{"id":477509,"date":"2026-04-15T14:31:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T13:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/?p=477509"},"modified":"2026-04-15T15:14:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T14:14:58","slug":"remembering-fans-have-earned-the-right-to-dream-when-the-millwall-steam-train-tore-through-the-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/sport\/football\/millwall\/news-at-den-plus\/remembering-fans-have-earned-the-right-to-dream-when-the-millwall-steam-train-tore-through-the-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering: ‘Fans have earned the right to dream’ – when the Millwall ‘steam train’ tore through the Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"
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IT started with a modest draw on January 13, 2018 against Preston North End, before a wild afternoon at Elland Road. It ended with the Lions punching themselves out against Fulham at The Den in April.\u00a0\nSeventeen games. Eleven wins, six draws. Twenty-seven goals scored, eleven conceded. From fifteenth in the table to sixth. \nAfter a 1-0 win against Brentford at The Den on March 10, boss Neil Neil Harris was asked what pleased him about the side. \n\"Millwall going like a steam train really pleases me,\u201d he replied. \u201cSix points off the play-offs, with nine games to go. The players, and fans, have earned the right to dream.\u201d \nHarris wasn\u2019t going to say his supporters couldn't dream. To play down expectations around his team. Why would he? What\u2019s the point of supporting a football ...<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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