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The club was founded in 1885 as Millwall Rovers by the workers of J.T. Morton in Millwall on the Isle of Dogs.J.T. Morton had been founded in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1849 to supply sailing ships with food.
Millwall Football Club (/ ˈ m ɪ l w ɔː l /) [1] is a professional football club in Bermondsey, South East London, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of English football. Founded as Millwall Rovers in 1885, the club has retained its name despite having last played in the Millwall area of the Isle of Dogs in 1910.
Millwall Rovers in 1887, the first season they entered the FA Cup. This is a list of all seasons played by Millwall Football Club from their early beginnings in the Southern League, to their inaugural season in the English Football League and up to their last completed season. It details their record in the FA Cup, the League Cup and other major competitions entered, as well as managers, top ...
The club secretary was seventeen-year-old Jasper Sexton, [3] the son of the landlord of The Islander pub in Tooke Street where Millwall held their meetings. Millwall Rovers' first fixture was on 3 October 1885 against Fillebrook, a team that played in Leytonstone. The newly formed team were well beaten 5–0. [2]
The club stored their brake here, an open wagon with seats decked in the clubs' blue and white colours, for travel to away games. [5] Millwall Rovers' first home fixture at Glengall Road was a game against St Luke's on 24 October 1885, which they won 2–1. [3]
Millwall are also famous for officially being the 'best supported club' to have played at the old Wembley Stadium. In the 1999 Autowindscreen Shield Final v Wigan Athletic, Millwall had an estimated 48,000 fans supporting them. In the 2008/2009 season Millwall qualified for the League 1 Play Off Final after beating Leeds United over two legs.
The club dropped Rovers from their name, adopting Athletic to go with their new ground. [5] The new ground was situated on East Ferry Road, opposite the Millwall Docks station. The club obtained a 14-year lease from the Millwall Dock Company and it covered some 27 acres. [5]
Millwall Rovers Football Club was formed in 1885 by tinsmiths at JT Morton's canned food factory on the Isle of Dogs in the East End of London. [3] Ten years later, Thames Ironworks Football Club was formed by Dave Taylor, a foreman at Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company, London's last major shipbuilding firm.