|  Nickname:
The Lions
Year formed: 1885
Ground: The New Den
Capacity: 20,146 2004/2005
average: 11,656
For visitors: 4,000 in the North
Stand, although visitors are usually
housed in the upper tier only.
Record attendance:
20,093
Position last season: 10th
in Championship, 66 points
Top scorer: Barry Hayles (12)
Manager: Steve Claridge.
Title odds: 66-1.
 Players
in: None.
Players out: Paul Ifill (Sheff
Utd, £800,000), Darren Ward
(Crystal Palace, £1.1million),
Dennis Wise (Southampton, free), Peter
Sweeney (Stoke, TBC), Daniel Dichio
(Preston £160,000).
One to watch: Dave Livermore:
Tough-tackling midfielder who gets
the Lions moving in the centre of
the park.
Former Canaries: Andy Marshall.
Record transfer
fee paid: £800,000
(Paul Goddard, Derby)
Record transfer fee received: £2,300,000
(Mark Kennedy, Liverpool)
Ticket office:
0207
413 3357
Ticket prices: Adults: £19,
Senior Citizens: £12, Juniors
£10
Programme: £2.50
Official website: www.millwallfc.co.uk
 How
to get there: Take the A20, then
A21 into London, when you reach New
Cross follow signs for City/Westminster
into Kender Street, take first left,
right at the traffic lights into Iderton
Road off which is Zampa Road, where
you will find the ground.
Best place to park: Avoid the
industrial park next to the ground.
Can return to a parking ticket or
broken glass.
Best place to eat: Various
food outlets along the main route
into the ground or wait until you
get inside.
Best place to drink: Avoid
any of the local pubs. Probably better
to have a drink in the London Bridge
area before travelling in, or at the
George on Borough High Street.
Safe to wear scarf: Not advisable.
Return journey: 250
miles
Journey time: 5 hrs
20mins
Petrol cost: £23.19
Last meeting: Millwall 0, Norwich
City 0 (December 6, 2003): Norwich
City secured a hard-earned point with
a goalless draw at the New Den - an
added bonus being Kevin Muscat, the
player all City fans love to hate,
received his marching orders. City
fought tremendous rearguard action
for much of the second half, which
however, could have all been undone
on the 90th minute as Chadwick broke
free one-on-one with Green but the
City stopper stood firm to collect
the ball. The most poignant moment
for the match was reserved for after
the final whistle when Peter Crouch
signalled that his loan spell had
come to an end.
Chances: Millwall
have taken a major gamble in the appointment
of Steve Claridge as the man to succeed
Dennis Wise at the New Den. Claridge
may have a passion for the club but
he has little experience of management
at such a high level and to make his
task harder the Lions squad has been
weakened by the departures of tricky
winger Paul Ifill and solid defender
Darren Ward to rival Championship
clubs. Millwall fans may therefore
have to be satisfied with a mid-table
finish at best as Claridge finds his
feet and stamps his own mark on the
team.
For Directions to the Ground click
here.
For an unofficial Guide to the
Ground click
here.
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