{"id":478180,"date":"2026-04-20T18:05:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T17:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/?p=478180"},"modified":"2026-04-21T06:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T05:28:08","slug":"the-will-scott-column-millwall-enjoy-the-moment-and-pile-pressure-on-ipswich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/sport\/football\/millwall\/news-at-den-plus\/the-will-scott-column-millwall-enjoy-the-moment-and-pile-pressure-on-ipswich\/","title":{"rendered":"The Will Scott column: &#8216;Every unpleasant aspect of having to play Millwall was cranked up to maximum&#8217; &#8211; how rampant Lions made QPR &#8216;suffer&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-excerpt\">\n    <p>IN his seventeen-minute-long pre-match press conference leading into Saturday's game, Alex Neil's message could be boiled down to a single idea: 'Enjoy the moment.'\nMillwall were in a position unimaginable when 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