Three hours before kick off and the rain has come. Just as I wanted it.
Last year our play off final with Scunthorpe was HOT!.
When Saturday Comes
Attendance 73.108
Attendance 73.108
Millwall supporters pour down Wembley Way
We snake our way up from Wembley way on to the concourse
A section of the Millwall ranks
Bring on the Lions
Hand shakes, photo's and a blond
Millwall press the Swindon defence and go in at half time 1-0 up
Second half and Millwall on the attack from a corner.
The day is ours, Millwall win 1-0
Let the celebrations begin
Swindon Town players gutted, their fans leave in droves.
I know that feeling I still remember last season,
It's took a few years but a win at Wembley at last
The team take the Trophy
***Come on you Lions***
Happy days! Championship here we come and hopefully on to greater things.
Footnote:
The bloke in front of me also taking pictures holds his camera tight, but I nearly lost mine. When we scored I jumped and touched the sky with excitement which made my camera fly out of my jacket pocket and hurtle towards the front where it whistled passed some blokes ear and crashed into a back of a chair about six rows down from me. I retrieved the camera and apart from a scratch and a dent on the top right hand corner it seems to work ok.
THE PLAYERS 2009-2010
David Forde Mr dependable, solid in goal throughout the season
Alan Dunne Voted player of the season, enough said
Andy Frampton.....Solid geezer,works his nuts off
Jack Smith.....Earned his corn with some good displays
Tony Craig....Loves to wear the shirt and puts in 100 percent
Scott Barron....This young man can play anywhere, a quality footballer
Darren Ward....Quality, comes to life in a Millwall shirt
Paul Robinson....Skipper and leads by example. quality
Nadjim Abdou....Lionheart, works hard and then works some more
Danny Scholfield....Clever footballer with skill and goals
Liam Trotter...He deceived me, .one to watch
Chris Hacket....Speedy player with many assists
Shaun Batt....Millwall's Peter Crouch
Steve Morrison....Leading scorer and a bloody hard worker
Neil Harris....Clever,crafty,skillful and can score goals
Lewis Grabben....Did not achieve and was put out on loan
Gary Alexander....Crooked for most of the season, no wonder goal this season
Dave Martin...Was tempted away by the bright lights of Derby (shame)
James Henry....Reading loan player, popular goal scorer
Marc Laird.....Plenty of potential, yet to blossom
Adam Boulder...Lost his place early on and never got it back
Ali Fuseini..Also lost his place early on and never got it back
Jason Price....Last appearance for Millwall 23rd Jan 2010
Ashley Grimes....Most of his season was bench warming
Jon Obika....On loan from Spurs, scored two goals, done all right
George Friend...Started five games at the beginning of the season
Kiernan Huges-Mason....Talented youth player, one sub appearance
John Marquis....Talented youth player....one sub appearance
John Sullivan...David Fordes understudy, one appearance (JPT)
The Boss
Kenny Jackett....Has moulded the side the way he wants it but still maintained the
"Millwall way" I think he achieved this by learning early it takes a certain type of
player to work for Millwall and he already had a few there, it was just a matter of
getting some ex Millwall players back and some new players where he wanted
them and "Bobs your uncle"
Millwill v Swindon play off final 2010 (more pictures)
Five more pictures from the Play off final
NO ten metre gap, NO fence, NO razor wire, NO minefield and NO stewards or coppers. NO trouble.
Somebody told me that she was miming.
They came from America, Canada, Australia, Spain, Holland and everywhere else to be at this one. I came from Camberwell via the Old Kent Road.
