53 Facts About Millwall FC

Millwall FC Football Club is a professional football club in Bermondsey, South East London, England.

Millwall FC was one of the founding members of the Southern League in 1894.

Millwall FC reached the 2004 FA Cup final and qualified for Europe for the first time in their history, playing in the UEFA Cup.

Millwall FC made it to the final against London Caledonians, which was played at Leyton Cricket Ground.

Millwall FC won the East London Senior Cup at the first attempt.

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Millwall FC Athletic reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup in 1900 and 1903, and were champions of the Western Football League in 1908 and 1909.

On 10 October 1910, Millwall FC played their last game as an East London club against Woolwich Arsenal in the London Challenge Cup.

Millwall FC moved to a new stadium, named The Den, in New Cross, South London in 1910.

Millwall FC were the 11th best supported team in England in 1939, despite being in the Second Division.

Millwall FC were one of the most financially wealthy clubs in England.

On 7 April 1945, Millwall FC 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.

On 24 February 1944, Millwall FC returned to The Den, to play in an all-standing stadium.

Millwall FC'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.

Millwall FC then suffered a down swing in fortunes with a number of bottom-half finishes.

Millwall FC suffered the ill fortune of becoming a founding member of Division Four in 1958.

Millwall FC won the Division Four Title in 1962 with the help of 23 Goals from Peter Burridge and 22 from Dave Jones.

Later in the decade, Millwall FC established a record of 59 home games without defeat from 22 August 1964 to 14 January 1967.

In 1974, Millwall FC hosted the first game to be played on a Sunday against Fulham.

Millwall FC came out of administration, and new chairman Theo Paphitis appointed ex-West Ham United manager Billy Bonds as manager.

When Millwall FC took to the field at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff they were only the second team from outside the top flight to play in the Cup final since 1982, and were the first team from outside the Premier League to reach the final since the foundation of the top tier in 1992.

Millwall FC experienced a difficult season, having had four managers in 2005.

Millwall FC won the League One Manager of the Month award three times while in charge of the club.

Millwall FC's appointment provoked mixed emotions among some supporters, due to him being a former captain of West Ham United, their biggest rival.

Millwall FC sacked Lomas on 26 December 2013, after winning only five of his first 22 games in charge.

Millwall FC was given the priority of maintaining their Football League Championship status, which he achieved.

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Millwall FC was the Lions fifth longest-serving manager, having spent four and a half years at the club.

Millwall FC wore a special one-off camouflage kit to commemorate the centenary of the First World War against Brentford on 8 November 2014.

In 2011, Millwall FC officially named the east stand of The Den as the 'Dockers Stand' in honour of the club's former nickname.

Millwall FC began life on the Isle of Dogs and inhabited four different grounds in the club's first 25 years.

On 22 October 1910, Millwall FC crossed the river to South London, moving to Cold Blow Lane in New Cross.

Millwall FC 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.

Millwall FC had submitted their own plans for regeneration centred around the club itself, but the council voted in favour of Renewal's plans.

Private Eye reported that Millwall FC are continuing to explore relocation options in Kent.

Millwall FC 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.

The clubs' two hooligan firms; the Leeds United Service Crew and the Millwall FC Bushwackers were notorious in the 1970s and 80s for their violence, being called "dirty Leeds" and "the scourge of football" respectively.

The clubs have played each other 40 times and are evenly matched; Millwall FC has won 18, Leeds 17 and five games have ended in a draw.

Millwall FC players inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame:.

From 1890 to 1910, Millwall FC directors Kidd, Stopher and Saunders were honorary managers, working under the title of club secretary.

Bob Hunter is Millwall FC's longest serving manager, having stayed at the helm for 15 years.

Millwall FC died in office in 1933, having served at the club for a total of 36 years.

Every Millwall FC manager has come from the United Kingdom or Ireland.

Barry Kitchener holds the record for Millwall FC appearances, having played 596 matches between 1966 and 1982.

The BBC documentary Panorama was invited into the club by Millwall FC in 1977 to show the hooligan reputation was a myth and being blown out of proportion by reporting.

Former club chairman Reg Burr once commented: "Millwall FC are a convenient coat peg for football to hang its social ills on", an example being the reporting of convicted murderer Gavin Grant.

Millwall FC played local rivals West Ham United away at Upton Park on 17 September 1906 in a Western League game.

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Luton were asked by Millwall FC to make the Wednesday night match all-ticket, but this was ignored.

The penalty that Millwall FC faced was perhaps that the club's name was now "synonymous with everything that was bad in football and society".

In May 2002, hundreds of hooligans attaching themselves to Millwall FC were involved in disorder around the ground, after the team lost a play-off game to Birmingham City.

In January 2009, hundreds of Millwall FC fans perceived as "high risk" individuals gained access to an FA Cup fourth-round match away at Hull City.

One Millwall FC supporter was stabbed during clashes between the two sets of fans outside the ground.

On 5 December 2020, Millwall FC played against Derby County in the first game back at the Den for fans in ten months due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Cabinet minister George Eustice refused to condemn Millwall FC fans, stating Black Live Matter political movement was against what most British people believed in and fans should be free to express their views.

Millwall FC have been depicted in films several times, specifically highlighting the club's hooliganism firm the Bushwackers and the rivalry with West Ham United.