Jurgen the German
Erik Thorstvedt
Must say we have been given a generous route to the quarter final so far, but Arsenal! Jesus fudging christ! Sutton then Lincoln. Giroud will probably get 97th minute winners in both games.
I've only been to one against Millwall - the only time my younger brother went to the Lane with me.
It might well have been early 78 in the 2nd division, which would make him 15.
We met at the old Booking Office/platform arrangement at Liverpool Street and boarded a pretty full carriage - seated apart and it filled up to overflowing. No-one had any colours on, and we were just reading the morning's papers.
Only as the train set off and the conversationas around and between us turned to recent punch-ups and pitch incursions did we twig those hadn't been our fixtures, and we were among .... them !. We two made eye contact and concentrated on the papers, while at every station our fellow travellers filled the door windows (back in those days) and distributed/hurled stones, abuse, and golf balls at anyone on the platforms - who quite reasonably opted to catch a later service. Seven Sisters was heaving and rich pickings were had by the undermensche.
We filed down the steps at WHL, and stepped smartly aside as the yobs were corraled by polic, with dogs and horses. Not a comfortable environment.
I'll still bid for tickets this time
And we beat Millwall on the way to winning it in 67Another game in London, i remember when we won it in 82 we played all of our ties in London ( apart from the semi at Villa Park) a good omen for another trophy? ( i really hope so as its been a while).
Been reading a couple of Millwall forums, and it seems, maybe not very surprisingly, quite a few thugs looking for fights will travel.
When was the last time we met them? They seem to reference and old feud dating a few years back. I can't remember us having played Millwall in my time as a spurs fan (since 91).
2001 in a testimonial it kicked off massively at their gaff
Leicester complaining about thuggery? fudging ridiculous.leicester to put in an official complaint about the Millwall fans on Saturday.
Kick them out I say
Or give their fans a one-match cup ban....
Read a bit online suggesting that Millwall really hate Spurs, does anyone old enough to remember us playing them know the history behind this?
Read a bit online suggesting that Millwall really hate Spurs, does anyone old enough to remember us playing them know the history behind this?
Read a bit online suggesting that Millwall really hate Spurs, does anyone old enough to remember us playing them know the history behind this?
just that both clubs have a similar level of 'hardcore/hooligan' support and have clashed many times over the years - (that's not to say that our general support is anything like theirs just that the hardcore element of our fan base is more than a match for theirs, believe it or not as mainstream reputation doesn't really paint that picture of us)
Yep. Don't be surprised if this is a 80s throwback clash. It appears they've been waiting for a day out at 'ours' for a fair while.
At least there are no replays in this round. A midweek replay at the Den would be horrid. The problem with Millwall is almost all of them are capable of being complete clams.
It will be interesting to see the arrangements for this one and how the club and OB are gonna deal with it.
i expect it will be similar to the Cardiff City league cup games from a few years back - fence off the away area and divert Spurs fans through Bromley Road. Will be harder to police though i would have thought as they are a London club and wont all be travelling the same way.
i imagine it's going to be total carnage tbh