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Round 1

  1. George Graham left Millwall in 1986 to become manager of which club?
  2. Millwall's highest league finish is 10th in the First Division. In which season did they achieve it?
  3. The West Stand at The Den is named after which centre-back, Millwall's record appearance maker?
  4. Terry Hurlock, Millwall's 1989 Player of the Year, left the Lions in August 1990 for which Scottish club?
  5. Mick McCarthy resigned as Millwall manager in February 1996 to take which job?
  6. Millwall Rovers were founded in 1885 by workers at which company's canning and preserve factory on the Isle of Dogs?
  7. Bruce Rioch, who became Millwall manager in 1990, had just been dismissed by which club?
  8. Before joining Millwall in 1961, cult full-back Harry Cripps was on the books of which club?
  9. Which political leader officially opened Millwall's New Den on 4 August 1993?
  10. In September 1989 Millwall went top of the First Division for one night after a 4-1 win over which club?
Answers — round 1
  1. Arsenal — Graham won promotion to the Second Division with Millwall in 1984-85, then was appointed Arsenal manager in May 1986 and stayed almost nine years. His successor took Millwall into the top flight two years later.
  2. 1988-89 — In 1988-89, their first top-flight season, Millwall went top on 1 October 1988. Tenth place was the lowest position they held all season.
  3. Barry Kitchener — Barry Kitchener played for Millwall from 1966 to 1982 and holds the club appearance record. The Barry Kitchener Stand honours him.
  4. Rangers — Hurlock joined Rangers for £375,000 and won the Premier Division and League Cup in his one season at Ibrox. He returned to Millwall in 1994.
  5. Republic of Ireland manager — McCarthy succeeded Jack Charlton as Republic of Ireland manager. Millwall had led Division One that season but were relegated in May.
  6. J.T. Morton — J.T. Morton, an Aberdeen firm, opened its first English cannery at Millwall dock and drew many workers from Dundee. Their works team became Millwall Rovers.
  7. Middlesbrough — Rioch had led his previous club to two straight promotions before his dismissal in March 1990. He took Millwall to the 1990-91 play-offs and left in 1992.
  8. West Ham United — Cripps played in West Ham's 1959 FA Youth Cup final team alongside Bobby Moore, then became a Millwall hero. Arry's Bar at The Den is named after him.
  9. John Smith — John Smith, then leader of the Labour Party, opened the ground. It was the first new all-seater stadium completed in England after the Taylor Report.
  10. Coventry City — After beating Coventry City 4-1, Millwall won only two more league games that season and were relegated in bottom place in 1989-90.

Round 2

  1. Tony Cascarino left Millwall in March 1990 for what was then a club-record fee for the buyers. Which club signed him?
  2. In 1937 Millwall became the first Third Division side to reach an FA Cup semi-final. Which club beat them 2-1 at Leeds Road?
  3. Millwall paid £225,000 in 1987 to sign Tony Cascarino from which club?
  4. In 1910 Millwall left the Isle of Dogs for a new ground, The Den. Which part of south-east London was it in?
  5. Which club, managed by Bobby Robson, beat Millwall 2-1 in the friendly that opened the New Den in August 1993?
  6. Which manager led Millwall to the 1987-88 Second Division title and the club's first ever promotion to the top flight?
  7. Millwall's 'Lions' nickname comes from 'Lions of the South' headlines after the Southern League side knocked which Football League leaders out of the 1899-1900 FA Cup?
  8. In their first season at the New Den, 1993-94, Millwall finished third in Division One. Which club beat them in the play-off semi-final?
  9. Alex Rae signed for Millwall for £100,000 in 1990 from which Scottish club?
  10. Millwall reached their first FA Cup final in 2004. Who were their opponents at the Millennium Stadium?
Answers — round 2
  1. Aston Villa — Graham Taylor's side made Cascarino their record signing in March 1990. He moved on to Celtic in 1991 and then to Chelsea.
  2. Sunderland — Sunderland won the semi 2-1 at Huddersfield and went on to lift the Cup. Dave Mangnall scored Millwall's goal.
  3. Gillingham — Cascarino had scored 110 goals for Gillingham. At Millwall he formed one of the most prolific strike partnerships in the club's history.
  4. New Cross — The original Den, on Cold Blow Lane in New Cross, was designed by Archibald Leitch. Millwall played there for 83 years before moving to the new Den in 1993.
  5. Sporting CP — Sporting CP, coached by Bobby Robson, won the opening game 2-1. Millwall had played at the old Den for 83 years.
  6. John Docherty — John Docherty, a Glaswegian, won the title in his second season in charge, and Millwall reached the First Division for the first time.
  7. Aston Villa — Beating the league leaders earned the 'Lions of the South' headlines. Millwall went on to reach the semi-final and dropped their old nickname, The Dockers.
  8. Derby County — Mick McCarthy's side lost 5-1 on aggregate to Derby County. Terry Hurlock had returned to the club for that run-in.
  9. Falkirk — Rae was rejected by a Glasgow club as a youngster and rebuilt his career at Falkirk. He scored 71 goals in six years at Millwall before a £1m move to Wearside in 1996.
  10. Manchester United — Manchester United won 3–0 in Cardiff on 22 May 2004, with Cristiano Ronaldo heading the opener and Ruud van Nistelrooy scoring twice.

Round 3

  1. Who scored the only goal of Millwall's 2004 FA Cup semi-final at Old Trafford?
  2. Who was Millwall's player-manager when they reached the 2004 FA Cup final?
  3. Which Millwall substitute broke a 125-year-old record in the 2004 FA Cup final by becoming the youngest player to appear in an FA Cup final?
  4. Millwall's first European campaign ended in the first round of the 2004–05 UEFA Cup. Which club knocked them out?
  5. Who succeeded Mick McCarthy as Millwall manager in 1996, only to see the club relegated from Division One that season?
  6. Which striker was the Second Division's top scorer with 27 league goals as Millwall won the 2000–01 title?
  7. Which manager, appointed in September 2000, led Millwall to the 2000–01 Second Division title with 93 points?
  8. On 13 January 2009, Neil Harris scored his 112th Millwall goal to break whose club scoring record?
  9. Who scored the only goal as Kenny Jackett's Millwall beat Swindon Town in the 2010 League One play-off final?
  10. A year before beating Swindon at Wembley, Kenny Jackett's Millwall lost the 2009 League One play-off final 3–2 to which club?
Answers — round 3
  1. Tim Cahill — Tim Cahill struck in the 26th minute to send Millwall to Cardiff; the final was his last game before joining Everton.
  2. Dennis Wise — Dennis Wise took over in October 2003, with Ray Wilkins as his assistant, and started the final in midfield.
  3. Curtis Weston — Curtis Weston came on for the player-manager late in the game aged 17 years and 119 days, beating James Prinsep's record from the 1879 final.
  4. Ferencváros — The Hungarian champions Ferencváros drew 1–1 at The Den and won 3–1 in Budapest, going through 4–2 on aggregate.
  5. Jimmy Nicholl — Jimmy Nicholl arrived from Raith Rovers but could not stop the slide; Millwall went down in 22nd place, months after topping the table.
  6. Neil Harris — Neil Harris's 27 league goals fired the title win; he was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 2001 and was given the all-clear a year later.
  7. Mark McGhee — Mark McGhee won the title eight months after arriving, then took Millwall to the Division One play-off semi-finals the following season.
  8. Teddy Sheringham — Neil Harris passed Teddy Sheringham's 111 goals in a 3–2 win at Crewe Alexandra, and finished with 138.
  9. Paul Robinson — Captain Paul Robinson finished from close range after 39 minutes, and Kenny Jackett became the first manager to lead Millwall to a win at Wembley.
  10. Scunthorpe United — Scunthorpe United won the 2009 final 3–2, before Millwall ended their run of play-off failures with victory in 2010.

Round 4

  1. Who scored Millwall's 85th-minute winner against Bradford City in the 2017 League One play-off final?
  2. Neil Harris's Millwall lost the 2016 League One play-off final 3–1 to which club?
  3. In the 2016–17 FA Cup, League One Millwall knocked out the reigning Premier League champions in the fifth round. Which club?
  4. On the final day of 2022–23, Gary Rowett's Millwall missed the play-offs after throwing away a 3–1 lead and losing 4–3 at The Den to which club?
  5. In 2018 Millwall broke their record for a fee received by selling George Saville for £8 million. Which club bought him?
Answers — round 4
  1. Steve Morison — Steve Morison's late goal, set up by Lee Gregory, sent Neil Harris's side back to the Championship.
  2. Barnsley — Barnsley beat Millwall 3–1 at Wembley in 2016, a year before the Lions came back to win the final against Bradford City.
  3. Leicester City — Neil Harris's side beat Bournemouth, Watford and then champions Leicester City, before losing to Tottenham in the quarter-finals.
  4. Blackburn Rovers — Millwall needed a win, but Blackburn Rovers came back to win 4–3 and Millwall finished 8th.
  5. Middlesbrough — Midfielder George Saville moved to Teesside for £8 million in 2018, a record sale for Millwall at the time.

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