Millwall game their flag day?

[S64 Blade]

Might have to buy a new Stone Island jacket for this one now. I’ll be a sitting duck otherwise.

 

[Rodley]

Have you ever been to Port Vale. I can’t see the local clayheads and the Millwall fans mixing too well.

I’ve done several trips now down to the New Den, and I think it is one of the grounds you are likely to get aggro at if you don’t travel by coach as there is a spot where both fans converge at South Bermondsey.

Might not be to the liking of a Millwall fan but I don’t mind Millwall at all, I see them as a true blue collar club who have stayed true to their roots and local community, and when i see the work they do within the local community whilst often goes unnoticed, they are undoubtedly a club that looks after own. I just think that they can get scapegoated by the press a little bit.

Agree - don’t dislike Millwall. The Den is a decent atmosphere and one of the safest away days IMHO due to the logistics, how the routes in and out are managed.

 

[mattbianco1]

I look forward trying to explain to my 6 year old why those people are so angry and what they're Cross with as we walk past them after turning left out of the Family Stand.

I'll probably mumble something about spilling something on their Stone Island jumper which cost them the equivalent of a weeks wage or losing their daft looking checked cap...

Doubt you'll be turning left that day pal

 

[Whiston Blade]

 

[Davalon]

Some of you are getting angry over something we've not even done!

All 'Flag day' is, as far as I've seen, is an excuse for all the old hooligans to meet up for a day on the piss. It's already happened this season, at St Andrews. And far from there being lots of aggro, the old hooligans from both Millwall & Birmingham City had drinks together and simply reminisced.

Serious hooliganism simply doesn't happen anymore - due to cctv, smart phones and lengthy prison sentences. Well, certainly not en masse or anywhere near the actual stadiums or train stations. Anything you see in those places is simply anti social behaviour.

It's odd that such a small % of football fans generate so much interest / frothing at the mouth. Take us... Millwall are widely considered to be the 'worse' hooligan club in the country. Yet, at most we've got about 300 serious hooligans, compared to 24,000 members of the official supporters club.

In 2018 I don't know why people still care so much about the topic. If you are a normal football fan you are very unlikely to run into a hooligan or be attacked by one. It's not the 80s anymore. You are more likely to simply see anti social behaviour - but that's a different matter. Yeah, there are some idiots that go to football, but these days they are pretty harmless.

Ive followed Millwall since 1986; the last time I felt in danger at a football match was way back in 2009 when we played West Ham away in a League Cup match on a Tuesday night.

You didn't come up to the Lane about 7 years ago then.

Millwall haraunging the disabled section in the ground, and then barely 100 yards from the away end a big group throwing anything they could get their hands on at Blades walking by who included women, kids, and OAPs.

SYP nowhere to be seen that close to the ground.

I had to drag my young kid behind a van to avoid the deluge.

The same incident was then bragged about online the next day.

All clubs have their dickheads but Millwall seem to have as high a proportion amongst their fanbase as any.

 

[Davalon]

I just think that they can get scapegoated by the press a little bit.

It's the same reason serial divers sometimes don't get penalties that should be.

I've met some cracking Millwall lads on my travels over the years but that doesn't take away the sizeable ratio of scum who attach themselves.

The cry wolf routine doesn't wash with me.

 

[snootyfenooty]

Football hooligans are a parody these days. They either wear black hoodies or peaky blinders caps and look fucking ridiculous. In the old days you would give the hoolies a wide berth, now you snigger when you walk past them. They would make a perfect monty python sketch.

 

[I should coco]

Flag day eh?

I think a Blades inspired band can do a bit better than that.

 

[sitwell]

The most aggro I've seen at Millwall games is places like West Ham (every time), Birmingham City (1995), Stoke City (1998), Cardiff City (1999) and Everton (2006).

Rotherham fans go on about what happened a few seasons ago - but not one single punch was thrown in anger. Again, it was more anti-social behaviour. They threw coins, some our idiots moved towards them. That is all that happened.

I've always found trips to 'little' towns like Yeovil, Stevenage, Northampton etc. to very uneventful.

Your list of honours doesn't have cup wins or league titles but most aggro. What did you win ?

 

[west_yorks_blade]

Your list of honours doesn't have cup wins or league titles but most aggro. What did you win ?

I think you have perfectly summed up the mentality. Even of the more articulate ones.

 

[1066blade]

I work with a Millwall fan who keeps referring to this game as a 'six pointer' which will see them leapfrog us and be closer to the play-offs. Unthinkable a few months ago.

 

[Lane Ender]

I work with a Millwall fan who keeps referring to this game as a 'six pointer' which will see them leapfrog us and be closer to the play-offs. Unthinkable a few months ago.

The,re about due a bad run hope it starts at the Lane

 

[Trafford]

I know that their idiot element is responsible for the way other fans behave when Millwall are in town but, having witnessed the hatred directed at the away fans convoy as it passed St Mary’s church over recent years, I can’t help feeling sorry for their genuine fans. Who would want to subject themselves to that week in week out but they still do.

 

[northsomersetblade]

 

[speedymcgeady]

Harry the Dog isn't coming. Not allowed in the ground.....

He's got distemper......

 

[speedymcgeady]

Harry the dog, the millwall brick and F troop ...
I remember em coming on our Kop that season, our fans singing to em " we all agree,Harry the dogs got distemper"
They did a lot of bouncing around,but no actual violence took place, and the cop's surrounded em and took em out.

 

[EddieColquhoun]

Harry the dog, the millwall brick and F troop ...
I remember em coming on our Kop that season, our fans singing to em " we all agree,Harry the dogs got distemper"
They did a lot of bouncing around,but no actual violence took place, and the cop's surrounded em and took em out.

I was a nipper in the kids pen that day. I remember watching them taking a beating that went on for ages and one getting rolled over the white wall into the pen.

 

[Piffle and Tosh]

Harry the Dog isn't coming. Not allowed in the ground.....

it would be difficult for him ,Deceased

 

[Sean Thornton]

it would be difficult for him ,Deceased

Yes but comedic licence disregards mundane facts.

 

[PaulHalfway]

I remember West Ham came on the kop, loads ended up in the corner above the kids pen taking a heavy beating
They were laid out in the pen and by the side of the pitch. Those were the days, never a dull moment

 

[him behind you]

Have you ever been to Port Vale. I can’t see the local clayheads and the Millwall fans mixing too well.

I’ve done several trips now down to the New Den, and I think it is one of the grounds you are likely to get aggro at if you don’t travel by coach as there is a spot where both fans converge at South Bermondsey.

Might not be to the liking of a Millwall fan but I don’t mind Millwall at all, I see them as a true blue collar club who have stayed true to their roots and local community, and when i see the work they do within the local community whilst often goes unnoticed, they are undoubtedly a club that looks after own. I just think that they can get scapegoated by the press a little bit.

I agree with you about millwall Brownie, I quite like them. Old school fans and none of this "sit down and be quiet" nonsense you get at most grounds. Yes they have a reputation and it follows them around with every other group of young "hoolies" wanting to have a pop just to say they have - don't get me wrong, no way am I saying that Millwall are picked on because they are certainly not innocent but it takes 2 sides for a fight and I'm not convinced Millwall are "always" the aggressors. However, I've been to the new den several times either by car or train and never seen any trouble or felt threatened - not like my trips to the Old Den which were a completely different matter but also in a completely different time.

 

[Isar]

Harry the Dog isn't coming. Not allowed in the ground.....

I think he retired to Battersea.

 

[Isar]

I work with a Millwall fan who keeps referring to this game as a 'six pointer' which will see them leapfrog us and be closer to the play-offs. Unthinkable a few months ago.

Serious question. Are you really a Sheffield United fan?
Every time I read one of your posts it is always referring to a negative about the club or team.
You are a very depressing person or a Wednesday fan.

 

[Lane Ender]

Harry the dog, the millwall brick and F troop ...
I remember em coming on our Kop that season, our fans singing to em " we all agree,Harry the dogs got distemper"
They did a lot of bouncing around,but no actual violence took place, and the cop's surrounded em and took em out.

They ended up bottom left hand corner took a bit of boot a few slaps then escorted to the other end

 

[1066blade]

Serious question. Are you really a Sheffield United fan?
Every time I read one of your posts it is always referring to a negative about the club or team.
You are a very depressing person or a Wednesday fan.

Serous answer - Yes. I have supported the Blades since 1959, (Doc Pace was my first hero, long before Woody and TC), and there may lay a clue as to why I am, shall we say, a tad more reluctant to get too carried away when the appearance of one swallow has hundreds of youngsters hearalding a brilliant summer. I have seen many a false dawn, however, I think I am a realist as opposed to a negative person.
Just exactly what fault you find with my post above baffles me, it's honest and maybe a little bit sad, when it reflects the realisation that we could (and with a little less bad luck with injuries etc.) be far and away out of sight of the likes of Millwall, who up until just before Xmas, we're just focus staying on staying up.
Still, you.'re entitled to your opinion.
UTB

 

[Isar]

Serous answer - Yes. I have supported the Blades since 1959, (Doc Pace was my first hero, long before Woody and TC), and there may lay a clue as to why I am, shall we say, a tad more reluctant to get too carried away when the appearance of one swallow has hundreds of youngsters hearalding a brilliant summer. I have seen many a false dawn, however, I think I am a realist as opposed to a negative person.
Just exactly what fault you find with my post above baffles me, it's honest and maybe a little bit sad, when it reflects the realisation that we could (and with a little less bad luck with injuries etc.) be far and away out of sight of the likes of Millwall, who up until just before Xmas, we're just focus staying on staying up.
Still, you.'re entitled to your opinion.
UTB

Fair enough and thanks for the reply. I look forward to your positive thoughts after the Brentford game and three away points.

 

[Hartley Hare]

I wonder if I might be considered to be ".... a dirty northern ponce" given that I live in Norfolk?

HH

 

[Piffle and Tosh]

I wonder if I might be considered to be ".... a dirty northern ponce" given that I live in Norfolk?

HH

normal for Norfolk