North Greenwich (football ground)
| Former names | East Ferry Road |
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| Location | Millwall Athletic F.C. (1901–1910) |
North Greenwich was a
Millwall Athletic Football Club from 1901–1910, the team who went on to become Millwall.[1] It was situated on the Isle of Dogs, East London. It was the fourth stadium that Millwall have occupied since their formation as a football club in 1885, and their last East London ground before they moved to South London.[2][3] Millwall played 249 games in all competitions at North Greenwich, winning 153, losing 46 and with 50 drawn.[4]
History
Millwall Athletic were forced to leave their third ground, The Athletic Grounds after the Millwall Dock Company told them they wanted to use it as a timberyard. The last game at the Athletic Grounds was a 4–0 win over Bristol City on 27 April 1901 in the Western League.[5] Millwall relocated for the start of the 1901–02 season to a location near their second home, which became known as North Greenwich.[6]
Their first game at North Greenwich was against
Woolwich Arsenal in the London Challenge Cup. Millwall won the game 1–0 in front of a crowd of 3000.[8][9]
Millwall Park now covers the land the ground used to stand on, and the railway viaduct forms part of the
The Den.[8]
Attendances
The record attendance at North Greenwich was 16,285 in the
Woolwich Arsenal on 10 February 1909 in a Second round replay.[10]
References
- ^ Tarrant & Lindsay 2010, p. 19.
- ^ "Millwall History". Millwall F.C. Archived from the original on 1 October 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
- ^ "Millwall origins". The Millwall History Files. Retrieved 28 August 2010.
- ^ Tarrant & Lindsay 2010, p. 129.
- ^ Tarrant & Lindsay 2010, p. 264.
- ^ Lindsay 1991, pp. 32–33.
- ^ Tarrant & Lindsay 2010, p. 266.
- ^ a b c d Tarrant & Lindsay 2010, p. 119.
- ^ "The Arsenal Collection". Retrieved 22 December 2019.
- ^ Tarrant & Lindsay 2010, p. 280.
Bibliography
- Lindsay, Richard (1991). Millwall: A Complete Record, 1885–1991. Breedon Books Publishing Co Ltd. ISBN 0-907969-94-1.
- Tarrant, Eddie; Lindsay, Richard (2010). Millwall: The Complete Record. DB Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85983-833-4.
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