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29th August
Darren Byfield leaves for Bristol City and then says he has
never been so excited about a move. Whilst some question Willie
Donachie's philosophies regarding team building it is difficult
to argue that getting rid of a player of this type, irrespective
of how good he may be, can be bad for any club...
...Alleged target Lee
Barnard, the young Tottenham striker, joins Crewe on a six
month loan deal.
28th August Manager Donachie
admits that the door to Chris Hackett is not closed if someone
loses, "form". It is expected that Hackett will
be the only name on the team-sheet for the forthcoming match
with Huddersfield.
27th August Neil Ardley calls
time on his playing career. He may rejoin his mate Dave Jones
at Cardiff City to make use of his coaching badges.
25th August
Southend United 1 Millwall 0: A truly woeful performance
with no attacking impetus and lacklustre performances from
a number of players. The defence did well, especially Chris
Day to keep the score down, but as soon as the goal went in
the manager went potty with his substitutions and alterations
to the playing system and the inevitable couldn't come quick
enough...
...Willie Donachie reacts to the match, “It was a pretty
even game in the first half, but they got the break and that
was it.”
24th
August Left sided midfielder, Jamie
O’Hara joins from Spurs. The plan is a month’s
loan in the hope that he will enjoy it enough to stay longer.
Or something.
21st August
Less than 3,000 spectators turn up for the 1-1 draw between
Ghana and Senegal. Fortunately, the alleged thirty grand was
paid up front and any profits or losses were the promoter’s.
18th
August Millwall 1 Cheltenham Town 0: A Danny Spiller
goal on the stroke of half time separates two hard-working
but rather flair-less teams in a dreadfully dull game...
...Manager Donachie says afterwards, "For the first half
I thought we played really good football and if we had got
the second goal it would have been all over. Cheltenham are
no mugs. To win 1-0 was a great start and I'm delighted"...
...Danny Spiller's winner
is the 5,000th League goal in Millwall's history.
15th August Jersey based striker
Peter Vincenti signs and says, "'I'm delighted, this
is a great opportunity for me and hopefully I can move forward.
It's a big step up and over the past two weeks I've played
two 90-minute games against Tooting and Mitcham and Sutton
United and came on as a sub against Kingstonian"...
...The club are fined £30,000 for failing to improve
their disciplinary standards. A further £30,000 is added
on if it doesn't get better this year.
14th August Northampton Town 2 Millwall
0: After running all over the Cobblers, Millwall
pepper the barn door frame to lose to Andy Kirk and Bradley
Johnson goals. Hubertz sets the second up...
...Willie Donachie says, "It was bizarre really, there
were a lot of good chances, but it's goals that count."
13th August Millwall clear up
the confusion that is Samy Mawene by releasing him from his
contract.
11th
August Doncaster Rovers 0 Millwall 0: After a quiet
last week's build up the lack of goalmouth action is underway.
Willie's 'big strong men' work tirelessly to protect their
nil and even see a Ben May goal disallowed for being scored
by an away team. Chris Day keeps the lads in it and a point
is a fair result...
...Afterwards,
Willie says, "For the first half hour we couldn't really
get into it, but after that we had more chances than they
did. The second half was much the same. I thought our chances
were more clear cut than theirs"...
...Oh glory be, it's Swansea
away in the Paint Pot.
4th August
Millwall 2 Sierra Leone 1: This was all very odd.
One half of the ground looks and feels normal, the gentle
waft of blow, and the ocassional, but unmistakable, "caaaaant",
but the other looks like a cross between the Nottingh Hill
Carnival and a clown convention. Africans turn up in the hundreds
wearing all sorts of Americanized bling and low riding jeans
with pants lofted up their midriffs. The weird ocassion culminates
in a last minute goal for Gary Alexander, who adds to Neil
Harris's 3rd minute opener, and thus denies us penalties before
a Community Cup thing is won...
...Poul
Hubertz leaves for Northampton Town. The club refuse to tell
anyone whether they have received any money for him...
...Millwall's other goalscorer
Darren Byfield, is nowhere to be seen. He wishes he had been
sent to Coventry, but instead, training ground and car park
incidents with Richard Shaw and Alan Dunne mean he has merely
been sent to the youths to train with them.
2nd August Gavin Grant is released
from police custody as charges are dropped.
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