No one likes them but they don't care please log in to view this image The Old Den, never visited it, mores the pity really, howevere it's replacement isn't bad, although being lumbered with a 12.30 kick off is more than a piss take by the league, the coach leaves at 5.30 am, luckily the Avanti West Coast leaves at 8am, barring, any landslips. Lord Mayor's show tomorrow as well, so London likely to be rammed. https://www.millwallfc.co.uk/ MANAGER Alexander Francis Neil (born 9 June 1981)[2] is a Scottish professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is currently head coach of EFL Championship club Millwall. Neil began his professional career at Airdrieonians in 2000, playing half a season in the Scottish Football League First Division before moving to Barnsley. He played 142 games across all competitions in his four-year spell at Barnsley, and then signed for Mansfield Town on a free transfer. After a season at Mansfield, he returned to Scotland's First Division with Hamilton Academical, featuring in 246 matches across a decade and winning promotion to the Scottish Premier League in 2008. He became Hamilton's player-manager in 2013 and led them to promotion to the Scottish Premiership in 2014. In January 2015 he was appointed manager of Norwich City, as the second youngest manager in the Football League at the time. Neil guided Norwich to promotion to the Premier League, by winning the 2015 Football League Championship play-off final. Norwich suffered relegation the following season, and in March 2017, Neil was sacked. He was appointed Preston North End's manager on 4 July 2017 and led the team to seventh place in the 2017–18 Championship. On 11 February 2022 Neil was appointed manager of Sunderland. They were promoted from League One to the Championship, winning 2–0 in the play-off final. He left later that year to become the manager of Stoke City. Alex was a decent manager although did end up boring me to death with style of play, still lives up here please log in to view this image FORM GUIDE please log in to view this image LIONS 13 PNE 11 Both sides in decent nick although they got bang at Brum New and netters please log in to view this image South Bermondsey's history is shaped by its industrial past, including early railway viaducts built in the 1830s and a later role as a center for leatherworking and food processing, earning it nicknames like "Biscuit Town". The area has undergone significant transformation, moving from an agricultural landscape in the 1840s to an industrial hub by the late 19th century, followed by residential and commercial redevelopment in the latter half of the 20th century. Today, the area continues to evolve, with a focus on maintaining its industrial character while also accommodating new uses. please log in to view this image please log in to view this image
Team News please log in to view this image Jordan Thompson was named in a matchday squad for the first time this season on Wednesday night and the summer recruit will make the trip to London with the rest of the team this weekend. Pol Valentín and Daniel Jebbison have both returned to training and could be in contention for Saturday's match. Ali McCann, Andrija Vukčević, Brad Potts, Lewis Gibson, Robbie Brady and Will Keane will miss out. The Hosts please log in to view this image Millwall head into the weekend’s clash just a point and a place below North End in the table, sitting fifth after 14 matches. It’s been a really promising start for the Lions, who recently won four matches in a row, although they return home on Saturday following a 4-0 defeat in Birmingham on Tuesday night. Under former PNE boss Alex Neil, the team from The Den finished just two points outside of the Play-Off spots last season, and will be hoping they’ll have enough to make the cut this time around. Match Officials please log in to view this image Referee: Stephen Martin Assistant Referees: Mark Dwyer and Graham Kane Fourth Official: Adam Herczeg Stephen Martin will referee his first PNE fixture of the season this weekend. He's officiated North End on numerous occasions over the years and was actually the man in the middle for PNE's 3-1 win at The Den in 2019. So far this season, Martin has shown 40 yellow cards in eight matches. We've Met Before Back in January 2024, Brad Potts earned a point for PNE in a 1-1 draw at The Den.
please log in to view this image Attendance: 15,788 (1,169 PNE pre-sales). Referee: Stephen Martin. Let the train take the strain, on this away day, the right way to travel home by 7.30pm, highlight of the journey down, bloke gets on at Warrington thinks I'm sat in his seat, no issues there are spare ones arond so he goes sit in them, eventuallt transpired the bloke was going to Wolverhampton, the train he was on wasn't, tried not to laugh when he got off in London Onto Millwall, disturbance during the silence, from the Millwall stands, the miscreant was dealt with by the home fans. As for the game both sides had chances in a fast start Neghli probably should have done better, Thor for us produced a decent save from his effort from outside the box. Took the lead, poor back pass Smith canny finish over the keeper 1 up. We were average, passing was poor, and we gave them a bit too much room, they were dangerous down our left hand side, forced corner after corner, Taylor should have scored from about 10 yards out, but we hung on until about 10 minutes before the break Then one of those moments which will go on the bloopers video, throw in back to Iversen, ball hits his standing foot, swings his lleft leg misses ball, tap in for the ever so grateful Ivanovic. No criticism of the keeper, he's bailed us out more than once this season. At the other end Crocombe close to have one his own keeper bloopers, cllearence charged down by Mads nearly went in. Millwall dominated early stages of the second period, De Norrie narrowly wide, but our subs made a difference, no idea how Small didn't score after the ball squeezed under the keeper and Dobbin produced a decent save at the end. So all square at the end, would have taken that at the beginning but just a thought we could possibly have sneeked it. Two week break, three possible returning players, fourth in the league HECK Paul Heckingbottom reflected on a “good point” and the season so far following the draw at The Den. Michael Smith put North End ahead against Millwall inside 15 minutes, before Mihailo Ivanović levelled for the hosts before half-time. Both sides had chances to win it in the second 45, with Daniel Iversen brilliantly denying Ivanović, while Thierry Small and Lewis Dobbin came close for PNE in the late stages. Hecky said: “It’s a good point. There’s lots of things I really enjoyed, especially in the second half. I really enjoyed us in the second half. “I think the two goals probably sum up the quality in the first half. It was more a war of attrition. Millwall dropped onto far too many second balls, we didn't play enough forward passes, so we sort of played into their hands a little bit. “We defended our box well with their set plays, but we needed to change something and we were much more aggressive against the ball in the second half. I just loved the mentality of the group. “We were competing for more second balls. Ben [Whiteman] and Harrison [Armstrong] driving us on from midfield, the centre-backs winning the headers, Odel [Offiah] playing slightly higher, jumping on their full-back. I thought we were excellent second half.” The draw in the capital makes it a seven-point week for North End heading into the international break, following wins over Southampton and Swansea City. It also took PNE up to third in the Championship ahead of the 3pm kick-offs, reinforcing how positive the start to the season has been. The manager said: “26 points from 15 [matches], it's good. You would always want more, but I think from where we were, with all the changes we've made, then how this week's gone and the people we've got out, I’m over the moon with just how the players have responded. “I knew a lot of the players well but the new players, the young boys who have come in are showing a real good desire to win games. It can't always be pretty, it certainly wasn't today, but there's a real good determination about us which I enjoy.” ALEX Millwall boss Alex Neil told BBC London: "I thought we were good in the first half and I was quite happy. The mistake is disappointing and it gives Preston a leg up. From there they are a hard team to break down. "Defensively, we didn't want any silly mistakes and we gave ourselves a mountain to climb, but in the main, I thought we were by far the better side in the first half. "We had a few opportunities, got in good spaces and areas and we were hoping something would drop for us - and then they made a mistake. "We started the second half well but the game flipped in their favour when their subs came on. They had more energy and impetus and we had to defend well and Max made a good save. "We certainly didn't deserve to lose and over the 90 minutes we probably edged it, but when it finishes like it did in the last 10-15 minutes we'll take the point. "We had good moments but we missed the clinical edge, that moment of quality. We obviously want to get more of that."
