Millwall

Millwall Football Club is a professional football club based in Bermondsey, South East London, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. Founded as Millwall Rovers in 1885, the club retained its name despite leaving the Millwall area of the Isle of Dogs in 1910. From then until 1993, the club played at The Old Den in New Cross before moving to its current home, The Den.

The club’s crest features a rampant lion, which has led to their nickname, "The Lions." Millwall’s traditional kit consists of dark blue shirts, white shorts, and blue socks.

Millwall FC Updates

Millwall has had a mixed start to the 2024/25 EFL Championship campaign. Currently sitting in 18th place, they have accumulated nine points, leaving them 10 points off the top spot and seven points outside the playoff positions. However, they are only two points ahead of the relegation zone, making early-season performances crucial.

Their current record stands at:

• Wins: 2
• Draws: 3
• Losses: 4

Injury Updates:

• Tom Bradshaw: Muscle injury (out until late October)
• Joshua Coburn: Knock (out until early November)
• Billy Mitchell: Hip injury (out until late October)

Millwall FC Transfer News and Rumors

With the January transfer window still months away, transfer rumors are limited. However, Millwall has been linked with Luca Connell (Barnsley), a tenacious midfielder who has won 73.3% of his tackles, won 43 duels, and registered two goals and two assists in League One this season.

Another potential target is Rayan Philippe, a 23-year-old French forward who has scored four goals and provided one assist in eight Bundesliga 2 appearances for Eintracht Braunschweig.

Millwall FC Signings

Millwall made several signings during the summer transfer window, including multiple loan deals:

Player	Age	Nationality	Left	Fee	Contract Duration
Mihailo Ivanovic	19	Serbian Croatian	Vojvodina	€3.00m	Unknown
Femi Azeez	18	English Spanish	Reading	€1.15m	Expires June 30th, 2028
Macaulay Langstaff	27	English	Notts County	€830k	Unknown
Daniel Kelly	18	Scottish	Celtic B	€470k	Unknown
Japhet Tanganga	25	English	Tottenham Hotspur	Free transfer	Unknown
Lukas Jensen	25	Danish English	Lincoln City	Undisclosed	Unknown
Ryan Wintle	27	English	Cardiff City	Loan	Expires end of season
Josh Coburn	21	English	Middlesborough	Loan	Expires end of season
Calum Scanlon	19	English	Liverpool U21	Loan	Expires end of season
Alfie Massey	18	English	Millwall U18	Promoted to First Team	Unknown

Millwall FC Key Matches of the season

While Millwall’s biggest rival is West Ham United (currently in the Premier League), key fixtures this season include matches against fellow London club QPR and recently relegated sides Burnley, Luton Town, and Sheffield United.

Millwall FC fans can look forward to an exciting season as the club aims to push higher up the Championship table under manager Neil Harris. With key signings strengthening the squad, the Lions will be determined to compete for a playoff spot. For a full list of fixtures this season, visit the official Millwall FC website.

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Millwall FC Key achievements

While Millwall has never won the English First Division or the FA Cup, they did reach the 2004 FA Cup final, losing 3-0 to Manchester United. This earned them a spot in the 2004/05 UEFA Cup.

Major Achievements:

• Second Division Champions: 1987–88
• Third Division South / League One Champions: 1927–28, 1937–38, 2000–01
• Football League Trophy Winners: 1982–83
• Third Division South Cup Winners: 1937
• Play-off Winners: 2010, 2017
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Millwall FC Current Squad

Millwall currently have a youthful squad with a mix of experience in there also, with quite a few players on loan for the season. In total they have a squad of 27 players.

Millwall FC Attackers

Millwall have quality attackers in their ranks currently in the form of Aidomo Emakhu, Adam Mayor, Femi Azeez, Duncan Watmore, Mihailo Ivanovic, Josh Coburn, Macaulay Langstaff and Tom Bradshaw.

Millwall FC Midfielders

Millwall have the following midfielders in their ranks. Ryan Wintle, Billy Mitchell, Casper De Norre, George Saville, Daniel Kelly, Ryan Leonard, Alfie Massey, Romain Esse and George Honeyman.

Millwall FC Defenders

Millwall’s defenders are Jake Cooper, Japhet Tanganga, Wes Harding, Shaun Hutchinson, Joe Bryan, Murray Wallace, Calum Scanlon and Danny McNamara.

Millwall FC GoalKeepers

Millwall have 3 goalkeepers in their ranks. They are Lukas Jensen, Liam Roberts and Connal Trueman.

Millwall Managing and Coaching Staff

Millwall’s current manager is Neil Harris.

Neil Harris-Manager 

Harris is 47 years of age and his most recent club before Millwall was Cambridge United. He has been manager of Millwall since February 21st, 2024. He was previously manager of Millwall from 2015 to 2019. He has managed a total of 24 league games for Millwall in this current spell, and averages 1.58 points per match. His preferred formation is 4-2-3-1.

Adam Barrett- Assistant manager

Adam Barrett is 44 years of age and previously had a stint as caretaker manager for Millwall last season from October 18th 2023 until November 5th 2023. He oversaw 4 games in charge, averaging 0.5 points per game. He has been assistant manager for Millwall since October 22nd 2019.

David Livermore- Assistant Manager

Livermore is 44 years of age and from London, England. He was appointed alongside manager Neil Harris on February 21st, 2024. He was previously assistant manager for Neil Harris at Millwall from 2015 to 2019.

Millwall FC Former Managers & Key Coaches

Millwall’s last four managers (not including interim managers) before their current one are as follows:

Joe Edwards (6th November 2023 - 21st February 2024)

Edwards enjoyed a very difficult spell as Millwall manager, only lasting 4 months in charge. A run of seven games without a win Edwards was sacked following a 2-0 defeat to Sheffield Wednesday.

Gary Rowett (22nd October 2019 - 18th October 2023)

On 21 October 2019, Rowett was appointed as the new Millwall manager, succeeding Neil Harris, who left after more than four years in the post. On his debut five days later, the team won 2–0 at home to his previous club Stoke. After finishing 8th, 11th and 9th in his first three seasons, he signed a new contract of undisclosed length in July 2022. In October 2023, Rowett left Millwall by mutual consent.

Neil Harris (10th March 2015- 3rd October 2019)

By the time Harris took over, Millwall were already virtually, whilst not mathematically, relegated, however, Harris went on to win 2 and draw 4 of his 9 games in charge, almost keeping the Lions in the Championship. On 28 April, the Lions were officially relegated to League One following Rotherham United's 2–1 win against Reading, however, Harris was confirmed as Millwall's permanent manager less than 24 hours later, with his assistant being his 2004 FA Cup final teammate, David Livermore.

In his first full season as manager Harris led Millwall to the League One play-off final against Barnsley at Wembley after finishing 4th in the League One table and overcoming Bradford City 4–2 on aggregate in the play-off semi-finals. The Lions lost the play-off final 3–1 to Barnsley. In the 2016–17 season Harris again led Millwall to Wembley after they finished 6th in the League One table and overcame Scunthorpe United 3–2 in the play-off semi-finals. Millwall won the play-off final against Bradford City 1–0 to win promotion to the Championship.

He also led Millwall to the FA Cup quarter-finals after knocking out three Premier League teams Bournemouth, Watford and Premier League Champions Leicester City before losing 6–0 against Tottenham Hotspur in the quarter-finals.

Ian Holloway (7th January 2014 - 10th March 2015)

On 7 January 2014, he signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Millwall. He then guided the club to Championship safety for the 2013–14 season as Millwall finished 19th, four points above the relegation places. In the 2014–15 season, as Millwall dropped in the relegation places in The Championship, Holloway admitted that he had become an unpopular manager among Millwall fans.

On 10 March 2015, following a 4–1 defeat at home to Norwich City, Holloway was sacked for the first time in his managerial career

Millwall FC Legends

A few players who wrote their names on the rocks in the club are mentioned below.

Paul Robinson

Robinson played 311 times for Millwall, scoring the winning goal of the 2010 League One play off final to guide Millwall to the Championship.

Tim Cahill

Millwall was the first English club Cahill played for. He made 217 appearances for the club, scoring 52 times and was a central part to Millwall’s run to the FA Cup final in 2004.

Keith Weller

Weller is more remembered for his time at Leicester City but before this he spent 3 great years at Millwall between 1967-70. He scored 40 times in 121 appearances for the club. His blistering pace made him a fan favourite.

Teddy Sheringham

Sheringham is one of the finest strikers in Premier League history. Before he became a Premier League great he began his career in Millwall, scoring 93 goals in 220 appearances, making him the clubs second all time scorer.

Keith Stevens

Stevens spent his entire career at Millwall as a centre back. He made 462 appearances for the club and also spent 2 years as a manager.

Neil Harris

Harris is Millwall’s all time leading scorer. He scored 138 goals in 432 appearances for the club across two spells with the club.

Barry Kitchener

Kitchener played at Millwall for 16 years between 1966-1982, making him their longest serving player. He made 602 appearances and the west stand in Millwall’s stadium The Den is named after him.

Millwall FC Team Metrics and Performance

So far this season Millwall have scored a total of 12 goals in the Championship. Their top scorer is Duncan Watmore with 5 goals. They have 3 clean sheets to this point in the season.  Last season Millwall finished in 13th place and they currently sit in 18th place. Their expectations this season will be to improve on last season’s finish and get close to the play off spots.  Millwall’s highest ever league standing was 10th place in the English First Division in the 1988 - 1989 season.​​ They have never been in the Premier League.

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Millwall FC Pitch and Amenities

The New Den, as it was initially known to distinguish it from its predecessor, was the first new all-seater stadium in England to be completed after the Taylor Report on the Hillsborough disaster of 1989. It was designed with effective crowd management in mind (particularly given Millwall's crowd problems at The Old Den), with the escape routes being short and direct.

After chairman Reg Burr decided that it would not be viable to redevelop The Old Den as an all-seater stadium, he announced in 1990 that the club would relocate to a new stadium in the Senegal Fields area in south Bermondsey. Originally, it was planned to have a seating capacity of between 25,000 and 30,000; however, the club opted to wait so the capacity was kept to just over 20,000.

Millwall played their final game at The Old Den on 8 May 1993 after 83 years and then moved to the new stadium a quarter-of-a-mile away from Cold Blow Lane.

Millwall FC Fan Base and Support

The Millwall Bushwackers are a football firm associated with Millwall Football Club. Millwall 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 Football Association and the club has received numerous fines for crowd disorder. A link to Millwall’s website can be seen here. https://www.millwallfc.co.uk 

Millwall FC Rivalries and Notable Matches

The rivalry between Millwall and West Ham United is one of the longest-standing and most bitter in English football. The two teams, then known as Millwall Athletic and Thames Ironworks, both originated in the East End of London, and were located less than three miles apart. They first played each other in the 1899–1900 FA Cup.

The match was historically known as the Dockers derby, as both sets of supporters were predominantly dockers at shipyards on the River Thames. Millwall and West Ham have played each other 99 times competitively: Millwall have won 38, West Ham 34 and 27 have ended in a draw. The last meeting between the sides was in 2012 with West Ham winning 2-1 at Upton Park.

Millwall FC Facts

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Millwall FC History

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.

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. 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.

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.

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Millwall FC Social Media Links

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Millwall FC Outlook and Forecast

Millwall will want to improve on last season’s 13th-place finish and will want to challenge for the playoff spots as they have yet to compete in the Premier League. As it stands they are 18th in the Championship and are just 2 points ahead of the relegation zone, so will want to distance themselves from any relegation battle.

Frequently Asked Questions on Millwall Football Club

Is Millwall a big Club?

Millwall were one of the biggest clubs in England before the war, but this is no longer the case.

How much is Millwall FC Worth?

Millwall’s squad has a market value of £36.45 million

Has Millwall FC ever won the Premier League?

Millwall have never competed in the Premier League.

What does Millwall FC nickname mean?

Millwall’s nickname is ‘The Lions’ and this stems from the lion that is the emblem on their badge.