{"id":475967,"date":"2026-04-02T11:35:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T10:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/?p=475967"},"modified":"2026-04-08T11:14:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T10:14:15","slug":"big-millwall-interview-i-was-a-rebel-and-i-wasnt-liked-by-the-powers-that-ran-the-club-but-i-managed-to-survive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/sport\/football\/millwall\/news-at-den-plus\/big-millwall-interview-i-was-a-rebel-and-i-wasnt-liked-by-the-powers-that-ran-the-club-but-i-managed-to-survive\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Millwall Interview: ‘I was a rebel and I wasn’t liked by the powers that ran the club – but I managed to survive’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Tom Appleby & John Kelly\n\u201cWHAT it was, was the crowd, the stadium and everything was very intimidating. The look of it. You walk out on the pitch and you think, \u2018what the fuck is this?\u2019 They had a reputation of being hard men down Cold Blow Lane. I mean, the name itself, you couldn't have made up a better name to describe it. It was Cold Blow Lane, all right. I liked it.\u201d \nEamon Dunphy joined Millwall in the second season of their historic unbeaten home run, which lasted from August 22, 1964 to January 14, 1967, at the time an English Football League record.\nFifty-nine games, 875 days. Three seasons. Two managers: Billy Gray and Benny Fenton. Back-to-back promotions. \nAt the start of 1964-65, the Lions were in the Fourth Division after relegation in the previous camp...<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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