Im in two minds about taking my little boy on saturday. I can imagine its all going to be a lot of hassle with the cops, parking and he wont be able to get a drink in the pubs. He has seen common people before and is used to people wearing tracksuits who really do not particpate in any sport but wear them just for fashion. I just don't know if he is ready for such a drop in the social ladder. Please advise.
where did he see common people before? - we havent been in the same division for a while... so makes me wonder where. you a ST holder at the den?
He has seen common people before having been on the Dockland Light railway and on a visit to see his uncle in Jo'burg, he was taken through the streets of Soweto. What he has never witnessed first hand is grown men wearing tracksuits and having earings, and highlighted hair. He has never heard the expression, 'Knock the granny out of that' or 'I'm gonna open your cannister'
I think that you'll only get trouble if you're looking for it. Maybe I have too much faith in humanities ability to do good, but if you don't go out starting to cause trouble, it won't find you. I presume that the majority of Millwall fans going on Saturday are pretty decent people socially, and the fact too, they won't want trouble. A minuscule bunch will, and they'll find the people who are looking for it, but the rest will be without hindrance, and won't run around attacking people for the sake of. There was a lot of this panic going on before the last match at the Valley (the 4-4 draw) of people panicking. You should bring your son, and enjoy yourself (though now these are going to be my last famous words if there is trouble).
Been a bit out of things this week and forgot Millwall were playing tonight - just gone one up - it's really not a long time to recover until Saturday lunchtime, is it?
Will the Wall still be on a high after last night or will playing just 'little 'oll Charlon' just be slightly boring and they then not bother turning up to party?
I would like to congratulate Millwall on reaching the Cup semi-final at Wembley. We could have done with the sort of revenue that will bring in. And also Danny ****tu for scoring the winner. On another thread we post about Charlton "shooting ourselves in the foot" by letting youngsters go and having to pay to get them back (Green, Haynes, Wilson, etc). What about the ones we let go and never came back like ****tu (Boyd, Turner, Primus, etc)? I only vaguely remember Boyd as a junior but letting those three centre-backs go on frees or for peanuts seemed perverse at the time. It was like releasing Harriott or Cousins would be at the end of this season. How their cup exploits will affect Millwall is hard to tell. They could be full of confidence or their legs could start to go in the second half. When I lived in Lewisham (or "Blackheath" as my snobbish wife used to say - the parish boundary went right through our property) we always went to the Den for Charlton matches. There was no crowd segregation then and the stadium was always bursting at the seams. We would stand among Millwall supporters wearing our Charlton colours and enjoyed the banter, with never a nasty word, let alone incident. Only frightening bit was the surging crowd entering and exiting, as my wife was very petite. Had she slipped and fallen I dread to think what might have happened. Safer stadiums is one way the game has changed for the better. (Perhaps the only way?) I have never had a problem with Millwall supporters. The ones I have known at work. or talked to at matches or in the pub before or after, have all been amiable and genuine supporters just like most Addicks. It's the ****ers who support Man Utd or Liverpool and who have never been north of Luton Airport I can't stand.
Lets face it - we could have just played 12 games in 2 days, had 4 players sent off, conceded 5 penalty's and we would have still won - that is how one-sided this local derby has become
The one time we played the ball on the ground through to Kermit was the one time we created a decent chance (Harriott's). We need to do it more, because Yann is a really good link-up player on the ground. He must get so frustrated that we lump it up to him so much.
