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Millwall Football Club is a professional football team based at the 20,146 capacity New Den Stadium in Bermondsey, Zampa Road, South London, England. They currently play in the Football League Championship.
Their team nickname is The Lions, formerly The Dockers. They changed the nickname after being referred to as "Lions" for their acts of giant killing in their FA Cup run of 1900, when they reached the semi final. They adopted a lion emblem, bearing the legend, We Fear No Foe. The emblem, along with its legend, was not added to their shirts until the 1930's. We Fear No Foe was changed later, however, to just MFC, (Millwall Football Club). They also reached the semi final in 1903, 1907 and 1937. Their 1937 appearance was notable as they became the first team in the old third division to reach the last four.
Their traditional strip consists of blue shirts, white shorts and blue socks. Millwall "Rovers" were founded by the workers of J.T. Morton in Millwall in the east end of London on the Isle of Dogs in 1885. J.T. Morton had its origins on the east coast of Scotland in Aberdeen and Dundee. They opened their first English cannery and food processing plant on the Isle of Dogs at the Millwall dock in 1870. They attracted a workforce from across the whole of the country, including Scotland. The group of Tinsmiths who founded Millwall were predominantly, but not exclusively Scottish. 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. The first chairman of the club was Irish international footballer and local GP Doctor William Murray-Leslie, who surprisingly never played for the club. Their original nickname, "The Dockers" emanated from the occupation of the club's supporters.
