F.A Cup 4th Round - Millwall away

[Chico Hamilton III]

We want to get our train booked while its reasonable but knowing my luck, we'll have the time re-arranged.

Crystal Palace might be playing Man City at home which would put a big strain on London Bridge station so there's a chance one of the games could be changed?

[PeterWithe]

I am sure i read somewhere once that the first time they played behind closed dorrs due to previous crowd trouble was 1905!!! Is it close proximity to the docks that creates the hooligans or what?

My father in law was hospitalised by Millwall fans in the late 60s.

[Walmley_Villa]

I watched part IV of that Panorama documentary which is hilarious and talks about a visit to Bristol Rovers in which most Millwall fans travelled by train but the 'F-Troop' chartered a coach. Later on it reported that F-Troop hadn't made the game as their coach had broken down. Harry the Dog however hitched a lift and tried a one man suicide attack on the Rovers 'End'. Made me laugh!

[SW9-VILLA]

Go to Millwall, I guarantee you'll either be mugged or not appreciated. Catch the train to London, stopping at Rejection, Disappointment, Backstabbing Central and Shattered Dreams Parkway.

[Pete3206]

A bloke in his late forties at work this morning - "it's all kicking off on Twitter"

I was like soooo impressed, innit.

What are you implying here Pete? People in their late forties should use  pigeons  and smoke signals? (by the way I employ a teenager to post on this forum)

No, not at all. He was just getting a bit "Football Factory" if you get my meaning. Which looks silly from anyone of any age.

[dave.woodhall]

There's an apocryphal tale of an Australian student who moved to New Cross and decided to check out his surroundings. He went into a local pub not knowing Millwall's reputation nor that they were at home that day, and walked up to the bar. Unfortunately he bumped into someone and knocked their drink on the floor.

The aggrieved party turned to him and snarled, "Watch yerself, I'm Harry the Dog," to which the Aussie smiled and replied, "And I'm Larry the Lamb. Pleased to meet you."

Harry burst out laughing and the student was on free drinks all day.

[LeeS]

I was having a pint in the Bunch of Grapes near London Bridge station a few Saturdays back and a bunch of their Neanderthal fans walked in and started harrassing everyone. They were targetting blokes who were obviously in there with just their wives or girlfriends and trying to get a rise out of them.

Fortunately they got bored after about 10 minutes and left without even buying a drink. Last heard walking down St Thomas Street singing "no-one likes us, we don't care".

Made me feel ashamed to be a football fan.

[Kingthing]

Do Millwall have many/any black fans? They seem to really struggle getting rid of the racist element judging from the amount of players who complain about being abused there.

I don't think there are many....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20239068

then this for him making a point about it....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20285161

The banner read "Marvin Sordell is a c**t"

[myf]

I found the documentary hilarious - especially the bloke working in the nursery and being interviewed on the premises.  How did he keep his job?!  And the Govn directive that coaches had to leave city centres at midnight!  It was lamost like a Reeves and Mortimer spoof.

Wasn't there some trouble at VP a couple of years back when the reserves/academy teams met?

[Dave Clark Five]

I found the documentary hilarious - especially the bloke working in the nursery and being interviewed on the premises.  How did he keep his job?!  And the Govn directive that coaches had to leave city centres at midnight!  It was lamost like a Reeves and Mortimer spoof.

Wasn't there some trouble at VP a couple of years back when the reserves/academy teams met?

They had a few in the Middle Trinity who had come in a minibus. The same minibus was touring the area quite a while after the game and someone got attacked, I think. In the ground, they were noisy and boorish. Under the stand by the pie counter there were the vilest women you have ever seen with their offspring. I think it only stood out as they were mixed in with the rest of us instead of being stuck in another part of the ground when they would have just looked like normal away fans.

Edit - info re trouble:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/8513943.stm

[cdbearsfan]

Do Millwall have many/any black fans? They seem to really struggle getting rid of the racist element judging from the amount of players who complain about being abused there.

David Haye is a Millwall fan.

[aev]

I am pretty sure the boxer Julius Francis is as well.

You may remember he was the guy that fought Tyson and had the soles of his boots sponsored by a tabloid paper.

[silhillvilla]

There's a black guy in the pub with Harry the dog etc in the Panorama Pt I film

[Brend'Watkins]

Harry the Dog is dead now isn't he?

[Chico Hamilton III]

You may remember he was the guy that fought Tyson and had the soles of his boots sponsored by a tabloid paper.

Michael Bentt

remember him being paraded round the Den a few years ago