Upheaval, stability and play-off success: 2005–2013 Millwall F.C.

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millwall players celebrating promotion football league championship @ wembley stadium.


in march 2007, chestnut hill ventures, led american john berylson, have interests in business , financial services, retail, property , sport, invested £5 million club. continued investment of berylson, has since become club s major shareholder , chairman, has steered lions on better course on , off pitch. appointment of kenny jackett manager on 6 november 2007, proving crucial. on course of next 2 seasons jackett led millwall 2 top 6 finishes in league one, in fifth , third place respectively. won league 1 manager of month award 3 times while in charge of club. several of key signings helped propel millwall toward play-offs, , eventual promotion. after play-off final defeat in 2008–09 season against scunthorpe united , losing out on automatic promotion on last day of 2009–10 season leeds united 1 point, millwall made wembley, breaking play-off hoodoo run of 5 successive failures in 1991, 1994, 2000, 2002 , 2009, 1–0 win in 2010 league 1 play-off final against swindon town, securing return football league championship after four-year absence.


millwall s first game in championship 3–0 away win @ bristol city. game had been hyped due city s signing of then-england goalkeeper david james. days after defeat, steve coppell resigned city manager. lions celebrated 125th anniversary of club on 2 october 2010, closest home game date first fixture millwall ever played against fillebrook on 3 october 1885. millwall drew 1–1 burnley , wore special one-off kit game, made manufacturers macron, bore names of every footballer had played club. kenny jackett celebrated 5 years in charge of club in november 2012, 4–1 victory away @ nottingham forest. after strong start 2012–13 season, including 13-game unbeaten run , flirting play-offs, millwall finished poorly, 5 wins in last 23 games, narrowly avoiding relegation on last day of season. poor league form coincided reaching semi-final of fa cup fifth time in history. played wigan athletic @ wembley stadium on 14 april 2013, losing 2–0 eventual cup winners. kenny jackett resigned on 7 may 2013. millwall s fourth-longest serving manager. after month of searching, millwall appointed st johnstone boss steve lomas new manager on 6 june 2013. appointment provoked mixed emotions among supporters, due him being former captain of west ham united, biggest rival. club record goalscorer neil harris returned millwall coach on 23 june 2013 after retiring player through injury. millwall sacked lomas on 26 december 2013, after winning 5 of first 22 games in charge. harris , youth team coach scott fitzgerald took on joint caretaker-managers. on 4 january 2014 millwall lost 4–1 @ southend united in fa cup, team 31 places below them in football pyramid. harris described performance shambles.








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