May 4, 2025 • 59 mins
Join Eamonn Barclay who hosted Gary Staff and Stan Godwin in the May Monthly News and Views Show.
April's Millwall fixtures from Portsmouth to our final game at Burnley, are reviewed.
Former Lion Bryan King joins the team to discuss the 50th anniversary of his last league game and his continuing support and contributions to the community.
From Millwall Community Trust, Kai Bennett brings significant results from teams under their umbrella.
Millwall Lionesses manager Ted Jones discusses his improving team, the final game at the Den and the future with new sponsors.
Millwall Romans and Pride General Manager Paul Loding discusses last Sunday's two trophy wins at the Den and the future for the growing sides.
Millwall Fan Andy Pettman tells us about his love of Millwall and his Reggae version of Let Em Come.
Lastly, Hopes for next season were discussed.
Music and Audio credits:
https://www.maritimeradio.co.uk
https://www.FesliyanStudios.com
April's Millwall fixtures from Portsmouth to our final game at Burnley, are reviewed.
Former Lion Bryan King joins the team to discuss the 50th anniversary of his last league game and his continuing support and contributions to the community.
From Millwall Community Trust, Kai Bennett brings significant results from teams under their umbrella.
Millwall Lionesses manager Ted Jones discusses his improving team, the final game at the Den and the future with new sponsors.
Millwall Romans and Pride General Manager Paul Loding discusses last Sunday's two trophy wins at the Den and the future for the growing sides.
Millwall Fan Andy Pettman tells us about his love of Millwall and his Reggae version of Let Em Come.
Lastly, Hopes for next season were discussed.
Music and Audio credits:
https://www.maritimeradio.co.uk
https://www.FesliyanStudios.com
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I'm Bethany and you are listening to the monthly mill
Fan News and Views show broadcasting live on Maritime Radio
on ninety six point five FM. I'm on the Maritime website.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Hello and welcome to our May monthly mill Show at
Maritime Radio. Our mainland bark.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
Bay, your host in South Broyden, and with.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
Me are the panel of Gary Starve and Millwell Match
Day reports at from Bracknell and Stand Godwin from Tamsmead.
But last and not here former board member and chairman
Jeff Burnage, who must be signed up by Ted Lassu,
who comes from Richmond. If he appears, we will know
he's here then, won't we. These guys are long standing
(00:46):
Millwell fans with extensive background in football, broadcasting on regional
and national radio and podcast. Jeff, he might be actually
doing this even broadcast of the Commonwealth. As usual, we
will discuss all things Millwell. We also talked to a
former line with England honors and a Millwall record holder.
(01:07):
He recently celebrated a landmark anniversary which we will discuss.
First we review the results following our previous show. Okay, guys,
so interesting month April. Let's talk about the game at
Portsmouth twice we beat them and did we beat them
the third time? Yes, we did, Gary, we did.
Speaker 4 (01:29):
Indeed, we did, we did, indeed, and it was two
goals from Ivanovich. Should have been dead and buried, I think,
if I remember the game.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
Should have. I took Tim Coultnell along, who's the Rock
and Gold show man? And yeah, we stole in and
he was He was gently disappointed, but he saw his
team moving away from the bottom of the league. And
it was a game that we richly deserved, no doubt
about it.
Speaker 4 (01:56):
We sure did.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
And then we played an interesting game which I think
many thought might be a tough one for us at
Sheffield United. What do you think of that one?
Speaker 5 (02:06):
Stand Well, it was a pleasant surprise because although I
mean Sheffield United, and as it turned out, up until
about two or three weeks prior to that, it was
on the right run of fall, and all of a
sudden it started. They started to fall apart a bit.
But when you're playing Shepward United and you're playing one
gets one of the best fanss.
Speaker 6 (02:27):
There is in a division and it's.
Speaker 5 (02:28):
At their ground, you know it ain't going to be easy, right,
It's going to be you're going to be in for
an arda well. As it turned out, right, I think
in most cases it was a lot easier than we
thought it would be.
Speaker 6 (02:40):
It was, but it was you know.
Speaker 5 (02:42):
But but you know, we played well and we far
ony deserved to win the game and I was glad
to see old Coba and.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Scored it cracking striker.
Speaker 5 (02:52):
Yeah, absolutely, And I mean all I'm oping is is
that next season we can signing if it's possible on
a permanent deal.
Speaker 6 (03:00):
But that's for the.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
Future, that's for the gods, as they say. Middlesbrough again, Gary,
what did you think of that one?
Speaker 4 (03:06):
Well, again, we expected it to be a lot harder
than we thought. We grounded out Negli come on for
what fifteen minutes, scored and then went off for the
rest of the season.
Speaker 7 (03:18):
But it was we grinded.
Speaker 4 (03:20):
We were at this stage. We were grinding that results.
Lucky the Portsmouth too well, Sheffid and eied Away who
thought we were going to win that. Millersbrough, who were
on a good run. Another one nil there and if
you're even looking at the attendances, they were coming up
and up and up, and we looked at it. We
were just becoming stronger and stronger, and the Alex Alex
Nil's way of playing was darting to come out. It
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was steady, it was honest, and I just got to
praise the man as well for what he's done for
the club. And then I'm really really pleasing.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Yeah, brilliant stuff. And it was a good result, negally
great goal, but too much damage. Again, then it was
the shock of the end of the season. And really
we went to Blackburn Rovers and well we lost for one,
but we were harmed before we started.
Speaker 5 (04:12):
Yeah, I mean, you know, it remains it always reminds
me of the old saying.
Speaker 6 (04:17):
You know, football was a funny old game. I mean
that is.
Speaker 5 (04:20):
And and before that game you would have thought, well,
within the current runner form we was going to go
into and Blackbird weren't exactly pulling up trees.
Speaker 6 (04:28):
I thought, so we're going to win the game. I WoT.
I never thought you're going to be done quite comfortably.
Speaker 5 (04:34):
But I thought we'd win the game of because then
it didn't you know, on the pitch, for one reason
or the other, we just couldn't get it going.
Speaker 6 (04:44):
Before we knew where we was.
Speaker 5 (04:46):
Uh, you know, we were chasing the game and but
but no, I mean and that was the that was
the day, not then say the day, but the did
where the goalkeeper coming and some people blamed him, which
I thought was a bit unfair.
Speaker 6 (05:02):
Yes, but anyway even but but no, but anyway.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
It was it was a fortress defense really that got undone.
We lost for instance, center back. We had to put
players out of position. We put our man Leonard had
to go out on the left back slot. So it
was a bit different, a bit different on the day.
Speaker 5 (05:29):
And as he turned out, in some respects it was
like the moving in a director the right direction because
as a result of that game, and the goalkeeper has
been ever present since and he's got better and better.
Speaker 6 (05:41):
He's got that's gone, you know.
Speaker 5 (05:44):
And Chris Blackburn and ore in the playoffs they weren't.
Speaker 6 (05:49):
I didn't think they would do it.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
It makes a big difference. And for me, probably one
of our best games of the season came up next,
and that was against Norwich City Gary.
Speaker 4 (05:58):
Yes, indeed, what a fantastic game of football that was
Vanovich with the two as ease with the head of
the near post as well. But if you look at
as I said about the Middlesbrough game, we were just
growing and the confidence was growing. The Blackbeard Rovers game,
just to step back one, it really reminded me to
the Barnsley playoff game. Everything went wrong before the game
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and we suffered and ended up getting turned over that one.
But the Norwich game, I thought, we come out and
we just looked so demanded. Norlwige didn't know what I did.
I think they were on an awful run anyway, and
I think they sat their manager the next next morning
as well. But it's just we looked really good and
all of a sudden that hope of making the playoffs
was there.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
It was there. Ivanovitch again with two goals twelve goals
this season and all, and I think one in the
Cup as well, so as he's finished that off. But
that was a good game. I thoroughly enjoyed it and
I think all the fans did. Next up was Swansea
City in the Swansea City at the Den, a team
that hadn't been beaten in the last five and was
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shown some incredible form and funny enough, they'd only had
one goal scored against them in that five and that
was a previous week when the Ballet scored at Queen's
Park Rangers. Anyway, what about Swansea game.
Speaker 5 (07:21):
Stand Well, I mean again, it was a game that
we fully deserve to win. You know, these games are
never easy because that this time of the season and
the people are pushing for you know, playoff positions that
avoid relegation and all that sort of stuff. But no,
I mean, I thought we played well and Savile scored.
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I mean, at one time I thought we solved the
same games, are gonna ending a Neil Neil draw, but
White tools the end old Savile scored, didn't he And
then we was and that was it. All we didn't
have to do was see the game that which we
then did and you know, three points and everyone.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
Was happy, it was undoubtably so. And then that left
it in a position, really after everything had come in
on that day, to see that if we beat Burnley
and the results went our way, then we could possibly
be in the playoffs. Gary, you were reporting for Maritime Radio.
(08:21):
What did you have to say?
Speaker 4 (08:25):
What did I have to say? We were there for
two whole minutes. I think the summing up of the day. Look,
we shut out the out of the traps and we
scared the life out of Burnley for the first twenty minutes.
They did not know what it is. We scored early
and if it wasn't for a mistake at the back
(08:46):
between Cramer and Tangganga, I think we cleared that ball
and we go on. There were stages in that game
I was watching on the TV where the sorry the
Bernie manager gone.
Speaker 6 (09:02):
Name mister Parker.
Speaker 4 (09:04):
Parker was screaming at the Bernie Plowers because I think
he knew they were in a game. They didn't know.
They didn't expect us to play like that. We took
away their chance of getting the record of the thirty
one games without conceding the goal. We did that quite early,
and I was quite pleased to do that. But we
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we did not give up today, and I was proud
of every single player on the pitch. I know there
was a few stopping mistakes. I know by the time
the third goal gone in with these shoulders that had
gone down and we realized all hope had gone bine.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
But we were nearly there to get an equal just
before that, we.
Speaker 4 (09:43):
Were and I feel absolutely gutted for Covid because of
the work he put in. People were saying, oh, we
shouldn't miss for four yards. But people forget if you
had to run from the edge of our own box
with the ball to the edge of their eighteen yard box,
played it back, held up the plane, moved it down
to the right hand side, ball comes in the middle.
That we don't even get that chance. So look it's
(10:05):
in bus as they say. But we were unlucky today.
And even before they got their second I think as
he's like, it a cracking shot and that got said
to the near post. But it was a proper cup
tie today. In to end, as I said on one
of the reports, I don't think the midfield has touched
the ball because it was going up and down the
pitch so quickly. But all in all, yeah, they did
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us proud today. Every person worked as socks off and
I was proud of every single player on that pitch.
And as I said again Alex Neil, thank you for
the last two bunts.
Speaker 5 (10:40):
Would you add to the next day, Well, yeah, I
mean yeah, the other thing that we you know, we've
also got a bear in mind. We don't burn when
we didn't know it at the time, but Burnley, well
we knew that they were promoted regarding se a result,
but that when we was when they was playing us
at that point, well, name was depending on results. They
were silling this shower going up with champions. So so
(11:04):
that's what they were playing for. So that added to
their you know, industry in the game or whatever.
Speaker 8 (11:11):
Now you know, in the end, they was at home
and they won the game, and you know, and I
don't I don't think you couldn't fought our people for effort.
Speaker 2 (11:22):
No, that was that was clearly displayed by our fans.
Speaker 6 (11:25):
Yeah, that's right.
Speaker 2 (11:26):
They were there right to the end. The players went
up there and stood in front of them, they threw
their shirts and they're proud. I was watching they I
think they was out of doubt. The fans were proud
of what they say.
Speaker 5 (11:40):
I mean, I mean, I've read it on one or
two Facebook sites.
Speaker 6 (11:43):
That they were apt there and one thing and another.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
But there were people on social media that weren't happy.
There were people on social media saying that we should
never have started with crama and Ryan Leonard should have
been there as a right back. What would you say
to them.
Speaker 6 (11:57):
They're talking rubbish.
Speaker 2 (12:00):
That's been okay and I probably agree with you on
that one. Then there was other saying, well that shows
you why it all went wrong at that why it
all went wrong with our goalkeeper because he didn't have
to play the way that he did. He was out
of position on a couple of shots.
Speaker 4 (12:18):
Really, Gary, Sorry, don't even get me started. Do they
forget the last ten games or whatever? He is the
crad has played and been out of his skin. Sorry,
one game against probably one of the best right wingers
in the country. Come on, let's let's let's just think
about it, or left wingers in the country, come on,
And the.
Speaker 5 (12:37):
Iron the irony is with the goalkeeper. Goalkeeper, he's he's
at to play. He's out of all the players, he's
act to change his game because when he's when he's
played for the under twenty ones, and that the way
he's played for the first team, where he gets the
balled in and he sends it down the middle.
Speaker 6 (12:57):
They don't do that for the under twenty ones.
Speaker 5 (12:59):
Now I'm not I'm not complaining because he's obviously been
told to do that by the manager and that's fine,
and I understand the reason behind that, right, But he's
been excellent and last week when I watched him, when
he pulled off them free saves, I mean they were
superb so we.
Speaker 4 (13:17):
Actually pulled off about three or four good save today.
Speaker 7 (13:20):
He did ever so well.
Speaker 2 (13:21):
I don't know what they're watching or listening to, because
even Carl Bates on the radio was very clear about
the game that he played. We just got stumped when
we were chasing that two to one and making it
too too and opening to get the final goal to
take us over the line. When you push yourself forward
in the dark depths of a game, you're always susceptible
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for the three to one defeat.
Speaker 4 (13:46):
Just got to say, Unfortunately, the irony of that was
at that exact moment was when Leeds as she scored
their goal to take the title away.
Speaker 2 (13:54):
The pain, the pain came back.
Speaker 7 (13:56):
You know.
Speaker 6 (13:57):
It's just just the way it goes.
Speaker 2 (13:58):
Well onwards, And lads, don't forget to speak into your
microphones because otherwise we'll all sound out of balance.
Speaker 6 (14:07):
But anyway, thanks, that's an improvement.
Speaker 2 (14:10):
Well I hope that's not the case for you guys. Anyway.
The sad news is Jeffrey's not going to be with
us tonight. He's asked what time the show starts, and
I said, don't worry if you already started. But and
he sends his abject apologies. Anyway, we'll listen to Kyle
Bennett now. I think he's got a few words to
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say about the mill Community Trust.
Speaker 9 (14:36):
The month of April was a very successful month for
mill Romans and Millill Pride. Mill Romans started the month
with a one nil victory against London Falcons, followed by
Millill Pride eight nil victory over Soho Tigers. The next
two were the Big Ones London Unity League Cut Final
at the Den for mill Romans, followed by the on
the Unity League Plate Final for mil Pride. Mill Romans
(14:58):
will first start kicking off a two. They beat Stonewall
five nil to lift the trophy. Mill Pride followed that
up by another win three to one victory over Charlton
to secure two cup final wins in one day. Greenwage
Powerchair Lions lost one nil against seven Oaks, however, they
remained top of the league after having a very successful season.
(15:20):
Mill Lionesses had just one match in the month of April,
losing two nil to Absolutely United. However, they have their
final match on Sunday, the fourth of May at the Den,
with tickets priced five pound adults two pound children on
a day where it's perfect day for families. They'll be
bouncy castles, fun for all of the family, spit fire
bars open, get yourself down to the den and enjoy
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the match.
Speaker 7 (15:43):
Well.
Speaker 2 (15:44):
Thanks Kai for your wonderful roundup of what's been going
on with several sides that are under the mill community
Transtambella umbrella even and what are your thoughts Gary on
our mill all lionis is they got that big at
the den tomorrow hoping for a thousand plus fans.
Speaker 4 (16:06):
I've not really seen them by beer honest much this year,
but I do follow them and they've been up and down.
I don't think they went on a great run in the
middle of the season. I think I went about seven
eight unbeaten. But I'm really proud of them next season.
I know they've got brand new sponsors, a bit more
money coming in towards them, they've got great management. Now
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I think that's sort of itself out after a bit
of up and down going on. But get yourself down
there to the way to the den. It's going to
be a fantastic day. Support the ladies and do you
know what, I would keep an eye for them next
season because they're on their way up again.
Speaker 2 (16:41):
Yeah, and they're going to get back to where they
be long or start it anyhow, right, Stan about our
romans and our pride, I've seen you posting stuff about
them this last week.
Speaker 5 (16:54):
I mean it's an incredible story, you know, because they
day go from strength to strength. I mean they and
when a setback occurs, which is not that often, but
when it does, they just seem to brush it aside
with no agro and they just go and they go
from strength to strength to strength. Now they both teams.
(17:14):
Now did one cups, an't they? I mean you can't
knock that, I mean yet, you know, I mean I
don't know what he does down there, but I mean whatever,
whatever they're doing down there, I don't know if they've
got some secret formula, but whatever, But I mean that's
just superbany I mean, it is, as I've said this
on many occasions, is a continuation of a success story.
Speaker 6 (17:38):
Yeah, and they just go from one.
Speaker 5 (17:40):
Every time they come up against a potential barrier, they
just brush it aside with no problem. Let's go again.
They say, Well, that's right. I mean, it's absolutely superb.
I mean, you can't nobody can fall.
Speaker 2 (17:53):
No, it makes a big difference anyway, makes a big difference.
And don't forget it. Earlier in the season they were
part of a team that went out to the South
Americas to win the World Final in their group, and
they've done that as well. So now they're talking about well,
you'll hear, you'll hear a little later on. You'll hear
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what they've got in mind for next season. Look for expansion.
Look for expansion. I think that's the key word. So
we'll see expansion.
Speaker 6 (18:27):
They're on a new frontier.
Speaker 2 (18:28):
They never stopped. They never stopped. And it was particularly
good that Pride beat Chelton three one to take the
lul play. That's always good, as we like to say.
An yeah, I'll just talk about briefly the Greenwage Powerchair Lions.
Look like they finished this season on a higher. They
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won it. They're on top of it, and they're down
there at the waterfront at the moment, which is due
to close eventually when the new war Leisure Center opens
up down in the near the square there, and that's
about October time. You'll know about that a bit because
I think you passed that quite frequently. Stand there, that's right,
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that's right. So hopefully they'll move into that and what
we'll also do is we'll get Ria daily in to
talk to us about what's going to happen when that
goes over. But in the meantime, if you're living in
the area down there or a bit further away and
you know someone that uses a wheelchair and want to
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do a bit of sport, go down there, ask for Rea,
get signed up. Be great.
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Speaker 2 (22:19):
Thanks Bevany. I'm Aiman Barklay and with me I have
a diminished panel of Gary Start and Span Godwin. Well,
it's quick that fitting return performer Millell goalkeeper Brian King
with just four questions to dive into Hellobrian, Well, I'm
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doing okay, but we've lost a friend of yours along
the way. Jeff is somehow managed to miscalculate the time
he should be here, but he sends his abject apologies
to you for not being available. But I think I
think it's the jet lag after that Australian trip only
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about two and a half weeks ago. Now, anyway, I'm
going to hand you over to Gary Bryan, so over
to you Gary.
Speaker 4 (23:14):
Brian, well mate, well thank you, good, good good. We're
good to hear thoughts on today. But it wasn't the
result we expected, was it our hoped for? What do
you think about today and beyond?
Speaker 14 (23:29):
I think we were just happy to be going into
a situation where we could have still qualified for the
playoffs the last game of the season. If somebody had
said that to me in December, either thought that was
a total impossibility or it could have been Jeff talking
even but I feel that it turned out to be
a half decent season. It's a shame today, but we
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had to win. There were you know, there were there
were too many permutations there. Bristol City Commentary, Blackburn Middlesbrough ourselves,
of course, to get off to a fly alp we did.
It was elation. For about a minute. I thought we
were a little bit scrappy given the first goal away.
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We had a couple of good chances to clear it.
But as the game went on, when you think you're
competing with a team that's finished runners up with a
hundred points, I mean it's particular form and it's something
to look forward to next year. I think the lads
have shown that they can match all the top teams
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they if they want to. But again it was injuries
and change a manager. Some say that was for the good,
but you know, we're always going to respect Neil Harris.
But Alex Neil's coming and he seems to have turned
things around and he's got them playing the way he
wants to play, and the players shodn't respect him. It'd
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be interesting to see if we're going to get any
new players coming in and who's going to be going now.
So let's look forward to next season and when do.
Speaker 7 (25:04):
You think Jeff.
Speaker 2 (25:06):
Jeff Bright.
Speaker 4 (25:09):
Thinking about Jeff, I don't know why, but we've also
literally been playing half the season with eleven men injured.
Speaker 7 (25:20):
You've got to be proud of that.
Speaker 14 (25:22):
Well, these things happened at football clubs, but unfortunately happened
to Millwall. I think they've they've fought the way through it.
You know, the biggest turnaround was when we lost two
first team goalkeepers in the space of about twenty four hours,
and one who sustained the very nasty injury and achilles
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injury which is going to take some time for him
to come back. But that sort of unnerved us for
the game at Blackburn. But there again, these things happen
at games and you can't you can't fault the young keeper.
Always difficult for him. But I saw him play against
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Swansea and the three well, I think the four shaves
you made three of them. We were absolute top drawer
and he practically won the game for us that day,
and he put us in the position to go to
Burnley where unfortunate we got beat today.
Speaker 2 (26:23):
That was true, That was true. Well, in jeff sabsence,
I'm going to and we and we never know until
we know. But in Jeff's absence, right, I'm going to
hand you over to stand who's going to take you
through a question on his behalf?
Speaker 14 (26:40):
All right, all right mate, I'm all right mate, you yeah.
Speaker 5 (26:45):
Yeah, leaning forward all the way mate. Right, last Saturday
you made the trip to the Den from your home
in Norway to celebrate a wonderful milestone. Could you share
that experience saying tell us what they were unfolded?
Speaker 14 (27:04):
Well, I saw on the Mellwall website that it was
fifty years to the day that I played my last
league game for Milwall. That was my three hundred and
second league match for Melwall on April the twenty sixth
nineteen seventy five. I played a few games afterwards because
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I've done part of the preseason before. I went to commentary,
but I was invited by Dean Wilson and I spent
the day. We had a nice lunch and saw a
disian game of football. And the amazing thing was that
I actually met quite a few people at the ground
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who at that game when we played Bristol Rovers all
those years ago, fifty years ago. I've always said that
I feel very humble when I come to Millwall that
people still remember me. And to be able to say
that I hold the record for a goalkeeper and league
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appearances is a very proud thing for me to say.
Speaker 2 (28:14):
That's wonderful. But didn't you weren't you greeted by some
sort of interesting person in the form of Mark Fairbrother.
Speaker 14 (28:22):
I was, indeed, and I was. I was very grateful
and I think he along with Eric, Alex Neil and
certain new members of the football club and doing a
hell of a good job here and it was a
surprise for him to meet me, along with Dean and
Karen Wilson, which was a nice thought. And he wished
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me well and asked me what it feels like to
come back to see Millwall fifty years after my last game.
I said, well, I hope it's not going to be painful,
but it wasn't.
Speaker 2 (29:00):
Wasn't That was a bonus?
Speaker 7 (29:01):
Really?
Speaker 2 (29:02):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (29:02):
Yeah, Well mill will never do things the easy way,
do Brian? You know that from experiences, you know.
Speaker 7 (29:09):
When you've been playing down the old day? Yeah? Right.
Speaker 5 (29:13):
What is it that keeps you.
Speaker 6 (29:16):
So connected to the well? Obviously Timilwall Football Club, I think.
Speaker 14 (29:23):
Because you know I've been I've been sixty five years
and now staying in football in one shape or form.
And Melbourne Football Club were a club that brought me
from a non league team, Chelcer City, and they showed
faith in me, obviously bringing bringing a keeper from from
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a non league club, although Chelcer City at the time
were a very good non league club, always going to
take a chance. I was lucky that I was to
succeed Alex Stepney. I was also lucky that there was
a very good goalkeeper already at the club, Laurie Leslie,
who helped me settle in and made my life during
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training and building.
Speaker 7 (30:09):
Up to my first team appearance.
Speaker 14 (30:11):
How can I tell you you didn't want to get
on the wrong side of Laurie at the best of times.
It was a great fella, great teacher, good patience and
when I look back, I think all the things that
he showed me and all the things he'd done for
me was whether he realized it or not, I was
going to take his place one day, and although I
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was very happy about it, and that's why I feel
Milwall is always going to be something in my heart
and always has been and still is because I got
my lead chance with Millwall. I was lucky enough to
get picked for England, an England squad, and that was
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due to the fact that I played for Milwall, set
a record and still got a record. That's what I
can't believe. I can't believe nobody's beat my record of
league appearances. But this year is one hundred and fortieth year,
I'm being told, and I'm still I'm still the record holder.
And I didn't start one hundred and forty years ago.
Stand up and show you that.
Speaker 2 (31:15):
No.
Speaker 6 (31:15):
I know, mate.
Speaker 5 (31:16):
I was looking at that picture the other day, was
in the South London pressed with you touching the crossbar
and Lorie Leslie looking at you.
Speaker 14 (31:25):
You remember it, yes, And there was also another one
with me and Mickey Purser, the chairman, and also dear
old Benny Fendon. I think that I think it was
in the Evening News or the Evening Standard, but great memories.
That was my first day at the Old Den. I
wonder what the hell I was coming into, but I
realized what I was coming in. Who what's a place
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to come and play football? If they love you, they
love you.
Speaker 2 (31:51):
Know.
Speaker 5 (31:53):
It was a special place, There's no question about that.
I mean, especially for me in the sixties because uh
that that all the time I've been going to me
and all that. You know, you hear these stories.
Speaker 6 (32:07):
About the old dead and one thing and another.
Speaker 5 (32:09):
But that for me was that's when it reached its
z if then And it was never that the atmosphere
was good, but it.
Speaker 6 (32:16):
Was for me. I'm only speaking personally.
Speaker 5 (32:19):
It was never quite the same after that, but on it,
you know, But it's just a matter of opinion. But no,
I know, great times the sixties make great times.
Speaker 2 (32:28):
And you wouldn't know until you really knew, would You're right?
Speaker 7 (32:33):
Well, yeah, yeah, that's it now.
Speaker 14 (32:35):
I also, you know, I came into a to a
great period of English football. I mean, I came in
at the end of the sixties and the seventies. Wonderful
trying to play football. So many characters in the game,
and I've been told I'm a character but.
Speaker 2 (32:54):
Legend.
Speaker 14 (32:55):
I'm still trying to work that, still trying to work
that out. But no, Millwall is always going to be
and football it's always going to be with me until
the day day.
Speaker 2 (33:06):
So well, there's plenty of it. Brian. Brian, it really
is a pleasure having a chat with you. But what
I'd like to know is how you've developed this passionate
support for the Millwall Community Trust. Would you share your
reasons for that?
Speaker 7 (33:24):
Yeah?
Speaker 14 (33:25):
It started really, I mean through your good self, I'm right.
I mean you you introduced me to the Millwall Trust
and Sean Dailey and explained to me what was going
on and what they were doing. And if I can
help in any way with all the different aspects of
what they're doing for the people in that area, then
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in my small way, I will try and help, because
I think they're doing a marvelous job working in conjunction
with the football club. And I just put my hands
up for sure. I put your hands up for your
radio station as well. That supports it. The people who
do the food up, the people that do all the
stuff in the Community Trust. I mean, these are the
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real people in football. I mean you you really offer
and put forward things for people in that area, not
only the rich people, but the poor people and people
who need help. And if I can give that little
bit of support or money or whatever for that help,
then I will.
Speaker 2 (34:33):
And it was wonderful that you brought her, excellency, Dame
Marcela Liar Bird to the Den that day. When she came,
I think she was totally and utterly inspired by what
she saw both in the trust and at the club.
And great stuff that Brian, really great.
Speaker 14 (34:53):
Well, it's a situation where I you know, some friends
of mine from Antigua good friends of hers, and they
said that she was looking to visit a football club.
She got four or five clubs in London which she'd
been recommended to. I said, well, why is is she
been recommended to Melville? He said, well this was These
were the clubs that were presented your Crystal Palacey, joel On,
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your west Ham, Fulham, even Watford. And I said, listen,
don't worry about any if you want to see how
a structure's built to help the community together with a
football club come down to Millwall and she took me
up on the offer. She came down and and as
you've just said, she was absolutely blown away with the
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work that the community Trust do and the football club
and things are going to happen. I can see next
season where I believe she would like Milwall to go
down to some kits and nervis. I don't know about you,
Stan or Aiman. I think I think we could do
with a trip down there, don't you. Yeah, sorry, mate,
I forgot you.
Speaker 6 (35:58):
No, I would have I wouldn't have a problem that, mate, I'll.
Speaker 7 (36:00):
Tell you all right. Espress here in December.
Speaker 6 (36:05):
That might be a problem.
Speaker 4 (36:06):
Are you paying for the fights?
Speaker 14 (36:09):
I think they might be. But I stand does well,
he's gonna have a bet with Jeff.
Speaker 7 (36:15):
I could turn up for a show.
Speaker 2 (36:20):
Never mind the late and well whatever, but.
Speaker 7 (36:23):
He is a good lad, Jeff, let's be fair, let's
a good lad.
Speaker 14 (36:26):
And along with all you chaps, I like listening to
your programs and it keeps me in touch with Millwall,
and it keeps me in touch with you you fellows.
Speaker 2 (36:38):
Well, that's wonderful news and it keeps us in touch
with you too, and.
Speaker 6 (36:43):
The pleasure is out.
Speaker 2 (36:44):
Well there you go, and you never know until you know,
right that's correct?
Speaker 7 (36:49):
Yeah right again, right again, right right.
Speaker 2 (36:53):
Right, And so there you go, Brian, brilliant to have
you on. Let's hope that this time next year when
you come on where we saying, well the premiership beckons.
Speaker 14 (37:03):
He well, fingers crossed and you all have a good summer. Yeah,
and I hope to see you next season.
Speaker 2 (37:12):
Well, of course you will and we'll look forward to that.
Speaker 14 (37:16):
Take care, Brian, thank yeah, thanks staying bye.
Speaker 2 (37:25):
Well that was great Brian King, excellent stuff. Wonderful person
to speak and talk with, and he does so much
around the club at the then there the Middle Community
Trust and I can remember I can remember Christmas and
the Center run and there he was hugging one Santa
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who had a big run, wasn't he stand.
Speaker 6 (37:51):
It was yeah? Yeah, yeah, well yeah that was yeah,
it was. That was an interesting day that day.
Speaker 2 (37:56):
You you know, you did well.
Speaker 5 (38:00):
We went around the track that we When Sean said
it to me, I thought, so he's having a love
for it.
Speaker 6 (38:06):
Anyway, I don't. Actually I lasted a lot longer.
Speaker 7 (38:09):
Than I thought.
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Speaker 5 (38:18):
Oh yeah, well the Kaiser was around around.
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Speaker 2 (40:28):
Thanks again. Bethany the most light voice by Brian Kring
who we've just heard from. He always says Bethany's voice
is the best voice on our shows. Well, I'm aim
and Bart play with me. I have the panel of
Gary Staff and Stan Godwin. You've heard a lot about
our Male Community Trust and some of the things they do.
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They make a fantastic difference to the communities they serve.
And talking of communities, here are a couple of the
managers who operate under the trust, sambrellas well Humbrella Anyway.
First up is Millwall Lionesses manager Ted Jones, who I
collap with. I said, the Lioness is improved in the
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second half of the season. What do you think has
contributed to their.
Speaker 17 (41:14):
Overall It's been up a down season, but yeah, we're
definitely happy in terms of there has been improving our results.
I definitely think you know, Jack and I feel that
we'd like to have picked up a few extra points
along the way, but we know that's sort of part
of the process in terms of the way which we're going,
we're hoping building to next season, they are extra points
which we will pick up. I think the main thing
for Jack and I have been as since we coming
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once have a way in which we've played which I
think we've been quite consistent with in terms of demonstrating
to the girls and in training on a Monday and
Wednesday night. We've been quite clear on ideas and our pictures.
So working hard in training, which the girls credit to them,
have been putting into practice on the pitch. That has
been part of our successfully enough team were missing out on.
We're a bit structure, working hard in training, having clear plans,
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and I think having that has been definitely a benefit.
I think the girls have been from us, you know,
doing our match prep our match plans for each game,
so we've got a clear idea how we want to
play going into each game. So yeah, we're definitely happy
with how things improved. There's always things which we wish
we can do better, but it's definitely put us in
a good position for next year.
Speaker 2 (42:14):
We'd love to hear about the middle line. This is
season finale at the Den tomorrow.
Speaker 17 (42:20):
Yeah, we're really looking forward to the game on Sunday
against Asha. Do you know it's going to be a
tough game. Ashad need to point out of their last
two games to stay up. We certainly know they're going
to come to the Den really up for it and
really going to give us a tough test. So we
need a hundred plenty to be our best, but hopefully
we can get a big crowd down there to support us.
You know, on social media we've been talking about a
lot really you know, it'll be one on thousand fans
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to be there. You know, that breaks our record attendance
as a club, so that would be really important to us,
you know, to give girls an extra push, and that's
last game to season, so yeah, we want them to
give them a push, get my over the line hopefully.
You know, whether it'd be good, there's a lot of
stuff going on for the families. Yeah, hopefully get a
big crowd down there, push on the girls. But yeah,
we know we've got to perform. It's going to be
a tough day. But again it's not every week which
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we get to playing again, so we're going to enjoy
the occasion and hopefully get a good result.
Speaker 2 (43:07):
As we look to the future with a new sponsor
and your plans, what can the fans look forward to.
Speaker 17 (43:13):
Pretty exciting to have sponsor. You know, it's definitely something
which has been working on for a while. I know
the club have been doing a lot of work behind
scenes to secure the sponsorship, so hopefully they'll be able
to do some work with us in the club, you know,
in terms of raising our social media profile, you know,
to help Kai out and the great job he does,
you know, I think to have another company alongside supporting
him will be massive. I think getting ourselves out there
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in media will be brilliant. And again having a sponsor's
really important for the girls, you know. It's betters the
money which hopefully comes into club, you know, and that's
things which we can use, you know, to help the
players hopefully to get some better results and better performances
and yet help us push up the tables. Ultimately, it's
just another step in the right direction of where we're
going into club and you know, the community to us
have been really supportive, and having a sponsorship on board
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just I was just take another step in the right direction.
Speaker 2 (43:58):
So yeah, we'd delight to have him on board.
Speaker 17 (44:00):
Finally, from me, guys, just want to say a massive
thank you for your support throughout this year. You know,
it's been really appreciated, you know, from having myself in
the podcast, having some of the players, you know, it
really means a lot to us, and you know, always
supporting us for every game, always tweeting about us. So yeah,
we really do appreciate and hopefully you know we can
see there on Sunday and yeah, I look forward to
having a few more of our chats attention pre season
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and in the new year. So thank you guys, much appreciated.
Speaker 2 (44:24):
It's very comented. All the best to you, Jack Wison
and the girls in the game tomorrow and we look
forward to next season. Well perhaps have a chair before that. Yeah,
great stuff from Ted there and Jack. They've done a
great job and those girls are really pulling it out.
And get down there tomorrow and watch the Lionesses play
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Ashford United. Next is Paul Loading, the general manager of
Millwall Romans and Pride, and he's a joyful chat too,
So let's hear from Paul.
Speaker 18 (44:58):
Two big games of the season and the LUL London
Unity League Cup Final and London Unity League Shield Final,
both held at the dead last Sunday. To just extend
our huge thanks to mill Community Trust, Shaun Daily and
Millwell Football Club for allowing us to play at the den.
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As soon as it was announced that both teams had
got through from the semi finals to the final, I
spoke to Sean and Sean said there was no issues
at all in allowing us to have the whole afternoon
at the Den. It was an incredible experience. It was
an incredible day. All the players have been buzzing for
the last few weeks about playing there from both sides
to be fair, from Stonewall and Cholwen and of course
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from Romans and Pride. It's such a great stadium, proper
in a London stadium, and we just had a great time.
We went out with a really good side. Romans kicked
off at two pm. Stonewall a were a good side.
We played them a few weeks ago and they really
held us. They attacked quite well, they defended credibly well
and we only managed to knit past them at three
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to two. Again, I think because of the hype around
the game, we were just up for it. We were
just all over the game from the moment we kicked off,
going in at halftime at two nil. Pretty much we
wanted a Nick and other gal I think, and that
would have secured the game, which it did.
Speaker 6 (46:19):
I think we just defended really well.
Speaker 18 (46:21):
We knocked the ball around in places very well, scored
some incredible goals and finished the game five nil at
five pm. Then Pride team kicked off against Chilton Addicts.
Chilton are top of the second division league. They've had
a really good season. It was a massive uphill task
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for Pride. Within about seven or eight minutes, Pride went
one kneel down from a scrappy goal given away. But
they just kept fighting and fighting and fighting, and I
would have to say most of the Romans players stayed
on the sideline to cheer them on to get some
chance out there, and they just kept going and going
and going and ended up winning three to one.
Speaker 2 (47:02):
All of them.
Speaker 18 (47:02):
Work's incredibly hard that the actual afternoon. We just can't
fault the afternoon. The guys who are running the bars
kept them open as long as possible and literally until
about told past eight I think we actually left the ground.
The groundsman there was absolutely brilliant. So yeah, massive thank
you to the whole Millwill for allowing us to put
that on. It was a great day for the league,
playing at such a prestigious venue. Both teams have got
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one game left which we're looking to play this Sunday.
The Romans are a way to STOKEYFC in waltham Stowe,
our last game of the season, our last league game.
We still need to get the points. We're still waiting
for Charlton to slip up before we win the league.
But I think yesterday was such a prestigious day for
us in the club's history, certainly since I've been here
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since twenty eleven.
Speaker 7 (47:47):
It was a very very memorable day.
Speaker 18 (47:49):
So I think we ever have us in the league now,
we've always got that, I think in terms of us
and how we're looking, Yeah, our numbers just keep expanding.
I think we had about thirty two players turn up
at training on Wednesday night, and we do just keep
attracting players. Whether we can accommodate thirteen at St. Paul's
in the Sunday League, we're not too sure, but it's
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certainly something we're looking into. There's a potential that we
may enter the gfsin and the league basis, which will
mean a Saturday game, So we're looking at different options
just to try and get as many people to play
competitive but fun football. Ultimately, we're about providing that safe
space for GBT footballers. We'll see what happens next season
and maybe the Saturday team for the National League is
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the way forward.
Speaker 2 (48:33):
Brilliant stuff from Paul loading there and they're doing just
amazing things, and you can watch them play regularly at
St Paul's Sports ground down there in Rotherheid. Well, before
we push on to something completely different, let's have a
chat Gary about and stand about what are our hopes
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for the next season for the mill senior team.
Speaker 4 (48:57):
I think next yeason is full of hope. Look, it's
going to be a summer of change again like we
had over Christmas. But let's look forget we've got eleven
players out injured still at the moment. Okay, we're probably
going to need a new goalkeeper, but mister George Evans
is certainly holding down a place at the moment, but
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we would probably need someone a bit more senior. Mister Hutchinson,
I believe, will probably move on. There may be one
or two changes. I hear rumors about mister Saville wanted
to go off to America and stuff like that. Lovely,
but look, yes there's going to be some changes. I
also feel there may be some changes in the back room.
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But I can only see amazing things, Alex Neil said
on Radio London tonight. It's that three months he's been
there and look what he's achieved in three months. All
I can see is good things. I think a couple
of extra players, like we've got Benika Baker come back.
We've got Jack Zach love Lace, We've got Neglie who's
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hardly played for us and pops up as I say,
it's scored a great goal against Middlesbrough. So there's potential there.
There's so much sitting in the background. And there's also
I can't think of his name, who's up in Scotland
at the moment. He may come back and then he
may want to come back.
Speaker 2 (50:22):
Got Kelly as well.
Speaker 7 (50:23):
Kelly.
Speaker 4 (50:24):
Indeed, there's all these players that are sitting on the fringes.
AJ Matthews from Middlesbury we signed ripping up goals in
the under twenty one. These are all sitting there. We've
got so much potential coming through as a team. It's
all there to play for. We've we've got great things
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to come. And I've got to say thank you to
our chairman as well, James Belson, for financing a lot
of this. Look, he's realized we need to start putting
our head in our pocket and start signing bigger players. Look,
if Heaven forbid Tangganga goes, there's another ten million pounds
or ever we get for him in the bank to
help finance a lot of that. We've still got the
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fleming money, even though a lot of that may have
already been spent.
Speaker 7 (51:10):
To come through.
Speaker 4 (51:11):
You never know someone might want to buy Donrri from us.
You never know what's around the corner. And look, I
believe there's so much potential coming through in this team.
It's amazing. And with players like a these coming through
and getting better and better every time they play. Look,
if we can sign Coburen, that's fantastic and fingers crossed
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for another fantastic season next year.
Speaker 2 (51:38):
How about you staying in a couple of minutes.
Speaker 5 (51:41):
Yeah, well, I mean I'm hoping that. I mean, I've
been told to Oh, yesterday, Alms told that the one
we've got playing a fallback from Chelsea issues. Yeah, Sturge
right now. I've been impressed with him now and I
understand he's out of contract at Chelsea come the summer, right,
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I mean, if that is the case, I'm speaking personally,
I would hope that he would be somebody that we
would be looking to go and get. I think there
will be departures, although I'm not I don't I don't
know why we seem to be obsessed with tanganger going anywhere.
I just don't understand that at all. Right, but George said,
so come on, well yeah, well that's the trouble in it.
(52:24):
But George told me the Cooper was going to go
to the Rangers a few years ago, and I said, well,
why would he want to go up there?
Speaker 6 (52:30):
Because but the money?
Speaker 5 (52:32):
I said, well, yeah, well that was Cooper still here
and yeah, So I don't understand why we have this
obsession about we get a good plan and all of
a sudden we're going to sell him because some pope
writes in a newspaper he's on his way.
Speaker 7 (52:45):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (52:46):
I can't get my head around that. Well, you don't
know until you know, that's very true. Yeah, or as
Michael Kane would say, not a lot of people know that, but.
Speaker 6 (52:55):
You know it's it's so, I know.
Speaker 5 (52:57):
I mean, I think we've got plenty to look forward
two for this season. I think there'll be one or
two departures. I mean, I'm surprised what Gary said about
George Savile. I know that one I suppose you could go.
But I think there will be one of two departures
this season.
Speaker 2 (53:13):
Uh.
Speaker 5 (53:14):
I hope we can sign bring Coben in and keep
him on a permanent deal.
Speaker 9 (53:19):
Uh.
Speaker 5 (53:19):
And it's rather funny because you know, the guy that's
been since he's been our since he's been at our
club in January, right, I mean he's about four months now,
and it's like that he's now the top goal scorer
in the club.
Speaker 6 (53:33):
Yeah right.
Speaker 5 (53:34):
And yet when he first got there, part of the
argument was he's a certain manager didn't rate him. Well,
there you go, you know, But no, I think it's
all looking positive and and I agree with Gary about
thanking the chairman for what he's done and whatever.
Speaker 2 (53:49):
Well, that's absolutely wonderful stuff, absolutely wonderful stuff. But now
for something completely different. I know many have enjoyed the
let Them Come Well song released by Roy Green in
nineteen seventy nine, which has been a mill anthem ever since.
Then this year it was reproduced in reggae style, and
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I caught up with Millwill fan Andy Petman, who it's
creator any greatest song to here we're in to obviously
hear about your version of let Them Come but if
all we'll do all of that, and about telling us
how you became a mill fan. Was it in your
jeans or was it an option?
Speaker 15 (54:33):
It was in the jeans. I was dragged down by
my cousins, but my granddad was a supporter going back decades.
But yeah, I was dragged down in the late eighties.
First game I saw so I was against Manchester United
in the top flight and I thought that was Millwill's
spiritual home.
Speaker 2 (54:49):
That's quite long. It didn't last forever, No, not very
long at all. But anyway, so what do you think
about this season and how it's gone.
Speaker 15 (55:01):
It's like all things Millwall, isn't It's never boring. I thought,
after a you know, the end to last season, Neil
Harris's sort of blood and thunder football, we'd have another
sort of year of that and didn't quite work out.
But I've really been enjoying it with Alex Neil and
seeing the youngsters come through Vanovich and these they're just
great to watch.
Speaker 2 (55:22):
May going on to your recreation of let Them Come,
famous song that's become an anthem from Roy Green, how
did you come to well turn it into a ring age?
Speaker 15 (55:38):
I was just playing around with some sort of music
apps and you know, let Them Come obviously a classic,
and I started playing around with different styles there was
like this sort of like a punk one, a country one,
and they all sounded awful and played around with reggae
and it kind of worked. And I just put it
online for a laugh, just put it onto Twitter, and
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I thought you might go around a couple of the
fans groups in that. And had about thirty thousand streams
of it within like forty eight hours, So we'en a
bit mad.
Speaker 2 (56:07):
I think it has. It's definitely something that's attracted some
of the panel here tonight in how it got produced. Well,
it's great of you to come on and we're going
to play out with that as the show closes this evening. Andrew,
great to talk with you, Thanks for giving us, thanks
for talking about you, and maybe our paths can even
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cross again in a lot too distant future. Thank you,
Thank you. Yeah, I think we'll see a bit more
of Andy and he might be part of the team
before too long. We'll see. Anyhow, If you want to
watch the Lions, why not purchase a season ticket for
next season. You can buy these from the Millwell Football
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Club website or in person from the Den box office.
Check the website for complete details. Lastly, we will return
on Saturday, June the seventh with our monthly Milwalk News
and Views show, and well, a lot of things can
happen in four weeks and there could be some good
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stuff to discuss. Well thanks to our guests, our producer
Gary Sylvester and our panelists Stand Godwin and Gary Staff.
And we must say, Jeff, we haven't forgotten you, we're
missing you. But anyway, thank you for listening. Everyone bye
for now. But let's hear reggae style. Let them come,
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let's be in London.
Speaker 5 (57:41):
Know the besy.
Speaker 19 (57:46):
Knows us for call Wall, let him come, let him come,
let him come, let them all come down.
Speaker 20 (57:57):
Then, let him come, let him come. We'll only have
to beat him again. It's the best team in London.
Know the best team of ball. Everybody knows us. We'll
call Middlewall, middle Wall. Let him come, let him come,
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let him call. Come down to the den Saturday in Coblo.
Speaker 19 (58:26):
Lady, we've all come down to cheer.
Speaker 20 (58:30):
We've had our jay ladies and our glass of beer.
Come ray shine, our families will bring unlet and as
the lions run on the bitch everyone we'll see and
let him come, let him come, let him come, a
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little come down to the den, let him come,
I'm Bethany and you are listening to the monthly mill
Fan News and Views show broadcasting live on Maritime Radio
on ninety six point five FM. I'm on the Maritime website.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Hello and welcome to our May monthly mill Show at
Maritime Radio. Our mainland bark.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
Bay, your host in South Broyden, and with.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
Me are the panel of Gary Starve and Millwell Match
Day reports at from Bracknell and Stand Godwin from Tamsmead.
But last and not here former board member and chairman
Jeff Burnage, who must be signed up by Ted Lassu,
who comes from Richmond. If he appears, we will know
he's here then, won't we. These guys are long standing
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Millwell fans with extensive background in football, broadcasting on regional
and national radio and podcast. Jeff, he might be actually
doing this even broadcast of the Commonwealth. As usual, we
will discuss all things Millwell. We also talked to a
former line with England honors and a Millwall record holder.
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He recently celebrated a landmark anniversary which we will discuss.
First we review the results following our previous show. Okay, guys,
so interesting month April. Let's talk about the game at
Portsmouth twice we beat them and did we beat them
the third time? Yes, we did, Gary, we did.
Speaker 4 (01:29):
Indeed, we did, we did, indeed, and it was two
goals from Ivanovich. Should have been dead and buried, I think,
if I remember the game.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
Should have. I took Tim Coultnell along, who's the Rock
and Gold show man? And yeah, we stole in and
he was He was gently disappointed, but he saw his
team moving away from the bottom of the league. And
it was a game that we richly deserved, no doubt
about it.
Speaker 4 (01:56):
We sure did.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
And then we played an interesting game which I think
many thought might be a tough one for us at
Sheffield United. What do you think of that one?
Speaker 5 (02:06):
Stand Well, it was a pleasant surprise because although I
mean Sheffield United, and as it turned out, up until
about two or three weeks prior to that, it was
on the right run of fall, and all of a
sudden it started. They started to fall apart a bit.
But when you're playing Shepward United and you're playing one
gets one of the best fanss.
Speaker 6 (02:27):
There is in a division and it's.
Speaker 5 (02:28):
At their ground, you know it ain't going to be easy, right,
It's going to be you're going to be in for
an arda well. As it turned out, right, I think
in most cases it was a lot easier than we
thought it would be.
Speaker 6 (02:40):
It was, but it was you know.
Speaker 5 (02:42):
But but you know, we played well and we far
ony deserved to win the game and I was glad
to see old Coba and.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Scored it cracking striker.
Speaker 5 (02:52):
Yeah, absolutely, And I mean all I'm oping is is
that next season we can signing if it's possible on
a permanent deal.
Speaker 6 (03:00):
But that's for the.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
Future, that's for the gods, as they say. Middlesbrough again, Gary,
what did you think of that one?
Speaker 4 (03:06):
Well, again, we expected it to be a lot harder
than we thought. We grounded out Negli come on for
what fifteen minutes, scored and then went off for the
rest of the season.
Speaker 7 (03:18):
But it was we grinded.
Speaker 4 (03:20):
We were at this stage. We were grinding that results.
Lucky the Portsmouth too well, Sheffid and eied Away who
thought we were going to win that. Millersbrough, who were
on a good run. Another one nil there and if
you're even looking at the attendances, they were coming up
and up and up, and we looked at it. We
were just becoming stronger and stronger, and the Alex Alex
Nil's way of playing was darting to come out. It
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was steady, it was honest, and I just got to
praise the man as well for what he's done for
the club. And then I'm really really pleasing.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Yeah, brilliant stuff. And it was a good result, negally
great goal, but too much damage. Again, then it was
the shock of the end of the season. And really
we went to Blackburn Rovers and well we lost for one,
but we were harmed before we started.
Speaker 5 (04:12):
Yeah, I mean, you know, it remains it always reminds
me of the old saying.
Speaker 6 (04:17):
You know, football was a funny old game. I mean
that is.
Speaker 5 (04:20):
And and before that game you would have thought, well,
within the current runner form we was going to go
into and Blackbird weren't exactly pulling up trees.
Speaker 6 (04:28):
I thought, so we're going to win the game. I WoT.
I never thought you're going to be done quite comfortably.
Speaker 5 (04:34):
But I thought we'd win the game of because then
it didn't you know, on the pitch, for one reason
or the other, we just couldn't get it going.
Speaker 6 (04:44):
Before we knew where we was.
Speaker 5 (04:46):
Uh, you know, we were chasing the game and but
but no, I mean and that was the that was
the day, not then say the day, but the did
where the goalkeeper coming and some people blamed him, which
I thought was a bit unfair.
Speaker 6 (05:02):
Yes, but anyway even but but no, but anyway.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
It was it was a fortress defense really that got undone.
We lost for instance, center back. We had to put
players out of position. We put our man Leonard had
to go out on the left back slot. So it
was a bit different, a bit different on the day.
Speaker 5 (05:29):
And as he turned out, in some respects it was
like the moving in a director the right direction because
as a result of that game, and the goalkeeper has
been ever present since and he's got better and better.
Speaker 6 (05:41):
He's got that's gone, you know.
Speaker 5 (05:44):
And Chris Blackburn and ore in the playoffs they weren't.
Speaker 6 (05:49):
I didn't think they would do it.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
It makes a big difference. And for me, probably one
of our best games of the season came up next,
and that was against Norwich City Gary.
Speaker 4 (05:58):
Yes, indeed, what a fantastic game of football that was
Vanovich with the two as ease with the head of
the near post as well. But if you look at
as I said about the Middlesbrough game, we were just
growing and the confidence was growing. The Blackbeard Rovers game,
just to step back one, it really reminded me to
the Barnsley playoff game. Everything went wrong before the game
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and we suffered and ended up getting turned over that one.
But the Norwich game, I thought, we come out and
we just looked so demanded. Norlwige didn't know what I did.
I think they were on an awful run anyway, and
I think they sat their manager the next next morning
as well. But it's just we looked really good and
all of a sudden that hope of making the playoffs
was there.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
It was there. Ivanovitch again with two goals twelve goals
this season and all, and I think one in the
Cup as well, so as he's finished that off. But
that was a good game. I thoroughly enjoyed it and
I think all the fans did. Next up was Swansea
City in the Swansea City at the Den, a team
that hadn't been beaten in the last five and was
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shown some incredible form and funny enough, they'd only had
one goal scored against them in that five and that
was a previous week when the Ballet scored at Queen's
Park Rangers. Anyway, what about Swansea game.
Speaker 5 (07:21):
Stand Well, I mean again, it was a game that
we fully deserve to win. You know, these games are
never easy because that this time of the season and
the people are pushing for you know, playoff positions that
avoid relegation and all that sort of stuff. But no,
I mean, I thought we played well and Savile scored.
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I mean, at one time I thought we solved the
same games, are gonna ending a Neil Neil draw, but
White tools the end old Savile scored, didn't he And
then we was and that was it. All we didn't
have to do was see the game that which we
then did and you know, three points and everyone.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
Was happy, it was undoubtably so. And then that left
it in a position, really after everything had come in
on that day, to see that if we beat Burnley
and the results went our way, then we could possibly
be in the playoffs. Gary, you were reporting for Maritime Radio.
(08:21):
What did you have to say?
Speaker 4 (08:25):
What did I have to say? We were there for
two whole minutes. I think the summing up of the day. Look,
we shut out the out of the traps and we
scared the life out of Burnley for the first twenty minutes.
They did not know what it is. We scored early
and if it wasn't for a mistake at the back
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between Cramer and Tangganga, I think we cleared that ball
and we go on. There were stages in that game
I was watching on the TV where the sorry the
Bernie manager gone.
Speaker 6 (09:02):
Name mister Parker.
Speaker 4 (09:04):
Parker was screaming at the Bernie Plowers because I think
he knew they were in a game. They didn't know.
They didn't expect us to play like that. We took
away their chance of getting the record of the thirty
one games without conceding the goal. We did that quite early,
and I was quite pleased to do that. But we
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we did not give up today, and I was proud
of every single player on the pitch. I know there
was a few stopping mistakes. I know by the time
the third goal gone in with these shoulders that had
gone down and we realized all hope had gone bine.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
But we were nearly there to get an equal just
before that, we.
Speaker 4 (09:43):
Were and I feel absolutely gutted for Covid because of
the work he put in. People were saying, oh, we
shouldn't miss for four yards. But people forget if you
had to run from the edge of our own box
with the ball to the edge of their eighteen yard box,
played it back, held up the plane, moved it down
to the right hand side, ball comes in the middle.
That we don't even get that chance. So look it's
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in bus as they say. But we were unlucky today.
And even before they got their second I think as
he's like, it a cracking shot and that got said
to the near post. But it was a proper cup
tie today. In to end, as I said on one
of the reports, I don't think the midfield has touched
the ball because it was going up and down the
pitch so quickly. But all in all, yeah, they did
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us proud today. Every person worked as socks off and
I was proud of every single player on that pitch.
And as I said again Alex Neil, thank you for
the last two bunts.
Speaker 5 (10:40):
Would you add to the next day, Well, yeah, I
mean yeah, the other thing that we you know, we've
also got a bear in mind. We don't burn when
we didn't know it at the time, but Burnley, well
we knew that they were promoted regarding se a result,
but that when we was when they was playing us
at that point, well, name was depending on results. They
were silling this shower going up with champions. So so
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that's what they were playing for. So that added to
their you know, industry in the game or whatever.
Speaker 8 (11:11):
Now you know, in the end, they was at home
and they won the game, and you know, and I
don't I don't think you couldn't fought our people for effort.
Speaker 2 (11:22):
No, that was that was clearly displayed by our fans.
Speaker 6 (11:25):
Yeah, that's right.
Speaker 2 (11:26):
They were there right to the end. The players went
up there and stood in front of them, they threw
their shirts and they're proud. I was watching they I
think they was out of doubt. The fans were proud
of what they say.
Speaker 5 (11:40):
I mean, I mean, I've read it on one or
two Facebook sites.
Speaker 6 (11:43):
That they were apt there and one thing and another.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
But there were people on social media that weren't happy.
There were people on social media saying that we should
never have started with crama and Ryan Leonard should have
been there as a right back. What would you say
to them.
Speaker 6 (11:57):
They're talking rubbish.
Speaker 2 (12:00):
That's been okay and I probably agree with you on
that one. Then there was other saying, well that shows
you why it all went wrong at that why it
all went wrong with our goalkeeper because he didn't have
to play the way that he did. He was out
of position on a couple of shots.
Speaker 4 (12:18):
Really, Gary, Sorry, don't even get me started. Do they
forget the last ten games or whatever? He is the
crad has played and been out of his skin. Sorry,
one game against probably one of the best right wingers
in the country. Come on, let's let's let's just think
about it, or left wingers in the country, come on,
And the.
Speaker 5 (12:37):
Iron the irony is with the goalkeeper. Goalkeeper, he's he's
at to play. He's out of all the players, he's
act to change his game because when he's when he's
played for the under twenty ones, and that the way
he's played for the first team, where he gets the
balled in and he sends it down the middle.
Speaker 6 (12:57):
They don't do that for the under twenty ones.
Speaker 5 (12:59):
Now I'm not I'm not complaining because he's obviously been
told to do that by the manager and that's fine,
and I understand the reason behind that, right, But he's
been excellent and last week when I watched him, when
he pulled off them free saves, I mean they were
superb so we.
Speaker 4 (13:17):
Actually pulled off about three or four good save today.
Speaker 7 (13:20):
He did ever so well.
Speaker 2 (13:21):
I don't know what they're watching or listening to, because
even Carl Bates on the radio was very clear about
the game that he played. We just got stumped when
we were chasing that two to one and making it
too too and opening to get the final goal to
take us over the line. When you push yourself forward
in the dark depths of a game, you're always susceptible
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for the three to one defeat.
Speaker 4 (13:46):
Just got to say, Unfortunately, the irony of that was
at that exact moment was when Leeds as she scored
their goal to take the title away.
Speaker 2 (13:54):
The pain, the pain came back.
Speaker 7 (13:56):
You know.
Speaker 6 (13:57):
It's just just the way it goes.
Speaker 2 (13:58):
Well onwards, And lads, don't forget to speak into your
microphones because otherwise we'll all sound out of balance.
Speaker 6 (14:07):
But anyway, thanks, that's an improvement.
Speaker 2 (14:10):
Well I hope that's not the case for you guys. Anyway.
The sad news is Jeffrey's not going to be with
us tonight. He's asked what time the show starts, and
I said, don't worry if you already started. But and
he sends his abject apologies. Anyway, we'll listen to Kyle
Bennett now. I think he's got a few words to
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say about the mill Community Trust.
Speaker 9 (14:36):
The month of April was a very successful month for
mill Romans and Millill Pride. Mill Romans started the month
with a one nil victory against London Falcons, followed by
Millill Pride eight nil victory over Soho Tigers. The next
two were the Big Ones London Unity League Cut Final
at the Den for mill Romans, followed by the on
the Unity League Plate Final for mil Pride. Mill Romans
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will first start kicking off a two. They beat Stonewall
five nil to lift the trophy. Mill Pride followed that
up by another win three to one victory over Charlton
to secure two cup final wins in one day. Greenwage
Powerchair Lions lost one nil against seven Oaks, however, they
remained top of the league after having a very successful season.
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Mill Lionesses had just one match in the month of April,
losing two nil to Absolutely United. However, they have their
final match on Sunday, the fourth of May at the Den,
with tickets priced five pound adults two pound children on
a day where it's perfect day for families. They'll be
bouncy castles, fun for all of the family, spit fire
bars open, get yourself down to the den and enjoy
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the match.
Speaker 7 (15:43):
Well.
Speaker 2 (15:44):
Thanks Kai for your wonderful roundup of what's been going
on with several sides that are under the mill community
Transtambella umbrella even and what are your thoughts Gary on
our mill all lionis is they got that big at
the den tomorrow hoping for a thousand plus fans.
Speaker 4 (16:06):
I've not really seen them by beer honest much this year,
but I do follow them and they've been up and down.
I don't think they went on a great run in the
middle of the season. I think I went about seven
eight unbeaten. But I'm really proud of them next season.
I know they've got brand new sponsors, a bit more
money coming in towards them, they've got great management. Now
(16:26):
I think that's sort of itself out after a bit
of up and down going on. But get yourself down
there to the way to the den. It's going to
be a fantastic day. Support the ladies and do you
know what, I would keep an eye for them next
season because they're on their way up again.
Speaker 2 (16:41):
Yeah, and they're going to get back to where they
be long or start it anyhow, right, Stan about our
romans and our pride, I've seen you posting stuff about
them this last week.
Speaker 5 (16:54):
I mean it's an incredible story, you know, because they
day go from strength to strength. I mean they and
when a setback occurs, which is not that often, but
when it does, they just seem to brush it aside
with no agro and they just go and they go
from strength to strength to strength. Now they both teams.
(17:14):
Now did one cups, an't they? I mean you can't
knock that, I mean yet, you know, I mean I
don't know what he does down there, but I mean whatever,
whatever they're doing down there, I don't know if they've
got some secret formula, but whatever, But I mean that's
just superbany I mean, it is, as I've said this
on many occasions, is a continuation of a success story.
Speaker 6 (17:38):
Yeah, and they just go from one.
Speaker 5 (17:40):
Every time they come up against a potential barrier, they
just brush it aside with no problem. Let's go again.
They say, Well, that's right. I mean, it's absolutely superb.
I mean, you can't nobody can fall.
Speaker 2 (17:53):
No, it makes a big difference anyway, makes a big difference.
And don't forget it. Earlier in the season they were
part of a team that went out to the South
Americas to win the World Final in their group, and
they've done that as well. So now they're talking about well,
you'll hear, you'll hear a little later on. You'll hear
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what they've got in mind for next season. Look for expansion.
Look for expansion. I think that's the key word. So
we'll see expansion.
Speaker 6 (18:27):
They're on a new frontier.
Speaker 2 (18:28):
They never stopped. They never stopped. And it was particularly
good that Pride beat Chelton three one to take the
lul play. That's always good, as we like to say.
An yeah, I'll just talk about briefly the Greenwage Powerchair Lions.
Look like they finished this season on a higher. They
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won it. They're on top of it, and they're down
there at the waterfront at the moment, which is due
to close eventually when the new war Leisure Center opens
up down in the near the square there, and that's
about October time. You'll know about that a bit because
I think you passed that quite frequently. Stand there, that's right,
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that's right. So hopefully they'll move into that and what
we'll also do is we'll get Ria daily in to
talk to us about what's going to happen when that
goes over. But in the meantime, if you're living in
the area down there or a bit further away and
you know someone that uses a wheelchair and want to
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get signed up. Be great.
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Speaker 2 (22:19):
Thanks Bevany. I'm Aiman Barklay and with me I have
a diminished panel of Gary Start and Span Godwin. Well,
it's quick that fitting return performer Millell goalkeeper Brian King
with just four questions to dive into Hellobrian, Well, I'm
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the way. Jeff is somehow managed to miscalculate the time
he should be here, but he sends his abject apologies
to you for not being available. But I think I
think it's the jet lag after that Australian trip only
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about two and a half weeks ago. Now, anyway, I'm
going to hand you over to Gary Bryan, so over
to you Gary.
Speaker 4 (23:14):
Brian, well mate, well thank you, good, good good. We're
good to hear thoughts on today. But it wasn't the
result we expected, was it our hoped for? What do
you think about today and beyond?
Speaker 14 (23:29):
I think we were just happy to be going into
a situation where we could have still qualified for the
playoffs the last game of the season. If somebody had
said that to me in December, either thought that was
a total impossibility or it could have been Jeff talking
even but I feel that it turned out to be
a half decent season. It's a shame today, but we
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had to win. There were you know, there were there
were too many permutations there. Bristol City Commentary, Blackburn Middlesbrough ourselves,
of course, to get off to a fly alp we did.
It was elation. For about a minute. I thought we
were a little bit scrappy given the first goal away.
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We had a couple of good chances to clear it.
But as the game went on, when you think you're
competing with a team that's finished runners up with a
hundred points, I mean it's particular form and it's something
to look forward to next year. I think the lads
have shown that they can match all the top teams
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they if they want to. But again it was injuries
and change a manager. Some say that was for the good,
but you know, we're always going to respect Neil Harris.
But Alex Neil's coming and he seems to have turned
things around and he's got them playing the way he
wants to play, and the players shodn't respect him. It'd
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be interesting to see if we're going to get any
new players coming in and who's going to be going now.
So let's look forward to next season and when do.
Speaker 7 (25:04):
You think Jeff.
Speaker 2 (25:06):
Jeff Bright.
Speaker 4 (25:09):
Thinking about Jeff, I don't know why, but we've also
literally been playing half the season with eleven men injured.
Speaker 7 (25:20):
You've got to be proud of that.
Speaker 14 (25:22):
Well, these things happened at football clubs, but unfortunately happened
to Millwall. I think they've they've fought the way through it.
You know, the biggest turnaround was when we lost two
first team goalkeepers in the space of about twenty four hours,
and one who sustained the very nasty injury and achilles
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injury which is going to take some time for him
to come back. But that sort of unnerved us for
the game at Blackburn. But there again, these things happen
at games and you can't you can't fault the young keeper.
Always difficult for him. But I saw him play against
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Swansea and the three well, I think the four shaves
you made three of them. We were absolute top drawer
and he practically won the game for us that day,
and he put us in the position to go to
Burnley where unfortunate we got beat today.
Speaker 2 (26:23):
That was true, That was true. Well, in jeff sabsence,
I'm going to and we and we never know until
we know. But in Jeff's absence, right, I'm going to
hand you over to stand who's going to take you
through a question on his behalf?
Speaker 14 (26:40):
All right, all right mate, I'm all right mate, you yeah.
Speaker 5 (26:45):
Yeah, leaning forward all the way mate. Right, last Saturday
you made the trip to the Den from your home
in Norway to celebrate a wonderful milestone. Could you share
that experience saying tell us what they were unfolded?
Speaker 14 (27:04):
Well, I saw on the Mellwall website that it was
fifty years to the day that I played my last
league game for Milwall. That was my three hundred and
second league match for Melwall on April the twenty sixth
nineteen seventy five. I played a few games afterwards because
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I've done part of the preseason before. I went to commentary,
but I was invited by Dean Wilson and I spent
the day. We had a nice lunch and saw a
disian game of football. And the amazing thing was that
I actually met quite a few people at the ground
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who at that game when we played Bristol Rovers all
those years ago, fifty years ago. I've always said that
I feel very humble when I come to Millwall that
people still remember me. And to be able to say
that I hold the record for a goalkeeper and league
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appearances is a very proud thing for me to say.
Speaker 2 (28:14):
That's wonderful. But didn't you weren't you greeted by some
sort of interesting person in the form of Mark Fairbrother.
Speaker 14 (28:22):
I was, indeed, and I was. I was very grateful
and I think he along with Eric, Alex Neil and
certain new members of the football club and doing a
hell of a good job here and it was a
surprise for him to meet me, along with Dean and
Karen Wilson, which was a nice thought. And he wished
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me well and asked me what it feels like to
come back to see Millwall fifty years after my last game.
I said, well, I hope it's not going to be painful,
but it wasn't.
Speaker 2 (29:00):
Wasn't That was a bonus?
Speaker 7 (29:01):
Really?
Speaker 2 (29:02):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (29:02):
Yeah, Well mill will never do things the easy way,
do Brian? You know that from experiences, you know.
Speaker 7 (29:09):
When you've been playing down the old day? Yeah? Right.
Speaker 5 (29:13):
What is it that keeps you.
Speaker 6 (29:16):
So connected to the well? Obviously Timilwall Football Club, I think.
Speaker 14 (29:23):
Because you know I've been I've been sixty five years
and now staying in football in one shape or form.
And Melbourne Football Club were a club that brought me
from a non league team, Chelcer City, and they showed
faith in me, obviously bringing bringing a keeper from from
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a non league club, although Chelcer City at the time
were a very good non league club, always going to
take a chance. I was lucky that I was to
succeed Alex Stepney. I was also lucky that there was
a very good goalkeeper already at the club, Laurie Leslie,
who helped me settle in and made my life during
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training and building.
Speaker 7 (30:09):
Up to my first team appearance.
Speaker 14 (30:11):
How can I tell you you didn't want to get
on the wrong side of Laurie at the best of times.
It was a great fella, great teacher, good patience and
when I look back, I think all the things that
he showed me and all the things he'd done for
me was whether he realized it or not, I was
going to take his place one day, and although I
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was very happy about it, and that's why I feel
Milwall is always going to be something in my heart
and always has been and still is because I got
my lead chance with Millwall. I was lucky enough to
get picked for England, an England squad, and that was
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due to the fact that I played for Milwall, set
a record and still got a record. That's what I
can't believe. I can't believe nobody's beat my record of
league appearances. But this year is one hundred and fortieth year,
I'm being told, and I'm still I'm still the record holder.
And I didn't start one hundred and forty years ago.
Stand up and show you that.
Speaker 2 (31:15):
No.
Speaker 6 (31:15):
I know, mate.
Speaker 5 (31:16):
I was looking at that picture the other day, was
in the South London pressed with you touching the crossbar
and Lorie Leslie looking at you.
Speaker 14 (31:25):
You remember it, yes, And there was also another one
with me and Mickey Purser, the chairman, and also dear
old Benny Fendon. I think that I think it was
in the Evening News or the Evening Standard, but great memories.
That was my first day at the Old Den. I
wonder what the hell I was coming into, but I
realized what I was coming in. Who what's a place
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to come and play football? If they love you, they
love you.
Speaker 2 (31:51):
Know.
Speaker 5 (31:53):
It was a special place, There's no question about that.
I mean, especially for me in the sixties because uh
that that all the time I've been going to me
and all that. You know, you hear these stories.
Speaker 6 (32:07):
About the old dead and one thing and another.
Speaker 5 (32:09):
But that for me was that's when it reached its
z if then And it was never that the atmosphere
was good, but it.
Speaker 6 (32:16):
Was for me. I'm only speaking personally.
Speaker 5 (32:19):
It was never quite the same after that, but on it,
you know, But it's just a matter of opinion. But no,
I know, great times the sixties make great times.
Speaker 2 (32:28):
And you wouldn't know until you really knew, would You're right?
Speaker 7 (32:33):
Well, yeah, yeah, that's it now.
Speaker 14 (32:35):
I also, you know, I came into a to a
great period of English football. I mean, I came in
at the end of the sixties and the seventies. Wonderful
trying to play football. So many characters in the game,
and I've been told I'm a character but.
Speaker 2 (32:54):
Legend.
Speaker 14 (32:55):
I'm still trying to work that, still trying to work
that out. But no, Millwall is always going to be
and football it's always going to be with me until
the day day.
Speaker 2 (33:06):
So well, there's plenty of it. Brian. Brian, it really
is a pleasure having a chat with you. But what
I'd like to know is how you've developed this passionate
support for the Millwall Community Trust. Would you share your
reasons for that?
Speaker 7 (33:24):
Yeah?
Speaker 14 (33:25):
It started really, I mean through your good self, I'm right.
I mean you you introduced me to the Millwall Trust
and Sean Dailey and explained to me what was going
on and what they were doing. And if I can
help in any way with all the different aspects of
what they're doing for the people in that area, then
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in my small way, I will try and help, because
I think they're doing a marvelous job working in conjunction
with the football club. And I just put my hands
up for sure. I put your hands up for your
radio station as well. That supports it. The people who
do the food up, the people that do all the
stuff in the Community Trust. I mean, these are the
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real people in football. I mean you you really offer
and put forward things for people in that area, not
only the rich people, but the poor people and people
who need help. And if I can give that little
bit of support or money or whatever for that help,
then I will.
Speaker 2 (34:33):
And it was wonderful that you brought her, excellency, Dame
Marcela Liar Bird to the Den that day. When she came,
I think she was totally and utterly inspired by what
she saw both in the trust and at the club.
And great stuff that Brian, really great.
Speaker 14 (34:53):
Well, it's a situation where I you know, some friends
of mine from Antigua good friends of hers, and they
said that she was looking to visit a football club.
She got four or five clubs in London which she'd
been recommended to. I said, well, why is is she
been recommended to Melville? He said, well this was These
were the clubs that were presented your Crystal Palacey, joel On,
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your west Ham, Fulham, even Watford. And I said, listen,
don't worry about any if you want to see how
a structure's built to help the community together with a
football club come down to Millwall and she took me
up on the offer. She came down and and as
you've just said, she was absolutely blown away with the
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work that the community Trust do and the football club
and things are going to happen. I can see next
season where I believe she would like Milwall to go
down to some kits and nervis. I don't know about you,
Stan or Aiman. I think I think we could do
with a trip down there, don't you. Yeah, sorry, mate,
I forgot you.
Speaker 6 (35:58):
No, I would have I wouldn't have a problem that, mate, I'll.
Speaker 7 (36:00):
Tell you all right. Espress here in December.
Speaker 6 (36:05):
That might be a problem.
Speaker 4 (36:06):
Are you paying for the fights?
Speaker 14 (36:09):
I think they might be. But I stand does well,
he's gonna have a bet with Jeff.
Speaker 7 (36:15):
I could turn up for a show.
Speaker 2 (36:20):
Never mind the late and well whatever, but.
Speaker 7 (36:23):
He is a good lad, Jeff, let's be fair, let's
a good lad.
Speaker 14 (36:26):
And along with all you chaps, I like listening to
your programs and it keeps me in touch with Millwall,
and it keeps me in touch with you you fellows.
Speaker 2 (36:38):
Well, that's wonderful news and it keeps us in touch
with you too, and.
Speaker 6 (36:43):
The pleasure is out.
Speaker 2 (36:44):
Well there you go, and you never know until you know,
right that's correct?
Speaker 7 (36:49):
Yeah right again, right again, right right.
Speaker 2 (36:53):
Right, And so there you go, Brian, brilliant to have
you on. Let's hope that this time next year when
you come on where we saying, well the premiership beckons.
Speaker 14 (37:03):
He well, fingers crossed and you all have a good summer. Yeah,
and I hope to see you next season.
Speaker 2 (37:12):
Well, of course you will and we'll look forward to that.
Speaker 14 (37:16):
Take care, Brian, thank yeah, thanks staying bye.
Speaker 2 (37:25):
Well that was great Brian King, excellent stuff. Wonderful person
to speak and talk with, and he does so much
around the club at the then there the Middle Community
Trust and I can remember I can remember Christmas and
the Center run and there he was hugging one Santa
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who had a big run, wasn't he stand.
Speaker 6 (37:51):
It was yeah? Yeah, yeah, well yeah that was yeah,
it was. That was an interesting day that day.
Speaker 2 (37:56):
You you know, you did well.
Speaker 5 (38:00):
We went around the track that we When Sean said
it to me, I thought, so he's having a love
for it.
Speaker 6 (38:06):
Anyway, I don't. Actually I lasted a lot longer.
Speaker 7 (38:09):
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Oh yeah, well the Kaiser was around around.
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Speaker 2 (40:28):
Thanks again. Bethany the most light voice by Brian Kring
who we've just heard from. He always says Bethany's voice
is the best voice on our shows. Well, I'm aim
and Bart play with me. I have the panel of
Gary Staff and Stan Godwin. You've heard a lot about
our Male Community Trust and some of the things they do.
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They make a fantastic difference to the communities they serve.
And talking of communities, here are a couple of the
managers who operate under the trust, sambrellas well Humbrella Anyway.
First up is Millwall Lionesses manager Ted Jones, who I
collap with. I said, the Lioness is improved in the
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second half of the season. What do you think has
contributed to their.
Speaker 17 (41:14):
Overall It's been up a down season, but yeah, we're
definitely happy in terms of there has been improving our results.
I definitely think you know, Jack and I feel that
we'd like to have picked up a few extra points
along the way, but we know that's sort of part
of the process in terms of the way which we're going,
we're hoping building to next season, they are extra points
which we will pick up. I think the main thing
for Jack and I have been as since we coming
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once have a way in which we've played which I
think we've been quite consistent with in terms of demonstrating
to the girls and in training on a Monday and
Wednesday night. We've been quite clear on ideas and our pictures.
So working hard in training, which the girls credit to them,
have been putting into practice on the pitch. That has
been part of our successfully enough team were missing out on.
We're a bit structure, working hard in training, having clear plans,
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and I think having that has been definitely a benefit.
I think the girls have been from us, you know,
doing our match prep our match plans for each game,
so we've got a clear idea how we want to
play going into each game. So yeah, we're definitely happy
with how things improved. There's always things which we wish
we can do better, but it's definitely put us in
a good position for next year.
Speaker 2 (42:14):
We'd love to hear about the middle line. This is
season finale at the Den tomorrow.
Speaker 17 (42:20):
Yeah, we're really looking forward to the game on Sunday
against Asha. Do you know it's going to be a
tough game. Ashad need to point out of their last
two games to stay up. We certainly know they're going
to come to the Den really up for it and
really going to give us a tough test. So we
need a hundred plenty to be our best, but hopefully
we can get a big crowd down there to support us.
You know, on social media we've been talking about a
lot really you know, it'll be one on thousand fans
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to be there. You know, that breaks our record attendance
as a club, so that would be really important to us,
you know, to give girls an extra push, and that's
last game to season, so yeah, we want them to
give them a push, get my over the line hopefully.
You know, whether it'd be good, there's a lot of
stuff going on for the families. Yeah, hopefully get a
big crowd down there, push on the girls. But yeah,
we know we've got to perform. It's going to be
a tough day. But again it's not every week which
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we get to playing again, so we're going to enjoy
the occasion and hopefully get a good result.
Speaker 2 (43:07):
As we look to the future with a new sponsor
and your plans, what can the fans look forward to.
Speaker 17 (43:13):
Pretty exciting to have sponsor. You know, it's definitely something
which has been working on for a while. I know
the club have been doing a lot of work behind
scenes to secure the sponsorship, so hopefully they'll be able
to do some work with us in the club, you know,
in terms of raising our social media profile, you know,
to help Kai out and the great job he does,
you know, I think to have another company alongside supporting
him will be massive. I think getting ourselves out there
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in media will be brilliant. And again having a sponsor's
really important for the girls, you know. It's betters the
money which hopefully comes into club, you know, and that's
things which we can use, you know, to help the
players hopefully to get some better results and better performances
and yet help us push up the tables. Ultimately, it's
just another step in the right direction of where we're
going into club and you know, the community to us
have been really supportive, and having a sponsorship on board
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just I was just take another step in the right direction.
Speaker 2 (43:58):
So yeah, we'd delight to have him on board.
Speaker 17 (44:00):
Finally, from me, guys, just want to say a massive
thank you for your support throughout this year. You know,
it's been really appreciated, you know, from having myself in
the podcast, having some of the players, you know, it
really means a lot to us, and you know, always
supporting us for every game, always tweeting about us. So yeah,
we really do appreciate and hopefully you know we can
see there on Sunday and yeah, I look forward to
having a few more of our chats attention pre season
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and in the new year. So thank you guys, much appreciated.
Speaker 2 (44:24):
It's very comented. All the best to you, Jack Wison
and the girls in the game tomorrow and we look
forward to next season. Well perhaps have a chair before that. Yeah,
great stuff from Ted there and Jack. They've done a
great job and those girls are really pulling it out.
And get down there tomorrow and watch the Lionesses play
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Ashford United. Next is Paul Loading, the general manager of
Millwall Romans and Pride, and he's a joyful chat too,
So let's hear from Paul.
Speaker 18 (44:58):
Two big games of the season and the LUL London
Unity League Cup Final and London Unity League Shield Final,
both held at the dead last Sunday. To just extend
our huge thanks to mill Community Trust, Shaun Daily and
Millwell Football Club for allowing us to play at the den.
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As soon as it was announced that both teams had
got through from the semi finals to the final, I
spoke to Sean and Sean said there was no issues
at all in allowing us to have the whole afternoon
at the Den. It was an incredible experience. It was
an incredible day. All the players have been buzzing for
the last few weeks about playing there from both sides
to be fair, from Stonewall and Cholwen and of course
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from Romans and Pride. It's such a great stadium, proper
in a London stadium, and we just had a great time.
We went out with a really good side. Romans kicked
off at two pm. Stonewall a were a good side.
We played them a few weeks ago and they really
held us. They attacked quite well, they defended credibly well
and we only managed to knit past them at three
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to two. Again, I think because of the hype around
the game, we were just up for it. We were
just all over the game from the moment we kicked off,
going in at halftime at two nil. Pretty much we
wanted a Nick and other gal I think, and that
would have secured the game, which it did.
Speaker 6 (46:19):
I think we just defended really well.
Speaker 18 (46:21):
We knocked the ball around in places very well, scored
some incredible goals and finished the game five nil at
five pm. Then Pride team kicked off against Chilton Addicts.
Chilton are top of the second division league. They've had
a really good season. It was a massive uphill task
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for Pride. Within about seven or eight minutes, Pride went
one kneel down from a scrappy goal given away. But
they just kept fighting and fighting and fighting, and I
would have to say most of the Romans players stayed
on the sideline to cheer them on to get some
chance out there, and they just kept going and going
and going and ended up winning three to one.
Speaker 2 (47:02):
All of them.
Speaker 18 (47:02):
Work's incredibly hard that the actual afternoon. We just can't
fault the afternoon. The guys who are running the bars
kept them open as long as possible and literally until
about told past eight I think we actually left the ground.
The groundsman there was absolutely brilliant. So yeah, massive thank
you to the whole Millwill for allowing us to put
that on. It was a great day for the league,
playing at such a prestigious venue. Both teams have got
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one game left which we're looking to play this Sunday.
The Romans are a way to STOKEYFC in waltham Stowe,
our last game of the season, our last league game.
We still need to get the points. We're still waiting
for Charlton to slip up before we win the league.
But I think yesterday was such a prestigious day for
us in the club's history, certainly since I've been here
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since twenty eleven.
Speaker 7 (47:47):
It was a very very memorable day.
Speaker 18 (47:49):
So I think we ever have us in the league now,
we've always got that, I think in terms of us
and how we're looking, Yeah, our numbers just keep expanding.
I think we had about thirty two players turn up
at training on Wednesday night, and we do just keep
attracting players. Whether we can accommodate thirteen at St. Paul's
in the Sunday League, we're not too sure, but it's
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certainly something we're looking into. There's a potential that we
may enter the gfsin and the league basis, which will
mean a Saturday game, So we're looking at different options
just to try and get as many people to play
competitive but fun football. Ultimately, we're about providing that safe
space for GBT footballers. We'll see what happens next season
and maybe the Saturday team for the National League is
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the way forward.
Speaker 2 (48:33):
Brilliant stuff from Paul loading there and they're doing just
amazing things, and you can watch them play regularly at
St Paul's Sports ground down there in Rotherheid. Well, before
we push on to something completely different, let's have a
chat Gary about and stand about what are our hopes
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for the next season for the mill senior team.
Speaker 4 (48:57):
I think next yeason is full of hope. Look, it's
going to be a summer of change again like we
had over Christmas. But let's look forget we've got eleven
players out injured still at the moment. Okay, we're probably
going to need a new goalkeeper, but mister George Evans
is certainly holding down a place at the moment, but
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we would probably need someone a bit more senior. Mister Hutchinson,
I believe, will probably move on. There may be one
or two changes. I hear rumors about mister Saville wanted
to go off to America and stuff like that. Lovely,
but look, yes there's going to be some changes. I
also feel there may be some changes in the back room.
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But I can only see amazing things, Alex Neil said
on Radio London tonight. It's that three months he's been
there and look what he's achieved in three months. All
I can see is good things. I think a couple
of extra players, like we've got Benika Baker come back.
We've got Jack Zach love Lace, We've got Neglie who's
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hardly played for us and pops up as I say,
it's scored a great goal against Middlesbrough. So there's potential there.
There's so much sitting in the background. And there's also
I can't think of his name, who's up in Scotland
at the moment. He may come back and then he
may want to come back.
Speaker 2 (50:22):
Got Kelly as well.
Speaker 7 (50:23):
Kelly.
Speaker 4 (50:24):
Indeed, there's all these players that are sitting on the fringes.
AJ Matthews from Middlesbury we signed ripping up goals in
the under twenty one. These are all sitting there. We've
got so much potential coming through as a team. It's
all there to play for. We've we've got great things
(50:46):
to come. And I've got to say thank you to
our chairman as well, James Belson, for financing a lot
of this. Look, he's realized we need to start putting
our head in our pocket and start signing bigger players. Look,
if Heaven forbid Tangganga goes, there's another ten million pounds
or ever we get for him in the bank to
help finance a lot of that. We've still got the
(51:06):
fleming money, even though a lot of that may have
already been spent.
Speaker 7 (51:10):
To come through.
Speaker 4 (51:11):
You never know someone might want to buy Donrri from us.
You never know what's around the corner. And look, I
believe there's so much potential coming through in this team.
It's amazing. And with players like a these coming through
and getting better and better every time they play. Look,
if we can sign Coburen, that's fantastic and fingers crossed
(51:36):
for another fantastic season next year.
Speaker 2 (51:38):
How about you staying in a couple of minutes.
Speaker 5 (51:41):
Yeah, well, I mean I'm hoping that. I mean, I've
been told to Oh, yesterday, Alms told that the one
we've got playing a fallback from Chelsea issues. Yeah, Sturge
right now. I've been impressed with him now and I
understand he's out of contract at Chelsea come the summer, right,
(52:02):
I mean, if that is the case, I'm speaking personally,
I would hope that he would be somebody that we
would be looking to go and get. I think there
will be departures, although I'm not I don't I don't
know why we seem to be obsessed with tanganger going anywhere.
I just don't understand that at all. Right, but George said,
so come on, well yeah, well that's the trouble in it.
(52:24):
But George told me the Cooper was going to go
to the Rangers a few years ago, and I said, well,
why would he want to go up there?
Speaker 6 (52:30):
Because but the money?
Speaker 5 (52:32):
I said, well, yeah, well that was Cooper still here
and yeah, So I don't understand why we have this
obsession about we get a good plan and all of
a sudden we're going to sell him because some pope
writes in a newspaper he's on his way.
Speaker 7 (52:45):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (52:46):
I can't get my head around that. Well, you don't
know until you know, that's very true. Yeah, or as
Michael Kane would say, not a lot of people know that, but.
Speaker 6 (52:55):
You know it's it's so, I know.
Speaker 5 (52:57):
I mean, I think we've got plenty to look forward
two for this season. I think there'll be one or
two departures. I mean, I'm surprised what Gary said about
George Savile. I know that one I suppose you could go.
But I think there will be one of two departures
this season.
Speaker 2 (53:13):
Uh.
Speaker 5 (53:14):
I hope we can sign bring Coben in and keep
him on a permanent deal.
Speaker 9 (53:19):
Uh.
Speaker 5 (53:19):
And it's rather funny because you know, the guy that's
been since he's been our since he's been at our
club in January, right, I mean he's about four months now,
and it's like that he's now the top goal scorer
in the club.
Speaker 6 (53:33):
Yeah right.
Speaker 5 (53:34):
And yet when he first got there, part of the
argument was he's a certain manager didn't rate him. Well,
there you go, you know, But no, I think it's
all looking positive and and I agree with Gary about
thanking the chairman for what he's done and whatever.
Speaker 2 (53:49):
Well, that's absolutely wonderful stuff, absolutely wonderful stuff. But now
for something completely different. I know many have enjoyed the
let Them Come Well song released by Roy Green in
nineteen seventy nine, which has been a mill anthem ever since.
Then this year it was reproduced in reggae style, and
(54:11):
I caught up with Millwill fan Andy Petman, who it's
creator any greatest song to here we're in to obviously
hear about your version of let Them Come but if
all we'll do all of that, and about telling us
how you became a mill fan. Was it in your
jeans or was it an option?
Speaker 15 (54:33):
It was in the jeans. I was dragged down by
my cousins, but my granddad was a supporter going back decades.
But yeah, I was dragged down in the late eighties.
First game I saw so I was against Manchester United
in the top flight and I thought that was Millwill's
spiritual home.
Speaker 2 (54:49):
That's quite long. It didn't last forever, No, not very
long at all. But anyway, so what do you think
about this season and how it's gone.
Speaker 15 (55:01):
It's like all things Millwall, isn't It's never boring. I thought,
after a you know, the end to last season, Neil
Harris's sort of blood and thunder football, we'd have another
sort of year of that and didn't quite work out.
But I've really been enjoying it with Alex Neil and
seeing the youngsters come through Vanovich and these they're just
great to watch.
Speaker 2 (55:22):
May going on to your recreation of let Them Come,
famous song that's become an anthem from Roy Green, how
did you come to well turn it into a ring age?
Speaker 15 (55:38):
I was just playing around with some sort of music
apps and you know, let Them Come obviously a classic,
and I started playing around with different styles there was
like this sort of like a punk one, a country one,
and they all sounded awful and played around with reggae
and it kind of worked. And I just put it
online for a laugh, just put it onto Twitter, and
(55:58):
I thought you might go around a couple of the
fans groups in that. And had about thirty thousand streams
of it within like forty eight hours, So we'en a
bit mad.
Speaker 2 (56:07):
I think it has. It's definitely something that's attracted some
of the panel here tonight in how it got produced. Well,
it's great of you to come on and we're going
to play out with that as the show closes this evening. Andrew,
great to talk with you, Thanks for giving us, thanks
for talking about you, and maybe our paths can even
(56:27):
cross again in a lot too distant future. Thank you,
Thank you. Yeah, I think we'll see a bit more
of Andy and he might be part of the team
before too long. We'll see. Anyhow, If you want to
watch the Lions, why not purchase a season ticket for
next season. You can buy these from the Millwell Football
(56:50):
Club website or in person from the Den box office.
Check the website for complete details. Lastly, we will return
on Saturday, June the seventh with our monthly Milwalk News
and Views show, and well, a lot of things can
happen in four weeks and there could be some good
(57:11):
stuff to discuss. Well thanks to our guests, our producer
Gary Sylvester and our panelists Stand Godwin and Gary Staff.
And we must say, Jeff, we haven't forgotten you, we're
missing you. But anyway, thank you for listening. Everyone bye
for now. But let's hear reggae style. Let them come,
(57:37):
let's be in London.
Speaker 5 (57:41):
Know the besy.
Speaker 19 (57:46):
Knows us for call Wall, let him come, let him come,
let him come, let them all come down.
Speaker 20 (57:57):
Then, let him come, let him come. We'll only have
to beat him again. It's the best team in London.
Know the best team of ball. Everybody knows us. We'll
call Middlewall, middle Wall. Let him come, let him come,
(58:20):
let him call. Come down to the den Saturday in Coblo.
Speaker 19 (58:26):
Lady, we've all come down to cheer.
Speaker 20 (58:30):
We've had our jay ladies and our glass of beer.
Come ray shine, our families will bring unlet and as
the lions run on the bitch everyone we'll see and
let him come, let him come, let him come, a
(58:54):
little come down to the den, let him come,
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