Millwall is a football club located in Millwall, the western end of the Isle of Dogs, southeast of London, England. It was originally founded in 1885 by a group of Scottish dockworkers.
This is a team that has been in the lower leagues all year round, but it is famous for their football hooligans.
Speaking of football violence in England, we have to mention the "Dockers' Derby" between West Ham United and Millwall.
In the early days, fans of both clubs were dockworkers who worked along the Thames.
They are only separated by a river, but they compete with each other for jobs because of the work itself.
On weekdays, under the exploitation of capitalists, there is nowhere to vent their energy, so football has become the best way for fans of both sides to release their energy.
In 1906, the two teams that had played against each other frequently met again in the Western League.
There was a conflict between players on the field during the game. Two Millwall players were sent off the field. Tensed fans in the stands also broke out and started fighting. This was the earliest conflict between the two teams.
From this time on, when it comes to football hooligans in England, what comes to mind are the fans of Millwall and West Ham United.
In the 1970s and 1980s, football hooliganism in both teams intensified.
They often get into fights before and after games, and even a few lives were lost.
Millwall's extreme fans not only hit opposing fans and players, but also the referees. When they get cruel, they even don't spare their own fans.
On March 11, 1978, during Millwall's 1-6 FA Cup loss to Ipswich Town, some football hooligans from the Millwall team attacked their own team's supporters, killing dozens of innocent people. Fans were injured.
And if it were just a grudge against rival West Ham United, Millwall's reputation would never spread throughout England and become the most hated team in the country.
Millwall's original fan organization was called F-Troop (F Army), and later changed to the more widely known name, Millwall Bushwacker (Partizan).
This name almost disgusts fans of other teams in the UK.
In May 2002, after Millwall lost to Birmingham City in the play-offs, hundreds of Millwall football hooligans stormed the pitch and caused chaos. Among them, 47 police officers and 24 police horses were injured. The BBC said this was one of the most serious riots in the UK recently.
In October last year, during a home League Cup match against Liverpool, Millwall fans used songs to mock Liverpool fans and the 1989 Hillsborough disaster, which then escalated into violent clashes between fans of the two teams.
Many of the notorious fan vandalism incidents in England mostly come from the extreme fans of Millwall. In this way, no matter who the opponent is, Millwall fans have used their own efforts to offend all teams in English football, big and small. All over.
Millwall became "synonymous with everything bad in football and society", and Bushwacker became the most notorious football hooligan organization in the UK.
"Noonelikesus,wedon`tcare!"
As the songs of this group of guys born with rebellious genes say, many people don't like them, but they don't care.
And the more isolated they are, the less willing they are to surrender.
Before coming to London, in order to get to know his opponents, Wang Xiaodong went to the cinema to review the movie "Football Hooligan" which had just been released a few days ago.
This film takes West Ham United's football hooligan organization GES as the perspective and tells the story of their feud with Millwall.
In a corner of the cinema, Wang Xiaodong was bored.
What kind of football hooligans, bloody conflicts, fighting for the honor of the team, isn't this just a gang fight when we were kids?
The film really wanted to create a big scene, but after all the fighting, both sides only had about 40 extras in total.
In my hometown in the Northeast, not only the two villages have a fight, but also those delinquent youths from middle and high school, there are more than 50 people in a group fight!
However, a conversation between the two protagonists in the film caught Wang Xiaodong's attention.
"We at West Ham United play average football, but everyone knows that our football hooligans are top-notch!"
"Arsenal? Those guys are good at playing football, but they are a bunch of rookies and a bunch of trash when it comes to fighting!"
"Tottenham Hotspur? These people can't play football or fight. They are just a bunch of 'Jews'!"
"Millwall? Farke, what do these bastards say?"
"He and we have a feud, just like Israel and Pakistan!"
This conversation included several well-known teams in London. Wang Xiaodong smacked his lips. This was also the first time for him to understand these teams and fans in London.
Although the lines in the movie are just to cater to the audience, Wang Xiaodong keenly feels that Millwall in reality is far more extreme and cruel than the one in the movie!
Looking at the guy in the video who was punching hard, Wang Xiaodong suddenly burst into laughter: "If I hadn't come to Southampton, I'm afraid Millwall would be the best place for me!"
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The next day, the Southampton bus slowly drove into London.
In front of the bus, a London policeman on horseback cleared the way.
The Millwall football hooligans who had been waiting for a long time saw the Southampton bus and immediately surrounded it like a group of zombies.
They passed through the traffic police's defense line and kept slapping the bus body.
Some extreme fans even held up threatening banners, threatening the personal safety of everyone on the bus.
The old players were already used to it, while the newer players like Wang Xiaodong looked curiously at the football hooligans outside.
"A bunch of country bumpkins, do you think this can scare me?" Wang Xiaodong slapped the car window and made faces at the fans outside.
The fans outside became even more crazy when they saw it, and even a can of rubber balls hit the car window in front of Wang Xiaodong.
"Hey, Dong, you'd better not provoke them!" Fernandez immediately came up from behind and closed Wang Xiaodong's glass curtain.
Wang Xiaodong pouted, "Are you talking about these drug addicts? I wouldn't be afraid of a hundred of them!"
"Dong, I know you are not afraid of them!" Fernandez still had a serious face, "But Dong, you have to know that you represent Southampton. Maybe you are not afraid of them, but it is very possible that because of you , some innocent people will be injured!"
"Oh? Really? So if they rush into the car, which one of us will be knocked over first? Is it you, kitten?"
"Get out!" Walcott pushed Wang Xiaodong away with a look of disgust.
"Hahahaha~~~" A burst of laughter came from the bus.
But Fernandez sighed, "Dong, I'm not joking with you. To be honest, someone is really hurt."
"What? Who is it?" Seeing that Fernandez didn't seem to be joking, Wang Xiaodong finally calmed down.
"Just yesterday, a family of four Southampton fans met the Millwall gang at a London train station."
At this point, the entire bus fell silent.
"Then what?" Wang Xiaodong asked.
"The husband was beaten to the hospital, the 12-year-old son broke his head to protect his mother, and the 6-year-old daughter was frightened. It is said that she still dares not see the light of day."
Fernandez had a gloomy look on his face and his voice was extremely painful.
"Is it all those Millwall fans who did it? How many people on the other side?" Wang Xiaodong was already furious at this moment, and he squeezed his hands so hard that they made a clicking sound.
"Yes, there were four of them. When they were arrested, they admitted that they were Bushwackers." Fernandez said this and pointed at Wang Xiaodong, "Dong, I was very concerned about what they said at that time."
"What words?"
"They said this is just an appetizer. Next, they have to make the yellow-skinned monkey look good!"
"You mean, they want to target me?"
"I don't know." Fernandez shook his head. "They are just a bunch of lunatics. Nothing is a big deal in their eyes. They have no other beliefs except their own team!"
"Oh? Really?" Wang Xiaodong narrowed his eyes and opened the window. A group of loudly yelling football hooligans were still following him outside.
He suddenly felt that even if he had not joined Southampton, he would not have come to a place like this and become a member here!
Even innocent people are not spared, they are simply a bunch of scum!
In front of all the football hooligans, Wang Xiaodong slowly stretched out his hands and raised a greeting finger.
