Bradford City 1 Millwall 3, League One Play-Off Semi Final, 1st leg, Sunday 15/5/16, att:19,241 ( 1,828)

ONE STEP NEARER BACK TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP

I had a bounce in my step today as I headed for work and I couldn't wait to talk about football when I got there. Roll on Friday

This is what supporting Millwall is all about, every now and then we are blessed with special times

LET THEM ALL COME DOWN TO THE DEN

With a two goal lead to take back to the Den this Friday night things are looking good. I know it's still only half-time and there is still a lot to do but we are now back at our place and I have just heard that all the home tickets are gone and its sold out.  Bring on the roar and bring on the Lions.


When we went 1-0 down Saturday because Joe Martin felt the need to handle the ball in the box and concede a penalty I am sure a few of us said, "oh shit" when they scored from the spot and were expecting the worse to follow but then to watch shortly after Lee Gregory collect a ball from Steve Morison, spin and the fire the ball passed the Bradford keeper was a joy and a goal of great craft. With the score back to 1-1 and Millwall pushing for more Steve Morison with great presence run into space from a Shane Ferguson corner and with a powerful header beat the keeper just under the bar. The keeper was clutching thin air for that and he was again just before half-time when a superb Joe Martin free kick curled just inside the right-hand post and we had the game in the bag.. Bradford went for it second half but apart from a Bradford miss from when Carlos Edwards lost the ball on the by-line we finished the game in control and we looked solid all over the pitch. That's 45 goals between Lee Gregory and Steve Morison this season and a chance to add some more.

From the Yorkshire Post--A big ask for Bradford, going to Bloomfield Road or the Perelli Stadium and overcoming a first leg deficit is one thing. Doing it at Millwall in front of arguably the most hostile crowd in English football is quite another.

As I said earlier roll on Friday night

Millwall: Archer, Ewards, Martin (Craig 71m), Beevers, Webster, Abdou, Thompson, Ferguson (Williams 88m), Gregory (O'Brien 64m), Morison, Taylor
subs not used, Forde, Nelson, Upson, Onyedinma

Goals: Gregory 14m,  Morison 34,  Martin 44m

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Bradford: Williams, Darby, Meredith, Evans, Clarke, Cullen, Reid, Proctor, Morais (Davies 69m), McArdle, McMahon (Anderson 82m),
subs not used, Cracknell, Morris, Leigh, Routis, Thorpe

Goal: McMahon 13m pen

Nottingham Forest 1 Millwall 2 Championship game 40 5/4/14

That's forty games gone, 36 point tally and game 7 of Holloway's 13 cup finals

There's life in the old Lion yet. Ian Holloway makes eleven changes and the Wall comes good. Nicky Bailey , the Hof and Scott Malone start and a superb first half brace of goals scored by Malone and Lee Martin is enough to say " can we do this, can we put a run together to put some substance to Holloway's quote that we need five wins from the last seven games.

Wigan away Tuesday night. I feel that this is a game we could win and the Forest result helps me to believe that it can be a happy away day. I won't make a prediction I will just say like I said above,
There's life in the old Lions yet