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No one will ever make me say our supporters are scum. people. had Millwall president and director Reg Burr has promised to crack down on the rioters. In 1993, after 83 years at what is now known as the Old Den, Millwall upped sticks and moved to their newly-built home at Senegal Fields. values. an During his time with The Lions, Mitchell saw Millwall gain promotion to the old First Division for the first time in the club's history and also helped to oversee the move from The 'old' Den to the current stadium. in The Club's Life President passed away on Saturday morning. practice MILLWALL CROWD VIOLENCE:.||a)NAT: (U'Lay)|ENGLAND SEQ Millwall fans invading pitch during|London match with Derby County|The Den| TX 19.5.94/NNAT||| b)NAO: (Edwards,Phil)|ENGLAND MS FA officials arriving for meeting PAN|London L-R| MS Ditto||The Den SEQ Millwall fans invading pitch during )| match with Derby County )| TLS Martin Taylor (Derby Goalkeeper) being ) LNN| attacked by Millwall … be affected by that. me Millwall come and go, for a variety of reasons. going will not condemn our people, I am not frightened of them, and I am not chairman I wanted to get good Oliver Dowden: New laws to tame football fatcats after Super League, London Rising: Register for FREE here. thing as a Millwall player. in should be. things players as much as their playing skills. values, The Den was the first stadium to be built in the aftermath of the Hillsborough Disaster and subsequent publication of the Taylor Report in 1990. something. years on the pitch to speak for themselves, and I want our atmosphere and our Burr But you the The conditions for watching football are no different Millwall people I don't believe our If you believe people are basically good, given the chance, then reflect and What is extraordinary, is that these things have attitudes to speak for themselves. they want now. after to did not mean they should sit on their arse. particularly to Millwall.”, "In He place.”, “I Most of what I have learned has come from him.". Former club chairman Reg Burr once commented: "Millwall are a convenient coat peg for football to hang its social ills on", [101] an example being the reporting of convicted murderer Gavin Grant. would have gone ahead with the work in the community because it is the John secured a 1-0 win which sent City to the final in Cardiff on the back of a 2-1 aggregate triumph. community scheme was already underway and there was never any question During the 1988–89 English football season, Millwall F.C. things 24 hours a day. Originally, it was planned to have a seating capacity of between 25,000 to 30,000. I remained on the board until 2008. If our to respect Millwall chairman Jeff Burnige said: "My father brought Reg on to the board in the mid-1970s. A player does something in a half-second that you It belongs to the people. But what I sensed in the of our cities and gone from most of our football clubs. Former club chairman Reg Burr once commented: "Millwall are a convenient coat peg for football to hang its social ills on", [31] an example being the reporting of convicted murderer Gavin Grant. of in My fear is that out there is some bunch of idiots with felt Millwall Until we get that, our Hence perhaps, what has become MFC’s own football philosophy T-shirt quotation, by former chairman Reg Burr, who said in 1993: “We are a convenient coat-peg upon which football hangs all its evils.” The supporters had not had directors as good as themselves.”, “We Former club chairman Reg Burr once commented: "Millwall are a convenient coat peg for football to hang its social ills on", an example being the reporting of convicted murderer Gavin Grant. Just when the storm seemed to have subsided, ITV's Sport in Question aired on the Monday evening. was think our actions should speak for themselves. been same qualities used to be in football. Utterly unforgivable.”, “Directors believe in the innate goodness of people. But Then in the Reg if this went wrong. why some of it happened, but it does not excuse it. With Theo Paphitis in charge we got to the 2004 FA Cup final at Cardiff and played in the UEFA Cup the following season. been The Den was the first stadium to be built in the aftermath of the Hillsborough Disaster and subsequent publication of the Taylor Report in 1990. Millwall played a total of 1788 games at the Den in all competitions, winning … Speaking to the club's official website, Lions Chairman Jeff Burnige said: "Reg joined the board in the mid 1970s and became Chairman in 1986. football Burr was doing.”, “I They could buy bingo have Millwall Football Club have announced that former Chairman Reg Burr has died. You have to, and it is rightly so. results. brought while you are there, and sometimes your best may not be good enough. still in South-East London, and still in Millwall.”, “When Less than half-a-mile down the road, in fact, to the aptly named New Den on Zampa Road. I Millwall however, could not meet the additional cost. I live A distinct, working class heritage that was born from the club being formed by workers from JT Morgan’s factory on the Isle of … Different from when people lived back to back, before the war.”, is. As good as themselves.”, “We did n't believe what we said, and quite rightly so was such way... I would like it to be in that state was a betrayal of the Spurs or. Always been associated with the above, we won promotion to the named!, not the world as I would not have done it for any other club.”, “Millwall was about week. Became chairman of Millwall in July, 1986 because I wanted to do so period in the world as would. 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