Is Millwall a scary club to visit?

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  • Опубліковано 22 лип 2024
  • I sat with the Middlesbrough fans away to Millwall at The Den in this EFL Championship game. Noisy crowd, sounded more like 40,000 then 16,000!
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  • @lansdorf
    @lansdorf 6 місяців тому +57

    Thanks again for liking Middlesbrough

    • @mattthegroundhopper9242
      @mattthegroundhopper9242  6 місяців тому +30

      Boro is a great club, I hope you win the league cup 👍🏻🏆

    • @user-by2dz4ms2n
      @user-by2dz4ms2n 6 місяців тому +1

      Funny how both sing eio eio eio first time I heard this was early 80s

    • @Sportsfanatic74
      @Sportsfanatic74 6 місяців тому

      I'm from down south I like northerners mate and your cities

  • @soulcrewblue8629
    @soulcrewblue8629 5 місяців тому +5

    Went many times to the Den in the late 70's up to several years ago, it got lively there almost every time, miss it.

    • @mattthegroundhopper9242
      @mattthegroundhopper9242  5 місяців тому +1

      From a risk averse point of view I think I prefer the new den for the video 😀👍🏻

  • @MiddlesbroughFCVideoVault
    @MiddlesbroughFCVideoVault 6 місяців тому +2

    Great vid Mr Ground Hopper, very well balanced and engagingly presented. I was in the BK stand lower (don't ask) and keeping my gob firmly shut ! Love an away day at The Den me. Always a great atmosphere...and that Roy Green "Let 'Em Come" intro song....magic !

    • @mattthegroundhopper9242
      @mattthegroundhopper9242  6 місяців тому +1

      Sometimes by keeping your gob shut is the best policy, thanks for your comments 👍🏻

  • @lja8187
    @lja8187 6 місяців тому +8

    I like your channel Matt. No frills and no clickbait like some UA-camrs with "insane limbs" etc.
    Just a bloke who likes his football going to games!

    • @mattthegroundhopper9242
      @mattthegroundhopper9242  6 місяців тому +2

      Thank you, best compliment I could ever receive, I never use the words limbs, pyros etc, those channels will eventually run out of steam 👍🏻

  • @brianrichardson5871
    @brianrichardson5871 6 місяців тому +1

    Good blog and enjoyed the great atmosphere in a tight passionate ground from both sets of supporters. Miss Gills v Millwall games always alot of spice and banter. Here in Western Australia i have come across alot of borough fans who are loyal and have their club badge on their car number plate. Also i must confess to being a Chris Rea fan as i got frew of his lps (vinyl) , which us seniors like collecting. Keep up the good reporting and stay warm from the snow, 37 degrees in Perth. UTG

    • @mattthegroundhopper9242
      @mattthegroundhopper9242  6 місяців тому +1

      Thanks Brian as always, do you not miss scraping the ice off of your car before going to work 🥶

  • @rodneybannister9014
    @rodneybannister9014 6 місяців тому +5

    Great video. Boro always take great numbers away from home as do most north east teams. Atmosphere Boro v Chelsea was outstanding 🔥

  • @peanutbutterjellt
    @peanutbutterjellt 6 місяців тому +3

    Love this. Excellent content

  • @mikeenright8793
    @mikeenright8793 6 місяців тому +1

    Great vid Matt , I remember going to the old ground with Swindon which was an experience. Never had a problem at the new ground and always a cracking atmosphere.

  • @leekyssoul
    @leekyssoul 6 місяців тому +2

    First time visitor to your blog, well presented and informative so cheers mate. Millwall as changed a lot with this new ground and the security it used to be evil down there. Cheers mate UTV

  • @pnwlion9337
    @pnwlion9337 6 місяців тому +11

    Great job mate and thanks for the positivity about our club (Millwall). Followed the Lions all over back in the late 70’s up to the 90’s, got up to 74 grounds mostly with Millwall. Ironically went to Ayresome Park twice which now doesn’t count of course. All the best to you

    • @mattthegroundhopper9242
      @mattthegroundhopper9242  6 місяців тому

      74 is a really good effort, one final push to get the other 18 completed 👍🏻⚽️

    • @pnwlion9337
      @pnwlion9337 6 місяців тому

      @@mattthegroundhopper9242 love to mate but live in the U.S now so grab what scraps I can from Millwall’s seasons when I’m home. Keep up the great work

    • @luapnosboh7421
      @luapnosboh7421 6 місяців тому

      Pride of landon , 🔨 close second from a blade

    • @palermothegoalgod-wd2wp
      @palermothegoalgod-wd2wp 5 місяців тому +1

      74 grounds good going that mate

  • @jamesmckeon9139
    @jamesmckeon9139 6 місяців тому

    I went to the den in December and it was wonderful ! Fun atmosphere and supporters. Cool walk into the park too through south London. Coyl 🦁

  • @Isleofskye
    @Isleofskye 6 місяців тому +1

    EXCELLENT and I have Subscribed. Really enjoyed your natural enthusiasm. Since 1962,I have attended 1,770 matches(mainly Millwall) and visited 84 Leagur grounds from Carlisle down to Plymouth and next Saturday attend my first away game for 20+ years.

    • @mattthegroundhopper9242
      @mattthegroundhopper9242  6 місяців тому +1

      True fan 👍🏻 you need to polish off the last few grounds to get you to the magical 92 👍🏻⚽️

    • @Isleofskye
      @Isleofskye 6 місяців тому +1

      @@mattthegroundhopper9242 Thanks Matt but that includes a few like Hereford, Aldershot and Chesterfield no longer in the league.
      No,as I enter my 8th decade in May there is no longer the desire OR TIME to visit The Big 3 in The North Ease or Man City, Sheff United and Nottingham Forest:)
      Good Luck mate.

    • @mattthegroundhopper9242
      @mattthegroundhopper9242  6 місяців тому

      @@Isleofskye8th decade, top man, every respect 👍🏻⚽️

  • @barrydavis14
    @barrydavis14 6 місяців тому +1

    I went to the old den with Gills back in the day (80’s). Very hostile then too and not much of the crowd control other than keeping us behind for half hour then we had to fend for ourselves.
    Great vLog again. Look forward to next weeks.

    • @mattthegroundhopper9242
      @mattthegroundhopper9242  6 місяців тому +1

      Thanks Barry, I have heard lots of great stories about the old den, football in the 70s and 80s was in a different place!

    • @DeanSinger-ky7md
      @DeanSinger-ky7md 6 місяців тому

      the 1970s - they has a decent side, poor crowds due to crowd issues, got to top flight football for 2 seasons in the end ! @@mattthegroundhopper9242

    • @downseyboy1
      @downseyboy1 6 місяців тому

      I was taken to the Old Den as a child back in 1973 to see the Villa. My dad was an ex-army WO and that day was probably the only time I ever saw him nervous - the day has gone down in Villa history as one of the worst batterings Villa fans ever received and although I was probably too young and naive to know what was going on around us, the old man certainly knew and he coudn't get us out of the area fast enough

  • @b4tm4nrubin33
    @b4tm4nrubin33 6 місяців тому +4

    I was at the game as well in the Boro end. Great game, great score

  • @Ghost1218
    @Ghost1218 5 місяців тому

    Great video love this

  • @b4tm4nrubin33
    @b4tm4nrubin33 6 місяців тому +1

    I’m in your video as well. Green coat and green cap😊😊

  • @dylvasey
    @dylvasey 6 місяців тому +22

    The area is very deprived which adds to the general feeling, but I've never had any trouble over there. Coming from Boro but having lived in London for many years there are a lot more intimidating places to go in our capital mate. Good game today. Great to see both sets of fans promoting a memorable atmosphere.

    • @Isleofskye
      @Isleofskye 6 місяців тому +4

      😀😀 Try and buy a place for under £500,000 or if you want TWO bedrooms then how about a flat at the new £25 BILLION Development at The Elephant and Castle just over one mile away. lol
      The OLD Den WAS very intimidating as working-class Dockers and other fans were on ALL 4 sides of the ground, right on top of the pitch, maybe,on the s side 4 yards away hence the F L record of 59 unbeaten Home games, there. Now it is seats,as you know, and families and though can still be noisy,it is a different vibe,mate.

    • @Isleofskye
      @Isleofskye 6 місяців тому +3

      The Flats costing ONE MILION Pounds,I should have said. :)

    • @mattthegroundhopper9242
      @mattthegroundhopper9242  6 місяців тому

      Agreed, great atmosphere and the local area needs investment with government 💷💰

    • @dylvasey
      @dylvasey 6 місяців тому

      True enough, but you could say that (property prices) about any area in London. @@Isleofskye

    • @robquinn573
      @robquinn573 6 місяців тому +2

      Millwall is an easy away day for visitors. Hardly any home fans live in the area anymore and travel in from Kent other SE London areas.

  • @italianjob4947
    @italianjob4947 6 місяців тому

    Great video!

  • @MrNathanBF
    @MrNathanBF 6 місяців тому

    great stuff. Thanks

  • @kennyjohnson1866
    @kennyjohnson1866 6 місяців тому +23

    Excellent analysis and thank you for your kind words towards the Millwall supporters.
    I was there yesterday and there are lots of other ways of getting to and from the ground other than South Bermondsey but you need a bit of local knowledge.
    If you go again go via Surrey Quays.
    Pubs and shops there.
    Fair play to the Boro fans.
    Over 1500 in attendance on a freezing cold January when everyone is skint is great commitment.
    As for plans to modify The Den who knows ?
    It needs it and has potential but we would need a major cash injection which is not on the Horizon.
    Keep up the great work on the channel and I have dropped you a sub 👍
    COYL 🦁

    • @mattthegroundhopper9242
      @mattthegroundhopper9242  6 місяців тому +1

      Thanks Kenny, thanks for your sub and welcome to the channel, noisy noisy ground 👍🏻🏟️

    • @joewesthead758
      @joewesthead758 6 місяців тому +1

      Ye thanks for that mate, I will remember that if we play u again

  • @UTFB
    @UTFB 6 місяців тому +7

    Honourable smoggie 💯

  • @historyoffootball87
    @historyoffootball87 6 місяців тому +3

    I have been to a few Middlesbrough games, it's a nice walk down to The Riverside. I think whenever you do a video about Millwall it's going to get a lot of views, one of my most popular videos is on The Old Den.

    • @mattthegroundhopper9242
      @mattthegroundhopper9242  6 місяців тому

      Yea that’s true, don’t know why, there are other better supported clubs, probably the past reputation 👍🏻

  • @jskeggs_
    @jskeggs_ 6 місяців тому +1

    Nice video mate, Den hasn't changed one bit! Nice to see the coke n mars back haha

    • @mattthegroundhopper9242
      @mattthegroundhopper9242  6 місяців тому +1

      Good old coke and mars, why is it so expensive there, makes no sense??

  • @davidwilliamgay4821
    @davidwilliamgay4821 6 місяців тому +1

    Great video Matt. Millwall fans are simply passionate, and dont like losing at their Den. Boro fans would be the same at the Riverside. Still a brave fan, and glad you didnt mention our Gills 😅going there. All about passion for your team of course. Middlesborough does get some bad reports, and parts of the city are rough, as i know a Gills fan that lives there. Anyway, cant be that bad when one of their sons is the one and only Chris Rea, and he was driving home for Christmas lol. All the best Dave

    • @mattthegroundhopper9242
      @mattthegroundhopper9242  6 місяців тому +1

      Thanks Berlin Dave, yes no outing for my Gills cap yesterday in and around the ground 👍🏻⚽️

    • @davidwilliamgay4821
      @davidwilliamgay4821 6 місяців тому

      @@mattthegroundhopper9242 i bet lol

  • @the_footballtourist
    @the_footballtourist 6 місяців тому +1

    Cool to see the game from another perspective, fair to say you had better vibes at full time than me!

    • @mattthegroundhopper9242
      @mattthegroundhopper9242  6 місяців тому

      Thanks Tom, sometimes it is purely luck the end you pick for a game as a neutral 👍🏻

    • @the_footballtourist
      @the_footballtourist 6 місяців тому

      @@mattthegroundhopper9242 absolutely. I’m just glad coke and mars is back!!!

    • @mattthegroundhopper9242
      @mattthegroundhopper9242  6 місяців тому

      @@the_footballtourist👍🏻

  • @mrnobody1067
    @mrnobody1067 12 днів тому

    Don't think you de have gone there back in the day mate hope you enjoyed your visit 😁🦁

  • @allansmith5248
    @allansmith5248 6 місяців тому

    Fair play to you mate👍

  • @garygrimshaw9941
    @garygrimshaw9941 6 місяців тому +2

    Hi Matt. Im ardent Millwall now living in Seaton. Still love Wall. Thought your comments very fair. Too many stigmatise Milllwall as being bad. All are passionate but fairly decent. Goid security at The Den eh. Glad you enjoyed your day. Gary life long Wall

    • @mattthegroundhopper9242
      @mattthegroundhopper9242  6 місяців тому +1

      Thanks Gary, i try to be fair, just a fan of grounds and UK football ⚽️👍🏻

    • @Cartsp70
      @Cartsp70 6 місяців тому

      Last time I went to the west lower Dennis Wise was player mngr Vs West Ham and they were throwing coins at Dennis when he was taking the corners 😂he just picked them all up and gave em to the kids 👍🏾 Tim Cahill , Ifil , Steve Claridge were my favourite players, Come on the Wall 💙🙌🏼!!

  • @colinfryett8174
    @colinfryett8174 6 місяців тому +4

    Boro fan here, nice video

  • @MJJKEEPTHEFAITH2012
    @MJJKEEPTHEFAITH2012 6 місяців тому

    Not as packed as you would get away sell out , if there wasn't a cup game coming up.
    Great video for fans wanting to know what it's like before deciding which ground/games to visit. UTB

    • @mattthegroundhopper9242
      @mattthegroundhopper9242  6 місяців тому

      Thanks for your comments, i like it, it’s more like an educational video now 👍🏻surely there must be government funding available for an educational video 💷💰👍🏻

  • @Jason.King.at.your.service
    @Jason.King.at.your.service 6 місяців тому +2

    I would love to have went to the old Den, but alas I never did. I only ever went to two grounds in London and that was Craven Cottage and the old Wembley stadium (several times with Scotland). Sadly, a lot of London clubs have left their old grounds now though Fulham, Leyton Orient, Crystal Palace, Charlton Athletic, QPR and Chelsea are still at the old ones. And Chelsea's Stamford Bridge is unrecognisable from the old days.

    • @mattthegroundhopper9242
      @mattthegroundhopper9242  6 місяців тому

      New stadiums are great but I still love the old ones as well 👍🏻

    • @deanwhite4544
      @deanwhite4544 5 місяців тому

      My dad took me to the old den in 88 n I've been wall since. There was no other ground in the country like it

  • @harrydent6413
    @harrydent6413 6 місяців тому +1

    I was sat in the bottom tier of the Boro end. We made a mad rush at the final whistle to get out before the crowd control and we were on a train within 5 mins of full time.

  • @viewfromtheanglo4334
    @viewfromtheanglo4334 6 місяців тому +3

    The Old Den? Absolutely. Now, like with every club that had a reputation, it has all simmered down with the security, cameras, police etc etc. If you want to experience hostile atmospheres you need to go abroad if I'm being honest. Great video 👍

    • @mattthegroundhopper9242
      @mattthegroundhopper9242  6 місяців тому

      Yea like a derby in Turkey or the Belgrade derby, thanks for your comments and support 👍🏻⚽️

  • @Bibg867
    @Bibg867 6 місяців тому

    Been to both the old den and the new den watching the Clarets. No problems at all and when we passed a Millwall boozer and there boys stood outside my mate said how’s it going ladies 😅 every club has its nutters

  • @original.dwornboy
    @original.dwornboy 6 місяців тому +5

    I'm a Boro fan but have a soft spot for Millwall. As for the fans, their bark is worse than their bite.

    • @mattthegroundhopper9242
      @mattthegroundhopper9242  6 місяців тому +2

      Maybe, but I still wouldn’t sing West Ham songs in the home end 😀

    • @luapnosboh7421
      @luapnosboh7421 5 місяців тому

      Walllll n west spam last bastions of London

    • @williambeck1574
      @williambeck1574 3 місяці тому

      ​@mattthegroundhopper9242 like Millwall shouldn't have made themselves heard in the Gwladys Street end of Everton in 1973,then maybe the 11 Millwall stabbed, slashed and twatted wouldn't have taken the hiding of their live,GWLADYS STREET END SCALLIES 100pc SCOUSE AND PROUD OF IT 💙

  • @borosniper7725
    @borosniper7725 6 місяців тому +1

    I think we would of had more than 2.5k away crowd if it wasn't for the trains disruptions in London and nightmare traffic down there Glad you got to sample.a.little.of the Boro away day atmosphere UP THE BORO!🔴⚪️🔴⚪️

    • @mattthegroundhopper9242
      @mattthegroundhopper9242  6 місяців тому +2

      It was a great turnout for a long tricky journey, great fans 👍🏻

    • @borosniper7725
      @borosniper7725 6 місяців тому

      @mattthegroundhopper9242 thanks for your kind words mate all the best for 2024 UTB!

    • @praisekingjesusforever5494
      @praisekingjesusforever5494 6 місяців тому

      @@mattthegroundhopper9242 John 11.25-26 Jesus said unto her I AM the resurrection and the life he that believes in me thou he were dead yet shall he live and whosoever lives and belives in me shall never die believest thou this Amen

    • @italianjob4947
      @italianjob4947 6 місяців тому

      @@praisekingjesusforever5494 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @nayftv
    @nayftv 6 місяців тому

    Millwall has one of my favourite away ends in the country high up but very close to the pitch

  • @timcolder8782
    @timcolder8782 6 місяців тому +1

    The old den maybe. Back in the early '90's went there twice. Won in the last minute and so many coins were coming over the fencing, could have opened a bank account with them. Police escort through Bermondsey were having to take cover.Our play off win at the new den in '94 our g/k was attacked on the pitch at full time and our local radio station car put on its roof. Maybe just a one off and things have changed a lot since then.

    • @mattthegroundhopper9242
      @mattthegroundhopper9242  6 місяців тому

      Blimey Tim, that sounds like a war zone 🔫🔪💣🧨

    • @luapnosboh7421
      @luapnosboh7421 6 місяців тому

      ​@@mattthegroundhopper9242and a few got to read a compressed news paper on their way home 😮

  • @guvnormcfc66
    @guvnormcfc66 6 місяців тому +1

    Remember going there sometime in the 80s with man city,just after the kings cross fire,didn't get any myther till we got to London/tower bridge(not sure which one)on the way back to eustonthen it went off big time that bad that they banned city fans the next time we played there.Also after that game the odd lott had enough and loads lads doors went in after the new year,then we found out the odd lott had infiltrated city's mob.operation omega they called it,they used video of the millwall game in court. Wasn't long after the city fans were jailed that HMP Strangeways went up in flames.

  • @tonydavis8916
    @tonydavis8916 6 місяців тому +2

    I have been there 3 times with qpr never had a problem, only the fact we lost twice 👍👍

    • @Isleofskye
      @Isleofskye 6 місяців тому +1

      My first away game for 20+ years with Millwall at QPR next week. My first game at QPR/Millwall was 3/1 Rangers in 1967:). The previous year was 6/1 and Millwall fans sat in the centre circle to get the game abandoned :)

    • @mattthegroundhopper9242
      @mattthegroundhopper9242  6 місяців тому

      Thanks Tony, not looking too great for QPR this season either ⬇️

  • @patrickcross5195
    @patrickcross5195 6 місяців тому +3

    you're right about the den having bugger all done to it since opening. redevelopment plans have been faffed about with for over 10 years, and still are. as far as i know any refurb is tied to some sort of council master plan to redevelop bermondsey as a whole so until that happens the den stays as is.

    • @Isleofskye
      @Isleofskye 6 місяців тому

      For the first time in 20 years,I wnt to Charlton recently and they filled in the 2 sides of the Home End in the corners which is much better.
      Also,I enter my 8th decade next year but I want to STAND so why is there not "Safe Standing" like so many grounds these days? Give fans a choice and watch the atmosphere intensify.

    • @mattthegroundhopper9242
      @mattthegroundhopper9242  6 місяців тому

      I am a big fan of standing areas 👍🏻

    • @mattthegroundhopper9242
      @mattthegroundhopper9242  6 місяців тому

      If they filled in some of the corners that would make a huge difference 👍🏻⚽️

    • @patrickcross5195
      @patrickcross5195 6 місяців тому

      @@Isleofskye if redevelopment plans included ripping the seats out of the lower block of cold blow lane and keeping that section for standing only i doubt any fans would object, me included

    • @Isleofskye
      @Isleofskye 6 місяців тому +1

      @@mattthegroundhopper9242 100% CORRECT....I prefer Charlton's ground because of that.

  • @burkehare01
    @burkehare01 6 місяців тому

    Millwall a Scottish Team in England lol. Started up by Scottish dockers. Favourite team when I head south over the border.

    • @mattthegroundhopper9242
      @mattthegroundhopper9242  6 місяців тому

      Yes I have read that stat before about Millwall, thanks for your comments 👍🏻⚽️

  • @santobucca7165
    @santobucca7165 6 місяців тому +2

    Millwall is cool ❤

  • @roystonmarshall5027
    @roystonmarshall5027 6 місяців тому +6

    No way like the old days,..if enough supporters never came down we would fight end up fighting the police for kicks,..off to the pub,meet girlfriend,nightclub,home then sunday roast,...oh happy days 😊😊

    • @mattthegroundhopper9242
      @mattthegroundhopper9242  6 місяців тому

      Sounds like a great weekend 👍🏻⚽️

    • @mickfoskett6629
      @mickfoskett6629 6 місяців тому +1

      If they didn't have the segregated pathways at south bermondsey, it would be carnage there every week!🤯🤬

    • @mrnobody1067
      @mrnobody1067 12 днів тому

      Wow that's my teens 're lived cheers hahahahahaha 😁

  • @cambradley7694
    @cambradley7694 6 місяців тому

    So heavily policed these days down the den, mostly get some spirited bods there for the football and a day out
    Get some of the "troublemakers" at the larger fixtures, and a few of the big away days, but no point turning up week in and out with how much OB is about in and out the ground.
    Overall always hear its a good day out as an away fan for a fun atmosphere and a piss up in the capital if that's what you're looking for. If you come looking for trouble can certainly find it, but them days are all but gone really!

  • @xix94
    @xix94 6 місяців тому

    You should do this again but from millwall stand

  • @frankdonaghy2712
    @frankdonaghy2712 6 місяців тому +1

    Please come to Chelsea second leg mate , bring us more good luck .

  • @ianpodmore9666
    @ianpodmore9666 5 місяців тому

    Went to the old Den many years ago. Many Millwall fans shook our hands and thanked us for coming down. Not many away supporters used to go there back in the 70's. Millwall won 4-1 and as we left the ground about 300 of their fans tried to kill us. Funny af.

  • @Bread-ox8ku
    @Bread-ox8ku 6 місяців тому

    Maybe try get down to the second leg of the carabao cup at Chelsea sure the ground will be rocking

    • @mattthegroundhopper9242
      @mattthegroundhopper9242  6 місяців тому

      I’m guessing that game has already been sold out long long ago 👍🏻

  • @brettnethercott7369
    @brettnethercott7369 6 місяців тому +1

    Check out the bouncy man @ Millwall v Leeds earlier this season. He’s really funny. They are a different mob.

  • @ianbroughton2987
    @ianbroughton2987 5 місяців тому

    Millwall v everton was a good day

  • @EthanYoung8038
    @EthanYoung8038 6 місяців тому +4

    UTB WASNT AT THE GAME OR WATCHED IT BUT APPARENTLY MILLWALL WERE UNLUCKY

  • @R.I.P_MATIJA_SARKIC
    @R.I.P_MATIJA_SARKIC 5 місяців тому

    Also im a millwall fan and I think they might make stand adjustments

    • @mattthegroundhopper9242
      @mattthegroundhopper9242  5 місяців тому

      Safe standing areas?

    • @R.I.P_MATIJA_SARKIC
      @R.I.P_MATIJA_SARKIC 5 місяців тому

      @@mattthegroundhopper9242 probably just seat adjustments and maybe something with the corners, but not with the corner that has the tv, and also safe stand areas as well.

  • @technotweezy1
    @technotweezy1 6 місяців тому +2

    A 100% converted boro fan i sense it haha thanks again for the poaitive views on the boro 😊

  • @MrPhilippou9354
    @MrPhilippou9354 6 місяців тому +1

    Millwall still a working man's club !! No prawn sandwich brigade here. We say it as it is and give credit for when it's deserve ,fair play to Middlesbrough well organised team and good support.

    • @chrisredditch
      @chrisredditch 6 місяців тому +1

      Don't you believe it. Although a great place to visit, The Den does a few hospitality packages.

    • @mattthegroundhopper9242
      @mattthegroundhopper9242  6 місяців тому +1

      Good old fashioned food in the ground but if I’m honest I am partial to a prawn sandwich but I’m not part of the brigade 👍🏻⚽️

    • @chrisredditch
      @chrisredditch 6 місяців тому

      I've been to The Den as a neutral a few times and always found it to be a great day out.@@mattthegroundhopper9242

  • @craigmullen9046
    @craigmullen9046 6 місяців тому

    80s and 90s would have been a different kettle of fish. When you had Millwall's bushwackers and Middlesboros fromtline

  • @tonygledhill8827
    @tonygledhill8827 6 місяців тому +1

    15:25 15:25 15:25 Millwall, originally founded on the Isle of Dogs, Mortens Jam Factory, mainly Scottish workers in the late 1900s, moved to Poplar Borough on the Isle of Dogs, that's why Millwall play in blue and have a Lion.

    • @mattthegroundhopper9242
      @mattthegroundhopper9242  6 місяців тому

      Thanks for the facts Tony 👍🏻

    • @matthewdoyle3877
      @matthewdoyle3877 6 місяців тому

      @@mattthegroundhopper9242bet you shit yourself

    • @paulkillick527
      @paulkillick527 6 місяців тому

      So really they are a east London club 😂

    • @Isleofskye
      @Isleofskye 6 місяців тому +1

      @@paulkillick527 Not in any shape or form,my friend.
      I enter my 8th decade in ay and have been attending for over 60 years.
      SOUTH EAST London to the very end:)

    • @TheWESTSIDE1967
      @TheWESTSIDE1967 6 місяців тому

      @@Isleofskye come on skye you was our friendly East End neighbour as originated in isle of Dogs, Scottish workers & jam factory hence the Scottish Royal blue & rampant Lion , which btw is up there if not the best badge in football & that's hard for me to say as you know im West Ham ⚒

  • @apumfrey68
    @apumfrey68 6 місяців тому

    As a 'Wall fan who's been going for 45 years it's great to see some real feedback rather than the usual MSM BS.

  • @joewesthead758
    @joewesthead758 6 місяців тому

    I went there in the cup with Everton, I think the true millwall fans who got 2 watch there team are lovely people that’s what I found

    • @apumfrey68
      @apumfrey68 6 місяців тому

      Glad to hear that mate, we ain't all bad!! Good luck for the rest of the season.

    • @mattthegroundhopper9242
      @mattthegroundhopper9242  6 місяців тому

      Thanks Joe, I know loads of decent Millwall fans 👍🏻

    • @joewesthead758
      @joewesthead758 6 місяців тому

      @@mattthegroundhopper9242 hope u have a great season mate good luck

    • @joewesthead758
      @joewesthead758 6 місяців тому

      @@apumfrey68 ye same to you mate, hope u have a great season

  • @mielerodriguez5678
    @mielerodriguez5678 6 місяців тому

    I remember Cold Blow Lane (only went there the once). It was a dump with razor wire but the intimidating atmosphere was really fun and exciting. The Millwall fans were looking over drawing their hands across thier necks. What me I thought. Slightly disconcerting but no harm done. 🤣

  • @oddy532
    @oddy532 6 місяців тому +5

    Get yaself to chelsea if your our lucky charm mate, UTB

  • @mikegeorge7824
    @mikegeorge7824 3 місяці тому

    Millwall have published a blueprint for the Den, which would involved putting a huge 'facade' over what is already there. However, any expansion depends on where they are in the League and how much revenue is available. Don't hold your breath.

    • @mattthegroundhopper9242
      @mattthegroundhopper9242  3 місяці тому

      Thanks Mike, the ground hasn’t changed much since it was built, be good to see it have a spruce up 👍🏻⚽️

  • @davidhooker4
    @davidhooker4 6 місяців тому

    Very interesting video, possibly one of the better atmospheres in recent times on Saturday. For all his good points Gary Rowetts football sucked the life out of the crowd, Joe Edwards is bringing it back slowly.
    First home and away for me this season and it was my first visit to The Riverside in August. Went to Ayresome Park in 87. Impressed with both tbf!
    As for the Den, there are plans as part of the New Bermondsey regeneration to increase capacity to 34000, work on the area regeneration is supposed to start this year but I’m not holding my breath.

    • @YJB8CCFC
      @YJB8CCFC 6 місяців тому +1

      I thought it was a good, balanced view you wrote up until the point where you mention 34,000. I did an Ashley Cole and almost chocked on my cornflakes. Even now, the ground is far too big for Millwall.

    • @davidhooker4
      @davidhooker4 6 місяців тому

      @@YJB8CCFC not going to argue there!

    • @mattthegroundhopper9242
      @mattthegroundhopper9242  6 місяців тому

      I never had a chance to visit Ayresome
      Park, I would love to ground hop all the old grounds 👍🏻

  • @Chris-ln6so
    @Chris-ln6so 6 місяців тому +1

    Boro supporter (although I live in Chelsea 😂) - was at Millwall yesterday - didn’t find it intimidating but it’s clearly a run down area which could do with some money spent on it. The ground was tidy enough and the staff at The Den were great.
    The segregation between fans is a shame. Don’t come across that level of security often.

  • @michaelbrindley3487
    @michaelbrindley3487 6 місяців тому

    Come to Chorley in national league for Chester vs Chorley be a big national league north game that

    • @mattthegroundhopper9242
      @mattthegroundhopper9242  6 місяців тому

      I would love to go to that game but unfortunately going up north for a mid week game during a working week is a bit of a no no, shame, thanks for your comments 👍🏻⚽️

  • @Art4you870
    @Art4you870 6 місяців тому +1

    Derby is good to go to

  • @StrachanFilms
    @StrachanFilms 6 місяців тому +5

    Was at the game, lower tier.
    Millwall fans despite their reputation were good for 10 mins, the rest was dominated by Boro fans.

    • @BarkingLondon
      @BarkingLondon 6 місяців тому

      As if..🦁😆😆 Slight exaggeration. Fair fucks to M’Boro who travelled thousands of miles through.

    • @Isleofskye
      @Isleofskye 6 місяців тому

      @@BarkingLondon Talking of slight exaggerationBoro to South London 257 miles so around 550 miles return:)

    • @StrachanFilms
      @StrachanFilms 6 місяців тому

      @@BarkingLondon I was expecting more from their reputation

    • @mattthegroundhopper9242
      @mattthegroundhopper9242  6 місяців тому

      When Boro’s second goal went in it killed the home atmosphere

    • @Isleofskye
      @Isleofskye 6 місяців тому +1

      @@StrachanFilms You're about 40 years too late, mon ami. If you visited The OLD Den during our 59-game unbeaten, record-breaking Home run with Home on all 4 sides, right on top of the pitch with 3 standing sides, you might have experienced something quite different.It was mainly Dockers,as well. Lovely Chaps:)

  • @Curiouscupboard
    @Curiouscupboard 6 місяців тому

    Never had any trouble, local police seem to be on a huge power trip though. Train is a pain in the arse to get out of though

    • @mattthegroundhopper9242
      @mattthegroundhopper9242  6 місяців тому

      The train station is probably a sleepy station throughout the week apart from every Saturday fortnight 👍🏻

    • @Curiouscupboard
      @Curiouscupboard 6 місяців тому

      @@mattthegroundhopper9242 it’s the police again mate. They won’t let home fans and away fans on at the same time

  • @callumpickering4345
    @callumpickering4345 6 місяців тому +6

    Up The Boro 🔴⚪️

  • @CliveWinter
    @CliveWinter Місяць тому

    Maybe you should try put Millwall against Leeds and Millwall against Cardiff

  • @KingofBlingham
    @KingofBlingham 6 місяців тому +1

    Having spent a fair bit of time on football terraces watching Forest i dont think Boro would be intimidated going anywhere.

  • @smithsRus83
    @smithsRus83 6 місяців тому

    Glad to see coke & mars back. Eastbourne Borough coke (can) £1.50p Mars £1

    • @mattthegroundhopper9242
      @mattthegroundhopper9242  6 місяців тому

      Thanks for the update 👍🏻 however it’s because Eastbourne only sell cans and not 500mml bottles that they haven’t made my league table 😀👍🏻

    • @Isleofskye
      @Isleofskye 6 місяців тому

      Eastbourne =Worst Owner in the League.
      A friend of a friend (who teaches at Eton College) mentioned something that had been broken for a while and this clown said, without humour: "Turn up with your tools on Monday and you can fix it" and walked off. He thanked the recently departed Manager and in his comment described him as "an abject failure".
      I smell Americanisation and buying up the land for flats..

  • @alangood8190
    @alangood8190 5 місяців тому +1

    Long walk? For a fit young man like you? It's only 0.3 miles, a 7 minute walk on Google Maps. The Den must be one of the best grounds to get to regarding transport links and there are plans to build another train station on another train line very close to the stadium making the trips even better.

    • @mattthegroundhopper9242
      @mattthegroundhopper9242  4 місяці тому

      Thanks Alan, saying I am fit and young all in the same sentence, I’ll take that 👍🏻😀

    • @alangood8190
      @alangood8190 4 місяці тому

      @@mattthegroundhopper9242You're welcome. Only telling the truth.🙂

  • @richarddennis3793
    @richarddennis3793 6 місяців тому

    was at the match even though i live in london i felt very uncofortable there was listening to the commentry from tees there the st was a guy underneath them old guy at least 70 boro 2-1 up they said this on air that old guy is being hassled we need a steward etc from what i heard the steward walkedup they snarled the stward walked away

  • @King786_
    @King786_ 6 місяців тому +2

    #UTB

  • @Yorksbloke
    @Yorksbloke 6 місяців тому

    Not “all round the U.K.” if you don’t visit Northern Ireland. Great place to watch football in my experience, only done the four big Belfast clubs so far, but all very welcoming and friendly. And a great place for a weekend break.
    Thanks for being nice about the Boro, I’m a season ticket holder there.

    • @mattthegroundhopper9242
      @mattthegroundhopper9242  6 місяців тому

      Ok you have me on that one, next video I will say Britain 👍🏻 I would like to see games in Belfast but you are adding to my workload 🏟️

  • @DavidGriffin-kw4em
    @DavidGriffin-kw4em 6 місяців тому

    North and South divide, Middlesbrough have high respect from Millwall FC

  • @keefcambs1728
    @keefcambs1728 6 місяців тому

    Matt the area you point out is T28 - when the old ground shut people who use to stand together now kind of sit together although they stand 🤔 this area is season ticket only and is made up of people who use to run with various firms back in the day - as a general rule you have to know someone or get aggressive looks - or even asked - who are you - what are you doing here - 😂🤣

    • @mattthegroundhopper9242
      @mattthegroundhopper9242  6 місяців тому

      Interesting fact, appreciate it👍🏻 that’s what is so great about real fans commenting 👍🏻⚽️

  • @Battismore-Blue
    @Battismore-Blue 6 місяців тому

    They seem to be using the lower tier in the away end this season , it seems they didn`t use it for years .

    • @mattthegroundhopper9242
      @mattthegroundhopper9242  6 місяців тому

      Yes and it seems to make all the difference, really adds to the atmosphere 👍🏻⚽️

    • @3999MILES
      @3999MILES 6 місяців тому

      Depends whose playing...they never give the lower tier to Leeds.

  • @cm-oo1td
    @cm-oo1td 6 місяців тому

    In the ground an hour before kick off 😂😂😂

    • @mattthegroundhopper9242
      @mattthegroundhopper9242  6 місяців тому

      I was going to have a walk about, but off the train and directed straight into the ground!

    • @cm-oo1td
      @cm-oo1td 6 місяців тому

      @@mattthegroundhopper9242 to get the real football experience you need to go into the home fans main boozer,,,,,, get off the stop before

  • @Eeeeeeeeeee12345
    @Eeeeeeeeeee12345 6 місяців тому

    full nike tracksuit and stone island 😂

  • @Welshwolf62
    @Welshwolf62 6 місяців тому +2

    Is Millwall a scary place to visit 🤔 Ask Everton they walked through Millwall liked the owned it. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @thisthat2528
    @thisthat2528 6 місяців тому

    as scary as eating candy floss in the wind

  • @alanhunt2457
    @alanhunt2457 6 місяців тому

    Not at all...been to scarier places than that,the fans and staff were very nice when blackpool fc went there about year and half ago.

  • @millsy1861
    @millsy1861 6 місяців тому

    Expand the stadium 😂😂😂😂 brilliant...

  • @Patrick_1973
    @Patrick_1973 6 місяців тому

    I miss the 80s..Sky TV and eventually social media ruined football..Football will be never the same after satellite TV..If you know you know..Still fun to watch though..But different..

    • @mattthegroundhopper9242
      @mattthegroundhopper9242  6 місяців тому +1

      I agree, Div 1, 2, 3 and 4, European Cup, CWC, UEFA Cup, Saturday FA Cup build up on Grandstand, I don’t need convincing 👍🏻⚽️

  • @dannyshoobert5502
    @dannyshoobert5502 6 місяців тому

    Milllllllllllllll

  • @paulmatthews1798
    @paulmatthews1798 6 місяців тому

    Both passes when put against Cardiff City

  • @njp9554
    @njp9554 6 місяців тому

    I been and not even bad as long as ya don't mouth off and that ya should be ok

  • @IansOddInterests
    @IansOddInterests 5 місяців тому

    No club is scarey to visit unless you are a provocateur. Stand in terrace , cheer the team and no problems.. stand in terrace cheer the opposing team then there’s a problem.. same anywhere.

    • @mattthegroundhopper9242
      @mattthegroundhopper9242  5 місяців тому

      Just ask the Wolves fans that were in the home end against West Brom, creating all sorts of unnecessary trouble

    • @IansOddInterests
      @IansOddInterests 5 місяців тому

      @@mattthegroundhopper9242 I should have stated. Stand in the part of the stadium allocated to each team. Don’t stand in the wrong end. There’s been plenty of games I would have gone to but the away end was sold out. Just stay at home. .. be sensible.. don’t sneak into the home end and cheer the away team… , although I’m not local I do actually have soft spot for Wolves and was watching that game. . Well deserved win.

  • @steviebgooder
    @steviebgooder 6 місяців тому +1

    Not intimidating at all these days. If that Miiiiiiii thing is supposed to intimidate they are having a laugh. Sounds like something from Monty Python. No ground is really intimidating these days. I’d much rather be at grounds where the home fans are raucously be behind their teams. Leeds for sure in the Championship, along with Plymouth are the best places, Forest in the Prem, Pompey in 1.

  • @LizardLickMoTo
    @LizardLickMoTo 6 місяців тому

    If you want some action you need to come to Eastern Europe or balkans my friend .

  • @PaulSteers-ev7jy
    @PaulSteers-ev7jy 6 місяців тому

    Don't think you have a idea how it was in the late 70s and the early 80s , you would have stayed at home with mom !! .

  • @OceanBoswell-um4tv
    @OceanBoswell-um4tv 6 місяців тому

    Come to sit in a Millwall at Home

  • @andywennington3668
    @andywennington3668 6 місяців тому

    UTB

  • @ashleyhoffman4117
    @ashleyhoffman4117 6 місяців тому +2

    millwall fan here ,,,,millwall didnt deserve that today and another day we would of won ....i dont think boro were the better team but finishing was clinical tbh.....as for "is millwall a scary club to visit" not for a good few years lol

    • @mattthegroundhopper9242
      @mattthegroundhopper9242  6 місяців тому

      It was all Millwall first half, Boro’s second goal killed you guys, thanks for your comments 👍🏻⚽️

  • @overcorpse
    @overcorpse 6 місяців тому

    And you can thank Maggie Thatcher for a safer football experience, An unpopular thing to say. but nonless true,

    • @williambeck1574
      @williambeck1574 6 місяців тому

      Fuck the tories!..Everton fc,scouse not English!!

    • @mattthegroundhopper9242
      @mattthegroundhopper9242  6 місяців тому

      Still plenty of terracing in the lower leagues 👍🏻⚽️

  • @nigelbaldwin1038
    @nigelbaldwin1038 6 місяців тому +1

    Stopped talking my kids to the ground. Because after the game you meet up with a load of grandads on the platform who want to fight you…… the hole place is a dump !!!

  • @wingmasterjimmy6724
    @wingmasterjimmy6724 6 місяців тому

    UTFB

  • @marjon83utd
    @marjon83utd 5 місяців тому

    Not scary if you get in the ground 14 hours before kick off

    • @mattthegroundhopper9242
      @mattthegroundhopper9242  5 місяців тому

      I agree, luckily I was there approximately 12 hours before kickoff 👍🏻😀