two-year contract following some progress which had seen the club climb to 11th place in the league. They have spent the majority of their existence yo-yoing between the second and third tiers of English football. The scheme introduced by Paphitis now only applies to perceived high-risk away games. 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.