League One - Police praise behaviour of Millwall fans

Eurosport - Mon, 11 May 17:18:00 2009

The Metropolitan Police have followed Millwall in praising the behaviour of their supporters during their play-off semi-final clash with Leeds.

A Millwall fan gestures towards Leeds fans during their play-off semi-final at The Den. - 0

Metropolitan and British Transport Police officers implemented a `pan-London' operation in partnership with the Lions and claim the day passed largely without incident.

Superintendent Peter Vincent said: "Over 13,000 fans attended the match on Saturday and the day largely passed off without any major incidents of disorder.

"Unfortunately, a few individuals had to be dealt with by stewards and police, resulting in four arrests.

"I would like to take this opportunity to praise not only the police officers and club officials involved in this operation but also the fans whose behaviour in the main was very reasonable."

PA Sport

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  1. lol only 13,000 people turned up. and they say leeds­ and millwall are massive rivals :L

    cmon leeds, get­ promoted, so us SUPER RAMS can batter u next season­ lol

    --DCFC--

    From neil, on Fri 15 May 12:46AM
  2. Leeds are so weak and pathetic that its sickening to­ watch their demise.

    From NewarkYMCA, on Thu 14 May 11:20PM
  3. Maybe a stuffed brown envelope was involved here

    From ronan.doyle, on Wed 13 May 2:20AM
  4. Superintendent Peter Vincent should have his Millwall­ season ticket revoked for comments like that , at least­ then he can concentrate on his political campaign for­ the BNP, Ha Ha . "Bring it on Thursday, let the­ football do the talking"

    From Eug, on Tue 12 May 8:08PM
  5. if it had been leeds fans on the pitch shoving a player­ we would have been kicked out of play offs

    From John, on Tue 12 May 6:24PM
  6. Andrexu2, please get the facts right mate, the couple­ who confronted the Goal Keeper, which I do not condone,­ have been dealt with by the club and were arrested and­ court action may follow, the rest were just a few­ peacefully celebrating our Goal, as I sain in previous­ post if the FA are going to investigate they should be­ investigating the many other clubs who have had a lot­ bigger pitch invasions than us.

    I do hope Thursday­ passes off with no trouble from either sides supporters­ and may the best team win.

    From asmith4545, on Tue 12 May 4:28PM
  7. the same police force who looked after the g20 so what­ do they know about behaviour !

    From Dave H, on Tue 12 May 3:54PM
  8. RE photo, will that little chav's pocket money­ stretch to a trip on thursday to Leeds?

    From stephen m, on Tue 12 May 7:11AM
  9. Ha ha ha! gotta love that picture, you cheeky little­ journo's you.
    xxx

    From marcharrison1979, on Tue 12 May 4:30AM
  10. Anthony, what's worrying is not just that Millwall­ thugs were not dealt with but that their actions were­ endorsed by the police! It's incerdible. What kind­ of a signal does this give to the thugs at Leeds?­ Whatever Millwall thugs did, Leeds thugs will want to­ out do.
    Peter Vincent's nambypamby, suck-up­ comments are likely to send football back to the state­ it was in in the 1980s

    From ANDRExu2, on Tue 12 May 3:40AM
  11. Peter vincent might well have spent the money on the­ British Armyto control the Millwall thugs.. look at the­ amount of Police that were involved.. If Millwall fans­ had a chance they would of been over to the Leeds Fans­ in the HEAVENS.. Millwall won the game and went home­ hapy.. they would of been singing a different tune had­ they of lost.. see how they behave on their day out at­ Leeds.. different story methinks!

    From ANTHONY, on Tue 12 May 2:50AM
  12. So, that's sorted: it's okay for Millwall fans­­ to invade the pitch and throw objects at other­­ sides' players and match officials; Superintendent­­ of The Metroploitan Police, Peter Vincent has said­­ so....
    Has this guy got $%:t for brains? If it's­­ okay for Millwall then it's okay for all fans to­ do­ the same, and pretty soon pitch invasions and­ assaults­ on players will become the norm.
    The reason­ that these­ fans weren't rounded up, expelled from­ the ground­ and banned from attending future matches­ was becuase­ the police and stewards weren't doing­ their job.­ They were simply not in a position to take­ effective­ action because they had concentrated their­ crowd­ control on the 9991 Leeds fans.
    Peter Vincent­ shold­ apologise and resign.

    From ANDRExu2, on Tue 12 May 2:29AM
  13. come on what a goal only there having bit of fun i­ think

    From Pietro, on Tue 12 May 1:27AM
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    Fair enough asmith4545. Beleive it or not I actually­ hope Millwall win.

    From Fairfax, on Tue 12 May 12:06AM
  15. Robert.inglis357, no its not ok and it was dealt with­ by the stewards and police and court action may be­ taken against the couple of individuals concerned.

    But­ the press, as usual have blown things out of­ proportion, if the fa are going to investigate Millwall­ for pitch invasion then they have got to do it for all­ the other clubs involved in playoffs etc that have had­ much worse invasions.

    Millwall have worked realy hard­ to combat any problems in the past but their name still­ gets draged through the mud.

    Robert, May the best team­ win on Thursday and hope for an entertaing match.

    From asmith4545, on Mon 11 May 11:18PM
  16. damn those undercover journalists posing as millwall­ fans!

    From Bobo S, on Mon 11 May 11:09PM
  17. So throwing a cigarette end at a player and shoving him­ in the back is ok, is it?

    From Fairfax, on Mon 11 May 11:02PM
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    yobs both from leeds and millwall

    From arthurlaws, on Mon 11 May 10:18PM
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