{"id":477809,"date":"2026-04-17T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/?p=477809"},"modified":"2026-04-16T20:15:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T19:15:21","slug":"millwall-boss-theyre-a-brilliant-group-theyve-given-fans-one-of-the-best-seasons-theyve-had-in-decades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/sport\/football\/millwall\/millwall-boss-theyre-a-brilliant-group-theyve-given-fans-one-of-the-best-seasons-theyve-had-in-decades\/","title":{"rendered":"Millwall boss: &#8216;They&#8217;re a brilliant group&#8230; they&#8217;ve given fans one of the best seasons they&#8217;ve had in decades&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Alex Neil believes his Millwall side have produced one of the club\u2019s best seasons in decades as they stand on the brink of the Championship play-offs.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Lions are nine points clear of seventh-placed Wrexham and can confirm a top-six finish on Saturday if they beat Queens Park Rangers and results elsewhere go their way.<\/p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-tcf=\"waiting-for-consent\" data-id=\"69959\" data-bid=\"1\" data-placement=\"448384\" data-no-track=\"impressions\">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<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>It would be just the club\u2019s fourth appearance in the Championship play-offs, with the last coming in 2001-02. Millwall have lost in the semi-finals on all three previous occasions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the Lions win the play-off final, they would become just the second side in the club&#8217;s history to achieve promotion to the top flight after John Docherty&#8217;s Division Two-winning side of 1987-88.<\/p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-tcf=\"waiting-for-consent\" data-id=\"68153\" data-bid=\"1\" data-placement=\"448385\" data-no-track=\"impressions\">PGRpdiBpZD0ic291dGgtMjYwOTY4NDQ4NSIgY2xhc3M9InNvdXRoLWNvbnRlbnQgc291dGgtZW50aXR5LXBsYWNlbWVudCIgc3R5bGU9Im1hcmdpbi1sZWZ0OiBhdXRvO21hcmdpbi1yaWdodDogYXV0bzt0ZXh0LWFsaWduOiBjZW50ZXI7Ij48IS0tICAvMTU0NzI1MDcwLDIyNjk0MTk2OTY5L3NvdXRod2Fya25ld3Mvc291dGh3YXJrbmV3cyAtLT4NCjxkaXYgaWQ9ImRpdi1ncHQtYWQtMngxIj4NCjxzY3JpcHQ+DQpnb29nbGV0YWcuY21kLnB1c2goZnVuY3Rpb24oKSB7IGdvb2dsZXRhZy5kaXNwbGF5KCdkaXYtZ3B0LWFkLTJ4MScpOyB9KTsNCjwvc2NyaXB0Pg0KPC9kaXY+ICAgICAgICAgIDwvZGl2Pg==<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Neil was asked what has been behind Millwall\u2019s success this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We sold our player of the year this season,&#8221; Neil said. &#8220;We started the season with Japhet [Tanganga] playing for us. We sold him for a large sum of money to a competitor within the league, Sheffield United. Then we&#8217;ve still managed to achieve what we&#8217;ve done. <\/p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-tcf=\"waiting-for-consent\" data-id=\"71156\" data-bid=\"1\" data-placement=\"448386\" data-no-track=\"impressions\">PGRpdiBpZD0ic291dGgtMjQzMzA0MDExNyIgY2xhc3M9InNvdXRoLWluLWFydGljbGUtbXB1OSBzb3V0aC1lbnRpdHktcGxhY2VtZW50Ij48IS0tICAvMTU0NzI1MDcwLDIyNjk0MTk2OTY5L3NvdXRod2Fya25ld3Mvc291dGh3YXJrbmV3cyAtLT4NCjxkaXYgaWQ9ImRpdi1ncHQtYWQtbXB1OSI+DQo8c2NyaXB0Pg0KZ29vZ2xldGFnLmNtZC5wdXNoKGZ1bmN0aW9uKCkgeyBnb29nbGV0YWcuZGlzcGxheSgnZGl2LWdwdC1hZC1tcHU5Jyk7IH0pOw0KPC9zY3JpcHQ+DQo8L2Rpdj4gICAgIDwvZGl2Pg==<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019ve won 50 per cent of our games. Only Coventry have won more games than us this season. I don&#8217;t know if it&#8217;s still the case, but we certainly had the highest clean sheets in the league. We\u2019ve just come off the back of whether it&#8217;s fourteen, fifteen or sixteen games where we&#8217;ve scored consecutively. That was a talking point certainly last year about our lack of goals and how much can we carry a threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;When you combine all those things, it&#8217;s not a coincidence that we are where we are. The squad have done extremely well. Big moments in games we&#8217;ve produced more often than not. Big moments when question marks have been asked of us more often than not this year, we&#8217;ve come up with answers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We went to places like Ipswich and got a point. We went to Middlesbrough and got three points. We beat Derby at home, which is a big game for us. We beat Hull away from home. We beat Wrexham away from home. We&#8217;ve got the best away record in the league. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;There are loads of things to love about this team. Individually, they&#8217;re great lads. Collectively, they&#8217;re a brilliant group. In my opinion, they&#8217;ve given Millwall fans certainly one of the best seasons they&#8217;ve had in decades. Enjoy what we&#8217;re doing right now. 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The Lions are nine points clear of seventh-placed Wrexham and can confirm a top-six finish on Saturday if they beat Queens Park Rangers and results elsewhere go their way. 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