Anyone Going To Millwall Away?

[Sarahlisa]

Genuine question going with my son and on our last away trip some were saying its advised not to wear kit/shirts etc to Millwall. Going on bus from KP. Anyone else can you offer advice if its as bad as people say? My friends son is a lifetime West Ham supporter so I've had his version. 

 

Thankyou 

 

 

[CosbehFox]

If you are going on the bus from King Power you'll be fine. You'll never interact with a Millwall fan. They will literally take you into a compound and drop you off at the turnstiles. 

[boots60]

Just crouch down on the bus as you are leaving the stadium area.

 

[MS0204]

This might be the first trip I’ve ever done I don’t wear club colours. I’m now getting train and going into South Bermondsey.. I’ve done millwall twice before, once on a ground hopping day a good few years back against wolves and you can feel there is an intimidation in the air even back then..

the other being the fa cup match against Leicester back in 2017, however I was in the home end for that as I couldn’t get a ticket.. 

I was stood next to the Leicester fans and the millwall people are simply animals in a polite way of putting it.. you would see someone’s arm doing a throwing motion, no doubt would have been a coin. Kids as young as 7-8 doing cut knife throat gestures (that’s the new generation the parents are bringing up).. then the horses were on the pitch at the end 

 

It probably ain’t as intimidating as it was years ago but it’s still the kind of fixture to be on your guard.. 

[SickoDicko]

I think it'll be absolutely fine, having looked at their ticket sales too not even close to full capacity either so imagine it won't be anything close to the 2017 game

[goody2028]

Anyone else doing Stanmore for this?

[Basildon Fox]

Early start for me.  Taking my son and meeting up with a mate for a few beers before the game.

 

Can't beat a hostile away game.  Should be a fun day out, especially if we win.

 

[Foxes1]

If you want to mingle with Millwall fans don't wear colours only a string vest. Seriously though as you are going by coach colours shouldn't be a problem wearing them.

[Kegworthfox]

Driving down to luton with grandson  then train to London Bridge safest and easiest way 

 

[Clarkeyblue]

1 hour ago, Kegworthfox said:

Driving down to luton with grandson  then train to London Bridge safest and easiest way 

 

Thanks for this it looks perfect!!

[Bayfox]

If going by coach the only Millwall fans you will see will be trying to lob shit at the coaches I doubt wearing colours will make any difference.

 

Also I always thought wearing colours was considered, you weren't actually looking for trouble. If your lad wants a row get him in some stone island. Should probably get some attention then.

 

On a serious note. Even Millwall is sanitised nowdays. Yes it's a bit more than your average trip to portman Road or Old Trafford etc. But even on the train from London Bridge you barely see a home fan. 

Edited 4 January by Bayfox

[Trev3939]

Do they hold away fans after as I heard on a different thread they did. To be fair would be ok with that as live locally to millwall and don’t fancy interacting with them too much 

[Kegworthfox]

1 minute ago, Trev3939 said:

Do they hold away fans after as I heard on a different thread they did. To be fair would be ok with that as live locally to millwall and don’t fancy interacting with them too much 

Longest I’ve been kept in 35 mins shortest time 20 mins quickest time out was straight after full time when we were banned and sit in there end with my son only time I wanted muzzy to miss a pen 

[Kegworthfox]

41 minutes ago, Clarkeyblue said:

Thanks for this it looks perfect!!

Get train to London Bridge and jump on the train to Bermondsey 

[boots60]

2 hours ago, Foxes1 said:

If you want to mingle with Millwall fans don't wear colours only a string vest. Seriously though as you are going by coach colours shouldn't be a problem wearing them.

I don't make a habit out of laughing at the way people dress but string vest man had me in stitches.

Wonder if he still stomps about the pitch with his strange "Cockney working man" clobber.

 

[09bballer]

I'm driving and parking about a mile from the ground. I'll chose to not wear colours for this one. Last time I went was New Years Day in 96. The pea souper fog was coming off the Thames and it felt really Dickensian walking through the streets to the ground. Lots of knuckle draggers hanging around the pubs. I'm sure it's all different now.

Edited 4 January by 09bballer

[SK3Blue]

Done both the old and new Den, grim, didn't wear colours, old Den was far more brutal. 

Different now, you get the odd lout but no more than anywhere else. 

[guest123]

8 hours ago, Sarahlisa said:

Genuine question going with my son and on our last away trip some were saying its advised not to wear kit/shirts etc to Millwall. Going on bus from KP. Anyone else can you offer advice if its as bad as people say? My friends son is a lifetime West Ham supporter so I've had his version. 

 

Thankyou 

 

 

who ever told you this please never speak to them again. safest ground in the country, especially if on the club bingo buses. go walking about Bermondsey looking for it wearing the gear and being mobbed up then you'll find it, but other than that, as no one would be doing that anyway, you'll be fine

[Sir Steve Howard]

3 hours ago, Kegworthfox said:

Get train to London Bridge and jump on the train to Bermondsey 

South Bermondsey*

[London Fox Zulu]

Any ticket in the away end available or any foxes watching the game in the home sections? 

[The boy Linacre]

Went to the League Cup game 2 or 3 seasons back, evening in late Sept it was fine.  As we are in the same div now, not sure they'll be as bothered as when we came as champions.

 

[Drew Peacock]

I went with my then 12 year old on the Ausden coach in 2017. As we arrived at the ground we were greeted by 2 lads aged about 11, circling the coach on bikes giving it the middle finger. My lad had colours on and we went for a little walk to get something to eat, but soon enough we had 3 coppers come over to us and insisted on escorting us all the way back to the ground.

You go into the cage near the away turnstile with the coaches nearby and you might hear a bit of abuse and rattling of the cage, but it was heightened last time because of their last minute winner against a Prem team, when they were League 1. The early part of the journey home, in slow moving traffic, things were bouncing off the coach and bottles smashing all over the road in front of us for a while, so it was a bit crazy, but again it was mainly the context of the result that day I think. 

I don’t wear colours, but if I did, I personally wouldn’t at Millwall as it has a unique feral feel in the air. It’s always been a ground, like a few others, where I just keep my head down and don’t say anything to the natives. Some mates of mine though have said they’ve mixed with some of their fans pre-match and they’ve been great.

Edit: This game is still one of my son’s all time favourite away day experiences  (Not for the result obviously) and we’ve been to 100s. 😂🙈 But we came to no harm I guess and weren’t personally involved in the trouble that day. 

Edited 5 January by Drew Peacock

[Foxes1]

I went to the last F A cup tie and spoke to a couple of older Millwall fans in the pub near Borough Market, they said that the idiots all come out for the big games which at the time we were in their eyes a big club, now we are not so doubt very much you will encounter much trouble.

[CrazyKopCorner]

1 hour ago, Drew Peacock said:

I went with my then 12 year old on the Ausden coach in 2017. As we arrived at the ground we were greeted by 2 lads aged about 11, circling the coach on bikes giving it the middle finger. My lad had colours on and we went for a little walk to get something to eat, but soon enough we had 3 coppers come over to us and insisted on escorting us all the way back to the ground.

You go into the cage near the away turnstile with the coaches nearby and you might hear a bit of abuse and rattling of the cage, but it was heightened last time because of their last minute winner against a Prem team, when they were League 1. The early part of the journey home, in slow moving traffic, things were bouncing off the coach and bottles smashing all over the road in front of us for a while, so it was a bit crazy, but again it was mainly the context of the result that day I think. 

I don’t wear colours, but if I did, I personally wouldn’t at Millwall as it has a unique feral feel in the air. It’s always been a ground, like a few others, where I just keep my head down and don’t say anything to the natives. Some mates of mine though have said they’ve mixed with some of their fans pre-match and they’ve been great.

Edit: This game is still one of my son’s all time favourite away day experiences  (Not for the result obviously) and we’ve been to 100s. 😂🙈 But we came to no harm I guess and weren’t personally involved in the trouble that day. 

Why did he enjoy it so much. 

 

I got the impression one or two fans were left traumatised 

[Sir Steve Howard]

8 minutes ago, CrazyKopCorner said:

Why did he enjoy it so much. 

 

I got the impression one or two fans were left traumatised 

Millwall 2017 and Peterborough in 2013 are my two favourite domestic aways with Leicester.

Both ended in defeat but were the complete opposite of a boring away end.

One way to sort the wheat from the chaff is if you saw that Millwall trip as enjoyable/traumatising