Lions Roar Past Heartbroken Leeds

NEARLY 37,000 LEEDS FANS were left devastated on Thursday night as Millwall crept past the Elland Road faithful with a 2-1 aggregate score line. Kenny Jackets’ side will now face the winner of Scunthorpe v. MK Dons next week at Wembley.


Lion’s keeper David Ford was the hero early on after a double save from Beckford and Delph as Leeds rallied. Jermaine Beckford had another chance to open the score, but missed from the spot after Sodje was dubiously pulled back in the box.
It wasn’t until the 53rd minute that The Peacock’s had something to celebrate, as Luciano Becchio poked home between two defenders, to send the home fans into raptures.
As Leeds pushed for a second they were caught on the break and substitute Grabben pulled it back for Abdou to slot in a 74th minute equalisier. With time running out, Leeds pressed hard but despite six minutes stoppage time, it was Millwall that proceeded to the play-off final.

Prior to the match, the Lions fans were warned against causing trouble at Elland Road after the scenes that erupted from the first encounter at The Den. To their credit, there was no repeat of the opening leg fiasco and Jacket was undoubtedly proud of his player’s achievements.
He said, ‘’to overcome Leeds, who are a very good team, over two legs is a very good achievement.
It was one of the best atmospheres here tonight that I've been involved in and when their goal went in there was some momentum there and we came back from that very well.
I've got to say the Leeds crowd was magnificent. Walking back myself, they were first class, congratulating us and although it's no consolation they were a credit to their club."


Millwall fans are already optimistic on the clubs future prospects and the more expectant of them will be relishing a recurrence of the early nineties glory days. A side including a young Teddy Sheringham, was competing in top-flight football and both board and fans will be looking for a similar feat, nearly 20 years on.