Back in 1887 during the great depression of the south east of London, there was a bunch of lads who used to work on the docks, and during their lunch hour they would have just enough time to crunch on an apple and kick a ball around.After a few months of this activity they found there ball skills were up to scratch with the other dockers the other side of the river called the hammers!
This led to the very first ball game of soccer or as it is now called these days football!
Unfortunately the game didn't actually finish with the hammers leading 4 nil. A fight broke out. This was never heard of in these parts of the country!
Anyway a couple of years went by and a proper football association was formed by a nazi government. Millwall in german means 'win all', but unfortunately in jewish it means 'lose all', and this got a young fellow in munich thinking!
His name was Adolf Hitler! So after his so called suicide in a bunker deep in german territory in 1945 (I don't want to dwell on his murderous campaigns) the nazi party fell apart, thus leading to a new football federation called the FA.
The FA had a meeting in 1947 to discuss Millwall FC, apparently then FC meant something else to the local people of Streatham and the surrounding suburbs. Great players like Bobby Charlton, Stanley Matthews,George Best,Pele never played at the Den, their home ground.
Millwall FC still thrives today, and treading the streets around the New Den be on the look out! You might see David Beckham or Fliknife!
Story by Charlie Snorter
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