Millwall Football Crest No One Likes Us Fans Scarf (100% Acrylic)

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The three points belonged to the Blues and, while they narrowly lost their next game, another exhausting trip to south London four days later, to play Crystal Palace, the Millwall result was crucial. I didn't cry... I only told the truth": The strange and confused day Manchester City signed 'the new Pele' It was nowhere near as scary as it used to be and I warmed up with a smile on my face even though one thug in particular was, forgive the pun, trying to get my goat, but failing, of course.

The Rileys made their way out of the stand to get some refreshment, and spotted a fellow Blue, one of an estimated 30 to 40 who got in that night, by hook or by crook. If the City fans in the ground kept schtum, Radio Manchester reporter Ian Cheeseman, doing live commentary, had no choice but to raise his voice as he described the moment.It was not going well. The Blues had lost six of their first 20 games and were seven points behind leaders Burnley – and defeat at The Den would have seen Millwall leapfrog them into fourth place, and City plummet to ninth. Him and Shaun Goater had got all the racist crap, and just played through it. They ignored it, for what it was, and did their stuff on the pitch. He wouldn't speak to me about it... and I wouldn't speak to him about it': Micah Richards on the dark side of the game he loves I’ve been watching football for ages and seen some bad stuff – following England abroad was bad enough – but this was a whole different world.”

Things had not improved a great deal when Manchester City went to the new Den, just down the road, at a crossroads moment in their history. The first time we scored, there were people turning round and staring at me – some of them with F Troop masks on, trying to intimidate me.” And this season, in the first game in front of fans at The Den, Millwall fans booed their own players, and visiting Derby, for taking the knee in support of the fight against racism. They returned in triumph to the Premier League a year ahead of the vital move to the new City of Manchester stadium, now known as the Etihad. A London-based City fan who also managed to get in, along with his 15-year-old daughter and a friend, was appalled at the levels of racist abuse.I knew a City fan who was a postman in south-east London, so he had the right postcode and was able to go to the ground and buy four over the counter. He sent them up by registered post.

It was a terrible atmosphere – it wasn’t the entire crowd but it was bad. They probably thought it gave their team an edge but I’m not sure it did, it just wound up the City players a bit more.” We were sitting next to a lad who looked like a student, with John Lennon glasses and a duffel coat, who was with his dad and grandad. We didn’t let on we were City fans, but we were chatting with them about football . The supporters had left the game early and carefully removed the windscreen wipers from the away fans’ coaches and, as it was raining, it meant the transport was unusable. Shaun Wright-Phillips got his first goal, we got a win, and that was a major result. There were others, of course, after that, but that was probably the turning point for me.”But what happened that night, as fans racially abused City players Shaun Wright-Phillips, Shaun Goater, Ali Benarbia and Eyal Berjovic, helped to cement the team together and spark a winning run which sent the Blues careering to the Football League title. We came in on the team coach with very heavy police protection. The hostility and aggression was at a much higher level than usual,” he said. Says Bernstein: “Kevin was sent off and came and sat next to me, in the directors’ box. We were taking a lot of abuse from the Millwall fans, things were thrown, and signs were made. Not very nice! The journalist and his daughter were so upset by the constant racial abuse being dished out to the City players that he asked a steward if they could leave their seats and go to the family stand.

It was my first goal but it was great to score there because of all the abuse they were giving our lads,” said Wright-Phillips. “So to put one past them, and for us to beat them at The Den was exceptional – it’s just a pity the City fans weren’t there.” Shaun Wright-Phillips of Manchester City beats Ryan Green of Millwall to score the winning goal (Image: ALLSPORT) How Taylor Swift, a bad bus journey and a goldfish bowl intensified Liverpool's modern Manchester rivalryEvery game was a bit of them against us for City at that time – the Blues were a scalp. And they had the former England manager and European Footballer of the Year in charge, so no matter where they were, everyone wanted to take them down.” Read More Related Articles Keegan made changes when he came to the club. There was investment, and the training ground was updated. We had the feeling that with him in charge, anything was possible – he did the same thing at Newcastle. The City fans who quietly made their way out of the game managed to contain their joy – for a while. After the game, we had to walk through a restaurant in the executive area and we took a fair bit of abuse there as well – but that just made it a real us against them situation.”