Police bill for last night

[thirskgreen]

I remember a Milk Cup tie at HomePark. Twas 1983 I think. Huge coloured chap climbed over the old segregation fence at front of the Barn Park. He casually walked round edge of pitch to the Lyndhurst. He produced a length of 4x2 from inside his flasher Mac and waved it about and beckoned with his hands for anyone in the Lyndhurst to join him. Nobody did! I was13, crapped myself. Prob 1500 in Lyndhurst that night but felt like Mr Millwall was only looking at me. I sure there was trouble after the game too

 

[Cobi Budge.]

Millwall would bring one man and a dog down to the Westcountry for a JP trophy game. They are hardly a well supported team at the best of times.

I'm not sure that's true to be honest.

Millwall's low away followings are often a result of overzealous security measures/checks meaning only small numbers can travel. When they are permitted to, Millwall travel in good numbers.

Trouble at Millwall matches seems to have decreased over the years, hooliganism in general has (largely thanks to CCTV), although incidents still occur, I often feel sorry for the proper Millwall supporters who are given a bad name by the idiots. They are also a very charitable club & they do an awful lot of community work.

 

[Pettgreen]

I remember a Milk Cup tie at HomePark. Twas 1983 I think. Huge coloured chap climbed over the old segregation fence at front of the Barn Park. He casually walked round edge of pitch to the Lyndhurst. He produced a length of 4x2 from inside his flasher Mac and waved it about and beckoned with his hands for anyone in the Lyndhurst to join him. Nobody did! I was13, crapped myself. Prob 1500 in Lyndhurst that night but felt like Mr Millwall was only looking at me. I sure there was trouble after the game too

I have a similar story from 1991. I was standing in the Lyndhurst with a couple of my mates and a good core of the home support. I can't remember if it was when Millwall scored but something happened and it all went quiet and this enormous Millwall fan wearing dungerees and a Chipie hat(They were the fashion then!), with 2 of his mates shouted we are Millwall, any of you @*!%s want some? Deathly silence. They marched off down to the bottom corner gate and demanded to go over to their own fans. Gate opened, then closed and around 40 pasties/pies (may have been more, may have been less) and coke cans got launched and many hit their target! Was funny. They only brought down around 300-400 fans.

 

[Ed_Blackburn]

As someone who has lived within / nearby the Millwall FC area I can attest to it still being a club that attracts a bunch of racist vile middle age idiots. Thankfully it's not a well supported club.

 

[Clarke B]

Cobi/LG, in general Millwall are not a well supported London club. I have lived in Surrey Quays (just over a mile from the ground) since November last year and even on match days you would barely realise a match is on. The trouble makers still turn up for the big games (Leeds, Cardiff, Charlton etc) but they are not fans. In fact the majority of Millwall 'fans' I have spoken to support a Premier league club. You always hear a few actual Millwall fans in the Surrey Docks pub (no football colours allowed!) but they are fairly innocuous.

They brought a few thousand down to HP for our first game in the championship in 2004 but they were riding on a crest of a wave from the FA Cup final appearance that year.

 

[meetoo]

Millwall have never been a problem down here, why I'm not sure but I can't remember a single incident from that club at Home Park.

Sorry Ian, I beg to differ on your comment. I know 100% that they have travelled here in large hooligan numbers in the past AND caused problems.

 

[HC Green]

The last visit of Millwall was on the 9th August 2011 in the first round of the league cup. The attendance was 4,761. The time before that was 30 October 2005 in a Championship fixture with an attendance of 11, 764. So we have very little recent history of Millwall to know about whether their reputation is still true.

 

[Pogleswoody]

Millwall would bring one man and a dog down to the Westcountry for a JP trophy game. They are hardly a well supported team at the best of times.

Maybe but, to be fair, it would be a pitbull and he'd be 6'6", 25 st and tattooed!! :lol: :lol:

 

[IJN]

Millwall have never been a problem down here, why I'm not sure but I can't remember a single incident from that club at Home Park.

Sorry Ian, I beg to differ on your comment. I know 100% that they have travelled here in large hooligan numbers in the past AND caused problems.

Fairy buff. It certainly didn't remain in my memory that's for sure.

 

[German Shepherd]

I am wondering what the police bill for last night was .I was at Plymouth station at app 23.30 waiting for the London overnight, when I am saying at least 70 riot police escorted about 70 of Exeter's finest on to a special train which ran to Exeter at short notice .It was like a scene from a G8 Summit .That doesn't come cheap .Mind you after what happened 5 years ago the police obviously do not want to make the same mistake twice .

Have you ever thought that the Police presence was just for you & not the Exeter fans?

 

[Lyndhurst Road End]

My old man told me years ago, that he was at the game (the den, was it also known as cold blow lane?) when Argyle ended Millwall 's 60 or 61 game home unbeaten run with a 1-0 away win. Recall him saying it was non to pleasant afterwards, and coaches with no windows returning.

 

[IJN]

It was a few years later than that mate, and we won 2-1, I think Bickle scored.

Coach was smashed and Steve Davey said when he come out of the ground he saw his suit being carried up the road.

I think it was 58 home games without defeat.

 

[Lyndhurst Road End]

Just found this on a Millwall site.
The Plymouth incident of January 1967 added to their reputation as bad losers. When Argyle came to The Den and ended Millwall's record run of 59 home League matches without defeat, the fans took it out on the Plymouth team, stoning them and smashing the coach windows. The club were again reported to the League.
Also I see we won our previous visit to Millwall. A happy hunting ground?

 

[StevePAFC]

Just found this on a Millwall site.
The Plymouth incident of January 1967 added to their reputation as bad losers. When Argyle came to The Den and ended Millwall's record run of 59 home League matches without defeat, the fans took it out on the Plymouth team, stoning them and smashing the coach windows. The club were again reported to the League.
Also I see we won our previous visit to Millwall. A happy hunting ground?

Wasn't it a 1-1 draw with pericard bagging a rare goal? 05/06 season I believe it was.

 

[Cobi Budge.]

Just found this on a Millwall site.
The Plymouth incident of January 1967 added to their reputation as bad losers. When Argyle came to The Den and ended Millwall's record run of 59 home League matches without defeat, the fans took it out on the Plymouth team, stoning them and smashing the coach windows. The club were again reported to the League.
Also I see we won our previous visit to Millwall. A happy hunting ground?

Wasn't it a 1-1 draw with pericard bagging a rare goal? 05/06 season I believe it was.

Yes it was (although Pericard probably should have bagged 4 to be honest).

Remember that day fondly...