MILLWALL legend Teddy Sheringham has warned the Lions the run-in will be intense, but insists they must keep doing what they are doing.
Millwall are well placed to make their first Championship play-off appearance in over 20 years, sitting on 72 points with five games left and eight clear of seventh-placed Wrexham.
Alex Neil’s side are also in the conversation for automatic promotion, behind Ipswich Town and Middlesbrough on goal difference, although Ipswich have two games in hand.
Sheringham is Millwall’s second all-time leading scorer with 111 goals in 262 games, and was the Lions’ top scorer the sole time they reached the top flight, hitting 24 goals in their Division Two-winning 1987-88 season.
He also won three Premier League titles and a Champions League with Manchester United, scoring the equaliser in the 1999 final against Bayern Munich.
As a player who experienced plenty of run-ins, Sheringham was asked if he had any advice for Millwall’s squad on how to deal with the pressure.
“It’s going to be intense,” Sheringham told BestBettingSites. “Every game is intense. They’ve got themselves in a great position, very much like we did with a late run back in the day when we got to the top division for the first time in the club’s history.
“You just have to keep doing what you’re doing. Don’t try to do anything different. The games are only going to get bigger towards the end of the season — five or six left.
“Just keep doing what you’re doing. You don’t have to do anything special. Keep working as a team. I saw them about a month ago against Birmingham at home [3-0 Millwall win] — they were fantastic. Really got into Birmingham, stopped them playing, then relaxed on the ball.”
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Sheringham was also asked if there was a particular moment in the 87-88 season where he thought Millwall were going to do it.
“Yeah, definitely — when we beat Leeds away,” Sheringham said. “I remember Terry Hurlock scoring that night. I think we won 2–1 — it might have been 1–0, but I think it was 2–1.
“Just going up there and beating Leeds, and the way we played that night, we felt we were onto something good.
“When you’re on a roll, you can be hard to stop as a team. I hope Millwall can put the disappointment of losing to Norwich behind them, pick themselves up, and go again now. The prize at the end is massive.”
