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Millwall Football Club () is an English professional football club based in South Bermondsey, south east London, that plays in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football. Founded as Millwall Rovers in 1885, the club has retained its name despite having last played in the Millwall area of the Isle of Dogs in 1910. From then until 1993 the club played at The Den, a now-defunct stadium in New Cross, before moving to its current home stadium in South Bermondsey, also called The Den.

Millwall's traditional kit consists of blue shirts, white shorts and blue socks. The current strip pays homage to the Scottish roots of the club and the first ever kit worn by Millwall Rovers in 1885, which the team played in until 1936; it is a darker blue on the shirts, shorts and socks, similar to the Scotland national team. The traditional club crest is a rampant lion, a reference to the team's nickname The Lions.

In 2004, the team reached the final of the FA Cup, losing 3–0 to Manchester United. As United had already qualified for the UEFA Champions League that season, Millwall qualified for the UEFA Cup the following season and played in Europe for the first time in their history. The club has also reached FA Cup semi-finals on another three occasions, in 1900, 1903 and 1937.

The club's highest final league position is tenth place in the First Division of 1988–89. Based on all results during the club's 84 seasons in the Football League from 1920–21 to 2010–11, Millwall are ranked as the fortieth most successful club in English football.

Millwall is well-known for a long-standing rivalry with West Ham United. The local derby between the two sides has been contested almost 100 times since 1899. Millwall's supporters are synonymous with their terrace chant "no one likes us, we don't care".

History

Beginnings of Millwall F.C. (1885–1919)

thumb|right|200px|The first Millwall Rovers kit, worn by club secretary Jasper Sexton in 1885.

Millwall Rovers was formed by the workers of J.T. Morton in the Millwall area of the Isle of Dogs in London's East End in 1885. J.T. Morton was first founded in Aberdeen in 1849 to supply sailing ships with food. The company opened their first English cannery and food processing plant at Millwall docks in 1872 and attracted a workforce from across the country, including the east coast of Scotland, primarily Dundee.

The club secretary was seventeen-year-old Jasper Sexton, the son of the landlord of The Islander pub in Tooke Street where Millwall held their meetings. Millwall Rovers' first fixture was on 3 October 1885 against Fillebrook, a team that played in Leytonstone. The newly-formed team were beaten 5–0.

In November 1886, the East End Football Association was formed, and with it came a Senior Cup Competition. Millwall made it to the final against London Caledonians, which was played at Leyton Cricket Ground. The match finished 2–2 and the teams shared the cup for six months each. Millwall went on to win the East London Senior Cup at the first attempt. The team also won it for the following two years and the trophy became their property.

In April 1889, a resolution was passed for Millwall to drop 'Rovers' from their name and they were now playing under the name Millwall Athletic. They would become founding members of the Southern Football League which they won for the first two years of its existence and were runners-up in its third. Millwall Athletic were also champions of the Western Football League in 1908 and 1909.

Millwall moved to a new stadium, named The Den, in New Cross in 1910. The club had previously occupied four different grounds in the twenty-five years since their formation; limited expansion space on the Isle Of Dogs meant The Lions had to move to boost support and attendances. The estimated cost of The Den was £10,000. The first match played at the new ground was on 22 October 1910 against reigning Southern League champions Brighton & Hove Albion, who spoiled the celebrations by winning 1–0.

Entering the Football League: 1920–1963

Millwall, who had now also dropped 'Athletic' from its name, were invited to join the Football League in 1920, along with twenty-two other clubs, through the creation of the new Football League Third Division. The league expanded the radius of clubs throughout the country, which had never been further south than Birmingham City before. The Southern League was shorn of its status, with almost all its clubs deciding to leave; Millwall followed suit. Millwall's first Football League match was on 28 August 1920 — the team beat Bristol Rovers 2–0 at The Den. This victory over Bristol Rovers was The Lions' seventh successive win against them since moving to The Den.

Millwall became known as a hard-fighting Cup team and competed in various memorable matches, notably defeating three-time league winners and reigning champions Huddersfield Town 3–1 in the third round of the 1926–27 FA Cup. Matches against Sunderland and Derby County saw packed crowds of 48,000-plus in the 1930s and 1940s. A 1936–37 FA Cup fifth round game against Derby still stands as Millwall's record attendance of 48,762. One of the biggest Cup upsets Millwall have caused came in the fourth round of the 1956–57 FA Cup on 26 January 1957, when The Lions beat Newcastle United 2–1 in front of a crowd of 45,646 and at a time when the New Cross team were fighting for Third Division survival. Millwall were the tenth best supported team in England in the pre-war years, despite occupying the Third Division for the majority of the 1930s. Only one other club boasted a superior bank balance in the land, and after signing international players and proposing plans to improve The Den, The Lions were pushing heavily for promotion to the First Division toward the end of the decade. One week into the 1939–40 season, World War II broke out and Millwall were robbed of their aim.

On 7 April 1945, Millwall appeared in a Southern FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium against Chelsea, but because it was an wartime cup final it is not acknowledged in the record books. With the war in Europe in its last days, there was a relaxation on the number of spectators allowed to attend games. The attendance was 90,000, the largest crowd Millwall have ever played in front of, which included King George VI, who the team were introduced to before kick-off.

With the loss of so many young men during the Second World War it was difficult for all clubs to retain their former status. This was especially true for Millwall, who appeared to suffer more than most. From being one of the country's biggest clubs before the war, Millwall were reduced to one of its smallest afterwards. The Den sustained severe bomb damage on 19 April 1943 during the Blitz, and one week later a fire, determined to have been caused by a discarded cigarette, also destroyed an entire stand. The club accepted offers from neighbours Charlton Athletic, Crystal Palace and West Ham United to stage games. On 24 February 1944, Millwall returned to The Den, to play in an all-standing stadium. This was achieved, in part, with considerable volunteer labour by Lions fans.

In the 1958–59 season, Millwall became a founding member of Division Four. The team's form was poor during the late 1950s and early 1960s, playing five seasons in the fourth tier of English football for the first time in their history. In the mid-1960s, however, things began to change. During this time, they discovered a number of useful players, such as winger Barry Rowan and goalkeeper Alex Stepney.

Unbeaten records and the class of '71: 1964–1987

Later in the decade, Millwall established a record of 59 home games without defeat (43 wins and 16 draws) from 22 August 1964 to 14 January 1967. During this spell, Millwall played 55 different teams, kept 35 clean sheets, scored 112 goals and conceded 33. The record was eventually broken by Liverpool, who went 63 games unbeaten at home between 1978 and 1981.

By going unbeaten at home in the 1971–72 Division Two season, Millwall became the only club to go through an entire season without losing a match at home in four different divisions (1927–28 Division Three South, 1964–65 Division Four, 1965–66 Division Three and 1971–72 Division Two). In 1974, Millwall hosted the first game to be played on a Sunday against Fulham.

George Graham managed Millwall from 1983 to 1986, and during that time he guided the club to promotion to the Second Division in the 1984–85 season, going unbeaten at home again in Division Three, winning 18 games and drawing five. Millwall also won the Football League Group Cup, beating Lincoln City 3–2 in the final.

Millwall also reached the FA Cup quarter-finals in the 1984–85 promotion campaign. They were beaten 1–0 by First Division Luton Town at Kenilworth Road. The match is remembered for all the wrong reasons, though, after hooligans rioted at the game. Eighty-one people (including thirty-one police officers) were injured in the disturbances.

The top flight: 1988–1996

thumb|right|160px|In their three seasons together at Millwall, Tony Cascarino and Teddy Sheringham scored 99 goals between them.Graham's replacement was Glaswegian John Docherty. In his second season as manager, Millwall won the Second Division championship and gained promotion to the top flight of English football for the first time in the club's history.

Millwall had a good start to their 1988–89 First Division campaign, topping the league on 1 October 1988 having played six games (winning four and drawing two) and rarely slipping out of the top five before Christmas. This was mainly due to Tony Cascarino and Teddy Sheringham who scored ninety-nine goals between them in three seasons playing together. Millwall's first top division season ended with a tenth place finish, which was the lowest place occupied by the club all season. The following season, they briefly led the league for one night in September 1989 after beating Coventry City 4–1, but won only two more games all season and were relegated in bottom place at the end of the 1989–90 campaign.

Just before relegation was confirmed, Docherty was sacked and replaced by ex-Middlesbrough manager Bruce Rioch. Striker Teddy Sheringham, who later played for the England national team and was the highest-scoring player throughout the Football League in 1990–91, was sold to Nottingham Forest for £2 million after Millwall's 6–2 defeat to Brighton in the Second Division play-offs.

Rioch left Millwall in 1992 to be succeeded by Irish defender Mick McCarthy. McCarthy guided Millwall to third place in the new Division One at the end of the 1993–94 season. This was their first season at a new ground, at first known as The New Den (to distinguish it from its predecessor) but now called simply The Den, which was opened by the Labour party leader John Smith on 4 August 1993. The new ground was the first all-seater stadium to be built after the Taylor report on the Hillsborough disaster. The Lions knocked Arsenal out of the 1994–95 FA Cup in a third-round replay, beating them 2–0 at Highbury, before losing 5–1 to Derby County in the play-off semi-finals that season. McCarthy resigned to take charge of the Republic of Ireland national team on 5 February 1996, shortly after Millwall had been knocked off the top of the Division One table by Sunderland following a 6–0 defeat.

Relegation and administration: 1997–2000

Jimmy Nicholl of Raith Rovers was appointed as McCarthy's replacement, but could not address the slump in form which saw Millwall relegated at the end of the season in 22nd place. Just five months before this they had been top of Division One, but now Millwall found themselves in Division Two for the 1996–97 season. The club also experienced extreme financial difficulties that resulted in them being placed in financial administration for a short time. Nicholl was relieved of his duties and John Docherty returned on a short-term basis to stabilise the club at playing level.

The club came out of administration, and new chairman Theo Paphitis appointed ex-West Ham United manager Billy Bonds as manager. This was not a successful season (mainly due to a series of player injuries), with the club hovering close to relegation to the Third Division. Bonds was sacked and replaced by Keith "Rhino" Stevens, with Alan "Macca" McLeary as his assistant. McLeary was later promoted to the role of joint-manager alongside Stevens.

Stevens and McLeary led Millwall to their first ever official appearance at Wembley Stadium (their previous visit in the 1945 War Time cup final is not recognised in the history books). The Lions reached the 1999 Football League Trophy Final with a golden goal win against Gillingham in the semi-finals, and a 2–1 aggregate victory over Walsall in the regional final. They faced Wigan Athletic in the final but, while playing in front of 49,000 of their own fans, lost 1—0 by to an injury-time goal. Millwall also lost 1–0 on aggregate to Wigan in the Second Division play-off semi-finals the following year.

Promotion, FA Cup Final and Europe: 2001–2004

Mark McGhee was named as Millwall's new manager in September 2000, and eight months later the club won promotion as Division Two champions, with the team built by Keith Stevens, after five years in the lower tier of the league. Winning the first match of the season 4–0 at home to Norwich City set the team up well for a good season in which Millwall qualified for the Division One play-offs, but lost to eventual winners Birmingham City 2–1 in the semi-finals. This meant that they missed out on a second successive promotion, which would have given them a place in the Premier League. Millwall missed out on a play-off place in 2002–03 and McGhee was sacked soon after the start of the 2003–04 season.

In 2003, Dennis Wise, ex-Chelsea and England player, became caretaker, and subsequently permanent player-manager, of the club. In his first season in charge Wise led the club to the first FA Cup Final in their history (excluding the 1945 War Cup final). When Millwall took to the field at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff they were only the second team from outside the top flight to play in the Cup final since 1982, and were the first team from outside the Premier League to reach the final since the foundation of the top tier in 1992. The club was also missing no less than sixteen players from their squad due to suspension or injury. They played the Cup final on 22 May 2004, losing 3–0 to Manchester United. As United had already qualified for the UEFA Champions League, Millwall were assured of playing in the UEFA Cup. Midfielder Curtis Weston, substituted for Wise with one minute of normal time remaining, became the youngest Cup final player in history at 17 years 119 days, beating the 125-year-old record of James F. M. Prinsep.

In the 2004–05 UEFA Cup, Millwall lost 4–2 on aggregate in the first round proper to Hungarian champions Ferencváros, with Wise scoring both of Millwall's goals.

Six managers in two years of upheaval: 2005–2006

thumb|right|200px|The Millwall Routemaster bus standing outside The Den.

In 2005, Theo Paphitis announced that he was stepping down as chairman of the club with Jeff Burnige to replace him from May 2005. At the end of the 2004–05 season, manager Dennis Wise announced that he was leaving as he was unable to form a working relationship with the new chairman. Steve Claridge (a Millwall striker from 2001–03) was announced as the new player-manager of Millwall. However, when Burnige then stepped down just two months after taking up the post, it was announced on 27 July that Claridge had been sacked after 36 days, without ever taking charge of the team in a competitive match. On 21 December, with the club bottom of the Championship, he became the club's Director of Football and was replaced as manager by 32-year-old player Dave Tuttle, on a short-term contract until the end of the season. Tuttle had no prior experience in football management. In February 2006, Lee left the club altogether. Millwall experienced a very difficult season, possibly as a consequence of having had four managers in 2005. Their relegation to League One was confirmed on 17 April 2006 with a 2–0 loss against Southampton and in the closed season Nigel Spackman was appointed as manager. In September 2006, Theo Paphitis (chairman from 1997 to 2005) ended his nine-year association with the club after a year-long spell as a non-executive director.

On 19 March 2007, Willie Donachie signed a two-year contract following some excellent progress which had seen the club climb to 11th place in the league. Before Donachie took charge, Millwall had taken only six points from their first ten games. However, the start of the 2007–08 season saw Millwall bottom of the table at the beginning of October. Donachie was sacked on 8 October, with Richard Shaw and Colin West becoming caretaker managers.

The Kenny Jackett era: 2007–present

thumb|right|200px|Millwall players celebrating promotion to the Football League Championship at Wembley Stadium.

In March 2007, Chestnut Hill Ventures, led by American John Berylson, which have interests in business and financial services, retail, property and sport, invested £5 million into the club. The continued investment of Berylson, who has since become the club's major shareholder and chairman, has provided a successful time on and off the pitch for The Lions. The appointment of Kenny Jackett as manager of Millwall on 6 November 2007, proving key to the success.

Over the course of the next two seasons Jackett led Millwall to two top six finishes in League One, in fifth and third place respectively. He has won the League One Manager of the Month award three times while in charge of Millwall.

Several of Jackett's key signings helped propel Millwall toward the play-offs, and eventual promotion. After a play-off final defeat in the 2008–09 season against Scunthorpe United and losing out on automatic promotion on the last day of the 2009–10 season to Leeds United by one point, Millwall made it back to Wembley, finally breaking the play-off hoodoo run of five successive losses with a 1—0 win in the 2010 League One play-off final against Swindon Town, securing a return to the Football League Championship after a four-year absence.

Millwall's first game back in the Championship was a 3–0 away win at Bristol City. The game had been much hyped due to City's signing of then-England goalkeeper David James. Only days after the defeat, Steve Coppell resigned as City manager. The Lions celebrated the 125th anniversary of the club on 2 October 2010, which was the closest home game date to the first fixture Millwall ever played against Fillebrook on 3 October 1885. Millwall drew 1–1 with Burnley and wore a special one-off kit for the game, made by manufacturers Macron, which bore the names of every footballer who had played for the club.

Colours, crest and nickname

Millwall's traditional kit has predominantly consisted of blue shirts, white shorts and blue socks throughout their 125-year history. For the first 50 years, up until 1936, they played in a darker blue, similar to Dundee's colours, for their shirts and socks, with white shorts. This colour was chosen because it paid homage to the Scottish roots of the club, with many of the players of the first Millwall Rovers team being from north of the border.

In 1936 Millwall changed to a lighter navy blue and played in this colour for the best part of 74 years, with the exception of 1968–75 and 1999–2001, in which Millwall played in an all-white strip. Their kit for the 2010–11 season celebrated the 125th anniversary of the club, with Millwall adopting the darker Dundee blue of their first strip. The change in colour proved popular with supporters, with the kit selling out straight away.

The club crest has been a rampant lion since 1936. There have been many variations of the lion; the first was a single red lion, often mistakenly said to be chosen because of the club's Scottish roots. The Red Lion was a popular pub name and the red leaping lion often displayed outside such named pubs is remarkably similar to the first Millwall badge.

From 1956 to 1974 Millwall's crest was two leaping red lions facing each other. Former chairman Theo Paphitis brought back the badge in 1999, where it was used for a further eight years. The current crest is a roaring and leaping lion, which first appeared on a Millwall kit in 1979. It remained until 1999 and was re-introduced again in 2007.

The team nickname is The Lions, previously The Dockers. They changed the nickname after moving away from the dockyards of east London and adopted The Lions for their acts of giant-killing in their FA Cup run of 1900, when they reached the semi-final. The club adopted a lion emblem and the motto: ''We Fear No Foe Where E'er We Go''. The emblem, however, was not added to players' shirts until 1936. The club mascot is a giant lion called Zampa, so named after Zampa Road, The Den's postal address.

The original nickname The Dockers arose from the job of many of the club's supporters. In 2011, Millwall officially named the east stand of The Den as the 'Dockers Stand' in honour of the club's former nickname. Millwall were the only club up to the early 1960s allowed to kick-off home games at 3.15 pm, instead of 3 pm, specifically to allow the dockers and deal porters to finish their morning shift and arrive at the game in time.

In the 2000s the club started to once again recognise its unique link with London's docks by introducing Docker Days, and archiving the club's dock roots in the Millwall FC Museum. Docker Days bring together past successful Millwall teams who parade on the pitch at half-time. Supporters who were dockers are allowed to attend the game for free.

Kit sponsors and manufacturers

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Year !!Kit manufacturer!!Main shirt sponsor!!Secondary sponsor
1975–80	Bukta	None
1980–83	Osca
1983–85		London Docklands Development Corporation>LDDC
1985–86
1986–87	Spall
1987–89		Lewisham Council
1989–90		Millwall
1990–91		Lewisham Council
1991–92		Fairview Homes PLC
1992–93	Bukta
1993–94		Captain Morgan
1994–96	Asics
1996–97		South London Press
1997–99		L!VE TV
1999–01	Strikeforce
2001–03		24 Seven
2003–04		Ryman
2004–05		Beko
2005–06	rowspan=2
2006–07	Oppida
2007–08		Bukta
2008–10	CYC
2010–11		Macron || Matchbet
2011–	Racing+

Stadia

:''Main articles: The Den (1993-present) and The Den (1910–1993).'' Millwall began life on the Isle of Dogs and inhabited four different grounds in the club's first 25 years. Their first home was a piece of waste ground called Glengall Road, which they only stayed at for one year. From 1886 to 1890 they played behind The Lord Nelson pub on East Ferry Road, before being forced to leave by the landlady, who received a better offer for its use.

They moved to their third home, The Athletic Ground, on 6 September 1890. This was their first purpose-built ground, with a grandstand that seated 600 people and an overall capacity of between 10,000 and 15,000. The club was forced to move on again though, this time by the Millwall Dock Company who wanted to use it as a timber yard. They relocated in 1901 to a location near their second home, which became known as North Greenwich. They remained an east London club for a further nine years, with the last game played on the Isle of Dogs on 8 October 1910 against Portsmouth, which Millwall won 3–1.

On 22 October 1910, Millwall crossed the river to South London, moving to Cold Blow Lane in New Cross. The fifth ground was called The Den, built at a cost of £10,000 by noted football ground architect Archibald Leitch. The first game played there was against Brighton & Hove Albion, which the away team won 1–0. Millwall remained there for 83 years, until moving to their sixth and current ground, at first known as The New Den but now called simply The Den, on 4 August 1993. A Sporting Lisbon team, managed by Bobby Robson helped open the ground by playing a friendly, which The Lions lost 2–1.

Traditional songs

A tradition at The Den is the playing of the official club song Let 'em Come, by Roy Green, as Millwall and the opposing team walk on to the pitch. It was specifically written for the club and the lyrics represent old London culture, such as eating jellied eels and having a glass of beer before going to the game. The song ends with all home fans standing, arms raised singing the last line, "Let 'em all... come down.... to The Den!" A television drama about a Millwall supporter and ex-docker, starring David Jason, featured a lyric from the song in its title, ''Come Rain Come Shine''. The song was played on repeat at Wembley Stadium after Millwall gained promotion to the Championship in 2010. The song Shoeshine Boy by the Mills Blue Rhythm Band was played prior to Let 'em Come.

Other songs that have been regularly played at The Den over the years in the build-up to a game include London Calling by The Clash, Town Called Malice by The Jam and House of Fun by Madness, which features the lyric "welcome to the lion's den...". Status Quo's cover version of Rockin' All Over the World is played after most home wins.

Supporters and hooliganism

Millwall have averaged a gate close to 12,000 per home game over their 84 seasons in the Football League, while the club have spent the majority of that time yo-yoing back and forth between the second and third tiers of English football. Originally based in the East End of London, the club moved across the River Thames in 1910 to south east London and support is drawn from the surrounding working-class areas. The club and fans have a historic association with football hooliganism, which came to prevalence in the 1970s and 1980s with a firm known as the Millwall Bushwackers who were one of the most notorious hooligan gangs in England. On five occasions, The Den was closed by the Football Association, with the club receiving numerous fines for crowd disorder. The BBC documentary cameras of ''Panorama'' were invited into the club by Millwall in 1977 to show the hooligan reputation was a myth and being blown out of proportion by reporting. Instead the BBC portrayed hooliganism as being deeply rooted in Millwall, and attempted to link them to far-Right extremist group the National Front. The show was extremely damaging for the club.

The stigma of violence attached to Millwall can be dated back over the course of the last 100 years. Millwall played local rivals West Ham United at Upton Park on 17 September 1906 in a Western League game. Both sets of supporters were primarily made up of dockers, who lived and worked in the same locality in east London. They were rivals working for opposing firms, vying for the same contracts. The local newspaper, ''East Ham Echo'', reported that "From the very first kick of the ball it was seen likely to be some trouble, but the storm burst when Dean and Jarvis came into collision (Millwall had two players sent off during the match). This aroused considerable excitement among the spectators. The crowds on the bank having caught the fever, free fights were plentiful."

In the 1920s Millwall's ground was closed for two weeks after a Newport County goalkeeper, who had been hit with missiles, jumped into the crowd to confront the home supporters and was knocked unconscious. The ground was again closed for two weeks in 1934, following crowd disturbances close to The Den after the visit of Bradford (Park Avenue). It was closed again in 1947 after pitch invasions and in 1950 the club was fined after a referee and linesman were ambushed outside the ground.

In the 1960s, hooliganism started to become more widely reported. On 6 November 1965 Millwall beat Brentford 2–1 at Griffin Park and during the game a hand grenade was thrown on to the pitch from the Millwall end. Brentford goalkeeper Chic Brodie picked it up, inspected it and threw it into his goal. It was later retrieved by police and determined to be a harmless dummy. There was fighting inside and outside the ground during the game between both sets of supporters, with one Millwall fan sustaining a broken jaw. ''The Sun'' newspaper ran the sensationalist grenade-related headline "Soccer Marches to War!"

There was trouble at Loftus Road between Queens Park Rangers and Millwall on 26 March 1966, with both sides near the top of the table pushing for promotion to Division Two. A coin was thrown, which struck Millwall player Len Julians on the head, drawing blood. QPR won the game 6–1, and each goal was greeted by pitch invasions by fans. The stadium announcer said the game would be abandoned if supporters did not keep off the pitch, to which Millwall fans ran on in an attempt to get the game abandoned after each goal. When Millwall's unbeaten home record of 59 games came to an end against Plymouth Argyle in 1967, the away coach was attacked and windows were smashed. In the same year referee Norman Burtenshaw was attacked and the FA ordered the club to erect fences around The Den's terracing.

On 11 March 1978 a riot broke out at The Den in a game between Millwall and Ipswich Town in the FA Cup, with the home team losing the game 6–1. Fighting began on the terraces and spilled on to the pitch; dozens of fans were injured, with hooligans turning on their own supporters and innocent fans were left bloodied. Bobby Robson, then manager of Ipswich, had said of Millwall fans after the scenes at The Den, "They [the police] should have turned the flamethrowers on them". In 1982 Millwall club chairman Alan Thorne threatened to close the club because of violence sparked by losing in the FA Cup to non-league side Slough Town.

The 1985 Kenilworth Road riot, after an FA Cup sixth-round match between Luton Town and Millwall on 13 March 1985, became one of the worst and widely reported incidents of football hooliganism to date. Just two months before the Heysel Stadium disaster, approximately 20,000 people packed into a ground that usually only held half that number. Numerous pitch invasions, fighting in the stands and missile throwing occurred, of which one such object hit Luton goalkeeper Les Sealey. It led to a ban on away supporters by Luton from their Kenilworth Road ground for four years. Luton were asked by Millwall to make the Wednesday night match all-ticket, but this was ignored. As a result, rival hooligan firms gained access to the stadium. Along with arrests from Millwall's hooligans and Luton's own firm the MIGs, 37 fans arrested after the violence were identified as being from Chelsea's Headhunters firm and West Ham United's Inter City Firm. The FA commissioned an inquiry which concluded that it was "not satisfied that Millwall F.C. took all reasonable precautions in accordance with the requirements of FA Rule 31(A)(II)." A £7,500 fine was levied against Millwall, though this was withdrawn on appeal. The penalty that Millwall faced was perhaps that the club's name was now "synonymous with everything that was bad in football and society".

In May 2002, hooligans attaching themselves to Millwall were involved in a riot away from the ground, after losing a play-off game against Birmingham City, which was described by the BBC as one of the worst cases of civil disorder seen in Great Britain in recent times. A police spokeswoman said that 47 police officers and 24 police horses were injured, and the Metropolitan Police considered suing Millwall after the events.

The then chairman Theo Paphitis stated that Millwall could not be blamed for the actions of a mindless minority who attach themselves to the club. He later introduced a membership scheme whereby only fans who would be prepared to join and carry membership cards would be allowed into The Den. Scotland Yard withdrew its threat to sue, stating: "In light of the efforts made and a donation to a charity helping injured police officers, the Metropolitan Police Service has decided not to pursue legal action against Millwall F.C. in relation to the disorder".

Legal experts said it would have been difficult to hold a football club responsible for something that occurred away from its ground and involved people who did not attend the match. The scheme introduced by Paphitis now only applies to perceived high-risk away games. Many fans blame the scheme for diminishing Millwall's support at away games, such as at Leeds United where fans are issued with vouchers which are then exchanged for tickets at a designated point of West Yorkshire Police's choosing on the day of the game. Also, early kick-off times arranged by the police result in only a few hundred fans making the trip.

On 26 October 2004, some fans in the Millwall stand taunted visiting Liverpool supporters about the Hillsborough disaster in a Football League Cup tie. This resulted in some Liverpool fans throwing coins and ripped-out seats, even knocking over some of their own disabled fans in the process. Two Liverpool fans and two Millwall fans were arrested at the game, which was watched by a crowd of nearly 18,000 – the biggest at The Den since the 2001–02 season.

In January 2009, some 500 Millwall fans identified as "high risk" gained access to an FA Cup match away at Hull City, resulting in seats, coins and plastic bottles being thrown at home supporters. Conflicting reports later emerged in the media as to whether items were in fact initially thrown by Hull supporters following tongue-in-cheek chanting and jeering by Millwall fans of Jimmy Bullard (an ex-West Ham player) just prior to the fixture. Around 50 seats were pulled out, and Hull planned to bill Millwall for the damages.

On 25 August 2009, Millwall played West Ham United in the Football League Cup, losing 3–1 after extra time. Clashes between Millwall and West Ham fans outside Upton Park resulted in the stabbing of one Millwall supporter. The game saw hundreds of West Ham fans invade the pitch on three occasions, forcing the game to be temporarily suspended once. Millwall supporters had earlier clashed with West Ham supporters and police; the police later said the violence, because of its scale, was organised beforehand.

In the aftermath of the Upton Park disorder, Millwall were handed three charges by the FA and later cleared of all of them; West Ham received four charges and were found guilty on two counts of violent, threatening, obscene and provocative behaviour and entering the field of play. West Ham were fined £115,000 which was seen as an insult by Millwall and its fans, which staunchly defended the action of its own fans and the club's inability to do any more than it possibly could at a rival's ground.

Former club chairman Reg Burr once commented: "Millwall are a convenient coat peg for football to hang its social ills on", an example being the reporting of convicted murderer Gavin Grant. Although he had played for eight different clubs, playing his fewest (only four games) for Millwall and was signed to Bradford City at the time, BBC News used the headline, "Former Millwall striker Gavin Grant guilty of murder".

After a game against Queens Park Rangers at Loftus Road in September 2010, manager Kenny Jackett said Millwall's hooligan problems are to a certain extent exaggerated by media sensationalism. "I see it as unjust. We are an easy club to criticise and in my time [at the club], the way we have been reported is unfair", he said. Other examples of this include archive footage of their hooligan element's past bad behaviour being shown, when disorder has occurred at other grounds, not involving them. During a game between Millwall and Huddersfield Town, ''The Observer'' reported that a Huddersfield Town fan had thrown a coin at a linesman, and that some Millwall fans had intervened, and handed the culprit over to police. The ''News of the World'', however, bore the headline: "Millwall Thugs Deck Linesman With Concrete". This has led to a siege mentality among supporters of the club, which gave rise to the Millwall fans' famous terrace chant, No one likes us, we don't care, being sung in defiant defence of themselves and their team.

On 7 August 2011, some 200 men, apparently some Millwall supporters, took to the streets of Eltham, south east London, to protect it from rioters who had looted and caused criminal damage the three previous nights throughout London and the rest of England. Police had been severely undermanned and overstretched, causing fans to take protection of their neighbourhoods into their own hands. Instead of singing "No one likes us, and we don't care", some instead sang "No one loots us..."

Rivalries

Millwall were listed eighth out of a list of ninety-two Football League clubs with the most rivals, with West Ham United, Crystal Palace, Charlton Athletic and Gillingham considering Millwall a major rival.

Major rival

Millwall's fiercest rival is West Ham United. It is one of the most passionately contested local derbies in football. The two clubs have rarely met in recent years; the majority of their meetings happened before the First World War, with some sixty meetings in just fifteen years. The clubs have played almost 100 times since the first contest in 1899. Millwall have won 38, drawn 26 and lost 33. Despite violence between the two sets of supporters and calls for future games between the clubs to be played behind closed doors, they will meet again in the Football League Championship in 2011–12 with no outright ban on either set of fans.

South London derbies

Millwall are closest in proximity to Charlton Athletic, with The Den and The Valley being less than four miles apart. Since their first game in 1921, Millwall have won 37, drawn 30 and lost 25. The two clubs were in League One for the 2009–10 season which saw the first league meeting between them since 1995–96. The Southeast London derby at The Valley on 19 December 2009 finished in a 4–4 draw, which was the highest-scoring game ever between the sides.

After being promoted to the Championship for the 2010–11 season, Millwall reignited their rivalry with South London club Crystal Palace. The teams met for the first time in four years at Selhurst Park on 16 October 2010, with The Lions winning 1–0. They completed the double over Palace with a 3–0 at The Den on 1 January 2011. In almost 130 games between the two clubs since 1906, Millwall have won 50, drawn 34 and lost 44.

Other rivalries

Millwall also share rivalries with Kent-based Gillingham and Leeds United. The rivalry with Leeds came to prominence with the two teams battling for promotion in the 2008–09 Football League One season, with Millwall beating Leeds three times that year and knocking them out of the play-off semi-finals. The following season Leeds pipped Millwall to automatic promotion on the last day of the season by one point, with The Lions eventually being promoted via the play-offs.

Players

Current squad

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Reserve squad and youth academy

:''As of 16 August 2011.''

Player of the year

:''As voted by Millwall Supporters Club members and season ticket holders.''

Year	Winner
1971	Barry Bridges
1972	Bryan King
1973	Alf Wood (footballer born 1945)>Alf Wood
1974	Alf Wood (footballer born 1945)>Alf Wood
1975	Phil Summerill
1976	Barry Kitchener
1977	Terry Brisley
1978	Phil Walker (footballer)>Phil Walker
1979	Barry Kitchener
1980	John Lyons (footballer)>John Lyons
1981	Paul Roberts (footballer)>Paul Roberts
1982	Dean Horrix

Year	Winner
1983	Dean Neal
1984	Anton Otulakowski
1985	Paul Sansome
1986	Alan McLeary
1987	Brian Horne
1988	Danis Salman
1989	Terry Hurlock
1990	Ian Dawes
1991	Teddy Sheringham
1992	Aidan Davison
1993	Kasey Keller
1994	Keith Stevens

Year	Winner
1995	Andy Roberts (footballer)>Andy Roberts
1996	Ben Thatcher
1997	Lucas Neill
1998	Paul Shaw
1999	Neil Harris (footballer born 1977)>Neil Harris
2000	Stuart Nethercott
2001	Matthew Lawrence (footballer)>Matt Lawrence
2002	Steve Claridge
2003	Tony Warner
2004	Darren Ward (footballer born 1978)>Darren Ward
2005	Darren Ward (footballer born 1978)>Darren Ward
2006	David Livermore

Year	Winner
2007	Richard Shaw (footballer)>Richard Shaw
2008	Paul Robinson (footballer born 1982)>Paul Robinson
2009	Andrew Frampton
2010	Alan Dunne
2011	Tamika Mkandawire

Notable former players

The following is a list of notable footballers who have played for Millwall, including players who have been honoured in Millwall's Hall of Fame and have significantly contributed to the club's history be it through being founder member players, having been given a testimonial for 10 years of service at the club, making over 100 appearances, scoring over 50 goals or having received recognition by their country in the form of international caps while playing for Millwall. Jimmy Carter Steve Claridge Jack Cock Jimmy Constantine Colin Cooper Harry Cripps Ian Dawes |width="33"|  |valign="top"| Marvin Elliott John Fashanu Jack Fort Freddie Fox Paul Goddard Leonard Graham Neil Harris Brian Horne Gordon Hill Richard Hill Terry Hurlock Bryan King Barry Kitchener Matthew Lawrence Dave Mangnall Alan McLeary Stuart Nethercott Derek Possee Andy Roberts Henry Roberts Barry Rowan Neil Ruddock John Seasman Paul Shaw Teddy Sheringham James Smith Reg Smith Alex Stepney Keith Stevens John Willie Sutcliffe Tony Towner |width="33"|  |valign="top"| Phil Walker Keith Weller Dennis Wise Steve Wood

;Ghana Kim Grant

;Jamaica Darren Byfield

;Northern Ireland Tom Brolly Bryan Hamilton Edward Hinton Billy McCullough Anton Rogan

;Republic of Ireland Keith Branagan John Byrne Tony Cascarino Kenny Cunningham Eamon Dunphy Jon Goodman Joe Haverty Charlie Hurley Mark Kennedy Mick McCarthy Kevin O'Callaghan Steven Reid Richard Sadlier |width="33"|  |valign="top"| Dave Savage Pat Saward Gary Waddock

;Saint Kitts and Nevis Bobby Bowry

;Scotland Willie Carr Stephen Crawford Paul Hartley Duncan Hean Teddy Sheringham ''(2009)''

''See Millwall Lionesses for two female inductees.''

PFA Fans' Player of the Year

Players included in the PFA Fans' Player of the Year whilst playing for Millwall: Jay Simpson ''(2008, while on loan from Arsenal)'' (First winner of the award whilst on loan at another club.)

PFA Team of the Year

Players included in the PFA Team of the Year whilst playing for Millwall: Tim Cahill ''(2004)''

Managers

From 1890 to 1910, Millwall directors Kidd, Stopher and Saunders were honourary managers. Bert Lipsham was appointed Millwall's first player-manager on 4 May 1911.

Bob Hunter is Millwall's longest serving manager, having stayed at the helm for 15 years. Prior to becoming manager, he was the club's trainer for 21 years. He died in 1933 having served at the club for 36 years. Fred Kidd (1890–1899) Edward Stopher (1899–1900) George Saunders (1900–1910) Bert Lipsham (1911–1918) Bob Hunter (1918–1933) Bill McCracken (1933–1936) Charlie Hewitt (1936–1940) William Voisey (1940–1944) Jack Cock (1944–1948) Charlie Hewitt (1948–1956) Ron Gray (1956–1958) Jimmy Seed (1958–1959) Reg 'J.R.' Smith (1959–1961) Ron Gray (1961–1963) Billy Gray (1963–1966) Benny Fenton (1966–1974) Gordon Jago (1974–1977) Theo Foley (caretaker) George Petchey (1978–1980) Terry Long (caretaker) Peter Anderson (1980–1982) Barry Kitchener (caretaker) George Graham (1982–1986) John Docherty (1986–1990) Bob Pearson (caretaker) Bruce Rioch (1990–1992) Mick McCarthy (1992–1996) Jimmy Nicholl (1996–1997) John Docherty (1997) Billy Bonds (1997–1998) Keith Stevens (1998–1999) Keith Stevens & Alan McLeary (1999–2000) Steve Gritt (caretaker) Ray Harford (caretaker) Mark McGhee (2000–2003) Dennis Wise (2003–2005) Steve Claridge (2005) Colin Lee (2005–2006) Dave Tuttle (2006) Tony Burns & Alan McLeary (caretakers) Nigel Spackman (2006) Willie Donachie (2006–2007) Richard Shaw & Colin West (caretakers) Kenny Jackett (2007–current)

Club officials

thumb|150px|right|Millwall's American chairman John Berylson. :''As of 12 August 2010.''

Board

Chairman: John Berylson

Chief executive: Andy Ambler

Director: Trevor Keyse, Constantine Gonticas, James Berylson, Demos Kowaris and Peter Garson

General manager: Rick Bradbrook

Coaching staff

Manager: Kenny Jackett

Assistant manager: Joe Gallen

Reserve team coach: Richard Shaw

Goalkeeping coach: Tony Burns

Head of youth: Scott Fitzgerald

Records and statistics

Barry Kitchener holds the record for Millwall league appearances, having played 523 matches between 1966 and 1982. If all senior competitions are included, Kitchener has 602. The goalscoring record is held by Neil Harris, with 125 league goals (138 in all competitions). He broke the previous record of 111 goals, held by Teddy Sheringham on 13 January 2009, during a 3–2 away win at Crewe Alexandra.

The club's widest victory margin in the league is 9–1, a scoreline which they achieved twice in their Football League Third Division South championship-winning year of 1927. They beat both Torquay United and Coventry City by this score at The Den. Millwall's heaviest league defeat was 8–1 away to Plymouth Argyle in 1932. The club's heaviest loss in all competitions was a 9–1 defeat at Aston Villa in an FA Cup fourth-round second-leg in 1946. Millwall's largest Cup win was 7–0 over Gateshead in 1936. Their highest scoring aggregate game was a 12-goal thriller at home to Preston North End in 1930 when Millwall lost 7–5.

Honours

Based on all results during the club's 84 seasons in the Football League from 1920–21 to 2010–11, Millwall are ranked as the fortieth most successful club in English football. The following table details the club's major achievements: {|class="toccolours" |- !bgcolor=silver|Competition !! bgcolor=silver|Achievement !! bgcolor=silver|Year !! bgcolor=silver|Trivia |- |-bgcolor=#eeeeee |Football League One||Play-off winners||2010||First ever promotion via the play-offs in sixth attempt. |- |Football League One||Play-off finalists||2009|| |- bgcolor=#eeeeee |FA Cup||Finalists||2004||Qualified for the UEFA Cup. |- |Football League Second Division||Champions||2001||Finished with 93 points, a club record. |- bgcolor=#eeeeee |Football League Trophy||Finalists||1999||First official appearance at Wembley in a recognised competition. |- |Football League Second Division||Champions||1988||Promoted to the top flight for the first time in the club's history. |- bgcolor=#eeeeee |Football League Group Cup||Champions||1983|| |- |FA Youth Cup||Champions||1979, 1991|| |- bgcolor=#eeeeee |Football League Division Three||Promoted||1976||Automatically promoted after finishing third |- |Football League Division Three||Runners-up||1966, 1985||Unbeaten at home for the second successive season in 1965–66. |- bgcolor=#eeeeee |Football League Fourth Division||Runners-up||1965||Finished one point behind the champions. |- |Football League Fourth Division||Champions||1962|| |- bgcolor=#eeeeee |Football League War Cup||Finalists||1945||South division runners-up. |- |Football League Third Division South||Champions||1928, 1938|| |- bgcolor=#eeeeee |Western Football League||Champions||1908, 1909|| |- |London League||Champions||1904||Unbeaten with 11 wins and 1 draw. |- bgcolor=#eeeeee |Southern Football League||Champions||1895, 1896|| |- |United League||Champions||1897, 1899|| |- bgcolor=#eeeeee |East London Senior Cup||Winners||1887, 1888, 1889|| |- |East London FA Cup||Joint-winners||1886|| |}

In popular culture

Millwall have been depicted in films several times, specifically highlighting the club's hooliganism firm the Bushwackers and the rivalry with West Ham United. Often glorifying football violence in the beginning, each film typically ends in loss of life, showing the futility of hooliganism.

The Firm (1988) – real life Millwall supporter Gary Oldman plays Bex, leader of the football firm the Inter City Crew, a fictional representation of West Ham's Inter City Firm and their violent exploits. Millwall's Bushwackers firm are called The Buccaneers in it.

Arrivederci Millwall (1990) – A group of Millwall supporters travel to the 1982 World Cup in Spain, just after the Falklands War breaks out, intent on avenging a personal loss.

The Football Factory (2004) – primarily about Chelsea's firm The Headhunters, who fight numerous other firms on away days, culminating in the big fight against Millwall.

Green Street (2005) – Elijah Wood plays an American student, who gets involved with West Ham's firm. The film builds up to the big clash with Millwall's firm at the climax, after the two teams draw each other in the cup, echoing the reality of the 2009 Upton Park riots.

Rise of the Footsoldier (2007) – the rise of a football hooligan is chronicled from his beginnings on the terraces to becoming a member of a notorious gang of criminals. The bitter rivalry between West Ham and Millwall is displayed during the opening scenes of the film.

Green Street 2: Stand Your Ground (2009) – sequel to Green Street. Several members of the West Ham firm and Millwall fans end up in jail. thumb|right|150px|Millwall supporter Lars Frederiksen from the [[punk rock|punk band Rancid with the leaping lion crest on his guitar.]]

The Firm (2009) – a remake of the original 1988 film, by Football Factory director and Millwall fan Nick Love.

The club's ground The Den doubled as The Dragons Lair, home ground of Harchester United in the TV series ''Dream Team''. It also appeared in episodes of the ITV shows ''The Bill'' and ''Primeval''.

Notable supporters

Famous fans of Millwall include two time Oscar winning actor Daniel Day-Lewis, former Smiths frontman Morrissey, former WBA World Heavyweight Champion David Haye (who, just days after defeating giant Nikolay Valuev for the title and breaking his hand, raced home to watch Millwall beat AFC Wimbledon 4–1 in an FA Cup tie), actress Laila Morse (Little Mo of Eastenders fame), actor Gary Oldman, DJ and journalist Danny Baker, boxing promoter Frank Maloney, former Arsenal and Crystal Palace player Ian Wright, journalist Rod Liddle, poet/spoken word musician Scroobius Pip, ''The Football Factory'' director Nick Love, stars Tamer Hassan, Roland Manookian and Frank Harper. Former World darts champion Andy Fordham, RMT Union boss Bob Crow, punk musician Lars Frederiksen from the band Rancid, Finnish politician Timo Soini, actor Blake Harrison from The Inbetweeners, entertainer Des O'Connor, Harlequins player Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook and former Chairman Theo Paphitis, who still wears a Millwall pin on his lapel on his show the Dragons' Den.

See also

Millwall Lionesses

References

;Bibliography Goodbye to The Den

External links

Official

MillwallFC.co.uk Official Club Site

General

The Millwall History Files

Millwall Supporters Club

House of Fun

Millwall Online

Past Millwall kits (1885–present)

News

The Football League – Millwall

Millwall news from Sky Sports

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''Unsere Besten'' ("Our Best") was a television series shown in German public television (ZDF) in November 2003, similar to the BBC series 100 Greatest Britons.

In subsequent years, a dozen similar rankings were compiled, mostly titled the "favourite (topic) of the Germans", with topics including books, places, songs, actors, comedians, sports persons (extra list for soccer players), inventions, and TV broadcasts (extra list for Olympic games).

The Greatest Germans

The intention initially was to find out "Who are the greatest Germans?" (''Wer sind die größten Deutschen?''), with more rankings to follow later. The German public was allowed to vote (via postcard, SMS or Internet) for the most important Germans—historical or contemporary—from a list of more than 300 people, plus additional suggestions.

This pre-determined list of candidates was created for two reasons:

to exclude controversial figures from certain eras of German history, like Adolf Hitler and Erich Honecker.

to decide beforehand who was to be considered as "German" in the first place, due to the complications of German history and its changing frontiers, which could have excluded such people as Mozart and Romy Schneider (Austria) or Albert Schweitzer (France).

However, the inclusion of Nikolaus Kopernikus, who spoke and wrote German, in the list of scientists caused controversy in Poland where he is revered as a national hero — the Polish Senate declared him an "exceptional Pole" on 12 June 2003. Similarly the inclusion of Mozart and Freud was criticized in Austria.

For the final Top Ten, an additional round was held, in which each candidate was promoted by an "ambassador" (most of them journalists) that would explain the work and importance of his/her favourite.

Guido Knopp for Konrad Adenauer

Margot Käßmann for Martin Luther

Gregor Gysi for Karl Marx

Alice Schwarzer for ''die Geschwister Scholl'', Sophie and Hans Scholl

Friedrich Nowottny for Willy Brandt

Götz Alsmann for Johann Sebastian Bach

Peter Sodann for Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Wolf von Lojewski for Johannes Gutenberg

Helmut Markwort for Otto von Bismarck

Nina Ruge for Albert Einstein

The final list appeared as shown below (in descending order). Several rather unknown figures ranked relatively high, no doubt because of temporary popularity and organized votes from fan groups (15.), or in case of 125., just an entry by organized Internet forum members to honour one of their members.

Final list

#Konrad Adenauer, Chancellor of West Germany 1949-1963 (1876-1967) #Martin Luther, leader of the reformation, father of Protestantism (1483-1546) #Karl Marx, political economist, philosopher (1818-1883) #Sophie and Hans Scholl, White Rose young anti-Nazi students (1921/1918-1943) #Willy Brandt, West German chancellor from 1969-1974, implemented the Ostpolitik (1913-1992) #Johann Sebastian Bach, composer (1685-1750) #Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, writer (1749-1832) #Johannes Gutenberg, inventor of movable type printing in Europe (1400-1468) #Otto von Bismarck, politician responsible for creation of German Empire in 1871, and hence its first chancellor (1815-1898) #Albert Einstein, theoretical physicist who discovered the general theory of relativity (1879-1955) #Adolph Kolping, priest (1813-1865) #Ludwig van Beethoven, composer (1770-1827) #Helmut Kohl, West German chancellor from 1982-1998, important figure for Germany's Reunification (born 1930) #Robert Bosch, inventor and industrialist (1861-1942) #Daniel Küblböck, singer (born 1985) #Konrad Zuse, computer inventor (1910-1995) #Josef Kentenich, priest (1885-1968) #Albert Schweitzer, physician and philanthropist (1875-1965) #Karlheinz Böhm, actor and charity activist (born 1928) #Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composer (1756-1791) #Helmut Schmidt, West German chancellor from 1974-1982 (born 1918) #Regine Hildebrandt, politician (1941-2001) #Alice Schwarzer, feminist journalist (born 1942) #Thomas Gottschalk, TV host (born 1950) #Herbert Grönemeyer, musician (born 1956) #Michael Schumacher, racing driver (born 1969) #Ludwig Erhard, west German chancellor, creator of the Wirtschaftswunder in the 1950s (1897-1977) #Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, physicist (1845-1923) #Günther Jauch, television celebrity and journalist (born 1956) #Dieter Bohlen, television celebrity and music producer (born 1954) #Jan Ullrich, athlete (cycling) (born 1973) #Steffi Graf, athlete (tennis) (born 1969) #Samuel Hahnemann, physician (1755-1843) #Dietrich Bonhoeffer, theologian and Nazi victim (1906-1945) #Boris Becker, athlete (tennis) (born 1967) #Franz Beckenbauer, athlete (football), coach and organiser (born 1945) #Oskar Schindler, industrialist, Jews' saviour (1908-1974) #Nena, singer (born 1960) #Hans-Dietrich Genscher, politician (born 1927) #Heinz Rühmann, actor (1902-1994) #Harald Schmidt, comedian (born 1957) #Frederick II of Prussia ("Frederick the Great") king (1712-1786) #Immanuel Kant, philosopher, leading figure of the Enlightenment (1724-1804) #Patrick Lindner, singer (born 1960) #Hartmut Engler, singer (Pur) (born 1961) #Hildegard von Bingen, nun, writer and musician (1098-1179) #Heino, singer (born 1938) #Richard von Weizsäcker, Federal President from 1984-1994 (born 1920) #Claus Graf Schenk von Stauffenberg, military officer and Anti-Hitler activist (1907-1944) #Marlene Dietrich, actress and singer (1901-1992) #Robert Koch, physician (1843-1910) #Joschka Fischer, Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor from 1998-2005 (born 1948) #Karl May, writer (1842-1912) #Loriot (Vicco von Bülow), satirist (1923-2011) #Albertus Magnus, scholar (1200-1280) #Rudi Völler, athlete (football) (born 1960) #Heinz Erhardt, comedian (1909-1979) #Roy Black, singer and actor (1943-1991) #Heinz-Harald Frentzen, racing driver (born 1967) #Wolfgang Apel, animal rights activist (born 1951) #Alexander von Humboldt, scientist (1769-1859) #Peter Kraus, singer (born 1939) #Wernher von Braun, rocket scientist (1912-1977) #Dirk Nowitzki, athlete (basketball) (born 1978) #Campino, singer (Die Toten Hosen) (born 1962) #Franz Josef Strauß, politician (1915-1988) #Sebastian Kneipp, physician (1821-1897) #Friedrich Schiller, writer (1759-1805) #Richard Wagner, composer (1813-1883) #Katarina Witt, athlete (figure skating) (born 1965) #Fritz Walter, athlete (football), captain of 1954 world championship winners (1920-2002) #Nicole, singer (born 1964) #Friedrich von Bodelschwingh, priest (1831-1910) #Otto Lilienthal, aviation pioneer (1848-1896) #Marion Gräfin Dönhoff, editor (1909-2002) #Thomas Mann, writer (1875-1955) #Hermann Hesse, writer (1877-1962) #Romy Schneider, actress (1938-1982) #Sven Hannawald, athlete (ski jumping) (born 1974) #Elisabeth of Bavaria ("Sissi"), royal consort (1837-1898) #Willy Millowitsch, actor and comedian (1909-1999) #Gerhard Schröder, Chancellor from 1998-2005 (born 1944) #Joseph Beuys, artist (1921-1986) #Friedrich Nietzsche, philosopher (1844-1900) #Rudi Dutschke, student leader in the 1960s (1940-1979) #Karl Lehmann, priest (born 1936) #Beate Uhse, erotica entrepreneur (1919-2001) #Trümmerfrauen ("rubble women"), rebuilding Germany after the war #Carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician and physicist (1777-1855) #Helmut Rahn, athlete (football), scorer of winning goal in 1954 (1929-2003) #Albrecht Dürer, artist (1471-1528) #Max Schmeling, athlete (boxing) (1905-2005) #Karl Benz, automobile pioneer (1844-1929) #Frederick II, emperor (1194-1250) #Reinhard Mey, singer-songwriter (born 1942) #Heinrich Heine, writer (1797-1856) #Georg Elser, Hitler assassin (1903-1945) #Konrad Duden, linguist (1829-1911) #James Last, composer (born 1929) #Uwe Seeler, athlete (football) (born 1936) #Jenny de la Torre Castro, "Angel of the Homeless" (born 1954) #Erich Gutenberg, economist (1897-1984) #Emanuel Lasker, chess champion (1868-1941) #Rudolf Steiner, philosopher (1861-1925) #Edith Stein, theologian (1891-1942) #Farin Urlaub, musician (Die Ärzte) (born 1963) #Xavier Naidoo, singer (born 1971) #Nicolaus Copernicus, astronomer (1473-1543) #Adam Riese, mathematician (1492-1559) #Gottlieb Daimler, automobile pioneer (1834-1900) #Erich Kästner, writer (1899-1974) #Rosa Luxemburg, politician (1871-1919) #Bertolt Brecht, writer (1898-1956) #Theodor Heuss, politician (1884-1963) #Otto I the Great, monarch (912-973) #Sigmund Freud, psychoanalyst (1856-1939) #Christine Licci, Citibank chief (born 1964) #Wilhelm Busch, writer (1832-1908) #Hildegard Hamm-Brücher, politician (born 1921) #Udo Lindenberg, musician (born 1946) #Eugen Drewermann, theologian (born 1940) #Ferdinand Sauerbruch, physician (1875-1951) #Peter Maffay, musician (born 1949) #Josef Frings, cardinal archbishop of Cologne (1887-1978) #Silke Fritzen, entry pushed by a group of internet users #Max Planck, physicist (1858-1947) #Johannes Rau, politician, Federal President 1999-2004 (1931-2006) #Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, ''Brothers Grimm '', linguists (1785-1863 and 1786-1859) #Baron Münchhausen, legendary nobleman and entertainer (1720-1797) #Wilhelm II, last German emperor (1859-1941) #Rudolf Augstein, journalist and publisher (1923-2002) #Heinrich Böll, writer (1917-1985) #Ralf Schumacher, racing driver (born 1975) #Anne Frank, teenage diary writer and Nazi victim (1929-1945) #Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor ("Barbarossa"), monarch (1122-1190) #Sigmund Jähn, cosmonaut, first German in space (born 1937) #Franziska van Almsick, athlete (swimming) (born 1979) #Clemens August Graf von Galen, theologian and resistance fighter (1878-1946) #Ludwig II, "the Fairy tale King", king of Bavaria (1845-1886) #Carl Friedrich Zeiss, physicist (1816-1888) #Hildegard Knef, actress and singer (1925-2002) #Levi Strauss, entrepreneur and inventor (jeans) (1829-1902) #Sepp Herberger, football coach of the 1954 world cup winning team(1897-1977) #Klaus Kinski, actor (1926-1991) #Werner von Siemens, physicist and entrepreneur (1816-1892) #Ferdinand Porsche, automobile constructor (1875-1951) #Peter Scholl-Latour, journalist (born 1924) #August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, writer of national anthem lyrics (1798-1874) #Siegfried and Roy, illusionists and tiger tamers (born 1939 and 1944) #Christoph Langen, athlete (bobsledding) (born 1962) #Michelle, singer (born 1974) #Manfred von Ardenne, physicist (1907-1997) #Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz, universal scholar (1646-1716) #Arthur Schopenhauer, philosopher (1788-1860) #Kurt Tucholsky, writer (1890-1935) #Karl (born 1920) and Theo Albrecht (born 1922), entrepreneurs (Aldi) #Joseph Ratzinger, cardinal (born 1927) (became Pope Benedict XVI in 2005) #Werner Heisenberg, physicist (1901-1976) #Harald Juhnke, actor (1929-2005) #Till Eulenspiegel, literary figure as joker and jester, first appeared 1510/1511 (-) #Götz George, actor (born 1938) #Rudolf Diesel, inventor (1858-1913) #Stefan Raab, TV host and musician (born 1966) #Hans Albers, singer and actor (1891-1960) #Nina Hagen, singer (born 1954) #Johannes Kepler, astronomer (1571-1630) #Hans Rosenthal, TV host (1925-1987) #Rupert Neudeck, physician and charity activist (Cap Anamur) (born 1939) #Dieter Hildebrandt, comedian (born 1927) #Marie-Theres Kroetz Relin, actress and housewife (born 1966) #Kilian Saum, priest (born 1958) #Hans Söllner, singer (born 1955) #Gregor Gysi, (East) German politician (born 1948) #Arminius, der Cherusker, Germanic leader in battle vs. Romans (-) #Günter Grass, writer (born 1927) #Inge Meysel, actress (1910-2004) #Hans Hartz, musician (1943-2002) #Karl Lagerfeld, fashion designer (born 1933 or 1938) #Oliver Kahn, athlete (football) (born 1969) #Gerd Müller, athlete (football) (born 1945) #Ferdinand von Zeppelin, airship pioneer (1838-1917) #Nikolaus August Otto, inventor (1832-1891) #Grete Schickedanz, Quelle mail-order entrepreneur (1911-1994) #Clara Zetkin, women's rights activist (1857-1933) #Hannah Arendt, journalist and philosopher (1906-1975) #Roman Herzog, Federal President 1994-1999(born 1934) #Hermann Oberth, rocket physicist (1894-1984) #Karl Valentin, comedian (1882-1948) #Frank Schöbel, East German singer (born 1942) #Jakob Fugger, entrepreneur (1459-1525) #Henry Maske, athlete (boxing) (born 1964) #Helmut Zacharias, violinist (1920-2002) #Michael Ballack, athlete (football) (born 1976) #Bernhard Grzimek, animal scientist and filmer (1909-1987) #Richard Strauss, composer (1864-1949) #Edmund Stoiber, politician (born 1941) #Klaus Störtebeker, pirate (ca. 1370-1401) #Peter Frankenfeld, Radio and Television personality (1913-1979) #Mildred Scheel, physician and charity activist (1932-1985) #Claudia Schiffer, model (born 1970)

References

Other editions

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External links

* unserebesten.zdf.de at archive.org

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This is a list of people whose names in English are commonly appended with the phrase "''the Great''", or who were called that or an equivalent phrase in their own language. Other languages have their own suffixes such as ''e Bozorg'' and ''e azam'' in Persian and Urdu respectively.

In Persia, the title "the Great" at first seems to be a colloquial version of the Old Persian title "Great King". This title was first used by the conqueror Cyrus II of Persia.

The Persian title was inherited by Alexander III of Macedon (336–323 BC) when he conquered the Persian Empire, and the epithet "Great" eventually became personally associated with him. The first reference (in a comedy by Plautus) assumes that everyone knew who "Alexander the Great" was; however, there is no earlier evidence that Alexander III of Macedon was called "''the Great''".

The early Seleucid kings, who succeeded Alexander in Persia, used "Great King" in local documents, but the title was most notably used for Antiochus the Great (223–187 BC).

Later rulers and commanders began to use the epithet "the Great" as a personal name, like the Roman general Pompey. Others received the surname retrospectively, like the Carthaginian Hanno and the Indian emperor Ashoka the Great. Once the surname gained currency, it was also used as an honorific surname for people without political careers, like the philosopher Albert the Great.

As there are no objective criteria for "greatness", the persistence of later generations in using the designation greatly varies. For example, Louis XIV of France was often referred to as "The Great" in his lifetime but is rarely called such nowadays, while Frederick II of Prussia is still called "The Great". A later Hohenzollern - Wilhelm I - was often called "The Great" in the time of his grandson Wilhelm II, but rarely later.

Rulers

Abbas I of Persia (1571-1629), Shah of Iran

Akbar (1542-1605), ruler of the Mughal Empire of South Asia, mainly India

Alain I of Albret (1440-1522), French aristocrat

Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), King of Macedonia, Persia, Greece, Egypt, and all of Mesopotamia

Alexander I of Georgia (1386–1446), King of Georgia

Alfonso III of León (c. 848-910), King of León, Galicia and Asturias

Alfred the Great (848/849-899), King of Wessex

Antiochus III the Great (c. 241–187 BC), ruler of the Seleucid Empire

Ashoka the Great (c. 304–232 BC), Indian emperor of the Maurya dynasty

Ashot I of Iberia “the Great”(died 826/830), presiding prince of Iberia (modern Georgia),

Askia Mohammad I (c. 1442–1538), ruler of the Songhai Empire

Bhumibol Adulyadej (born 1927), King of Thailand

Bolesław I Chrobry (967-1025), sometimes called "the Great", first King of Poland

Bruno the Great (925–965), Archbishop of Cologne and Duke of Lotharingia (also listed in the following section)

Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (1736-1809), founder and ruler of the Rattanakosin Kingdom (in what is now Thailand)

Cnut the Great (c. 985 or 995-1035), King of Denmark, England, Norway and parts of Sweden

Casimir III the Great (1310-1370), King of Poland

Catherine the Great (1729-1796), Empress of Russian

Chandragupta II (reigned 375-413/415), also known as Vikramaditya, ruler of the Gupta empire in India

Charlemagne (died 814), King of the Franks and Emperor of the Romans

Chulalongkorn (1853-1910), King of Siam (now Thailand)

Chlothar II (584-629), King of Neustria and King of the Franks

Conrad, Margrave of Meissen (c. 1097-1157), Margrave of Meissen

Constantine I (c. 272-337), Roman Emperor

Cyrus the Great (c. 600 BC or 576 BC–530 BC), founder and ruler of the Persian or Achaemenid Empire

Darius the Great (550 – 486 BC), third ruler of the Persian Empire

Devapala (died 850), ruler of the Pala Empire in the Indian subcontinent

Dionysius I, Greek tyrant of Syracuse

Ferdinand I of León and Castile (c. 1015–1065), King of León and Count of Castile

Frederick the Great (1712-1786), King of Prussia

Genghis Khan (1162?-1227), founder and Great Khan of the Mongol Empire

Gero (c. 900–965), ruler of Marca Geronis, a very large march in Europe

Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (1594-1632), King of Sweden, founder of the Swedish Empire, and noted military leader

Gwanggaeto the Great, King of Goguryeo, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea

Hanno the Great, the name of three leaders of Carthage, in the 4th, 3rd, and 2nd centuries BC

Henry I, Duke of Burgundy (946–1002)

Henry IV of France (1553-1610), King of France and King of Navarre

Herod the Great (73/74 BC-4 BC), King of Judea

Hugh the Great (898-956), Duke of the Franks and Count of Paris

Hugh Magnus of France (1007-1025), co-King of France

Hugh I, Count of Vermandois (1057-1101)

Humphrey I de Bohun (died c. 1123), Anglo-Norman aristocrat

Ivan III of Russia (1440-1505), Tsar of Russia

John I of Portugal (1358-1433), King of Portugal and the Algarve

John II of Aragon (1398-1479), King of Aragon and, through his wife, King of Navarre

Justinian I (483-565), Byzantine Emperor

Kamehameha I (c. 1758-1819), first King of Hawai'i

Kanishka (died c. 127), ruler of the Kushan Empire in Central Asia and parts of India

Kvirike III of Kakheti (1010-1029), King of Kakheti in eastern Georgia

Kublai Khan (1215-1294), Mongol ruler in the 13th century and Emperor of China; founder of the Yuan Dynasty

Llywelyn the Great (c. 1172–1240), Prince of Gwynedd and de facto ruler of most of Wales

Louis I of Hungary (1326-1382), King of Hungary, Croatia and Poland

Mangrai the Great (1238-1317), Lanna, northern Thailand

Emperor Meiji (1852-1912), Emperor of Japan

Mircea I of Wallachia (1355–1418)

Mithridates II of Parthia (died 88 BC), ruler of the Parthian Empire (in present day Iran)

Mithridates VI of Pontus (134 BC–63 BC), ruler of Pontus and the Bosporan Kingdom

Mstislav I of Kiev (1076-1132), Grand Prince of Kievan Rus

Narai (1633-1688), King of Ayutthaya (in what is now modern Thailand)

Naresuan (1555-1605), King of Ayutthaya

Odo the Great (died c. 735), Duke of Aquitaine

Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (912-973)

K'inich Janaab' Pakal (603-683), ruler of the Mayan city-state of Palenque

Parakramabahu I of Polonnaruwa (1123–1186), King of Sri Lanka

Peter Krešimir IV of Croatia (died 1075), King of Croatia

Peter the Great (1672-1725), Tsar of Russia

Peter III of Aragon (1239-1285), King of Aragon and King of Sicily

Pompey (106 BC-48 BC), military and political leader of the late Roman Republic, rival of Julius Caesar

Radama I (1793–1828), first king of greater Madagascar

Raja Raja Chola I (c. 947-1014), Indian emperor of the Cholas.

Rajendra Chola I (reigned 1014-1044), Tamil King of India

Ramesses II (reigned 1279 BC – 1213 BC), considered the greatest pharaoh of Ancient Egypt

Ram Khamhaeng (around 1237 to 1247-1298), King of Sukhothai (in present day Thailand)

Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona (1082-1131), also Count of Provence and various other counties

Rhodri the Great (c. 820–878), King of Gwynedd (in present day Wales)

Roman the Great (after 1160-1205), Grand Prince of Kiev

Samudragupta (c. 335–375), ruler of the Gupta empire in the Indian subcontinent

Sancho III of Navarre (c. 992-1035), King of Kingdom of Navarre

Sargon of Akkad (died c. 2215 BC), ruler of the Akkadian Empire

Sejong the Great (1397-1450), Korean king

Shapur II (309-379), king of the Sassanid Empire, Persia

Simeon I of Bulgaria (864/865-927), ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire

Stephen III of Moldavia (1433-1504), Prince of Moldavia (Romania)

Stephen Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia (c. 1308-1355), King of Serbia and Emperor of the Serbs and Greeks

Taksin (1734-1782), King of the Thonburi Kingdom (Thailand)

Timur (1336-1405), better known as Tamerlane, founder of the Timurid Dynasty

Theobald II, Count of Champagne (1090–1151), Count of Blois and of Chartres as Theobald IV, Count of Champagne and of Brie

Theodoric the Great (454-526), King of the Ostrogoths, regent of the Visigoths and a viceroy of the Byzantine Empire

Theodosius I (347-395), Roman emperor

Tigranes the Great (140-55 BC), Emperor of Armenia

Tiridates III of Armenia (285-339), King of Armenia

Umar (c. 586 to 590–644), second caliph of the Muslim Empire

Valdemar I of Denmark (1131-1182), King of Denmark

Valentinian I (364-375), Roman Emperor

Vladimir I of Kiev (c. 958-1015), ruler of Kievan Rus

Vytautas (c. 1350-1430), archduke of the Lithuanian Grand Duchy

William I, Count of Burgundy (1020-1087), Count of Burgandy and Mâcon

William V, Duke of Aquitaine (969-1030), also Count of Poitou

Xerxes I (519-465 BC), King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire (Persia)

Yu the Great (c. 2200-2100 BC), legendary ruler in ancient China

Religious figures

Abraham the Great of Kashkar (ca. 492-586), monk and saint of the Assyrian Church of the East

Abraham Kidunaia (died c. 366, hermit, priest, and Christian saint of Mesopotamia

Albertus Magnus (1193/1206–1280), medieval German philosopher and theologian

Anthony the Great (c. 251–356), early Christian saint of Egypt

Babai the Great (c. 551–628), Assyrian church leader

Basil of Caesarea (330-379), Greek bishop and theologian

Bruno the Great (925–965), Archbishop of Cologne and Duke of Lotharingia (also listed in the previous section)

Euthymius the Great (377-473), abbot and Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox saint

Gertrude the Great (1256-c. 1302), German Benedictine, mystic, theologian and Roman Catholic saint

Pope Gregory I (c. 540-604)

Hiyya the Great, 3rd-century rabbi, Palestine

Pope John Paul II (1920-2005)

Pope Leo I (c. 391 or 400-461)

Macarius of Egypt (c. 300-391), Egyptian hermit

Pope Nicholas I (c. 800-867)

Photius I of Constantinople (c. 810–c. 893), Eastern Orthodox saint and Patriarch of Constantinople

William of Maleval (died 1157), founder of the Catholic congregation of Williamites

Other

Beli Mawr, a figure in medieval Welsh literature and genealogies

Emmy the Great, folk singer

Matteo Rosso the Great, Roman politician and father of Pope Nicholas III

Prokop the Great, Hussite general in Bohemia

See also

Epithet

List of monarchs by nickname

List of nicknames of European Royalty and Nobility: G-I

James, son of Zebedee, also known as James the Greater, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus

Ajax (mythology), called Ajax the Greater

Notes

Category:Monarchs Great, List of people known as The Category:Greatest Nationals Category:Epithets

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