1988 �89 MILLWALL F.C. SEASON

Millwall
1988–89 season
Chairman	Reg Burr
Manager	John Docherty
Stadium	The Den
First Division	10th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Third round
Full Members Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Tony Cascarino (13); All: ; Teddy Sheringham (15); Tony Cascarino (15)
Highest home attendance	22,103 (vs. Liverpool)
Lowest home attendance	11,394 (vs. Middlesbrough)
Average home league attendance	15,468
	← 1987–88 1989–90 →

During the 1988–89 English football season, Millwall F.C. competed in the Football League First Division. This was Millwall's 62nd season in the Football League, and first ever season in the top tier of English football, after achieving promotion from the Second Division as Champions in 1987–88.

Season summary

Millwall had won promotion to the First Division for the first time in their history as Second Division champions at the end of the 1987–88 season, and were among the pre-season favourites for relegation, but defied the odds and were top of the First Division by the beginning of October, having won four of their first six league games. By Christmas, they were still an impressive fifth in the league, but finished 10th at the end of the season after failing to win any of their final 10 games. Perhaps the only low point of the season was being defeated by arch-rivals West Ham United twice during the season, although Millwall still outperformed their local rivals for the first time in decades, as the Hammers were relegated in 19th place.

Millwall finished one place above Manchester United, one of the pre-season title favourites, and spent much of the season in a higher position than other teams who failed to emerge as title contenders after being among the pre-season favourites, including Everton and Tottenham Hotspur – who both eventually finished slightly above Millwall.

Millwall's high placing owed much to the strike partnership of Teddy Sheringham and Tony Cascarino.

In his autobiography, Sheringham said of the season, "It was a crazy exhilarating time. There we were, little Millwall, in our first season in the First Division and topping the table until about March. Everybody said it couldn't last and of course it couldn't and it didn't, but we gave them all a good run for their money. We were beating the best teams when we shouldn't and getting away draws to which we had no right."

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ENG	Brian Horne
—	DF	ENG	Ian Dawes
—	DF	ENG	Alan McLeary
—	DF	ENG	Keith Stevens
—	DF	ENG	Dave Thompson
—	DF	ENG	Sean Sparham
—	DF	ENG	Darren Treacy
—	DF	ENG	Neil Ruddock
—	DF	ENG	Steve Wood
—	DF	CYP	Danis Salman
—	MF	ENG	Les Briley (captain)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Jimmy Carter
—	MF	ENG	Terry Hurlock
—	MF	ENG	Paul Stephenson
—	MF	IRL	Kevin O'Callaghan
—	MF	ENG	Darren Morgan
—	MF	ENG	George Lawrence
—	MF	ENG	Wes Reid
—	FW	ENG	Steve Anthrobus
—	FW	ENG	Dean Horrix
—	FW	ENG	Teddy Sheringham
—	FW	IRL	Tony Cascarino

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Everton	38	14	12	12	50	45	+5	54
9	Queens Park Rangers	38	14	11	13	43	37	+6	53
10	Millwall	38	14	11	13	47	52	−5	53
11	Manchester United	38	13	12	13	45	35	+10	51
12	Wimbledon	38	14	9	15	50	46	+4	51

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Transfers

In

Out

Results

First Division

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August

27 August: Aston Villa 2–2 Millwall

September

3 September: Millwall 1–0 Derby County
10 September: Charlton Athletic 0–3 Millwall
17 September: Millwall 2–1 Everton
24 September: Norwich City 2–2 Millwall

October

1 October: Millwall 3–2 QPR
15 October: Coventry City 0–0 Millwall
22 October: Millwall 2–2 Nottingham Forest
29 October: Middlesbrough 4–2 Millwall

November

5 November: Millwall 3–1 Luton Town
12 November: Liverpool 1–1 Millwall
19 November: Millwall 4–0 Newcastle United
26 November: Southampton 2–2 Millwall

December

3 December: Millwall 0–1 West Ham United
10 December: Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 Millwall
17 December: Millwall 1–0 Sheffield Wednesday
26 December: Wimbledon 1–0 Millwall
31 December: Derby County 0–1 Millwall

January

2 January: Millwall 1–0 Charlton Athletic
14 January: Manchester United 3–0 Millwall
22 January: Millwall 2–3 Norwich City

February

4 February: QPR 1–2 Millwall
11 February: Millwall 1–2 Arsenal
21 February: Millwall 2–0 Middlesbrough
25 February: Millwall 1–0 Coventry City
28 February: Arsenal 0–0 Millwall

March

11 March: Luton Town 1–2 Millwall
18 March: Millwall 2–0 Aston Villa
25 March: Everton 1–1 Millwall
27 March: Millwall 0–1 Wimbledon

April

1 April: Sheffield Wednesday 3–0 Millwall
8 April: Millwall 0–0 Manchester United
11 April: Millwall 1–2 Liverpool
22 April: West Ham United 3–0 Millwall
29 April: Millwall 0–5 Tottenham Hotspur

May

3 May: Nottingham Forest 4–1 Millwall
6 May: Newcastle United 1–1 Millwall
13 May: Millwall 1–1 Southampton

FA Cup

January

7 January: Millwall 3–2 Luton Town
29 January: Millwall 0–2 Liverpool

League Cup

September

27 September: Millwall 3–0 Gillingham

October

11 October: Gillingham 1–3 Millwall

November

2 November: Aston Villa 3–1 Millwall

Simod Cup

9 November: Millwall 1–1 Barnsley^AET (Millwall won 3–0 on penalties)
29 November: Millwall 2–0 Leeds United
20 December: Everton 2–0 Millwall

References

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