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Let's play abroad, says Millwall boss

Mundell FlemingMundell Fleming
in General Charlton
You cannot be serious!! It seems he is though.

Tonight's Evening Standard reports that Millwall chief executive Andy Ambler believes Football League clubs should follow the top flight's lead and consider playing fixtures abroad. You might need to read that several times. I did.

"I just wonder if there is an argument to take the Football League around the world ..... it has to be worth exploring." he says.

"At Championship level in particular, I think we need to realise that our product is exceptional", he explained.

AFC Wimbledon v Bury in Shanghai in the middle of March probably is a bit of a stretch, but the Lions versus, say, Huddersfield Town would really pull them in I'm sure.

Give me strength. You really couldn't make it up.

This numpty is now on the Football League board. I'm sure he'll get laughed at when he raises this possibility, but I can't even begin to imagine how anybody could think this makes any sense whatsoever, on any level.
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  • PL54PL54
    Saw it in the Std tonight - total cock wash.
  • Brendan_O_ConnellBrendan_O_Connell
    He only wants to do it so he can boast Millwall had over 11,000 for a home game!!
  • GretnaGreenAddickGretnaGreenAddick
    This is a way of getting us to vote UKIP surely, we would all be up for shutting the borders if it happened to be when Millwall & its fans were out of the country.
  • Henry IrvingHenry Irving
    Talal said:

    I'm all for Millwall going abroad.

    Just as long as they aren't allowed back in. or their fans
  • soapy_jonessoapy_jones
    How can so many cnuts all congregate in one place? The blokes obviously been bugling some of whats on offer in the bogs at the Toolbox...
  • BansteadAddickBansteadAddick
    He really is an idiot. Watched him on TV before and he really is the product of 'what would a Millwall fan be like if he was put in a suit'
  • ShootersHillGuruShootersHillGuru
    Millwall fans think he's a twat. This proves them right.
  • LenGloverLenGlover
    Perhaps he thinks the Isle of Dogs is "abroad"
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  • tangoflashtangoflash
    I think they'd look great in China, wearing their brand new pink shirts........
  • cafctomcafctom
    edited October 2014
    You know what makes the Football League great?

    It is everything the Premier League is not.

    Do one Spanners.
  • Saga LoutSaga Lout
    What's the best way to get all English football fans banned worldwide? Send Millwall abroad.
  • Showmetheway2gohomeShowmetheway2gohome
    When did millwall get 11000 at home I've never seen them get 10000. Why don't they try playing in London zoo they wil get a bigger crowd there don't know if they could beat the chimps though.
  • LincsaddickLincsaddick
    Albania
  • soapboxsamsoapboxsam
    "Let play a broad" say millwall boss?

    Kim Little, the Scottish international and ex Arsenal forward would be a great choice as she is the most
    gifted female player in Britan and is a blond bombshell as well.

    Too good for Millwall thou, she can play along side Igor.
  • Showmetheway2gohomeShowmetheway2gohome
    Sexist can't laugh
  • SwisdomSwisdom
    Send Millwall to Serbia to play.....out of the frying pan and into the fire. They can learn what proper racist hooligans are like
  • JessieJessie
    A match between Millwall and Huddersfield in China wouldn't attract more people than a match between AFC Wimbledon and Bury. None of those four clubs have been in the Premier League so I doubt many people have heard of them in the first place. The clubs are unknown. The players are unknown. They have no local connection here. Why would people pay, say ￡30 to watch such a game when they can easily go to a concert or worldclass tennis game for less money?

    Games between top Premier League teams would get full attendence but this Mr Ambler apparently overestimated overseas interest in the Championship. That said, clubs like ourselves would probably attract a lot more people because we'd been in the Premier League for quite some years and we're well-known among football fans here - not to mention the Zheng Zhi link.

    In a word, I'm not sure if it's a good idea to move Premier League abroad but Championship teams playing league fixtures or friendlies outside of England is completely a different thing. Personally I'd be overjoyed if Charlton came to Shanghai but Millwall? No thanks and it wouldn't make any profit as Mr. Ambler expects - a financial loss for them is more likely.
  • GranpaGranpa
    You can stop worrying now everybody, I am in the process of setting up the ultimate game abroad. Get ready for Millwall v ISIS.
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  • Sparrows Lane LionSparrows Lane Lion
    Granpa said:

    You can stop worrying now everybody, I am in the process of setting up the ultimate game abroad. Get ready for Millwall v ISIS.

    Already happening, Millwall fan is high up in the Kurdish forces according to paper reports the other week. (well the Daily Mail)

    I would love more games abroad. Our trip to Hungary was brilliant. It beats Watford away.
  • ShootersHillGuruShootersHillGuru
    Sparrows Lane Lion said:

    Granpa said:

    You can stop worrying now everybody, I am in the process of setting up the ultimate game abroad. Get ready for Millwall v ISIS.

    Already happening, Millwall fan is high up in the Kurdish forces according to paper reports the other week. (well the Daily Mail)

    I would love more games abroad. Our trip to Hungary was brilliant. It beats Watford away.
    And that's saying something.
  • The_OrganiserThe_Organiser
    But you wouldn't be playing fenecvaros etc SLL, you'd be playing Watford still and it would still be shit.
  • Brendan_O_ConnellBrendan_O_Connell
    Sparrows Lane Lion said:

    Granpa said:

    You can stop worrying now everybody, I am in the process of setting up the ultimate game abroad. Get ready for Millwall v ISIS.

    Already happening, Millwall fan is high up in the Kurdish forces according to paper reports the other week. (well the Daily Mail)

    I would love more games abroad. Our trip to Hungary was brilliant. It beats Watford away.
    Top marks for getting your European qualification in there SLL.

    Git! ;o)
  • Sparrows Lane LionSparrows Lane Lion
    edited October 2014
    Brendan_O_Connell said:

    Sparrows Lane Lion said:

    Granpa said:

    You can stop worrying now everybody, I am in the process of setting up the ultimate game abroad. Get ready for Millwall v ISIS.

    Already happening, Millwall fan is high up in the Kurdish forces according to paper reports the other week. (well the Daily Mail)

    I would love more games abroad. Our trip to Hungary was brilliant. It beats Watford away.
    Top marks for getting your European qualification in there SLL.

    Git! ;o)
    When one has experienced European adventures on the scale that we did, you have to crow about it....it's made me hungry for more.
  • RedChaserRedChaser
    edited October 2014
    Sparrows Lane Lion said:

    Brendan_O_Connell said:

    Sparrows Lane Lion said:

    Granpa said:

    You can stop worrying now everybody, I am in the process of setting up the ultimate game abroad. Get ready for Millwall v ISIS.

    Already happening, Millwall fan is high up in the Kurdish forces according to paper reports the other week. (well the Daily Mail)

    I would love more games abroad. Our trip to Hungary was brilliant. It beats Watford away.
    Top marks for getting your European qualification in there SLL.

    Git! ;o)
    When one has experienced European adventures on the scale that we did, you have to crow about it....it's made me hungry for more.
    Yeah but apart from Hungary (Udjpest) we've got Spain (Alcorcon), Germany (Carl Zeiss Jena) not to mention Belgium to satisfy our appetite SLL. :-)
  • MillwallFanMillwallFan
    ShootersHillGuru said:

    Millwall fans think he's a twat. This proves them right.

    This
  • oohaahmortimeroohaahmortimer
    edited October 2014
    Mate was at the scums golf day on Wednesday and said the players didn't seem that keen on Holloway
  • MillwallFanMillwallFan
    oohaahmortimer said:

    Mate was at the scums golf day on Wednesday and said the players didn't seem that keen on Holloway

    Could be true. They don't seem to be playing for him at the moment.
  • Sparrows Lane LionSparrows Lane Lion
    MillwallFan said:

    oohaahmortimer said:

    Mate was at the scums golf day on Wednesday and said the players didn't seem that keen on Holloway

    Could be true. They don't seem to be playing for him at the moment.
    Really? Been playing some good football, just ain't got anything in the final 1/3. Wouldn't say they ain't playing for him at all!
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