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Player Valuation: £950k
We went down the other year. Without going all green street, there was a small firm of villa on the train, and the main lot hired a coach. I’m not involved, I just overheard the lot on the train talking. Anyway I made my way to London Bridge after getting off at Euston. We found a pub and it was mixed. Ended up drinking with some old Millwall fans who were proper sound, but could tell a tale or two. They said all their nutters were out for the villa game as they saw it as a big club with good support coming to town. Once in the ground with the game already kicked off groups of villa started walking in with black eyes and bloody noses. That lot on the train and on the coach had found a pub, then Millwall found them. A few of our lot tried having a go at the home end on arrival at the ground, but got their backsides handed to them. Compared to the old days what happened that day was nothing, but they will certainly be looking at this fixture and gearing themselves up for a big northern club coming to town. Add to that Everton have a very passionate fanbase and won’t shy away. It was a great atmosphere from the Millwall fans, and there was only 15k of them. Have a good day lads and lasses.