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segregation - that's the police plan for Tuesday’s Milk Cup return leg
at the Den between Millwall and Chelsea.
Rival fans
will be cut off from each other, both on the terrace and in the stands.
Supt
Francis Wilkinson, at Lewisham Police station is co-ordinating
arrangements for the match.
He refused
to disclose the number of officers who will be on duty, but confirmed
that mounted police will be brought in.
He added:
"We don't normally have them, but we have used them on
occasions."
Police
will be keeping a watch on New Cross and New Cross Gate stations. They
will also be on the look at London Bridge, Elephant and Castle and at
bus stops.
Supt
Wilkinson said: "All tickets are colour-coded and it would help
enormously if fans did use the entrance indicated on their tickets.
"If
they don't it's a half mile walk from one to the other. After the game
we hope that people will disperse quickly and quietly."
The Lions
have a tough task, but the two-goal margin isn't beyond them. The doubt
I have is their ability not to concede a goal.
With an
early break, they could shake Chelsea, but the visitors must be
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| New
way to beat the thugs
A
helicopter will be part of the crowd control back-up as Lewisham police
mount their biggest soccer operation in years at The Den tonight.
Police are
refusing to disclose the number of officers who will be on duty under
their plan to prevent a clash between Millwall and Chelsea fans at the
all-ticket Milk-Cup match.
But the
helicopter - equipped with searchlights - will be available to assist
the police on the ground. The aircraft was over The Den during last
week's clash with Derby, but Supt. Frank Wilkinson denied this was part
of a dress rehearsal for tonight's operation.
He said,
"It was in the area as we had some trouble with fans around the
ground. We have no specific plans to use the helicopter but it win he
available if we need it."
The peace
plan worked out between the club and police hinges on identifying rival
fans through the different coloured tickets sold at the Den and Stamford
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| Lions
ace can come up trumps |
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by
Brain Stater
MILLWALL
maestro Anton Otulakowski will be a marked man at The Den tonight.
The
midfield ace and striker Dean Neal are seen by Chelsea as the Lions
stars most likely to force a Milk Cup turn around in the return leg of
the second round clash.
Manager
George Graham's Millwall outfit will attempt to claw back a 3-1 deficit
in front of an expected 12,000 crowd.
Chelsea
assistant boss Ian McNeill revealed, “Neal and Otulakowski will he big
dangers. Before Anton joined Millwall, we tried to buy him. We know
exactly what he can do.”
Otulakowski
said, “I think this could be the perfect stage for the club. We've
been trying to get a strong spirit at Millwall for a couple of years and
recently it's all come together.”
“I think
the players will he out to win for everyone not just themselves. There's
a feeling that we all want to do well for the entire club. The money
involved for the players isn't enormous at this stage of the competition
and we'll be p
laying
for the club rather than ourselves. We want to do well for the staff,
the chairman - and certainly for the fans.” |
Meanwhile
manager George Graham is plotting a slow but steady approach to the
game. He said, “We must go into it with a bit of common sense. If we
go all out from the start we could get caught by Chelsea and be in
trouble.”
And
Graham will also be looking for a good performance from Otulakowski. He
said, “Anton is a very fine player - but he hasn't been scoring as
regularly as I would like.”
Meanwhile,
Millwall have stopped selling tickets for tonight's match and are
insisting that any fan without one should stay away.
Chief
executive Tony Shaw said, “There is no chance at all of anyone getting
in who has not already bought a ticket.”
The
club expect a crowd of around 12,000 after selling all 2,000 stand
seats.
Shaw
joked, “That part of the ground is completely solid. If Bobby Robson
decided to turn up we'd have trouble finding some where to put him!”
If
the aggregate scores are level after 90 minutes the game goes in to
extra time, and away goals will count double, if the sides are still
deadlocked.
Millwall will
take a 50 per cent share of tomorrow's receipts, after expenses and a
Football League levy have been deducted. |
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Man: Chelsea will keep a close eye on Anton Otulakowski |
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expect a Milk Cup Shaker |
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by
Michael Hart
Chelsea
coach John Hollins warned of the pitfalls facing his side tonight when
they defend a 3-1 lead against Millwall -In the second round second leg
of the Milk Cup.
The
first division side can expect a hostile reception at the Den and
Hollins said “This is going to be a very hard game for us.”
"Millwall
had a tremendous result at Gillingham on Saturday, played well against
in the first leg and must be in a very optimistic mood.”
They'll
be on a high and it's up to us to impose our style of play on them.
Millwall
moved to third place in Division Three with Saturday's emphatic
4-1 win at Gillingham. "That |
was
our best away performance since I joined the club," said manager
George Graham.
I
was proud of the way we played at Stamford Bridge in the first leg and
if we can get an early goal tonight, we will put ourselves back in with
a chance."
Graham
who played in the same Chelsea side as Hollins retains the side that
beat Gillingham.
Chelsea,
too, expect to be unchanged. That means Bumstead keeps his midfield
place because winger Pat Nevin is still troubled by a stomach upset.
Millwall
are adopting strict security measures tonight. It is an all ticket
match, limited to 21,000, but Chelsea estimate they, 1have sold only
3,000 of their 9,000 allocation of tickets.
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