OUR MILLWALL FANS SHOW- Sponsored by G & M Motors, Gravesend 101025

In this week’s Our Millwall Fans Show, host Bethany Manktelow warmly welcomes the passionate No One Likes Talkin Team members—lifelong Millwall supporter Steve Warren, fan and former Lion Phil Coleman, and insightful former Millwall board member and Chairman Jeff Burnige.  

We’re also excited to have two special guests:

• Jamie Moralee, a former Lion who made a real impact at just 19 during his first season and went on to become our top goalscorer.

• Dave Hart, a devoted Millwall fan for life who started out as a DJ and now shines as a panellist on Our Millwall Fans Show.  

This show is a wonderful mix of lively conversations and a genuine love for Millwall!  

Plus, enjoy inspiring insights from Paul Loding, Myles G Thornton, and Kai Bennett, who share heartfelt thoughts on football, community pride, and that unique culture that makes Millwall so much more than just a football club.    

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Bethany Manctalo here, Welcome to our Millwall Fan show with
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Speaker 1 (00:13):
Welcome to the twenty twenty five twenty sixth season of
our mill Will No One Likes Us talking our meal
Will fan Show. I'm your host, Bethany Mantalo, and I'm
excited to be here with the fantastic No One Likes
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Speaker 6 (02:32):
Together I'm your host Bethany Manxlo and with me I
have the No One Likes as talking team of Steve Warren,
Phil Coleman and Jeff Burnage. Many thanks to our sponsor
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Our first guest is a former Lion who played as

(02:53):
a midfielder or forward. He was a co founder and
now serves as the managing director of New Era Global
Sports Management. He started at Crystal Palace and we won't
hold that against it. He joined the Lions on a
free transfer in September nineteen ninety two, scoring twenty goals
in seventy six appearances. He was key during our fight

(03:13):
for promotion and Mick McCarthy. In nineteen ninety four. He
transferred to What Food for four hundred and fifty thousand
pounds and finished his professional career in two thousand at
Colchester United, playing in non league until two thousand and six.
We welcome once again Jamie.

Speaker 7 (03:29):
Morrilly, Hi, Hi Hi, Jamie Phil Colmany.

Speaker 8 (03:35):
Hie, Steve Hi Jamie.

Speaker 9 (03:37):
Hi, Hello to Hi Jamie.

Speaker 6 (03:41):
I must be lucky to have you back as a
guest since we last spoke in twenty twenty two. Beyond that,
we know that you are to be inducted into the
Forever Lions Club where we play Stoke this month. How
did you feel about that when you heard the news.

Speaker 10 (03:58):
I've got to say I was absolutely thrilled to be
recognized and it gives me great, great satisfaction. I have
the fondest memories playing that, not just the New Den,
but the Old Den, and therefore I feel simply honored
and privileged to become an induct team fantastic.

Speaker 11 (04:17):
It's Jeff here. Yeah, that's good news as well. I
know that one of the other inductees is Katie Chapman.
I think got about one hundred caps for England, which
is it'll be good to see her get inducted as well. Now, Jamie,
it was great to see you recently when we were
both watching one of our Academy sides. Was he only

(04:39):
twenty ones, wasn't it? And I've seen you a couple
of times. Your work these days sees you supporting players
holistically for nearly eighteen years now, New era Global has
continued to thrive. Tell me and our listeners exactly what's involved.

Speaker 10 (04:57):
When I retired, obviously it was a new era, believe,
So I wanted to basically create an agency or representation
where I could give my opinions on becoming a footballer
and basically the dues and the boat or the wrongs
and the rights and I when to turn a left
and not right and the pitfalls that come over a

(05:17):
sixteen seventeen year old period through my own experience. So
I set up New Year of Global Sports. It's a
three hundred and sixty degree approach to all aspects of
football and just to support the clients and their families
through the period of them from beginning to the end.
And like I say, I've had some great players over

(05:39):
the years that have now even transitioned into life after football.
So something that I'm very very proud of and something
that I enjoy doing. And for me, it's the second
best to represent somebody that plays, opposed to doing it yourself.
So to be still in football and fifteen twenty years on,
I get up infused and things are going from strength

(06:02):
to strength.

Speaker 11 (06:03):
I can see your enthusiasm when we meet up on
the touch line at the under twenty ones and I
know your agency is very well thought of. In fact,
was nominated for Agency of the Year, wasn't it. I
don't know what you voted on, and yes it was.

Speaker 10 (06:19):
The nominees came out in September and the announcement will
be in November. It was the top ten agencies across
the UK. Alongside George Menders is guested in Europe. So
just to be on that list of nominees is a
huge things for us at your ear us starting from

(06:39):
such such humbling beginnings and we're still the only agency
of the ten that started with the same founder and
CEO and as myself and we haven't taken any outside
investment in so to be competing with the biggest agencies
in England and to be nominee and recognized again gives
me great pleasure and something I'm very proud of. So

(07:01):
it's been very good month for me because not just
my company, but then also revenues of the Further Alliance Club.
It's been a great couple of weeks to me for sure.

Speaker 11 (07:13):
I wonder if you can disclose for us all if
you have or have had any normal players on your
books as an agency. Also with the women's game growing,
have you considered taking only players from the top levels
of women's football.

Speaker 9 (07:27):
Yeah.

Speaker 10 (07:28):
Over the years, I've had a few players and you
know that I have come and gone all all some younger ones.
And I've also represented my manager when I was there,
Ck McCarthy. So I've Managedment for the last eight nine
years and done some good deals for him back into
the Republic of Ireland and Alpao and then Cardiff from Blackpool.

(07:50):
He's doing a couple of films at the moment, one
called Siapanda about the roy King incident then and also
another one about Gambon in football in terms of he's
the manager in one of my clients. Ashually Williams is
the captain of that feature film. So there two that
are coming out for me. So I'm very pleased with
that he's still doing well. And just regarding by coming

(08:14):
back to Miral, I mean for a period of time
it was difficult to come and watch the eighteenes and
the twenty one because I thought it was very difficult
for that transition of players. Then getting into the first
team wasn't really in the sort of early nineties when
we had such a great prop and a team that
won the FAA team and it's for sort of ten
years it kind of stifled itself a little bit, but

(08:36):
of late, with so much youth and so much talent
coming through the academy into the first team, it just
opened the gateway again for people like myself to come
down and look at the next generation and talent, knowing
that there is an opportunity a pathway again. So that's
one great thing about me all of Today's that I
feel that it's got that kind of buzz about the

(08:57):
youth market again and that really excites me. It really
pleased because we're in a hot bend of South London
with so much talent and it's just great to see
so many answers getting their opportunity again. And there's one
lad that I watched on the weekend, the boy called
Archie Kirby. There's a right back, right wing back, could
either end up a right center back. He's all accent,

(09:19):
got loads of qualities and definitely run for the future.
I think the mill fans in the next couple of
years we'll we'll be watching him for sure.

Speaker 7 (09:27):
Thanks for that, Hi, Jamie. Phil Coleman here I feel
glad to talk to you another former Mill worn Coaster
player like Bethany, I was also on the show with
you the last time in twenty twenty two, so the
time's gone flying by. Yeah, yes, Jamie. At my time
at Mill was absolutely fantastic. It was terrific and I

(09:49):
had two stints down on the second occasion I played
beside me brother Nick, which is a standout for me.
What was it What was it for you that madejor
two seasons with the Lions of great experience and memories.

Speaker 9 (10:01):
Yeah, I think it was.

Speaker 10 (10:03):
I was there for two seasons, but really probably massive
seasons within the history of the football club. Really it
was the last year of the Old Den, of which
I was fortunate enough to play in the last ever
game against Bristol Rovers, and then obviously there for the
for the opening of the of the New Den and

(10:23):
taking a middle football come into the.

Speaker 9 (10:26):
Into a new era.

Speaker 10 (10:27):
So to be part of that sort of transition was
was very very memorable. I remember coming across Ian Evans,
my assistant manager at Crystal Palace, brought me across the
mule and I knew that I had to hit the
ground running.

Speaker 9 (10:41):
Being handicapped and obviously.

Speaker 10 (10:43):
Being a former Palace player, so I knew that I
had to hit the ground running. I've heard the rumors
of just kind of whether you've been at Crystal Palace
or Charlton west Ham coming you had to hit hit
the ground running. I'd see that before, after which the
teammates that made that transition. But I was fortunate enough
to score my debut away at Charlton and my home
debul at Wolves when it looked like the game was

(11:04):
going to be called off. It was a waterlow picture
of the day. So I just got a fantastic start.
Come there in the October, scored fifteen goals in the
championship as a nineteen year old. I think, you know again,
I think the average center forward in the league at
the minute is twenty four to twenty five. So to
do that at nineteen, I was very proud of it.

(11:26):
The camaraderie, the appreciation to go into training every day,
it's something that I played never replicated. I played for
nine or ten other clubs, got my time at Mill
was unrivaled and it was something that I just loved
every minute of it. The fans had the hostile atmosphere
that the hard work that was putting on a day

(11:48):
to day with then the kind of play hard but appreciate,
and then and then we drank hard and we went
out and we was We had a real good mix
of young and coming through the youth team, but then
the elders that kind of left the way and it
took no prisoners and you had to follow the suit,
and I loved.

Speaker 9 (12:08):
Every minute of it.

Speaker 10 (12:09):
A very very special club is close to my heart.
Like I said, after two years, I left for just
sort of half a million, and probably maybe less too soon.
If I had any regrets, maybe if I could have
stayed on a little bit longer in my career, may
have gone a different route. But ultimately I was privileged

(12:30):
and honored to play for such a fantastic club that
still holds this very first special place in my heart.

Speaker 7 (12:38):
Yeah, Jamie, you've just more or less summed up how
I feel. I left too early, possibly, And I loved
everything about the club as well. And there was a
real buzz with the older players given the lead for experience,
and everybody went out together, everybody trained together. And I'll
give you this, Jamie, very few players have ever played
at the Old Den and the New Den so you're

(12:58):
in a unique little band there and that lastly from me, Jamie,
congratulations on your induction, well deserved, Jumpman.

Speaker 9 (13:04):
Thank you very much.

Speaker 8 (13:07):
Hi Jamie, Steve here, Hi Steve all right. Your first
season with us saw you play in two west Ham games,
scoring in the first minute in one as we went
home and drew away. West Ham got promoted and we
were one spot off outside the playoff. You were our
leading goal scorer and John Goodman was three behind you

(13:28):
on twelve. What were your highlights of that first season
and what were your expectations for the season that followed, going.

Speaker 10 (13:38):
In and making that transition, like I said, as a
nineteen year old, and to lead the line from Milwall
after knowing that so many unbelievable players that three of
the foundation of the history of the football club, you know,
people like Tiddy and people like that, and Lo's Browley
that played them, Harry kits there and so many idols,

(14:01):
so Terry Hurler who become a teammate.

Speaker 9 (14:04):
I went in there with my eyes open, but knew
that it.

Speaker 10 (14:06):
Was going to be difficult and I had to had
to hit the ground runner, and like I said before,
luckily I scored on my debut away at About Chilton
and they were Brown sharing at Upton Park and we
beat them two mil.

Speaker 9 (14:20):
And then the following week.

Speaker 10 (14:21):
My home debut against Wolves and I scored so to
get two goals in two games and hit the ground running.
The fans just automatically just took to me and they
were unbelievable. I mean they loved, they loved I loved them,
and they had a young, young talent the mill the
kind of Crystal Palace tad sort of went and I
become one of their own. And like I say, to

(14:42):
saw fifteen goals in the Championship on my breakthrough season
nineteen years old was incredible really And like I say,
to get the goal West Sam Away in the first
minute Love and a London match.

Speaker 9 (14:59):
Brought Brian Moore.

Speaker 10 (15:00):
The commentator, just dipping in between two players and then
Soucide putting it past Ludo mccrossey. I got to say
thirty years on and it's the only it's the goal
that stops from buying the drink when I go into
most South London pubs.

Speaker 8 (15:15):
Brilliant, brilliant, you know that. In the second season. Can
you give us an idea what the feeling was like
going into the playoffs with Derby, with whom we had
already made two goal is draws in the league.

Speaker 10 (15:27):
Yeah, we played them the year before and then we
beat them, and then then we had a couple of
goal of tight games. This was the year of the
Maxwell money and they were the ones that really made
that kind of first unpaid transition in becoming big spenders
outside the Premier League with Pembridge and Tommy Johnson.

Speaker 9 (15:47):
And Marco Gabriadini, they.

Speaker 10 (15:49):
Really were the kind of Glammer team at the time
and going into it, we from the year before when
we just fell out of the playoffs in the last week,
I think after for most of the season Newcastle and
West Down we took them close.

Speaker 9 (16:04):
We felt that we should have gone up that year.

Speaker 10 (16:07):
We're going into the season, we weren't very very prepared
going into our new stadium and there was one of
the inform teams and we went there and we got
beat at a Derby thinking that it was a game
that we were going to win over the two legs
and we thought we'd go to Wembley and get promated.
There was so much belief in the team we had
that Nixon blend Terry had just come back for a

(16:29):
second spell. We had bought Pat Vander Allen and people
like that to just give us a little bit of
more experienced second time. We've played a very good brand
of football from planet from out the back. We had
match winners in the team and literally one hundred and
eighty minutes of football just shattered our dreams really and we.

Speaker 9 (16:47):
Got beat there.

Speaker 10 (16:48):
And then the homecoming once we went one meel down,
the pitch invasion and it all had a bit sour
and it was just devastating. I remember going on holiday
straight the next the very next day to absolutely devastated
and disillusion the fact that this team have evolved, just
failed to get to the playoffs and on the final

(17:08):
and not go up to the Premier League, which is
where we all wanted to be and felt that we belonged.

Speaker 12 (17:14):
And it was the.

Speaker 9 (17:14):
Kind of I remember going away and.

Speaker 10 (17:18):
My agent at the time called me and he said, oh,
Reg Bird contacted him and said that the club need
one million pounds because William Younger had pulled out and
they've accepted a bid for Wolves for new emblem and
what for the Portsmouth of both good for you and
the bids that accepted, you need to come home, and
I've come home, and literally I just went and signed.

(17:40):
When I met Jim Smith come back, Glen Rover got
on the phone at what Elton John and I went
and signed. And once I was signed, the day later,
my manager the party run me up. He said, what
am I hearing? I said, bas for I've left, and
he went over my effing dead body. I said, I
swear about the club sold me. He was in nineteen
ninety four years of the Republic of Violent team and

(18:01):
I nobody just saw the news and he didn't speak
to me for.

Speaker 9 (18:04):
Twenty three years, and then he run me.

Speaker 10 (18:06):
I written a letter and then twenty four years later
he was cleaning the shed with the Fiona and he
come across a letter that I wrote to him in
nineteen ninety four August saying Nick, I'm sorry. I thought
you sanctioned it and was well aware, and he come
across it and he run me up and he said,
but I meet him in chisel Us and I met
him and less and I become his agent. So Bazar
was out four years. He didn't know nothing about it,

(18:31):
and that was a kind of demise and broke broke
up of that sort of squad very quickly.

Speaker 9 (18:36):
Kenny Cunning and John.

Speaker 10 (18:37):
John Goodman then and Andy Roberts went to Wimbledon and
so on and so on. But unbelievable time. We had
a lovely little training ground at Elton. We used to
work so hard, we used to run our shops off.
It was a real hard knock driven by Keith Stevens

(18:57):
and Ian Dawes. And like I say, we'd work so hard.
But then the guys would take us to go to
local pubs. They'll take us to the punting duty in
cover Garden and to a man, you had to go,
whether you like Kenny cunningman that never had liked to
drink and either have a pint of coke or somebody
like you know, Garvin mcgarden and have forty two parts

(19:20):
of labry and drive on. We had to be there,
you know. And that was the beauty about me. Or
it was that we was one band of brothers. And
it's something like I said, I never ever replicated it
anywhere else I ever went.

Speaker 7 (19:33):
Brilliant.

Speaker 8 (19:33):
Before you go, I just like to say congratulations on
your nomination. I'm sure it's well deserved and it must
be great to be recognized by your peers.

Speaker 10 (19:42):
Yeah, like I said, you know, privilege to wear that
shirt from the from my debut against Sultan to my
last ever game, which was the Derby playoff game, to
play at both the older and then to score in
the old dead and the mood. Then I probably there's

(20:04):
not many that I would have done that, So I'm
very proud of that. But to get the recognition thirty
years on and become an inductee something that I will
take to my grave and something that no one else
will ever be able to take away from me.

Speaker 7 (20:19):
Brilliant.

Speaker 2 (20:20):
Thank you, Jamie, it's been great listening to you. You
clearly thrived at Millwall. So on reflection, what do you
put that down to?

Speaker 10 (20:30):
Just a desire and an application to be the best
so you could be every day because it was something
that was, like I said, driven by the manager of
it the park at the time and the captain, Keith Stevens.
We didn't want to let your teammates down, so running
and given one hundred percent it was the meal all way.

Speaker 9 (20:49):
It was a given.

Speaker 10 (20:50):
It was something that was the minimum, was to give
one hundred percent and to run around for the badge
and for the fans and if you had a little
bit of quality thereafter, then that was a lot of bonus.
So it's something that I always took to the pitch
was to work, I'll give it all, and if if
you had a bit of quality of that suns through
and that enabled you to get a goal or an
assist or get a win, then that was something that

(21:12):
you took out with you on a Saturday night having
a pint down the old Kate Road, and but you
knew that when you come back in the Monday morning
that you know, it all started again. And we just
tried so hard to get us that team to the
Premier League. That was the sole purpose for the two
years that I was there, and just fall short is

(21:35):
something that's still to this day turns and bugs me
a little bit because still see Mellwell, you know, in
the championship and I'm so desperate for them to get
out of it and one day, you know, get to
the to the Premier League and knowing that thirty years ago,
but it doesn't seem that long that we were so
close on two occasions that the Clovers just gives everybody

(21:58):
that goes there a fantastic platform, Like I say, I
played much just for myself, but.

Speaker 9 (22:02):
The people that give me the platform of the.

Speaker 10 (22:05):
Players before me and hopefully the players that are playing today,
give recognition to the players that give me all so
much prior to them, because it's a club that will
continue to evolve in I like I say, every time
you put that badge on, you should give nothing less
than your maximum amazing.

Speaker 2 (22:23):
So thank you so much for joining us, Jamie. We
wish you all the best, enjoy your induction, and last
but not least, one wishes to your family as well.
So thank you for coming on and by for now.

Speaker 9 (22:34):
Thank you everybody. It's been a privilege.

Speaker 7 (22:37):
Bye Jamie. From Phil, all the best.

Speaker 11 (22:39):
And from Jeff Jamie, see you again soon.

Speaker 9 (22:41):
Mister chairman.

Speaker 10 (22:42):
To me, I know you as a director, Jeff, but
you went on to also accomplish your own personal highs
at Murals, so listen, you should never be forgotten. You've
been a massive part of the history.

Speaker 11 (22:53):
Of rural Did you get the check in the posting?

Speaker 8 (22:59):
Jamie?

Speaker 9 (23:00):
To Mary, thank you, cheers, cheers.

Speaker 2 (23:04):
We will take a break there and here From Harvey Brown, Hi,
Harvey Brown.

Speaker 13 (23:14):
Here, I am proud of the Lion's Food Hub, which
is jointly owned by Kelly and Ellen Webster and they
have been supporting families within our community on meal wal
match days. If you would like to donate to them,
they have a match day donation hub by the Eye
sixteen bar at Coleblo Lane end of the ground where
they accept any food or money and toiletry donations if

(23:34):
you can help. Any donations will be received with thanks.

Speaker 2 (23:45):
I'm your host Bethany Mantalow and with me I have
the No one likes this talking team of Steve Warren,
Jeff Burnage and Phil Coleman. If you're attending the Den
during the week, visit the mill All Community Trust Line
Center to make donation of food and funds. The food
hub is supporting as many as seventy families. Your support
is greatly appreciated. Many will be aware that Ellis Barr

(24:08):
underwent an operation to improve her mobility. Since mid September,
she has continued her exercises to walk with the support
of a frame. Her efforts, as seen in the video
were truly commendable, but no one likes us Talking Team
mill Lionesses, Millwall Romans and Pride, and many of our
listeners wish you the best for continued continuing recovery.

Speaker 14 (24:30):
Here's Ellis now Hello Elijare and I'm glad to be
back talking about Millwell. I know many have watched my videos.
Thanks for your support along the way. It is now
time to hear what all the Merewell teams are up to.

Speaker 12 (24:48):
Come on Nerewell.

Speaker 2 (24:50):
Thank you as always. Ellis Paul Oading brings us the
Millwall Romans and Pride's update.

Speaker 3 (24:56):
Hi is Paul loading at the Millwall Romans with a
little update result for the Romans last Saturday. Playing a
Saturday game at Saint Paul's against Bristol at the JFS Cup,
Captain ad A decided to not go with the advantages
of the wind very very windy day last Saturday and
decided to go against the wind in the first half,
which did cause us a few problems, a few defensive

(25:18):
mistakes and we ended up going down to nil before
entering halftime, just nicking a goalback to make it to one.
We definitely settled into the game a lot more the
first half. We tried to play some football but very scrappy.
Second half were much better position in, much better play
and it did feel like at parts that we weren't
going to get the equalizer or second another goal to

(25:39):
third goal to get through. We hit the bar a
couple of times it would going wide, but we did
manage to get the equalizer and then carry on scoring
from there and finish the game at five to two
in the end. Next run of the Cup at the
GFSN quarter final is being held at Saint George's Park,
the England training facilities up in the middle of all

(26:00):
the teams get together and play on the one day
that's coming up in November. We're just waiting for the
drawer to see who we're going to get. Mersey still
in the knockouts as well. Hopefully we don't get them
straight away, but yeah, great result all round. This weekendlat
today we're attending the annual Titans Tournament. It's eleven side tournament.

(26:20):
Clubs across London come to enter the competition. It's eleven
a side, thirty minute games. It goes on all day.
Did We played Willie Roll last year got through to
the semi finals before losing on penalties, so we're looking
forward to that this weekend.

Speaker 2 (26:34):
Amazing. The Lionesses traveled to Ashford Town in the women's
FA Cup and Miles picked up the story for Maritime Radio.

Speaker 15 (26:43):
The mill All Lioness has produced a stunning attacking display
to power through to the first round proper of the
Adobe Women's FA Cup, brushing aside Ashford Town with an
emphatic win away from home in the third qualifying round
on Sunday. The game began in dramatic fashion as Millwall
were rewarded the penalty inside just two minutes, only for
it to be overturned by the linesman. But that early

(27:05):
setback didn't phase the Lionesses, who were in a roofless
mood from then on. By the seventh minute, the visitors
took a deserved lead. Maisie Joyce found the net after
some excellent work down the left flank by Summer, signing
Elsa a Dupy, the first sign of what would become
a dominant afternoon for Milwall. Only three minutes later, a
Dupe doubled Mill's advantage herself, coolly slotting the ball home

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from close range into the bottom corner to make it
too nil. Ashford briefly threatened from a response when Ellie
Nisch rattled the post after a sweeping move across the
pitch in the twelfth minute, but Milwall soon reasserted control.
In the thirty eighth minute, a Dupy grabbed her second
of the day, finishing off a flowing midfield move to
put Millwall three nil ahead. Just before the break, Ashford

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pulled one back through Charlotte Close, who struck in added
time to make it three to one at halftime. The
Lionesses wasted no time in restoring their cushion after the interval.
On fifty nine minutes, a Dupy completed her hat trick,
meeting a pinpoint cross from mere Locket with a composed
finish to make it for to one. Captain Kira Watling
then added her name to the scoreesheet on seventy minutes,

(28:10):
curling homer superb free kick to make it five to one.
With the game well in hand, a Dupy wasn't done yet.
She grabbed her fourth goal in the eighty sixth minute,
pouncing to tap home after Porscha Milan langley Wright's shot
was parried and in stoppage time. Millwell capped off a
perfect afternoon when Elisee Jennings cross was deflected in by

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an Ashford defender, rounding off the scoring at seven to one.
It was the commanding performance from the Lionesses, who looked confident,
clinical and full of attacking flare throughout. The victory means
the Millwell Lionesses will host Cheltenham Town in the first
round proper of the Adobe Women's FA Cup on Sunday
the twenty sixth October. Before that, their back in league

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action next weekend away at Rectory Park against Sport London
EB Andficer, with kickoff at two thirty pm. Miles Thornton
return Radio.

Speaker 2 (29:01):
Hi Bennett from the Midwall Community Trust had a lovely
chat with Elsa A Jeffy the next day celebrating her
impressive four goal performance.

Speaker 12 (29:10):
Elsa seven one win in the FA Cup.

Speaker 3 (29:13):
It must be absolutely delighted with that, especially after a
couple of weeks of league action.

Speaker 7 (29:16):
Where it hasn't gone to well.

Speaker 15 (29:17):
I know we won six year organstically, but another good
showing of goals as well.

Speaker 12 (29:21):
Yeah, yeah, it was a great game. I mean I'm
happy to score four.

Speaker 16 (29:25):
Goals obviously, and just I think the whole team put
in a great performance and I think everyone deserves to
get the praise from yesterday.

Speaker 12 (29:31):
It's a team eff at the.

Speaker 8 (29:32):
End of the day.

Speaker 12 (29:33):
And yeah, the goals are good. I'm happy with the
goals and I'm happy we won as a collective and yeah,
that's really great. Talk her through the four goals as well.

Speaker 8 (29:40):
You've got the hat trick.

Speaker 12 (29:41):
You decided to get one more as well. Have a
little finishing.

Speaker 15 (29:43):
There is a little back kill from me as crossed.

Speaker 12 (29:45):
The stout the goals.

Speaker 7 (29:47):
You like to go there, don't you as well?

Speaker 16 (29:48):
Exactly, it's perfect in the box, like especially the back
kill goal was something just a bit of flair.

Speaker 12 (29:52):
A bit of fun as well. Me are to drive
in all the way like she's.

Speaker 16 (29:56):
Always driving down that wing and I'm always making sure
I'm ready.

Speaker 12 (29:58):
They're to just a little tapping.

Speaker 16 (29:59):
But yeah, it was a great goal and I'm really
happy to finish that as well.

Speaker 12 (30:03):
So yeah, I'm back to the league action this week,
all London. Hopefully more of the same strain into that one.

Speaker 16 (30:08):
Yeah, hopefully we all go in together and just battle
again till the last minute like yesterday's game and just yeah,
hopefully the best and hopefully we get one out of
it as well.

Speaker 12 (30:16):
So really excited for the weekend.

Speaker 2 (30:19):
Fantastic Elsa just signed this season and good to hear
that Armia Lockett was impressive going up and down the wing.
Our second guest has been a passionate supporter of Millwell
Football Club for many years, and we're truly grateful for
the generous time he shared with us on this show.
His exciting journey into broadcasting started when as a DJ,

(30:40):
he was invited to do a two hour slot on
hospital Radio at East Dulwich Hospital. That experience genuinely ignited
his love for broadcasting. Since then, he's worked alongside Dino
Standing and Adrian Wissen on the Millwall Radio Show from
a Studio in abby Wood and later with George Lampee
on Lions Live until it ended. Now he's part of

(31:02):
our Millwell fan show, Please Give a War Welcome to Dave.

Speaker 8 (31:06):
Hearts by Dave.

Speaker 12 (31:08):
Everyone, Hello Dave. He save Phil hi Yah definitely Hello Dave.

Speaker 2 (31:20):
We'd love to hear the story of how you started
to court to Millwell and your journey so far. How
do it all begin?

Speaker 12 (31:26):
Oh, excellentle Well. Our family came from abbey Road and Dockhead,
so it was only obvious that they all supported Millwall
and that I would end up going to Millwall. So
when I was nine I went along with my dad
and my older brother John, and I was taking to

(31:47):
the Old Den August sometime and saw Milwell beat Carla
one nil and that was it. I was talked.

Speaker 2 (32:00):
So, yeah, fantastic.

Speaker 7 (32:04):
Do you feel Coleman here?

Speaker 13 (32:05):
Mate?

Speaker 12 (32:06):
Hello Phil mate.

Speaker 7 (32:09):
Over the years, many players will have caught your eye
with their amazing performances, displaying and wearing the meal shirt.
Who would your top three be and what makes you
choose them? Your top three? That's a tough one.

Speaker 12 (32:22):
Top three, I mean there's obviously so many various I mean,
from Antonina to Lekowski, Steve Morrison, Lear, Gregory new Harrison, Kale.
This is so long, so let me see. So top three, Well,
let's go with Derek Posse. It was a prolific goalscorer

(32:46):
for all. I think he came to US ninety sixty
seven and there was a typical poacher working alongside. You know, Weller,
he's a legend in his own right, but it was
a poacher, I'll possly. And he also got the the

(33:10):
gold of the season against Birmingham which by on the
big match, so that was that was something to say.
If you get a chance of watsch you're on YouTube.
It's a fantastic goal. So moving on to second place,
I think he's got to go with well, probably Neil Harris.

(33:33):
And what can I say about Neil Harris. Ah, he's
just done everything. You know, I was tore up the
record book and written his own story squad and maximum
man of goals for the club, done so much of
the club as a player and manager. And mister Millwell,

(33:56):
I would say, but let's go to the number one.
I'll say Barry Kitchener.

Speaker 8 (34:06):
Barry was a.

Speaker 12 (34:08):
Man joint. He was just a leader. He just led
from the front. And when he when he made his debut,
I think it was well that must have it came.
It came on for I think Harry Cripps and played
at left back and and an absolute stinker of a game.

(34:30):
And I think he's walked off the bridge with booed
off the pitch and he went away and the next
game he came back and never looked back, and he
just let leat from the back. And you know, back
in those days, kitchen if if he didn't get you,
Dormy was there to sweep up beyond him. So I

(34:53):
would say, uh, Barry Kitschener been my number one.

Speaker 7 (34:59):
Three great plays is here and as you say, Mary Kitchener,
I had the pleasure of playing beside him and yeah,
one colossus of the man. So yeah, thanks for that, Dave.

Speaker 8 (35:10):
Hi, David, Steve, Hello Steve. Which Millwall game brings you
the greatest memories?

Speaker 12 (35:19):
Oh?

Speaker 8 (35:21):
Difficult?

Speaker 12 (35:21):
In a few of those? Yeah, I mean there was
two games against Sheffil Wednesday, a four to winning a
four four draw. The four to four draw was a
really really great game to watch. Then there's the the
also wind screen screen semi final against Gillingham when they

(35:45):
played the old golden goal and we kicked off in
the golden goal period. It didn't last very long because
Sads start the ball in the net and we was
off to Wembley. So that's a real one I remember.
But one of the most a recent game, it has
to be the best one is the four to three
away win at Leeds at More five six seven years ago.

(36:10):
So that was a fantastic game, probably the best way
performers I've ever seen the normal play brilliant.

Speaker 8 (36:18):
Thanks date, Dave.

Speaker 11 (36:20):
Jeff Burnish here mateof it's nice to have you on
that side of the mic, Dave and asking the questions
if you did a brilliant job trying to think of
the three greatest players. That must have been very difficult
doing that off the cuff. But I certainly agree with
Barry Kitchener. He's my number one.

Speaker 7 (36:39):
Fans.

Speaker 11 (36:40):
Not many fans admit to actually shedding tears. They say
most men don't after all, but there have been many
moments when we were near the tears.

Speaker 7 (36:50):
What about you?

Speaker 11 (36:51):
Have there been any moments as a normal supporter that
truly truly moved you to tears?

Speaker 12 (36:57):
Jeff, There's been a few that have been get you
on the verge of it. But I think the one
the f A Cup semi final against Sunder and Old Trafford,
that that was the one when the when the final
whistle went, brother in law was just in the block

(37:18):
next to us, Old Trafford, and he came towards me,
and I walked towards him, and when we got together,
we actually realized what it dawned on us, what we've
actually got to a Cup final, and we both burst
into tears. And then there was looking around. There's so

(37:38):
many people, men, grown men, doing the same thing crying.
It's just unbelievable. Yeah, that would be the one for me.

Speaker 11 (37:47):
That's yeah, I remember that one as well. I think
that's one of my one of mine as well, I
think absolutely. But what about did you get did you
go to hold clinch our place in the old first Division?

Speaker 12 (38:00):
Yes, that was another unbelievable night. You know, it's there's
a few games that season that stick out in your mind.
I think the one that I remember, well, there's a
few that the whole one. Yeah, that was the one
because everybody just went absolutely made because to try and

(38:23):
grasp that we'd actually got to the top flight, uh
in the league.

Speaker 9 (38:28):
It was.

Speaker 12 (38:28):
It was an unbelievable night and a great journey home.

Speaker 11 (38:34):
Yeah, it really, it really really was. I mean most
Millbole fans had two ambitions, getting the First Division and
get to a cup final, and our generation we did both,
didn't we do well?

Speaker 7 (38:47):
Yeah?

Speaker 12 (38:47):
I mean to be fair up until you know, when
we got to the first Division, you know, the club
had not achieved anything, and well some was born sort
of early ages would have encapsulated a whole lot. But yeah,

(39:08):
when I first like going only fifty eight, she has
nearly thirty years that had to wait to before we
did anything. So that was that was something to to
take in.

Speaker 7 (39:21):
Nay.

Speaker 2 (39:22):
It's wonderful that your family shares your love of the Lions.
Do any of them get involved in supporting as vigorously
as you or attend as many games?

Speaker 12 (39:32):
Yeah? I do. My daughter and she's she tele her age,
but she I used to take her down from her
wall and I can remember she was sitting at home
and she said to me, what's it like to watch
a game under with flood lights? So that's what It's

(39:54):
the same as a game, but it's a daylight. You've
got floodlights illuminating the fit picture. So I said, I'll
take you to the next time. So that's good. We've
got game next week. And I completely forgot it was
actually at home to Master United.

Speaker 7 (40:13):
So.

Speaker 12 (40:15):
I've been really sidetracked on that. But yeah, so that
was her first game. And my son Matthew, he was
taking from a very young age. He used to go
to the Saturday club where we dropped him off at
the den till run about midday and picked him up

(40:36):
after the game and just he was looked after by
well Wish Seaun day now works. They had him there,
they took him to the ground. He saw the game.
As I said, we picked him up after the game,
and before that he used to go to the Crash
the Old Den when that was running. So there's quite

(41:00):
a few things with him. And his wife goes to
mill Watches an ardent Millwolf fan, my grandson Tom. He's
an fan everybody. Really, you'll still go and see up
there in block ten, I climbing Mount Everest to me
at my age, but there you go.

Speaker 7 (41:23):
I feel your pain.

Speaker 12 (41:27):
Yes, yes, I'll block.

Speaker 7 (41:29):
Six so it don't get any statement. It just gets
worse and worse.

Speaker 11 (41:32):
And I'm in block four and I do it in stages.

Speaker 12 (41:37):
Yeah, that's right, Jeff. When I go, I go in
million an hour before kickoff, and I've gone up a
few going to the far end and the corner, go
up a few rollers and walk across, then go up
another few rows and walk across because I was sitting
ro Q so it's right near the back. But yeah,

(42:00):
but it's one of those ones, is not good. Luckily
it's not a street. There's some grounds I've been to,
but yeah, it's one I've got to think about.

Speaker 8 (42:12):
That's why I sit in rows in blot thirty.

Speaker 7 (42:15):
Mate, might I might have to copy you because I
might at block X six and I'm up being X.
It's right at the back, so I might do not
think about what I'm doing it.

Speaker 11 (42:28):
I've tried to get a ticket nearer the nearer the front,
but well, you know, I go with my two daughters.
We couldn't get three together, so I still go to
row r. That beats you, Dave, if you're cue row Are.
And I'll tell you what I think. Going down the
steps is worse than going up.

Speaker 12 (42:47):
Oh yeah, I think he needs some rails there for
us old ones.

Speaker 8 (42:52):
I think they do.

Speaker 11 (42:53):
I think they definitely do.

Speaker 7 (42:55):
Or a Stanner, definitely.

Speaker 11 (43:01):
It's a good atmosphere up there though, in the Barry kitchen,
her upper atmosphere. Yeah, I like it.

Speaker 12 (43:09):
Yeah, yes, it's the elevation, you know, the years, the
years cleaner.

Speaker 11 (43:16):
Well, Dave, where we sit. We had the most perfect
view of femi Asias's goal against West Brom. You know,
we were absolutely in line with that trajectory and you
knew when he hit it it was going in. It
was brilliant and we're on our feet by the time
it hit the net.

Speaker 12 (43:36):
Those goals just once, you've got to relish it. On Saturday.

Speaker 8 (43:42):
Yeah, Sturgey's goal was brilliant. As well.

Speaker 12 (43:46):
Absolutely, we had as fable for the dinner last year
and it's a great lead and I'm so pleased say yes,
he's signing for us.

Speaker 8 (43:56):
Yeah, me too. I think he's going to be a
great player.

Speaker 6 (44:00):
Thanks to that, Dave, your commitment to our show and
for producing the Prediction League results each week. We look
forward to your return to the panel and to hearing
your thoughts on the game. All the best to you
and your loved ones. Thanks again, Dave, and bye for now.

Speaker 12 (44:15):
Thanks definitely, good night, everyone.

Speaker 7 (44:18):
Good Dave, all the best cheers.

Speaker 6 (44:23):
So we touched on it for a moment when Dave
was with us, But what did you all think of
the three zerl win over West Brom.

Speaker 8 (44:32):
Priceless, absolutely priceless, two really great goals, and they played,
they looked like they wanted it, and I think it
was a game we needed. It was just a shame
we didn't have a game to follow it up, because
I think it would have helped. But yeah, brilliant game.

Speaker 7 (44:49):
I'm going to liken it to Chalk and Cheese, Crystal
Palace and then commentary and you go up, you go down,
and then we go up again. And I actually thought
we bossed West Brom and for them to be sitting
in one place above us. I thought we made it
look ridiculously how can we be so good? And against

(45:10):
commentary I thought commentary we played some good football but
just never scored and conceded the goals. But I thought
West Brom it was a great all round performance every player,
and there was a few sparks of magic as you
said earlier, Thesa's goal and Sturge's goal. He's run from
miles to get on to the end of that absolutely
spanked it home. So a fact that now needs replicating.

(45:33):
The word in football is consistently good. The team should
pick itself great to have a Z's back, he provides
that threat. So a really good all round performance that
just needs replicating and more consistent every single week.

Speaker 8 (45:49):
Yeah.

Speaker 11 (45:50):
I really enjoyed the game, pleasantly surprised, was worried about
what would happen after the commentary game. Didn't know what
the team selection would be. I didn't guess seven changes.
But we've all got to remember that we've been going
through an injury crisis which the managers made very little of,
and even in the West Brom game, we had players

(46:11):
playing there from the start who the manager knew from
the beginning were not going to last ninety minutes. So
perhaps it is a good idea that we wait two
weeks for another game because the likes of Billy and
Femi Asias will be up to speed, won't they with
two weeks training? And Yeah, it was a brilliant performance

(46:33):
and we were ordered with some great goals. I mean
Jake Cooper's goal was very good as well because he
was closely marked by two defenders and he got a
lovely touch with his right foot, which people don't associate
him with. So I enjoyed all those goals and there
could have been one or two more, couldn't they.

Speaker 7 (46:52):
Yeah.

Speaker 8 (46:54):
My only gripe of the game was that referee is
couldn't spot somebody's shirt being pulled. It was his standing
in front of him because most of the time it
was And I just thought Coben got the roar end
of that stick.

Speaker 11 (47:08):
Yeah, I think that he had. He's had a hard
job over those last two games. When I think he
started the no who started the commentary game, I think
he did. It might have been Mihilo, But the last
twice that Josh has played up the front on his own.
He has taken some fearful stick off the center halves.

(47:29):
And now I all credit to him. I thought his
job for the team he carried out magnificently.

Speaker 7 (47:38):
In that formation. Jeff, that is his job. He's got
to occupy those two center backs, and then he lets
the White guys as ease in Maku whoever it might be.
They get more space in behind, and all the time
I agree with you Steve as well. The referee has
no idea about the traditional five versus nine battle. And
the five was pulling him, tugging him, pulling him backwards,

(47:58):
taking him off balance. The linesman was seeing it and
did absolutely nothing. Strikers need more protection, simple as that.
And referees they don't understand that role, that that battle.
But he is occupying no center backs and he's given
as good as he gets. He's getting very little protection,
as I said, from referees, but it does allow others

(48:21):
to play around him, and I think that'll be a
big bonus on.

Speaker 11 (48:24):
Set pieces for kicks and corners. We've got that double,
haven't we We've got Josh and we've got Drake Cooper,
and he almost set up Jake almost set up Drake
for another one. Didn't he on Saturday, so it helps him.
He've got two really big targets on those corners. But yeah,

(48:45):
and we haven't mentioned small bone. That was the first
ninety minutes he's played in ages. Do you play the
whole ninety? He got somewhere near the ninety.

Speaker 8 (48:54):
Didn't he think he came just at the end.

Speaker 11 (48:57):
He missed almost the whole of last season when so
Thampson we're in the premiere. But he was a key
man when they got promoted the year before last.

Speaker 8 (49:05):
This division a small boat.

Speaker 7 (49:08):
He did so much off the ball on Saturday. He
ran miles. He was a threat from midfield, and he
was a defensive midfield gone unnoticed. But he is going
to be one other of a player for us. He
really will be.

Speaker 6 (49:19):
Yeah, definitely. So let's take our last break there and
hear about the mill Will Community Trust.

Speaker 1 (49:27):
The Mill Community Trust runs over one hundred foot four
milti sports courses run during every school holiday and vary
from a week to three days and even one day.
The dates runs from ten am to three pm and
it's open to boys and girls for all abilities aged
five to thirteen.

Speaker 2 (49:40):
Check out the Mill Community Trust website.

Speaker 6 (49:42):
I'm your host, Bethany Mandalow and with me, I have
the No One Likes as talking team of Steve Warren,
Jeff Burnage and Phil Coleman. If you can utilize the
Lions Center, you will help our mill Community Trust deliver
its programs across all age groups of our community. We
are all looking forward to the next game. In the meantime,
here are a few matters of interest for Millill fans

(50:03):
and those interested in football.

Speaker 11 (50:06):
Well, I'm excited to share the next three inductees the
Forever Lions Club. We've already mentioned Jamie Morley is going
to be one of them. I mentioned earlier that Katie
Chapman one of the most distinguished former Millwall lineesses. There's
another one, and the third one is the much loved
Kevin Bremner. These beloved former players will all be on

(50:28):
it on the pitch during halftime of our upcoming home
game against Stoke City on I think it's a Tuesday
on October the twenty first, let's celebrate their significant contributions
to our club.

Speaker 7 (50:41):
We're delighted to announce that next Friday show will feature
the one and only Males Thornton back as our host.
He's going to be joined by a fantastic panel including
Stant Godwin, Steve Warren once again and our very own
Director General, Giles Lampe. We'll also have a couple of
special guests, return of Ted's Prediction League and a sneak
peek at the upcoming matter at QPR. We can't wait

(51:01):
to share all that with you.

Speaker 8 (51:03):
The Millwall Lioness is a heading to Sport London Benfica
for an exciting league match at the Rectory Park Sports
Facility located at riise Lip Road, Northolk, UB five five FA.
The game kicks off at two thirty pm this Sunday.
If you're able to join us, our linesses would be
genuinely grateful for your outstanding support.

Speaker 6 (51:23):
You can listen to the No One Likes This talking
team as they provide reports from our games both home
and away for the Lions, Lionesses, Romans and Pride. You'll
also receive updates on mill All community matters on Maritime
Radio Broadcasting at ninety six point five FM or via
their website. You can find us on Instagram, Facebook, x formerly, Twitter, YouTube,

(51:47):
Speaker and all the popular podcast platforms. Thank you Jeff,
Thank you Bethany, thank you Dad, Thank you Bethany, and
thank you Phil. Thanks Bethany, and a big thank you
to you all for tuning in now tonight. We are
excited to enjoy it playing the Las Vegas version of

(52:07):
Let Them Come, crafted by our talented Andy Petman. I
can't wait to see everyone having fun with this very
unique take. Finally, let's not forget to keep it safe
on the streets out there, good night.

Speaker 17 (52:29):
Let them come, let them come, let them come, Let
em all come down to the den, let them come,
Let on come, let them come.

Speaker 18 (52:40):
We'll only have.

Speaker 12 (52:42):
To beat on again.

Speaker 19 (52:45):
It's the best team in London, No, the best team
of all.

Speaker 12 (52:50):
Everybody knows us.

Speaker 19 (52:52):
We're Cold Millwall.

Speaker 17 (52:54):
Let them come, let them come, let them come, Let
them all come down to the.

Speaker 19 (53:02):
It's Saturday in cold Blow Lane. We've all come down
to cheat. We've had our jelly and our glass come.

Speaker 17 (53:19):
Rain or shine. Our families will bring.

Speaker 19 (53:26):
And as the Lions run on the pitch, everyone will sing.

Speaker 20 (53:35):
Let him come, let him come, let him come, Let
them all come down to the den, let him come,
let him come, let him come.

Speaker 21 (53:46):
We'll only have to beat them again.

Speaker 20 (53:51):
It's the best team in London, or the best team
of all.

Speaker 19 (53:56):
Everybody knows us, we're cold middle.

Speaker 20 (54:00):
Let them come, let him come, let them come, Let
them all come down to the den.

Speaker 19 (54:08):
It's Saturday and cold blow Lane.

Speaker 17 (54:12):
We've all come down and she we've had our jellys
and our glass be come rain or shine. Our familyes
will break.

Speaker 22 (54:33):
And as the lions run on the pitch everyone will see.

Speaker 21 (55:10):
Let him come, let him come, let him come, Let
them all come down to.

Speaker 17 (55:23):
Let him come, Let him come, let him come.

Speaker 19 (55:27):
We'll only have to beat him again. It's the best
team in London, No, the best team of all.

Speaker 17 (55:37):
Everybody knows us we're calm.

Speaker 18 (55:40):
Let him come, let him come, let him come, Let
them all come down to the den, Let him all.

Speaker 17 (56:00):
On to the den.

Speaker 12 (56:05):
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Speaker 9 (56:14):
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