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Join Eamonn Barclay and his team—Stan Godwin, George Lampey, and Ted Robinson—as they host a former Lion who progressed from the youth ranks to the first team and played for the Republic of Ireland senior team. They discuss head injuries in football, Bangura Williams' replacement of Romain Esse in the England U21 Elite game during the international break, and the changes announced by Mark Fairbrother.

Aiden O’Brien talks about:  
• Being a Millwall Community Trust Ambassador  
• Celebrating goals, including his most memorable one for Millwall  
• Joining the Dublin side Shelbourne  
• Playing at Woking, where some staff have ties to Millwall 
• His future aspirations in football coaching  
• Reflecting on his memorable time with Millwall

We also hear from Paul Loding as we catch up on all the latest news from the Millwall Romans & Pride.

Myles Thornton reports on the Millwall Lionesses for Maritime Radio.

Phil Coleman shares more stories from his 'Brut' Room.

Ted’s Prediction League is in full swing as Nick Wythe aims to reclaim his position at the top.

A preview of Sunderland vs. Millwall. 

Our second guest is Alan Dorney’s son and heir, James Dorney, who discusses:  
• His son's football development and his dad Alan Dorney
• Celebrating the anniversary of the  Everton vs. Millwall FA Cup win for the Lions at the MCT with his father and other players from that time  
• Alex Neil and his progress with the senior team  
• Players who might leave and those who could stay at the end of the season.

It's worth a listen.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Bethany Mantelow Here Welcome to our Millwell fan show with
some new voices but the same focus. Just everything Millwell enjoy.

Speaker 2 (00:13):
Welcome to the twenty four to twenty five season of
Ammial Fair Show. I'm your host, Aman Barclay and with
me I have the no one likes likes as talking
team of George Lampey, Stan Godwin and Ted Robington.

Speaker 3 (00:32):
Not everybody likes them, but they don't care.

Speaker 2 (00:36):
Okay, Well, it was fantastic to see Bangor and Williams
replace Romain Essay in the England Under twenty one Elite
squad match during the international break. Mark Fairbrothers insights regarding
forthcoming changes at the Den are amazing and we also
launched our own five G network. All the happenings from

(00:59):
the Den look promising on so many front or the
skeptic might say, or do they even instan issue of
sports and injuries we serviced again this week with a
significantly change Chris Kamara struggling to communicate his problems. March

(01:20):
two attended the Den regarding the condition of two former
Rich which Town players and were fundraising for them. Of course,
dementia in is often highlighted, and our own Phil Coleman,
who voluntary attends PFA organized testing, receive yet another all clear.
Do you think that sports sufferers are merely a micro

(01:43):
population group of the UK suffering from these conditions or
does their notoriety serve a greater purpose or both?

Speaker 4 (01:53):
I don't know really.

Speaker 5 (01:54):
I mean, there seems to be a big increase in
relationship to dementia or else time is whatever whatever you
want to call it, amongst the population in general. I mean,
but there's not a week goes by when you do
on hear somebody's got it. And whether because the implication
is it seems to be on the increase, I mean,

(02:16):
whether it is, and I don't know, but that's that's
the that's always seems to me to be the implication.
Incaurse with this thing with sportsman and footballers heading the
ball and one thing and another. I mean, yeah, it's
taken greater focus on it, and you know, and I
can understand it, and clearly the football authorities are concerned.

(02:39):
You know that they're now changing all the rules in
relationships aheading about football and all that sort of things.
The Chris Kamara one. When I heard that, I was
a bit surprised about that, because first Sunny went suddeny
missing off the television screens. It then sort of come
out after a little while he that he was ill,
but they never sort of said too much of about

(03:00):
what was initially. And then some months later, a couple
of years later, I mean, I remember a sudden he
was on the television saying that, you know, that he
was a lot better now and he'd had this problem
and they got over it, and I thought, oh, well,
that's okay, and then all of a sudden, I think
this week, it then comes out and it's now he's
now talking about dementia, which took me by surprise with

(03:25):
him ah right, well yeah, which took me by surprise
because that none of that had been said before. You
know that in that aspect of it's all we're all
in difficult, difficult times now, and we and then it's
going to come with someone. I think it'll be as
physical as it is today. I mean, and some people
complain even to day it's not physical enough to what
we're used to. But you know, I don't know, I

(03:48):
don't know how you're going to square that circle, because
if you've got on one hand, medical people said, he you,
it's unsafe, and it's this, and it's that they're not
just going to say it and let me just carry on.

Speaker 6 (03:59):
Something will have to be done.

Speaker 7 (04:00):
A little caveat to that, even if you don't mind
me coming in on it, because I've been fitless all season.
In rugby, if they have a head clash of its
or whatever, they go off the pitch. To be Now, football,
obviously there's a lot more the heads are involved, a
lot more should be saying. There's more true is a
head clashing in football than there is in rugby. Believe

(04:21):
it or not to a certain thing. But if we're
talking about the you know, the well being and health
of people, I'd love them to do that in football
because it'll do two things. One, it would stop these
idiots of footballers that lay on the floor pretending their
head has been caught when it hasn't, because it means
you have to go off for ten minutes and it's

(04:42):
far too much of that going on for me. But
also the more importantly thing is if there is a
clash of its, they will get assessed as soon as
that clash of eads has happened, and they will be
told in no uncertain terms that if it's bad enough,
they don't go on playing. So you know, I would
love to see that coming.

Speaker 2 (05:00):
I think. I think that's what you're going to say.
You're going to see further steps taken to protect players.
And I also if you're looking at rugby, I'd love
like they do in a rugby for those players that
are actually doing stuff that they are not to instead

(05:22):
of just getting a yellow card, they get the yellow
card and go for a walk and sit in the symbin.

Speaker 7 (05:28):
Yeah, listen, and you've been many times on the football
could learn a lot from rugby and the discipline of players,
and they discipline them. I cannot see any harm in
bringing in was what they do in rugby now. And
they also put them into a symbin and they make
them be assessed fider in as sispin by the var

(05:51):
if you like or whatever. It can be upgraded to redcord.
So you know, why not bring that in football. It
would make a lot of sense to me the future.

Speaker 2 (06:01):
He is in the grasp of the FA and the
p f A said I'm going to go back to
you now and say, imagine the day when Bangor and
Williams would step in to replace Romaane essay? Did you
ever think so in the England that the twenty.

Speaker 7 (06:18):
It's a bit of ironic and that he actually comes
on for a Romaane essay? But listen, I'll see this
boy pre season down at Cray Wanderers. I took my
grandson down there because he was playing for Prey at
the time and we went there to see Millwyn pre season.
It was a lot of the youth boys and younger boys.
It is bangor of Williams played in the middle of

(06:39):
the park and scored one of the best goals that
I've seen for ages for the olds like me and yourself.
If you ever remember Bobby Charlton's goal against Mexico in
the nine six World Cup, that's exactly the sort of
goal that this kid scored. And often we so who's
this point took his name in the megated obviously life
you know, I'm not surprised because I think when he's

(07:01):
come into the first team frame and started to play,
I think he was a little he's a little bit
more advancing. When Roman Sa came in, say had to
do a lot of learning. He hadn't played any like
men's football. Should we call it that. Like Anger and
Williams have played it two in a Mitcham and learned
a little bit there, he looks more ready for first

(07:22):
team football. I must say he's the or finished article
by any stretch of the imagination at this moment in time.
And I just believe he's going to get better and better.
I really think Angora and Williams next season could be
a top top player for US.

Speaker 2 (07:35):
I think so too. Thanks for that to George, evening,
to you, I'll chat good evening, Good evening. Significant changes
are currently underway then, these including modifications and various improvements
to the stadium and training ground, and Mark Fairbrother provides
an insightful overview of these developments. Additionally, it's also essential

(07:58):
to acknowledge the introduction of they are owned by g Technology.
This is the first club in the UK to do this.
Mind you, it's faced some criticism from certain individuals. What
are your thoughts regarding these changes?

Speaker 8 (08:14):
Mill All over the last several years now have established
itself as a championship football club. I think Milmill are
now putting things in place as far as the facilities
of the den that they're going to be ready or
they're oping to be ready if and when they make
the Premiership. Now, hospitality wise, they're doing going to do

(08:36):
a lot of stuff over in the hospitality suites this
coming season and then next year it's going to be
the executive boxes. So I think there's a lot going
to go on at the den, plus at the training
ground at Calmont Road. I can understand some criticism from
supporters because I think some of the things they're putting
in place will be for maybe more high fluting supports

(09:00):
rather than the ones that we have for the present time.
Who firmis the fear brother. He seems to be covering
all the angles for supporters. He's not just going for
the well to do ones. He looks like he's remembering
the guys who can't afford the lavish boxes and all
that sort of thing. So yes, I think there's good
work going on and I think Millwall were trying to

(09:20):
move forward behind the scenes as much as on the pitch.

Speaker 2 (09:24):
Also, yeah, yeah, I mean one of the points was
talking about covering the area the fan zone at the
Cowblow Lane end so ted wouldn't get too wet when
it was raining. So that aris Oh yeah, if you
can't get in there yeah, yeah, yeah, but I think

(09:47):
things like that are brilliant and make a big difference.
And long mate continues. So thanks for that, guys. That
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Our first guest is a well known former Lion who
is always in still is held high in esteem by

(12:03):
Mill Community Trust CEO Sean Day and of course our
fan base. Between the twenty eleven and twenty twelve and
the twenty nineteen twenty seasons. He made over two hundred
starting a substitute appearances and scored forty four goals from Millwall.
He also played for the Republic of Ireland twenty two times,

(12:25):
from the under seventeens through to the senior team. From
US he moved to this week's opponents Sunderland. Well, that
was a good idea to get him on before joining
Portland Shrewsbury. Shell born in Dublin and is now a
National League South with Woking. He is actually something that

(12:48):
we need to share our Bethany Manctlowe's favorite ever Millwall player.
Now don't let that take you back, because she's very good.
But anyway, please join me in welcoming Aiden O'Brien, Hello Aiden, or.

Speaker 4 (13:05):
Good evening or good.

Speaker 2 (13:06):
Evening, And you got responses from all of them.

Speaker 4 (13:14):
How's everyone okay?

Speaker 2 (13:19):
I like to hear good Aiden. We're thrilled to have
you back on the show.

Speaker 4 (13:24):
No, good to be here.

Speaker 6 (13:25):
Good to be here it is, and.

Speaker 2 (13:27):
It's great to have you. Sean Daily loves to share
with everyone how you inspired young people during your time
as a mill Player ambassador. Our very own Gary Staff
was equally impressed when he took his son to a
coaching event with you. How was your ability to connect

(13:49):
with young people? How did it come about?

Speaker 3 (13:53):
First and foremost, obviously, Sean Daly is somebody that I
kind of got on well with and connected well with
in the community. And yeah, massive hats of hats off
to him and all the stuff behind the Mill community Trust.
They're doing a terrific job, working tirelessly to make to
make the best opportunities for people and you know, in

(14:13):
that area, so brilliant, brilliant work from a Mills perspective
and also just just for us perspective in life. Really,
they're just good people and they're just doing really really
good things in the community.

Speaker 4 (14:24):
So hats off to them.

Speaker 10 (14:26):
First of all.

Speaker 3 (14:29):
Second of all, you know, I just used to love
trying to, you know, give back a little bit when
I can, you know, even like a little appearance here
and there and showing my face. And I understand how
far that kind of goes in the community and to
people that kind of at the time maybe looked up
to me and wanted to be in probably in my

(14:51):
position when they're older, or wanted to kind of know
my story. And I just wanted to kind of give
back in any little way I can to the community,
and that's kind of what I kind of did, and
I kind of found it really important to kind of
do that, and Sean Day kind of recognized that I
was willing, willing to do that, and it just we

(15:12):
had a great bond.

Speaker 2 (15:13):
He certainly tells a story where he went to a
school where the kids really never took much notice of him.
As soon as you started speaking, it went silent and
they were all mesmerized.

Speaker 3 (15:26):
I mean there was one time as well, just to
stop you there, there was one time they took me
to an assembly.

Speaker 4 (15:31):
There's me thinking that I was going to just go
there show my face.

Speaker 3 (15:35):
Next minute I got handed a mic unprepared in front
of a whole whole assembly.

Speaker 4 (15:40):
So yeah, you can imagine how that went down.

Speaker 2 (15:43):
Well, they held you in or no doubt.

Speaker 3 (15:47):
Yeah, well so yeah, thanks, had no problem. David's said, yeah,
hied okay.

Speaker 7 (15:56):
Mate, Yeah, there's just one thing before ask me question
that don't go overboard about Bethany. She says that about
all of the players. Yes, but she does hold you
in special regards.

Speaker 4 (16:10):
That's nice and it's lovely to hear.

Speaker 7 (16:12):
I'man about you even thinking about giving stuff back. That's
wonderful and it certainly sounds like you've got a talent
for it, mate, But I still remember you and the
sheer joy you always displayed when scoring goals For me, well,
I loved your reaction. Was it when you jumped or bury?
Was it jumped into the Yeah, I got a little
little bit carried away, mate? But the most what one

(16:36):
stood out for you the most?

Speaker 10 (16:37):
Though?

Speaker 7 (16:37):
Remembering all your goals, Oh.

Speaker 3 (16:40):
Wow, I would probably say you know that very one was.
It was just iconic in terms of like because there
was a couple of policemen there and had to push
past them. That that moment there was just it was
just I don't know what kind of went through my
mind at the time.

Speaker 7 (16:58):
Well, I'm too worrying for not an I do what
through mine? I thought he's a true mirable man pushing
that cop right away.

Speaker 3 (17:05):
Then listen, I didn't even recognize it was a corpor
That's how That's how much of a blur it was
for me.

Speaker 4 (17:12):
You know, I just wanted to.

Speaker 6 (17:12):
Get in amongst the fans that traveled.

Speaker 3 (17:14):
I don't know what it was, just I listen, it
was a mad moment, but it also is a moment
that's kind of gone down in my in my history
books in terms of my favorite goals and because of
that celebration, really and.

Speaker 7 (17:27):
What about can you share the story beyond the unforgettable
goal for the Republic of Ireland in Poland? Yeah, yeah, season,
Yes it was.

Speaker 3 (17:36):
I got the trophy upstairs, which was a terrific, terrific
piece of memorabilia to kind of look back on when
I'm older and kind of just you know, it's a
great achievement, you know. And yeah, I got told I
was starting the day of the game. Didn't have a clue,
and you know, as you can probably imagine, the nerves

(17:59):
were kicking in. I was just telling my family, friends
and everyone was letting everyone know that I was starting
my first game, and I just thought, you know what,
just go out there and do what you do for
mil will enjoy yourself. Go play with smiling, free, play free,
be free, do what you do, do what you have
been doing.

Speaker 6 (18:16):
And it was probably one.

Speaker 3 (18:17):
Of my you know, best games I played that season,
you know, probably best games I played in my career
to date. You know, everything was kind of going coming off,
so luckily I ended up watching one and on my
debut and then yeah, the rest is history. Unbelievable scenes
and the moment I will cherish for the rest of
my life.

Speaker 7 (18:36):
For sure, running into the crab thing.

Speaker 4 (18:40):
No no, no, especially not a way to Poland.

Speaker 3 (18:43):
I probably won't make it out friendly, so.

Speaker 5 (18:50):
I didn't stand here.

Speaker 4 (18:52):
Mate.

Speaker 5 (18:52):
It was exciting to hear you join Shelbourne in the
League of Ireland Premier Division. Yes, and we'd love for
you to share your only been dabbling, especially how it
filed to see Shilp rise to become Premier League champions
even with the odds twenty five to one at the
start of the season.

Speaker 3 (19:10):
There's a strange one really because I was at the
PFA camp. It's like a off season training camp for
people out of contract.

Speaker 4 (19:18):
Absolutely brilliant by the way. But I was.

Speaker 3 (19:21):
There and I had a few offers, you know, around
and places where I.

Speaker 4 (19:26):
Was kind of I'm an a and I was like
and then I kind of holding out.

Speaker 6 (19:29):
I was holding out.

Speaker 3 (19:31):
And then a player that I played when I was
at in Ireland and theon that's seventeens and eighteens, ended
up being a sporting director for Shelbourne. But I didn't
know that, and he reached out to me and was like, look,
I've been supporting director at Shelbourne. We're halfway through our
season here. We really need a push, we need a striker,
we need you, we want you, blah blah blah. And

(19:51):
because I had a great connection with him, I got it,
got the deal done within a couple hours. It was
really really easily done out there, and I loved it
to bits, mate, really loved it to bits. People out there,
the community, the staff is just absolutely refreshing.

Speaker 10 (20:09):
Loved it glad. I went.

Speaker 8 (20:14):
Hello, is George lamp here.

Speaker 2 (20:17):
How are you doing Hi there?

Speaker 4 (20:19):
George? Okay, yeah, not bad.

Speaker 8 (20:22):
You'll currently be Woking in the National League under former
Lion Neil Hardy. Yes, it's great to see that. You've
got a few lines in the Young Lions with You've
got Tino o'koley and Selma Lawson. I believe you're on
loan now and there's life treating you with the cards.

Speaker 4 (20:42):
I've been there.

Speaker 3 (20:43):
I know Simon Bassie. I don't know if you know
the name, I know the person, but he's a good lad.
He's a good guy, he's a great coach. I was
with him at Portsmouth, so he I just finished the
season up at Shelbourne. I left Shelbourne, which I forgot
to mention there you had another season. There should have
been there now, but I decided to kind of mutually

(21:06):
terminate due to being away from my son. He couldn't
he was he was finding it hard as as I
as was I. So I decided to put family first,
which I always tried to do. So I got away
from that situation, and then I ended up being clubless.
So I called Bassie, and Bassie said, look, halfway through

(21:29):
the season, just come in to the end of the season,
just play some games and then call it. Whatever you
want to do after that, do after that. So he
just basically within an hour, same as that Shelbourne, really
quick turn around. Just got the deal done and just
to the end of the season. But as I said,
same as Shelbourne. The people that woke in, the players,

(21:51):
the staff, they're all very genuine, down to earth, working
hard people, working class, hard, hard working people, and yeah,
I find, you know, that's the type of people I
get on with the most the best. So yeah, I'm
really enjoying it, really enjoying it.

Speaker 2 (22:05):
Good. Good.

Speaker 5 (22:08):
I didn't stand here again, mate.

Speaker 2 (22:09):
Uh.

Speaker 5 (22:10):
Another former law and Mark Beard, joined us on last
week's show, sharing his insights on the coaching and management.
Do you envisioned your future in the coaching will then?
What hopes do you have for it?

Speaker 3 (22:26):
Well, I'm dabbling a little bit in it now with
my own personal stuff. But I have done my yue
f B coaching badge and I also intend to do
my yue fo A U a fo A badge. So
I do want to get involved in the coaching. I
don't know to what extent yet. I don't know whether
I want to go first team. I don't know whether

(22:47):
I want to just do you know, sixteens to eighteens,
maybe reserves. I'm not sure. I haven't entirely made up
my mind on that. I'm just really enjoying the little
coaching i'm doing now on the side with my own thing.
I'm just really enjoying that for now, and yeah, I'm
just going.

Speaker 6 (23:02):
To see where it goes.

Speaker 3 (23:03):
Really get the badges, get the A license, and then
maybe in a couple of years time, really have a
little think about where I want to go with it, yeah,
im said.

Speaker 7 (23:12):
A usually played in a four four to two formation
with at the den. There those the game features a
lot more variable combinations, often within the same mets sometimes
compared to when you was with us, if you know
what I mean as a solid thing that we had it,
and are your thoughts on this and do you think
it has made for a better or worse experience for

(23:33):
the fans with the formations, because sometimes I don't know
that it's much different, mate, because sometimes it's people just
cancel one another round. What do you reckon?

Speaker 3 (23:42):
It's a bit of a tricky subject because everyone's always
got their opinions and opinions always clash in this in
this department for sure, which I've had discussions with loads
of people before about it, and you know, you always
get a different answer from different people. But I think
if you just really strip it back and really look
at the bigger picture is yes, you want to entertain

(24:04):
the fans, rightly, So of course we do as players,
as staff, as managers and as we want to entertain
the fans as much as we can one hundred. But
we also need to win the game, you know, So
if that looks like a messy four four to two
structured pard to kind of be sitting sitting and maybe

(24:25):
win it on the counter attack in the last minute
and that's that's what the game plan has to be
for that day. I feel like to get fixed into
maybe one hundred passes and playing out from the back
and always doing that type of scenario. Is if you've
not got the players, you can't do it. You know,
You've got to kind of adapt to what you have
at the time. And at the same time, you need

(24:49):
to win the game. Whether it's a strong, robust four
four two, you know, or whether it's a free flowing
four three three you know, the fans need to understand
as well as we have to entertain them, we also
need to win the game. So I feel like basically
horses for courses. You know, one team you're going to
be playing four four two, you might be playing three

(25:11):
five two. Different different formations for different games obviously, And
I feel like the main point I'm trying to make is, yes,
we want to entertain fans as players and obviously the staff,
but we need to entertain them by winning the game.
So whatever that takes.

Speaker 11 (25:26):
No.

Speaker 7 (25:27):
I was going to say that, I've always been one
to think that you should be playing to your players strengths,
and sometimes players are suited to four four two, and
sometimes they're not you know, and I think it's also
I think it was obvious that we all will win.
Dear Old Edwards came in. The guys weren't eppy. We've
moving from a four four to two that we've been

(25:47):
playing too, trying three at the beck. It just didn't
see them work. I'm not saying you can't do it.
You might need a preseason to play it first, but
you've got to look at your players strengths.

Speaker 10 (25:58):
We haven't.

Speaker 7 (25:58):
You're aiding well.

Speaker 3 (25:59):
If you look at our team, the team when I
was in, if you try to get us to play
out from the back and Dealey Daly and all of
this ultimate soccer, we would have probably got relegated. We
were built, as you know, resilient, hard to break through,
really hard working second balls down, a fast paced football,
pressing tackles, winning your seconds, like making it really hard

(26:22):
and scrappy for the person that's in front of you,
the opposition.

Speaker 4 (26:25):
You know that that was what we were built on
and that's what we all thrived off.

Speaker 3 (26:29):
That's why we've done so well because we were all
following on the same same kind of football. You've got
half a team that want to pass and half the
team that don't want to want the ball, then you
ain't going to be able to do that free flowing
football because half of the team don't want the ball.
So exactly what you said, your spot on mate. If
you ain't got the facilities to do it on the pitch,
you can't do it as much. No matter how many

(26:50):
how many good ideas you have, you need to have
the players.

Speaker 10 (26:53):
To do it.

Speaker 7 (26:53):
Yeah, and sometimes I think it's better to just say
this is us, came and beat us.

Speaker 4 (26:57):
You know what, I mean, exactly what we did? You know, Yeah,
and we used to beat teams up. I mean it
might not have been pretty.

Speaker 3 (27:04):
Fans might have been going on going, wow, that was
a we didn't keep the ball much there, but then
we end up winning two nil. Then they go, you
know what, fair enough we won to nil. We weren't pretty,
but we want too nil.

Speaker 7 (27:15):
Yeah it's Georgia and Aiden.

Speaker 8 (27:17):
I do know this, but I can only imagine how
your father encouraged you to have all of them, nine
incredible seasons in our first team, and we valued your contribution,
your passion you brought to the game. We understand it
was tough for you when eventually you parted company with us.
Looking back, how would you describe your experiences and that

(27:38):
your most memorable years were the Lions.

Speaker 3 (27:41):
Wow, that's a very deep question because obviously I was
there since I was fifteen, my first ever club, really,
and I kind of put in so much, so much
grit and desire and work to kind of go through
the ranks and make it all the way to the
age of twenty seven.

Speaker 10 (28:01):
In the first team.

Speaker 3 (28:02):
It was just looking back on it now, the journey
was just so incredible and the people I met along
the way, you know, and still keeping contact with now.
It's just the relationships are built, you know, with the fans,
with the club, with the staff there. You know, it's
just such a such a such a warm family club.
I would never have changed it for the world.

Speaker 10 (28:23):
You know.

Speaker 3 (28:23):
If I could go back and maybe change club, I
would do the exact same thing all over again. It
was just the best, best, best time in my career,
hands down.

Speaker 8 (28:33):
And we appreciated you. Don't don't you were we loved.

Speaker 10 (28:37):
You all the time.

Speaker 7 (28:37):
We didn't. I did appreciate you more than I didn't.
I've got to be honest.

Speaker 8 (28:51):
He abuses everybody.

Speaker 7 (28:53):
You're alone.

Speaker 4 (28:55):
You can't take abuse. You can never be a Mill
will player that.

Speaker 7 (29:00):
If it's what I called friendly bend.

Speaker 4 (29:02):
Yeah, I'm all over that. I'm all over that.

Speaker 2 (29:05):
Yeah, I bet you if you got pinpoint one thing
that no years Yeah, that really stood out.

Speaker 4 (29:16):
I know it sounds a bit cop out, but it
has to be the promotion, don't it.

Speaker 2 (29:20):
Like Champagne before you've got the cup day, I was
looking at you and I thought, yeah, he's on one ear.
There's no doubt.

Speaker 10 (29:31):
Be listen.

Speaker 3 (29:32):
As soon as that final whistle went, let me tell
you the amount of bubbles that went down my neck.

Speaker 6 (29:41):
Yeah, yeah, you about amount of wind.

Speaker 4 (29:50):
I'll tell you what. It made it really sweet as
well because we lost the year before.

Speaker 3 (29:53):
That's right, just made it a little bit more sweeter,
you know, great finish from a great ball from willow
Head off from Gregory.

Speaker 4 (30:02):
I think it was in Tomorrow and the Morrow bang
it and the.

Speaker 3 (30:05):
Yeah great great scenes, great scenes and then we uh yeah,
I think it.

Speaker 4 (30:10):
I think that was got to be.

Speaker 3 (30:11):
That's got to be the pinnacle, just because from a
fifteen year old boy coming into Mill, you know, to
them winning the winning an elite well getting promoted, not
winning the league, but getting promoted with that with that
boyhood club is, yeah.

Speaker 6 (30:28):
Unbelievable, something that dreams, dreams, dreams are made of.

Speaker 10 (30:31):
You know.

Speaker 7 (30:33):
That certainly was Certainly we're only say to me about
fifty years aiming, so.

Speaker 10 (30:41):
Losing it now?

Speaker 4 (30:42):
Sure you're on their bubbles tonight, Yeah.

Speaker 2 (30:50):
There, even before you head off, there's head prediction. Ly
now I don't know actually, but Ted will invite you
to share your predictions for free Championship scores and at
the end of the season we'll gather all the results
and find out among our guest host panel regular reporters

(31:13):
as the best score predicted skills of the season. I'm
going to hand you over to Ted and I'll just
remind him you're speaking to Aiden now.

Speaker 10 (31:28):
Through that put your scores down as.

Speaker 2 (31:35):
There we go.

Speaker 7 (31:35):
Anyway, right, the three games of Prick Fritz Fritz could
have in tonight three games of this week is now
be careful with his first one because I know you
played for both sides. But it's got Sunderland at Homes
and Mulewall.

Speaker 10 (31:54):
Geez, that's a big game.

Speaker 4 (32:00):
I'm going to go. So have you had predictions on
this already then by other people?

Speaker 7 (32:05):
Or is it just I'll tell you what mine is
if you want, I've.

Speaker 4 (32:11):
Got mine in my head. I'm going to say two
to one mill.

Speaker 8 (32:16):
Good man.

Speaker 7 (32:19):
There?

Speaker 2 (32:20):
Yeah, are you talking to mate?

Speaker 4 (32:22):
I don't know. I don't know the scorers. I don't
know as much as the scorers. But I'm going to
go to one mill.

Speaker 10 (32:27):
Yeah.

Speaker 7 (32:28):
Yeah, that's not a bad shot, not a bad shout.
All the championship games you look at them and you think, BlimE,
it could go one way. I know it's saying stuff,
but you really think they could go one way or
the other. There's never any And the second one I've
gone for is whole versus luten Lot are struggling in it?

Speaker 2 (32:49):
Yeah, I'm going to go.

Speaker 6 (32:50):
I'm going to go one mill looton you know one
is it?

Speaker 4 (32:54):
Is it a way at hole?

Speaker 1 (32:56):
Is it?

Speaker 10 (32:56):
How?

Speaker 7 (32:56):
How versus looting?

Speaker 4 (32:58):
I'm going to go.

Speaker 3 (32:59):
I'm going to go one nil lot and I'm going
to go wild card. And as you said, they're due
to get a result in there.

Speaker 7 (33:05):
There's not a bad Yeah, they're desperate. They're desperate, desperate
year to be quite honest. And finally another one that
is well in the bans and I think you might
see on the fence with this one that is knowledge
own to West Brom.

Speaker 3 (33:22):
Oh, Norwich score goals, so the West Brom. So I
reckon it's going to be a fairly high score, and
I reckon it'll be.

Speaker 4 (33:34):
I'm going to go.

Speaker 6 (33:36):
Two to one Norwich.

Speaker 7 (33:40):
Two one Norwige.

Speaker 3 (33:41):
Yeah, two one Norwich at home, Norwich at home.

Speaker 7 (33:43):
You say, yeah, it is Norwige at home. Yeah, and
you're right. They do score goals and the better one
and they need the result probably more than West Brom
as well. So yeah, I'm going to go to one Norwich.

Speaker 3 (33:54):
If it was if it was a way, I would
have probably gone to to two two three two, But
I'm happy to go to one. Will be quite solid
with Shane Duffy and all of that stuff at the back.

Speaker 7 (34:03):
So yeah, thanks, no problem.

Speaker 2 (34:08):
Thank you for coming on the show, aident. It's been
a pleasure listening to your memories, and we look forward
to you join us once again in a not too
distant future. You've always got something of interested tellers, So
all the best to you and yours and goodbye from now.

Speaker 4 (34:27):
It's not in the cut, missus. Batch cooking, and I'm gonna.

Speaker 2 (34:34):
Very batch cooking. Cheers.

Speaker 4 (34:39):
Good a.

Speaker 2 (34:44):
Cook that was brilliant that bad? Can that be?

Speaker 7 (34:53):
Yeah, it's a lovely fellow.

Speaker 2 (34:54):
Is whoever you'd like to call me this week?

Speaker 10 (34:59):
You know what?

Speaker 7 (35:00):
And then we can put your names at the biggest
and these names at the bottom.

Speaker 2 (35:04):
And I kept seeing I'd love to get you by
focals in. Now let's hear from Ellis bar.

Speaker 12 (35:14):
Hello, Elisa, and I'm glad to be back talking about Merwell.
I know many have watched my videos. Thanks for your
support along the way. It is now time to hear
what all the Merwell teams are up to.

Speaker 2 (35:30):
Come on Newell. Thanks hell, it's as usual keep us
in the loop. Well, let's hear from Paul Loading, who
is going to tell us all about what Millwill, Romans
and Pride have been oh.

Speaker 13 (35:42):
Loading at the middle Romans with a quick updates and
cracking results at last weekend as Romans went away to Stonewall.
Stonwell are a good side and they've really come on
in the last few years. I wouldn't say we're playing
our best at the moment. We defended quite well, although
did letting two goals, but did manage to score three
in the end to take the result of three two.

Speaker 10 (36:02):
This weekend for the Romans, we.

Speaker 13 (36:04):
Head into the el Uel semi final, which is being
held at west Ham Memorial Ground. We're playing against Falcons.
We played them earlier in the season on the grass
pitch in the GFSN first round of the Cup. Looking
forward to that and also playing on our favored.

Speaker 10 (36:19):
Four G pitch.

Speaker 13 (36:20):
Pride also had a cracking wing last weekend, beating the
other Stonewall team four nil at Saint Paul's. Great result
for them. They're also in action this weekend against Phoenix
in the l Uel Cup semi final. And I don't
think I'm doing particularly well in the in the predictions.
I think I was lower table last time. I had
a quick look. But Mill Sunderland millwill to take that

(36:43):
reckon to nil Hole Lowton. I think John Goodyear will
go mad if I don't back Hole on that one.
So I'm going to say one niil to Whole and
Norwich West Brom do you know what, I'm going to
go one nil to Knowledge as well on that one.

Speaker 2 (36:57):
Well, thanks for that, Paul, and thanks for the update.
Sunds out a tainment doing well. Miles Thornton reported on
Millvill Line this is over the weekend. Here is what
he had to say to the listeners of Maritime Radio.

Speaker 11 (37:10):
The mill Line SSEs and new Haven Ladies played to
an exciting too to draw at Saint Paul Sports Ground
on Sunday. Millwell manager Ted Jones kept to the same
starts at eleven as last week's match against haywards Eve Town.
The action kicked off quickly with Mazie Joyce scoring just
four minutes into the game. This marked her fourth goal
in the last two games as she capitalized and shot

(37:30):
saved from Alice Jennings to find the back of the net.
As the first half due to a close new Haven
equalized with the goal from Daddy Parfits bringing the score
to one one a half time. The second half saw
mill Will dominate possession, but it was new Haven that
struck first against the run of play, with Chloe Winchester
knitting their second goal and in a thrilling finish, Lived
McGregor leveled the score from Millwall after receiving a pass

(37:53):
from Kira Watlin. Jennings delivered across that MacGregor converted, ensuring
the team shared the points. Millwall to extend their on
beaten streak to three games next week as they face
Sorted in the Ice Women with a kickoff schedule for
two pm at Hill Park, Mars Lawnton Maritime Radio.

Speaker 2 (38:10):
Well that was a bit against Steve Brain. I think
people expected a winner. They certainly won away to new Haven.
It's lucky they've got your favorite shirt sponsored Kira Watlin
to keep them on the straight and narrow. She was
captain last weekend. We face Sunderland on Saturday at three
pm at the stadium and light back in November at

(38:32):
then the Mackhams drew with US one one when we
left it to added time to equalize from a great
Imaku rung down the left wing. He even managed to
get tumbled over, got up and kept running and then
he put a powerful low crossing in for Asease to score.
In their last game at Coventry, they shipped three goals

(38:52):
without reply. In their previous five games, they have one,
two lost to and drawn one. Right back Boom returned
from Northern Ireland duty with a hip injury, although I've
heard today he may be in the side that faces US.
Dennis Serkin is definitely out, as is Enzola Fee or

(39:15):
the latter is closing on a long awaited return. Jensen, Silk,
Tom Watson and Wilson islandre will be called into the
starting eleven this weekend. Well, Isidore funny Enough is the
favorite to score the first goal, so I reckon he
must be more than he and he's in. There are

(39:36):
no significant changes for us despite their heavy defeat last
time out. Sunderland's odds have sheltened, which is quite strange,
while ours have lengthened. Millles odds to win a nine
to two it's thirteen to five for a draw, and
for the Mackhams they are odds on at four to six.
That's quite incredible when you think about it indicates a

(39:58):
dominant match by the hosts and Old East. Now remember
you and I cannot predict the same score as each other.
We're making our predictions so briefly, folks, what will it
be a positive result or something completely different? I'll ask
Ted Verst what his thoughts and prediction are.

Speaker 7 (40:19):
Well, I've been Sunderland one of the better sides this season,
without a doubt, and they're up there and they're going
well up there. We seem to be a little bit
of a bony side to a minute, and I think
the pressure is beginning to tell I've gone for the win.
Like we had last season with Sunderland, Neil and US one.

Speaker 2 (40:37):
That sounds a reasonable anyway. I can't predict the same
as you, but I do believe we will win, and
I've been on a social media site where I've made
quite a strong prediction for a free one win by Millwall.
So how about you, Stan, what do you think?

Speaker 10 (40:58):
Well?

Speaker 5 (40:59):
I fancis to when is it?

Speaker 10 (41:00):
God?

Speaker 5 (41:01):
I must have been. I'm struggling at this particular moment
in trying to see how we can win up there
free one, But I suppose it's possible. I personally would
go over to to one within myself.

Speaker 2 (41:11):
Okay, And last but not least the man that came
in from the cold to cover for the man that's
gone out to the heat.

Speaker 8 (41:19):
George, Right, Well, I can't be as confident as you're
not on the phrase through. I think you always get
an hard game at Sunderland, and as they're riding well,
you know, doing well this year, I think the most
we get is a drawer, and I think too too.

Speaker 6 (41:34):
Will be the result.

Speaker 2 (41:36):
We now look at the other two prediction games. What
have you predicted for that one?

Speaker 7 (41:41):
Ed the whole versus Luton Louting are desperate for a result,
but Hole have been improving, so I sat on the
fence with it him and I've gone for a one
to one drawer.

Speaker 2 (41:51):
Lovely, I'm going to go a one nil win to Hull.
How about you.

Speaker 5 (41:58):
Stand fancied Loot and to win to nil?

Speaker 2 (42:02):
That sounds good? And George, are you going to sit
on the fence again?

Speaker 8 (42:07):
Not sitting on the fence on this one, I'm not choking.
I think Whole are a better team than most people
believe they are, and I think they will win to
nil against.

Speaker 2 (42:15):
Looton well, that sounds good to me as well. And last,
but not least, is that game at Knowriedge where West
Brom a the visitors. What does you think on that one?

Speaker 7 (42:25):
St Well, I'm with Aiden from earlier because Knowledge I
think are desperate to win. They need a win and
West Brom had just been a bit like Sanding, have
been finding it a bit tough the last couple of weeks.
I think so, and they do score goals Knowledge, so
I'm going for a Knowledge to beat West Brom two
to one.

Speaker 2 (42:45):
I'm going to go for Knowledge three two. I think
there's goals in this one this week Over.

Speaker 5 (42:52):
To you Stay, I think West Brom will only win
it by the odd goals, so I'll settle for a one.
They'll win for the Baggies.

Speaker 2 (43:00):
Okay about you, Jill, and I'm actually going to go
for a Wisp Brom win of two to one. I
enjoyed that we also have predictions from Nick wythe of
the Facebook mill Sicily side.

Speaker 7 (43:13):
Hi, this is Nick Whye.

Speaker 14 (43:14):
These are my predictions Sunderland one mill War two, Hull
to Luton, Neil and Norriedge one West Brom two.

Speaker 10 (43:26):
Thank you.

Speaker 2 (43:27):
That was entertaining as usual, especially since we can never
make the saint predictions. But now we have that man,
Phil Coleman and his tails from the bot.

Speaker 10 (43:39):
Hi, Phil Coleman here going for a few more towels
from the broom. Groom. I want to talk about concussion
and headed in football. Recently, there's been more articles about
dementia and head trauma issues in former players. There's been
some high profile cases resulting in changes to the game.
There's no heading two hundred twelves anymore, there's no repetitive
heading jewels in training and the game has changed. The

(44:01):
balls have changed, the style of players changed, the training
meths have changed, meaning there is less headed in the
game and less heading in training. However, back in my day,
and there was only one sub if you were concussed,
you stayed on the pitch. Nowadays, there's tests that are
conducted in the close season, in pre season, and there's
concussion protocols that have to be followed, and if you

(44:23):
have concussion, invariably you're going to be out and resting
for fourteen days. Back in my day, if you saw stars,
you carried on. If you got knocked out, you got
up and you played on. And the four jack blackman
running on with that cold spung's going down your back
of your neck, you dan well got up pretty quick.
If you had stitches, invariably you had your stitches and

(44:44):
you carried on. To be honest with you, back then,
there was a culture you were seen as weak, a
bit soft if you never carried on with a bang
on the head. In my assignment, heading came from actually
every angle. The goalkeeper kicked it, you headed it, throw ones,
you headed it, corners, you headed it. Three kicks, yeah,
you headed it. And everything from out Why, there were

(45:04):
loads of crosses, and it was almost like a war.
It was constant heading. But I loved it. It was
my thing. It was my skill. When I was growing up,
I found out that I enjoyed heading. I worked on it.
I would sometimes do probably about thirty headers a day.
That was my thing, that was my development. One incident,
I got butted by a striker and I went off
the pitch with blood poured out my forehead. For a

(45:24):
few minutes, the physio laid me down on the bed
and held my head. The club doctor put five stitches
in my head, put some plastic skin over it, and said,
off you go. I remember walking back down the tub.
My led were a bit warbly, but I played on,
played the rest of the game. Five stitches on the head,
plastic skin over the top, and just cracked on with it.
I even took my own stitches out the following Saturday
morning with a pair of flyers raising blade to make

(45:48):
sure that I played. So a bit of vaseline over
the top, and I carried on playing. I was knocked
out probably in the region of ten times in my career.
I saw I was weekly and so a little while ago,
I thought I'd better do the right thing. So I
agreed to be a volunteer for the Professional Footballers Association.
The Footballers Union and in conjunction with the Institute of

(46:08):
Foot and University College London, I visited their place in
Tottham Court Road. I had an initial consultation where I
explained that I'd probably been knocked out ten times in
my career and I saw stars weekly. I had an
mriscan seventy five minutes in an Miris gang, loads of
brain tests, reaction tests, recall of words, recall of numbers,

(46:28):
took bloods out of me, tested my smell, my eyes,
my ears, the whole bloody lot was tested. I had
a full body mote. Anyway, last week I got the
results back and I was very good. And the other
problem they found was my cholesterol was about five point three.
So after about twenty years of daily heading, of being
knock spark out of seeing stars, the test came through

(46:49):
and I'm damn thankful that I'm okay. God bless those
that are struggling Jeff Astell and the family. I am
bucking the trend in some ways, but I appreciate the
game has changed today. Players nowhere near the amount of
heading that I was doing. Along with other players like
big kids Alan Downey. There may will be a link
with dementia in heading, and it may all come from

(47:10):
this concussive heading in football that I'm thankful that I volunteered.
I was rich scared. You know, you walked through the
doors thinking we are going to find something wrong with
my brain. I was damn thankful, and I pray the
good I came through it. Okay, there is hope for
those of you out there that have headed the ball
next time.

Speaker 2 (47:27):
Both Now, that's a great story in that one, Phil,
really a great story. So night, we're thrilled to welcome
back a familiar voice to our daga. His father had
the honor of playing alongside the legendary Bury Kitchen Now
and strazy enough, Phil Coleman mentioned him only earlier on
in the show. That was Alan Doorney. So let's give

(47:51):
a one. Welcome to the son and there, James Dorney, Hi, James.

Speaker 6 (47:57):
Dan, Chaps you are Kate, Yeah, good, good good.

Speaker 2 (48:02):
They're all behaving themselves and they all acknowledged you being there. James,
it's been a while. There's that lead of yours progressing him,
following in his grandfather's footsteps to play.

Speaker 6 (48:17):
Oh god, I am putting that sort of pressure on him.
I had a child. He's loving, he loves his football mate.
He's yeah, he's doing well, doing well, worked hard and
he enjoys it, that's the main thing. But yeah, he's
getting Yeah, he's getting pretty full on now. He's about

(48:37):
five to six days a week at the minute. So yeah,
I'm looking forward to the season finishing so i can
have a bit of a break. I'm like, yeah, this
non stop. But honestly, yeah, he's nine, he's not even
ten yet, so I'm not going to put too much
pressure on him. But yeah, he's doing all right. He's
I don't think he'll be a center after he's Yeah,

(48:57):
he's got too much energy to be playing at the minute.
And he's yeah, he takes from his maternal jeans and
I don't think he'll be much over five and a
half foot, so I don't think he'll be a center half.
But he's doing well. He's doing well, thank you mate.
He's got a big his granddad's he's number one fan.
He watches him everywhere, so and he's never had a

(49:19):
bad game in four years of playing football, according to
his granddad anyway. But but yeah, that's granddad and favoritism
and all that. I would have thought I would imagine, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
just a little bit, just a little bit. He weren't
quite like he weren't quite like that with me when
I was.

Speaker 8 (49:41):
Hello James, George, I want to bring you back to
the evening of Millmoun Community Trust when your dad Alan,
along with Steve Brown, Davis Burnett and Brian King were
warmly hosted by our own Jeff Burnage to celebrate the
incredible f your Universa with the f A cup type

(50:02):
ever and you were there, I believe. And how was
it for your dad? You and your dad, how did
you enjoy.

Speaker 6 (50:09):
Was that two years ago or was that last year?

Speaker 2 (50:11):
I can't.

Speaker 6 (50:13):
I loved it. But I love coming to all the
things that dad gets invited to because I mean, I've
come along a couple of years after his career finished,
so I didn't get a seel like he's. You see
photos and videos and lots of fans tell me that
the fans are no tell me about all the things

(50:35):
that when I'm during my dad's playing days and that.
But yeah, it's really nice for me to go to
things like that too, obviously see the fan reaction and
like to win him and he's ex teammates and that. So, yeah,
I love things like that.

Speaker 8 (50:50):
I mean, he.

Speaker 6 (50:52):
Yeah, I mean it's not me saying I did my
dad enjoy it. I think it takes him a bit
out of his comforts on the public speaking and all that.

Speaker 8 (51:03):
I think I thought it would watching him play with
him years I thought it might actually do you know,
I can hardly ever remember your dad chatting on the pitch.
I used to watch him all the time, and I
hardly ever seen him talk on the pitch next to
the kitch.

Speaker 6 (51:18):
I lived at home with him for twenty five years.
I don't think he said much of me either. No,
I mean I think he was he was quite fortunate
that night that he had he had Brian King and
Dennis Brenette there because yeah, I mean they they're good storytellers,
and't they then so and they yeah little yeah, yeah,
Am I right?

Speaker 2 (51:38):
Am I right?

Speaker 6 (51:38):
I remembered Steve Branger be a bit close to the
mark a few times. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I was
gonna say enough some of these bits would have made
the final cut off. Yeah, but no, no, you know, yeah,
I like say I love I love coming to things
like that with the dad, or like when he gets

(51:59):
invited down the Duckers days and because it's nice for
it's nice for me to see the reaction that he
still gets from the fans, and I think it takes
him by surprise that fans even still remember him and
recognize him. But yeah, no, it's nice. It's always nice
to go with things like that.

Speaker 7 (52:17):
James said, you tell you it's all about your dad quickly,
very Gooch was a fantastic legend of our football club
and was a giant, and many fans and whatever, but
I'll tell you now, your dad was a giant in
his own way. He didn't he wasn't the same player
as kids, but in his own way he was just

(52:38):
as good. And I can't give anybody as much of
a compliment as that.

Speaker 6 (52:42):
Yeah, thank you mate. Obviously, I don't think anyone would
say anything to my faith, like anything too derogatory. But
I've never heard anyone. I've never heard anyone say that
anything other than that he was very steady and done
his job. And I think, I mean his dad's quite
he's quite modest about it, he always says. I've heard

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him say on other interviews with other with Millwall based
interviews that he said, you had workers and you had players,
and he was a worker and as long as he
done his job, there was players there that could if
the workers done their job, you had one or if
the one or the two players turned up on the day,
they win them the game. I think that's the way
he saw his job there, to be honest.

Speaker 7 (53:25):
Anyway, my question after lil Ares left their club, James,
how do you view Alex Neil's time so far and
progressing in charge of Millwar What do you where do
you think we may go with Elex Niil?

Speaker 6 (53:38):
Do you know what, mate? I think? I think it's
very hard at the minute to really judge him too much.
I don't really want to because he's What I would
say is he's come in and he's stabilized it. And
he because around Christmas it was starting to turn into
a bit it was a bit yeah, it was a

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bit toxic it and this season could have really unraveled
in a in a bad way. But he's coming and
he's I think what he's got to remember he's working
with a squad at the minute with he's still got
still got Nil Arris players from Neil Arris first first
thing in charge, he's got Gary Rowick players and now

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he's got he's got Gallon's players as well that he's
working with. So I think, you know, there's there's work
to do. I wouldn't say it's been like a big
revolution or a huge style with changing style or anything
like that, but I think I think he's done a
really good job of just steadying the season.

Speaker 7 (54:40):
And judgment next season and.

Speaker 6 (54:44):
Exactly, yeah, exactly. I think give him the summer. He's
going to have to he's going to have to trim
down the squad and he's gonna I think, give him
the summer, let him really make his mark on the team,
and then I think that's when you can really judge him.

Speaker 5 (55:00):
Oh, James is standing May this season we had Derek
smeburst on it because he was in that team. During
the course of the conversation, he was quite complimentary about
your dad because he said that he said he could
he was quick, and he was sort of two feet
in front or two yards in front of everybody else

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in front in his in his head, like you know
what I mean. So, yeah, yeah, there was any possible
shortcomings on pace and whatever, but I didn't worry because
he read the situation before it happened, if you know
what I make.

Speaker 6 (55:33):
It's always nice to hear stuff like that, mate, But
you know I've had plenty say that his brain was
quicker than his legs.

Speaker 2 (55:41):
Yeah.

Speaker 5 (55:42):
Anyway, just to ask you, as the season comes to
a close, we find ourselves with a remarkably talented squad
or you know, some players will be out of contract,
it would be great to hear your thoughts on who
you would like to keep and who you think we
should try and sign from our lone e group.

Speaker 6 (56:02):
Yeah. I was trying to I was trying to think,
like off the top of my head, because Lenny's triggered
a renewal and he with his I'm writing and thinking
as an even Leonard, He's triggered the renewal. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
I mean he was. I think personally of the old guards,

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you know that that the ones that I think it
is time that. I mean, I'm not saying I have
a clean sweep of them, because I think with all
the young players that the club want to bring through,
you're going to need senior pros there because without them,
you know, you can't have a squad without good senior pros.

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So if Lenny's saying I think that's fantastic because I
know he's always a game or two away for fearing
he's a game or two away from an injury. But
at the same time, I just think, I just think,
you know, he's a seven out of tenor every week
and minimum, you know, and that's what right back senter

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back senter midfield. So I'm glad they're keeping him Connelly.
I don't know the length of the contract that Connelly's on.
I'm not sure if some people told me it's the
end of the season and someone's told me there was
an eighteen month one, but I mean, if it is
the end of the season, they reknew him because I
liked the look of him. I think he's he turned

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up a bit unfit, but with every appearance, I think
he looks he looks a player. Uh Am, I right
in thinking Billy Mitchell's up for the New All as
well this summer.

Speaker 5 (57:42):
And I don't know he might well haven't, but I
haven't heard that one, to be honest, but he could write.

Speaker 6 (57:49):
Yeah, well if he is. If he is, I'd definitely
like him to stay. I think he's I think, actually,
under addicts Neil, he's getting better and better again and again,
I think you need with all these new faces coming in,
you want you want some people that you who want

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clubmen that have been there for years. That Billy's obviously
been there since he was a kid. I don't know
the club can set the standards of because you as usual,
no is it. It's a unique club to play for
and what the and a fan base to play for,
and I think you need I think you need Millwall

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boys in there to kind of show the others what
the fans expect and that so I'll keep Billy and
several Honeymoon I think one of the I think maybe
one of one of them two, I don't know what one,
probably sway on the side of sad again, just for

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some another leader in the with all these young faces
we've got in there now, just another leader. But that said,
I'm not I know Honeymoon's he divides opinion down there.
I think more based on where he plays. I think
if you're going to want to have him as a
squad player, to play center mid him give a bit

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of energy, I think he's he's he might be worth
a new contract. But if they're looking at playing him
as an off the striker, or a winger then unfortunately
not and yeah, I mean unfortunate. I mean there's, like
I say, a few of the old guard then that
you're probably saying, like Hutch and but yeah, I mean

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Hutch has been brilliant. Murray Wallace has always done a
good job. But I think it's time for you know
that we've got to start bringing in some new faces,
like the young If you're going to blood these youngsters,
then someone's got to move on every Unfortunately, I suppose
that's just the way football is when they get to
that age. But yeah, so, and I don't know about that.

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He Mac is he?

Speaker 10 (01:00:00):
I know he.

Speaker 6 (01:00:01):
I think his contracts up for renewal and I'd hate
to see him move on, but maybe for the good
of his career, maybe he will go. I hope not,
because I've had a lot of dealings with him with
my son and he's been brilliant every time with him.
So I hate to see him, but maybe for the
good of his career he'll move on. I'm not too sure.

Speaker 2 (01:00:22):
Good stuff, Good thoughts anyway, James, before you head off,
there is prediction league, and I'll allow Ted to deal
with this because when he dealt with it, with Aid
and O'Brien he kept calling Aiden Aimen, so allowing him
to deal with it as it is passionately, and he'll
invited to share your predictions for three championship scores. At

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the end of the season, we'll gather all the results
and find out who amongst our guest host panel regular
reporters as a best score predicting skills of the season.

Speaker 7 (01:00:57):
So over to you, tick, So here we go, John, Sorry, James, sorry, right,
here's the predictions for our games and their games. Got
to start with e beloved Lions going up to Sunderland
chasing their promotion or playoff place. Definitely, so Sunderland Millwall. James,

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what do you reckon the table would say? Is going
to be we should struggle up there.

Speaker 6 (01:01:25):
But I just think Sunderland at the minute they're in
the like no man's land really and they they're safe
in that playoff spot. They're well off of the three
above them. So it might be it might be a
typical one that Meal will turn up and get a
typical and I don't want I won't say the word
that there were one Meal winner or maybe you got
one Meal win over them. So yeah, I'll go for one,

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Neil mill Wall there, I can't back against them, can
I have it right?

Speaker 4 (01:01:52):
You're right?

Speaker 7 (01:01:52):
We do seem to hold a little bit of a
sign over Sunda and up there place we've had a
few wins. Yeah, no reason why not. You're right behind
the right now are in a bit of no man's land.
Next one, though, I think both of them are fighting
for points, one more than desperate than others, and its
whole home to loot and loot and desperate need of points.
But recently well.

Speaker 6 (01:02:13):
Yeah I got I mean even even looten before the
break they were picking. They started picking up a few
more points, aren't they? And yeah, I can see I
can see that one being a type. Neither of them
I want to lose that. I don't think like that.
I'll be yeah, I think they'll both be playing not
to lose that.

Speaker 10 (01:02:33):
Well.

Speaker 7 (01:02:34):
Finally, another one that again could go either way, with
two teams battering now trying to get into the playoff positions,
one there and one trying to get there. And that's
knowledge at home to West Brom.

Speaker 6 (01:02:46):
Fancy knowledge because West Brom has been a bit you know,
they don't never seem to be able to pick up
any real momentum, especially recently, and I know knowledge I
haven't been brilliant, but I'll go for a to one
one knowledge on that one mate.

Speaker 7 (01:03:03):
Do you know what, James, I've just realized and talk
about great minds thinking like I think you've done every
prediction exactly the same as me. James, you've predicted to perfection.

Speaker 6 (01:03:14):
Well done there, thank you very much, Thank you.

Speaker 8 (01:03:19):
It's never got it right, by the way, James.

Speaker 6 (01:03:25):
If you look at my bet in history I've done. Yeah,
I don't get much right, James.

Speaker 7 (01:03:30):
If I don't get a point this week, you ain't
never coming back on. Let me tell you that, well.

Speaker 6 (01:03:38):
Your breath could.

Speaker 2 (01:03:41):
Well he only called you, John, I was waiting for
Matthew Mark as well. Look, thanks for coming on the show, James.
Great fan as usual to you, and we look forward
to you during us once again, not too far down
the line. All the Dwells, Yeah, will Lauren, your son

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and daughter and the cool yourself. Funly enough mate, thank
good bye.

Speaker 6 (01:04:09):
And now I mate, yeah, good see good James.

Speaker 2 (01:04:17):
Well that was lovely. James is always good. He's entertaining.
But we'll take a break there and listen to Bethany
make slow that famous supporter of Aiden O'Brien as she
holds deer to herself talk about the Millle Community Trust
and as bottom, the.

Speaker 1 (01:04:35):
Mill All Community Trust is something that's I Bethany mctelo
admire for all that it does. The Trust was established
in nineteen eighty five to provide sporting, educational, social and
healthy lifestyle opportunities to the local community in southern Lewisham,
North Kent and the wider community. Its work is targeted

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at people of all ages, irrespective of race, gender or
sexual orientation, and runs programs aimed at tackling social exclusion, racism,
knife crime, lack of employment, opportunities for young people, mental
health and disability. The Trust aims to be a progressive
and campaigning charity that makes a difference to ordinary people's lives.

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Its work is undeniably essential to the local community. Donating
to the mill Community Trust is easy. Visit their website
and click on the get involved section. There are also
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Commercial at Millwallcommunity dot org dot UK if you can
please help them to continue their vital work I'm.

Speaker 2 (01:05:50):
Your host, Oman Barclay with me, I have that No
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Robinson and jug Lampi. Your donation will make a tremendous
difference helping our mill Community Trust provide valuable programs for
every age group in our community. Well, we're all looking

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forwards to the next game, but in the meantime, ere
are a few matters of interest for Millill fans and
those interested in football.

Speaker 7 (01:06:19):
Next week we won't have a Friday podcast, but the
fantastic No One Likes Us Talking Team will be hosted
by the wonderfully grumpy George Lampee on Saturday, the fifth
of April at the Maritime Radio Studios. Dune into the
Millwell News and View Show at eight pm on ninety
six point five FM for a four hour of exciting updates.

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You can also catch it on the Maritime website or
listen again at any time from the same salts. Keep
an eye out for more details on social media.

Speaker 8 (01:06:51):
So that was meant to be gorgeous George Ted, not
grumpy George.

Speaker 7 (01:06:55):
But we'll let you off that it's not what Master
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Speaker 8 (01:07:05):
We're delighted to share that Milwowl Football Club has become
the first British club to launch its very own mobile network,
partnering with Shah. Milbourne Mobile will be powered by Free,
which boasts the UK's fastest fivety network and an impressive
ninety nine percent coverage of the UK. With free exciting

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plans starting from just ten pounds a month, our supporters
can save over one hundred and fifty pounds compared traditional operators,
all while serving the freedom to cancel any time. With
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club with every pan you choose, both physically and e
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please visit the Millwall website.

Speaker 5 (01:07:58):
The mill Line Iss is head to Saltdean this Sunday
to take on Saltdean United Women. The match will be
held at Hill Park, Coombe Vale, East Sussex, b in
two eight h j at two pm. After an early
season setback at home against their host, the Lionesses are
eager to turn the tide this time. Why not enjoy

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a lovely day out by the coast and cheer them
on as they work hard to reclaim their rightful place
in the football pyramid.

Speaker 2 (01:08:29):
Tune into No One Likes Us Talking Team as they
share exciting reports from our games both a home and
away for the Lions. Lion that is Romans and Pride plus.
Stay in the loop on Milk Community News by catching
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