MILLWALL 3-0 CHELSEA - 1977

[@anniechrisbendy6000]

I was there a 16greenie chelsea boy ......... FUCKING HELL ....i learnt enough that day to push myself to a VERY COMFORTABLE LIFE ..... thanks millwall💙👍

[@johnellis2152]

I was there that day as well don't remember seeing a ball kicked just wave after wave of attacks still enjoyed it

[@Adam-vy6nl]

Two most hated clubs in England playing on one pitch, we got a massive kick in, on and off the pitch this day

[@peterbergman2131]

Leeds are the most hated club in England. Anyone who doesn't hate Leeds isn't a real football fan.

[@desrobafc]

I was there 14 years old. i was with a 100 Chelsea boys . We went in the CBL end when the gates opened. We got run from there into the half way, got run out of there into the Ilderton rd end. Hair raising stuff. Glad to get out alive. Those were the days.

[@dannywestwood4113]

@@desrobafc Glad you made it. I was there too. 18 at the time. The away end was bad enough, you didn't know who was who. Shit was going off all over the place throughout the match, and afterwards.

[@H4CK61]

@@dannywestwood4113 Yep I was in the Treatment 17 years old and we served it up big time and I got a few slaps myself lol.

[@thebomb78]

Lovely goals Millwall

[@dannywestwood4113]

I was there that day. 4 September 1976. Met up with a few lads in The Chelsea Drugstore. Very cocky and confident on the District Line until we changed trains at Whitechapel. The journey south of the river from there was a different story, completed almost in complete silence. Arrived into New Cross and it was kicking off all over the place. Made it intact to the ground, though people had been stabbed, slashed and bricked en route. The police had lost control and said to us that we were on our own. Millwall blokes on the away end (Ilderton Road) roaming freely with knives and whatever. Chelsea to their credit tried to take the CBL, but seemed to be getting pushed further and further back into the left corner as wave after wave of attacks came at them from all sides of the ground. How I escaped that day without a scratch is partly down to luck and mostly down to the fact I didn't say a word throughout the match. Any gobby Arsenhole or Leeds f*cker on here that thinks they might have done any better is talking bollocks. It was a truly terrifying day out. Got our own back a bit in the return game at the Bridge when a couple of hundred Millwall had a go at the Shed and quickly learnt the error of their ways. KTBFFH.

[@paulheatonofficial]

I'm a Sheffield United fan and was there that day in the old Dockside [I was living in Surrey at the time] and what you've said is absolutely spot on and pretty much how i remember it. It was an absolute blood bath. What made it different, was that when Chelsea came into the Cold Blow Lane end, where at most grounds a few hundred lads would start after them, that day, the whole ground, to a man, started moving towards them. Every single Millwall fan in the ground wanted to kill you that day. Given that, i thought Chelsea stood their ground as much as you can in those circumstances. Enduring image of that day was Babsy in the thick of it, attempting in vain to stop the unstoppable tide of thugs moving towards you, and then Tiny, Ginger Brixton etc running along the walls of the stand opposite in an attempt to get at you. And yes, there isn't a set of fans of any club that day that wouldn't have crumbled, and much much earlier than Chelsea did.

[@lecco666]

Magnificent stuff.

[@humanforfreedom9583]

so the reputation is true then, would you say its a different league entirely to what you expirienced with other teams, I see a lot of people saying millwall weren't really all that but most seem to just be kids on there computer but what you 2 said seems far more genuine

[@paulheatonofficial]

Yeah i'd say in the main it was true. There were many other dangerous grounds. And in fact you could run the gauntlet at the North Stand at Chelsea, which had hopeless segregation. In the South Bank at Upton Park you'd face similar problems, along with scores of younger hooligans waiting outside after. Anfield and Goodison were both nasty places to visit, particularly for night matches, but that tended to be away from the ground. I could go on and on about the different dangers in different grounds, but what made Millwall different, was it was the whole thing, all the way from the station, to the ground and back. in the 70's and 80's they would always talk about a 'mindless minority' spoiling it for the ordinary fans. At Millwall it was a clear majority. It was all 4 sides of the ground. It was outside the ground before and after. It was the actual community near the ground, that had no respect, [and still doesn't have] for anyone outside their area. It wasn't just if you were black. It was also if you were Chinese, Pakistani, a north, east or west Londoner, a copper, a northener, anyone. I was a young lad of 15/16 at the time, and in times of severe trouble I'd look for a friendly face who could guide you to safety. Put simply, at Millwall in the 70's, there weren't any.

[@jimmybalantyne5545]

Fairly accurate account, could have done without mentioning those names, two of whom were friends of mine (RIP). As for them standing their ground, it's sort of bollocks because they had nowhere to run. It was carnage outside and inside the ground. As for CFC getting their revenge at the Bridge, that's highly debatable​. They did turf about fifty Millwall out of the Shed and fair play to them for it. Outside the ground - pre-match they did OK with the first mob of Millwall to arrive, chased us, truth be known. However, when the main lot got there, Millwall walked straight through them without a punch being thrown. The Chelsea fellow you mention was as game as anything I've seen at football in general and on that day - in particular. Good on him and those that stood with him.

[@kimarmstrongbarnes9840]

Ah my Dad Barry Salvage 💙

[@willevans429]

he had a great game, good player

[@RevStickleback]

My old boss was a bit of a Chelsea lad in his youth, and went to this game thinking he, and the Chelsea fans, would take over the place. Instead, he didn't see a single Chelsea fan who wasn't being beaten up, so he spent the entire game having to pretend to support Millwall.

[@colindoherty1891]

I went with all the usual Chelsea boys they came over the pitch at us we got a real paste in that day the only time that happened to us in those days. We got our own back at the bridge

[@securitysynergyhouse5822]

Of course!! Cos you were locked out of WHL in '75!!!!!! What a load of pony.

[@rogersalter4637]

@r que and those that did turn up could only manage to fill just ove half the park lane that's about 3500 .not all ticket so no excuses they just didn't like coming to ours then

[@rogersalter4637]

@r que spot on mate remember them coming up from Northumberland park in 78 think they reached the Worcester rd junction before they turned and ran .

[@rogersalter4637]

@r que early 70s west ham used to terrorize us at home they used to have a psychological hold over us .they were more organized where we had different postcode mobs all round the ground ,when we got it together we we up there with the best.75 onwards we started getting results against whu one of my favourites was that league cup quarter final night game early eighties..
at theirs didn't take a backwards step all night .
Late 70s we were at our best and as you mentioned not many teams came in numbers .great times and what a season that in the old second

[@rogersalter4637]

As I said earlier they had a psychological hold early 70s.but we have had some great results against them which they are keen to forget. Our old ground was the bollocks and I miss it have it back tomorrow fucking hate the new stadium, but it's not built for us old dinosaurs it's for the popcorn bouncing up and down sit and watch the match brigade

[@BARRY-et3jl]

total chaos that day,war on the terraces! i was 13 yr old and it seemed to just be going off all over,fair play to chelsea that day they turned up in numbers and got into the CBL but millwall were to much for them,remember loads of chelsea being run across the pitch,ilderton road end was just the same with millwall/chelsea kicking off all over the place,dont no what happen outside before or after the game but chelsea took abit beating that day in the den+to round the day off we stuffed em 3-0!

[@mickhavermans7319]

I'm Chelsea & the only other club I've got any time for is Millwall

[@clemilsonpedrodesouza4839]

Atmosfera incrível por isso que os times pequenos sobressaía sobre os grandes

[@keithfowler2013]

I imagine there was some fun on the walk home !???

[@thebomb78]

Great goals, wall!

[@EvoGoody]

Great atmosphere.

[@thebeast2746]

We're the best team in London,
NO, the best team of all,
Everybody knows us,
We're called Millwall,

[@johnnybs7]

Yeah it was 76 - i was there and got a kicking! ah.....great days!

[@johnabbott4675]

This match was in September ‘76

[@jimhackett4744]

chelsea them days always turned up 77 / 80

[@breakevenbernie8543]

Some great football there
From the wall
Great clip from a neutral !

[@lennylaa1686]

Three cracking goals in the away end,...not many Chelsea made it that day, good few
picked off on the way to the ground,...sparse numbers on that terrace.
How many Shed Boys were grinning and smiling and enthusiastically clapping their
hands as those Millwall goals were pumped in for fear of being picked out and spotted
as away fans. Absolutely bricking it, shitting themselves as they left the ground
heading for tube/train stations. Slapped down good and proper and put back in their
boxes.

[@dnstone1127]

Liked the old Den, it was bigger than Upton Park.

[@lennylaa1686]

LOL! Even that look on your blue lion is pure evil, baring it's teeth and snarling violently!

[@paulrowland2931]

I went as a brave 16 year old lad to see Chelsea..bit of a job finding the ground as I remember..really beat badly, Salvage was brilliant that day!
Wish I’d gone to try and catch Marc Bolan at his Office in New Bond Street now..that was my chance before he died.

[@gdl-watch7401]

Likewise, dont remember seeing too many 16-year-old Chelsea fans at the Den on that day, bad day at the office!!

[@johnbeck7019]

Great day and top result come on you wall

[@ac9110]

I don't remember The Big Match/Match of the Day being that blurred? It always seemed perfectly clear. Maybe it was?

[@robertroberts2666]

Cor blimey guvnor! You don't see a Chelsea pasting like that too often!

[@roryscottish8053]

This game is famous but not as intense as as the old firm derby in Scotland of Glasgow Celtic and rangers .😎😎

[@johnbeck7019]

There is only one team in London and they are called Millllllwalllllllll

[@michaelgarlick-zb4nc]

Got a black eye for my troubles in the cbl, kicked the shit out of a millwall lad on my way home, even stevens for me, but yes, always been respectful to millwalls firm, had a small part in kicking them out of the shed that year as well, boys will be boys i suppose

[@stanandollie7041]

My God I recall this humiliation. We were really utter shite then. 😥

[@paulbangkok248]

i was there :) interesting day ! but a bad result

[@peterbergman2131]

Bad result? It was one of the all time greats.

[@paulbangkok248]

+Peter Bergman not for a Chelsea supporter ;)

[@bosshoss64]

I wasn't there but I can imagine t'was a blood bath. Wish I had been there. In 1985 I saw Millwall vs Carlisle (3-1, Carlisle keeper sent off)at the old Den. Don't know if there was any trouble or distubances at that fixture. I was just a bloody tourist on the terraces back then.

[@Isleofskye]

Sadly there WAS plenty of trouble at Millwall v Carlisle in The Mid 1960's some 20 years before that.
I disttinctly remember Carlisle fans being taken out of THe Ilderton Road End but there was, literally, nowhere for them to go. I remember similar v Blackburn and The Rovers fans singing " Give us a goal: Barrie Hole". Next thing they were covered in blood. Not good and that was really the start of mainstream hooliganism,I'm afraiid...@ @@bosshoss64

[@Chelsea-mf4rp]

Two mobs of Chelsea in the CBL that day and Millwall in the away end....mad day....

[@terrylarkin7380]

Aren't Millwall fans know as Rent Boys? And Chelsea fans are The Shirtlifters?

[@mikeshedboy2971]

I went in the cbl end and yes...it wasnt for long....

[@michaelmorgan8539]

I was there that day we had a field day give Chelsea a kickin on and of the pitch the good old days

[@infokemp]

Awesome!
Millwall FC forever

[@mariaconcepciongonzalezcab6178]

There were stabbings

[@TONYSPURSMAN]

good luck for next week Millwall

[@michaelh2791]

Super Millwall!

[@littlefish1167]

I remember that day very well Chelsea did come in the cold blow it was went the gates open there early success didn't last long batter in the corner then on to the pitch with millwall manager Gordon jago pleading for calm a little mob from seats jump on the pitch and chase Chelsea across it into a waiting mob of millwall in the ilderton road it was very violent but no knives no one got stabbed and as for the return game harrythedog and about ten others went in the shed and got what they deserved.but Chelsea mob then was the north stand facts are they wasn't in the north stand millwall was.there was a little pitch invasion well not pitch around that big track they had but was full of mud and every one went back .the game finished 1 1

[@EvoGoody]

How fucking fascinating.

[@redflag8970]

I enjoyed the story