South London derby
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South London derby is the name given to a football derby
contested by any two of Charlton Athletic
, Crystal Palace
, Millwall
and AFC Wimbledon
, the four Football League
clubs based in South London
, England. It is sometimes more specifically called the South East London derby when played between Charlton and Millwall.
The close geographical location of three of the teams contributes significantly to the rivalry. Charlton and Millwall are located in South East London, with their respective grounds The Den
and The Valley being less than four miles apart. Crystal Palace are based further south in the suburb of South Norwood
, their stadium Selhurst Park
still being only six miles from The Den and eight from The Valley.
According to a survey conducted by Football Fans Census in 2003, Charlton fans regard Millwall as their main rival, with Crystal Palace coming second. Palace fans regard Millwall as their secondary rival behind Brighton & Hove Albion
, with Charlton coming third. Millwall's main rival is West Ham United
, with Palace placing second and Charlton as third rival.
The last time Crystal Palace, Charlton and Millwall were in the same league together was the 1995–96 season, in Division One
. Millwall finished 22nd and were relegated to Division Two
, while Palace and Charlton finished 3rd and 6th respectively. They met in a play-off semi-final, which Palace won to progress to the final
.
In 2003 Wimbledon
were relocated to Milton Keynes
and rebranded as Milton Keynes Dons
. A new team founded by supporters against the move in 2002, AFC Wimbledon
, won a quick succession of non-League
promotions and are playing the 2011–12 season
in League Two
. They are a tier below Charlton, who compete in League One
and two tiers below Crystal Palace and Millwall who play in the Championship
.
, which Millwall were founding members of. The two teams played against each other for ten seasons in this league. The first contested competitive game between the sides was played on 17 November 1906, with Palace winning 3–0 although the fixture was not yet a South London derby — Millwall were based in East London
until 1910. Up until that point the most successful team based in South London were Woolwich Arsenal
, who were the first Southern member elected to the Football League
in 1893. Charlton Athletic's early years were somewhat hindered by the presence of Woolwich Arsenal, who were the closest team in locality and were well supported. Charlton spent the first years of their history playing in non-professional leagues and did not play either Palace or Millwall. Eventually, Woolwich Arsenal moved to North London
, losing the 'Woolwich' from their name, in 1913. The same year Charlton adopted senior status. They became a professional team in 1920, joining the Southern League.
Both Millwall and Crystal Palace joined the Football League in the 1920–21 season, playing in the Third Division
, while Charlton Athletic joined the year after for the 1921–22 season, finally getting the chance to play both their South London neighbours.
Millwall's ground The Den was severely damaged by a German bomb and a fire destroyed a stand a few days later. For a brief time the club was invited by their neighbours to play their games at The Valley and Selhurst Park
.
In 1984 Charlton went into administration. The club were forced to leave the The Valley just after the start of the 1985–86 season after its safety was criticised by league officials. The club began a groundshare with Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park, which lasted for six years until 1991. After another year groundsharing at West Ham United
's Upton Park
, Charlton moved back into The Valley in 1992. Wimbledon
groundshared at Selhurst Park from 1991 until their relocation to Milton Keynes
in 2003. The relocation prompted the formation of AFC Wimbledon
at Kingsmeadow, which the team shares with semi-professional non-league side Kingstonian
.
This table only includes competitive first team games, excluding all pre-season games, friendlies, abandoned matches, testimonials and games played during World War I & II.
Last two results
Last two results
Last two results
, Alan Mullery
and Ian Dowie are the only managers to have permanently managed two of the three South London clubs. Seed was in charge of Charlton for 23 years from 1933 to 1956, leading them to one of the most successful periods of their history, with successive promotions to the top-flight and an FA Cup Final
win in 1947
. He was sacked in 1956 after a bad run of form and took over at Millwall in 1958. Seed's start at The Den was poor, with the team going nine matches without a win. The team finished in 23rd place in Division Three (south). The following year saw The Lions playing in the new Fourth Division
in which they finished 9th. Seed resigned at the end of that season, but stayed with the club as a director until his death on 16 July 1966.
Dowie was in charge of Crystal Palace between 21 December 2003 and 22 May 2006, when he was allowed to resign from his post, apparently to return to northern England because his wife was homesick. However, eight days later Premier League club Charlton unveiled Dowie as their new manager. Simon Jordan
, Palace's chairman, immediately issued Dowie with a writ, claiming that he had misled him about his reasons for leaving the club; Dowie, however, insisted this was not the case, and was publicly backed by Charlton chief executive Peter Varney, who branded the writ "a sad and pathetic publicity stunt", and chairman Richard Murray, who was adamant that his legal team could find no grounds for the writ to be upheld, and suggested that there may be more personal reasons behind the writ being issued. The case was heard in the High Court
in the summer of 2007 where a judge ruled that Dowie had lied when negotiating his way out of his contract. His spell at Charlton was largely unsuccessful and they parted company on 13 November 2006, after just 15 games in charge.
Mullery was in charge of Charlton from 1981 to 1982 and left to take the helm at Crystal Palace, where he remained manager until 1984. Theo Foley
was Charlton manager from 1970 to 1974 and was briefly in charge of Millwall as a caretaker manager in 1977. Steve Gritt
, who was joint-manager at Charlton with Alan Curbishley
from 1991 to 1995, was also caretaker at Millwall briefly in 2000. Lennie Lawrence
was Charlton's manager from 1982 to 1991 and is now assistant manager at Crystal Palace.
played 114 games for Palace, 87 for Millwall and 44 for Charlton. He holds the record for most goals scored by a player for all three clubs, with 104 in 245 appearances.
Charlton, Crystal Palace and Millwall Darren Ward Dave Tuttle
Freddy Wood
Leon Cort
Mark Bright
Nathan Ashton
Peter Burridge
Tony Hazell
Millwall and Charlton Alan McLeary
Ben Roberts
Ben Thatcher
Benny Fenton
Bobby Hunt
Charlie Hannaford
Charlie MacDonald
Danny Shittu
Dave Mehmet
Eamon Dunphy
Ernie Watkins
Fred Ford Gordon Bolland
Hamer Bouazza Harry Cripps
Izale McLeod
Jack Burkett
Jamie Stuart
James Thompson
Jimmy Yardley
Jim Ryan
John Sullivan Johnny Summers Kevin Lisbie
Kim Grant
Lawrie Madden
Lee Power
Lindsay Smith
Mark McCammon
Mickey Bennett
Nicky Johns
Pat Terry
Paul Sturgess
Phil Walker
Phil Warman
Terry Brisley
Therry Racon
Tony Towner
Tony Warner
Trésor Kandol
Charlton and Crystal Palace Alan Pardew
Bobby Goldthorpe Chris Powell
Danny Butterfield
Darren Ambrose
Darren Pitcher
Dave Madden
David Whyte
Don Townsend
Gary Borrowdale
John Salako
Johnny Humphrey
Les Fell
Marcus Bent
Mark Hudson
Mike Flanagan
Paddy McCarthy
Paul Mortimer
Paul Williams
Scott Sinclair
Tom Soares
Gonzalo Sorondo
Tony Burns
Millwall and Crystal Palace Andy Frampton
Andy Gray
Andy Roberts
Anton Otulakowski
Bill Roffey
Bobby Bowry
Bruce Dyer
Carl Veart
Chris Armstrong
Chris Day
Clive Allen
Dave Martin
David Fry
Derek Jeffries
Derek Possee
Harry Redmond
Hubert Busby, Jr. James Williams
Jamie Moralee
Jamie Vincent
Jermaine Easter
John Brearley
John Jackson
Johnny Roche
Jonathan Obika
Kenny Brown Kevin Muscat
Lewis Grabban
Matt Lawrence
Mel Blyth
Neil Emblen
Neil Ruddock
Nick Chatterton
Noel Whelan
Paul Ifill
Paul Hinshelwood Paul Sansome
Phil Barber
Ray Wilkins
Ricky Newman
Ryan Smith
Steve Claridge
Steve Lovell
Tony Craig
Tony Witter
Trevor Aylott
and 2004 rebranding of Wimbledon
as Milton Keynes Dons
meant that a South London derby team was lost. Wimbledon's record in all competitions against Crystal Palace, with whom they ground-shared Selhurst Park for 12 years stands as: won 8, drawn 5 and lost 15. They did however hold superior records over Charlton (won 8, drawn 5, lost 5) and Millwall (won 12, drawn 8, lost 6).
Some Wimbledon supporters formed a new team, AFC Wimbledon
, in 2002, based at Kingsmeadow in Kingston upon Thames. The non-League club started in the Combined Counties League, and played their first competitive South London derby on 9 November 2009, losing 4–1 away at Millwall in an FA Cup
first-round match. Having worked their way up through a quick succession of non-League
promotions, AFC Wimbledon were promoted into Football League Two
for the 2011–12 season
.
Local derby
In many countries the term local derby, or simply just derby means a sporting fixture between two, generally local, rivals, particularly in association football...
contested by any two of Charlton Athletic
Charlton Athletic F.C.
Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, in the London Borough of Greenwich. They compete in Football League One, the third tier of English football. The club was founded on 9 June 1905, when a number of youth clubs in the southeast London area,...
, Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace F.C.
Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in...
, Millwall
Millwall F.C.
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...
and AFC Wimbledon
AFC Wimbledon
AFC Wimbledon is a professional English football club that traces its origins to Wimbledon in the London Borough of Merton. Based at Kingsmeadow, Kingston upon Thames, the club are members of Football League Two, the fourth tier of English football....
, the four Football League
The Football League
The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...
clubs based in South London
South London
South London is the southern part of London, England, United Kingdom.According to the 2011 official Boundary Commission for England definition, South London includes the London boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Croydon, Greenwich, Kingston, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Southwark, Sutton and...
, England. It is sometimes more specifically called the South East London derby when played between Charlton and Millwall.
The close geographical location of three of the teams contributes significantly to the rivalry. Charlton and Millwall are located in South East London, with their respective grounds The Den
The Den
*Football stadiums:**The Den, formerly known as The New Den and the current home of Millwall FC, located in Bermondsey, London, SE16**The Den , a football stadium once the home of Millwall FC, located in New Cross, London, SE14...
and The Valley being less than four miles apart. Crystal Palace are based further south in the suburb of South Norwood
South Norwood
South Norwood is an urban town and in south London, England, in the London Borough of Croydon. It is a suburban development 7.8 miles south-east of Charing Cross. South Norwood is an electoral with a resident population in 2001 of just over 14,000...
, their stadium Selhurst Park
Selhurst Park
Selhurst Park is an English football stadium located in the London suburb of South Norwood in the Borough of Croydon. It is the current home ground of Crystal Palace Football Club. Its present capacity is 26,309.-History:...
still being only six miles from The Den and eight from The Valley.
According to a survey conducted by Football Fans Census in 2003, Charlton fans regard Millwall as their main rival, with Crystal Palace coming second. Palace fans regard Millwall as their secondary rival behind Brighton & Hove Albion
Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.
Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club are an English association football club based in the coastal city of Brighton & Hove, East Sussex. They currently play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system....
, with Charlton coming third. Millwall's main rival is West Ham United
West Ham United F.C.
West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...
, with Palace placing second and Charlton as third rival.
The last time Crystal Palace, Charlton and Millwall were in the same league together was the 1995–96 season, in Division One
Football League First Division
The First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship....
. Millwall finished 22nd and were relegated to Division Two
Football League Second Division
From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...
, while Palace and Charlton finished 3rd and 6th respectively. They met in a play-off semi-final, which Palace won to progress to the final
1996 Football League First Division play-off Final
The 1996 Football League First Division play-off Final was a football match played at Wembley Stadium, London on May 27 1996 at the end of the 1995–96 season. The match determined the third and final team to gain promotion from First Division to the Premiership, and was contested by Leicester City,...
.
In 2003 Wimbledon
Wimbledon F.C.
Wimbledon Football Club was an English professional association football club from Wimbledon, south-west London. Founded in 1889 as Wimbledon Old Central Football Club, the club spent most of its history in amateur and semi-professional non-League football before being elected to the Football...
were relocated to Milton Keynes
Relocation of Wimbledon F.C. to Milton Keynes
Wimbledon Football Club was an English professional football club from Wimbledon, south-west London. Founded in 1889, the club spent most of its history in amateur and semi-professional non-League football prior to a "fairytale" rise through the divisions following election to The Football League...
and rebranded as Milton Keynes Dons
Milton Keynes Dons F.C.
.Milton Keynes Dons Football Club is an English professional football club founded in 2004 and based since 2007 at Stadium mk, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire...
. A new team founded by supporters against the move in 2002, AFC Wimbledon
AFC Wimbledon
AFC Wimbledon is a professional English football club that traces its origins to Wimbledon in the London Borough of Merton. Based at Kingsmeadow, Kingston upon Thames, the club are members of Football League Two, the fourth tier of English football....
, won a quick succession of non-League
Non-league football
Non-League football is football in England played at a level below that of the Premier League and The Football League. The term non-League was commonly used well before 1992 when the top football clubs in England all belonged to The Football League; all clubs who were not a part of The Football...
promotions and are playing the 2011–12 season
2011–12 in English football
The 2011–12 season is the 132nd season of competitive football in England.The season began on 5 August 2011 for the Football Leagues, with the Premier starting eight days later, League Football Conference Starting one day before Premier League starts.The Championship, League One, and League Two...
in League Two
Football League Two
Football League Two is the third-highest division of The Football League and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system....
. They are a tier below Charlton, who compete in League One
Football League One
Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....
and two tiers below Crystal Palace and Millwall who play in the Championship
Football League Championship
The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...
.
Early rivalries
Millwall were founded in 1885, some 20 years before Charlton Athletic and Crystal Palace, who were both founded in 1905. Soon after Crystal Palace were formed, they joined the Southern Football LeagueSouthern Football League
The Southern League is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from the South West, South Central and Midlands of England and South Wales...
, which Millwall were founding members of. The two teams played against each other for ten seasons in this league. The first contested competitive game between the sides was played on 17 November 1906, with Palace winning 3–0 although the fixture was not yet a South London derby — Millwall were based in East London
East End of London
The East End of London, also known simply as the East End, is the area of London, England, United Kingdom, east of the medieval walled City of London and north of the River Thames. Although not defined by universally accepted formal boundaries, the River Lea can be considered another boundary...
until 1910. Up until that point the most successful team based in South London were Woolwich Arsenal
Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...
, who were the first Southern member elected to the Football League
The Football League
The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...
in 1893. Charlton Athletic's early years were somewhat hindered by the presence of Woolwich Arsenal, who were the closest team in locality and were well supported. Charlton spent the first years of their history playing in non-professional leagues and did not play either Palace or Millwall. Eventually, Woolwich Arsenal moved to North London
North London
North London is the northern part of London, England. It is an imprecise description and the area it covers is defined differently for a range of purposes. Common to these definitions is that it includes districts located north of the River Thames and is used in comparison with South...
, losing the 'Woolwich' from their name, in 1913. The same year Charlton adopted senior status. They became a professional team in 1920, joining the Southern League.
Both Millwall and Crystal Palace joined the Football League in the 1920–21 season, playing in the Third Division
Football League Third Division
The Football League Third Division was the 3 tier of English Football from 1920 until 1992 when after the formation of the Football Association Premier League saw the league renamed The Football League Division Two...
, while Charlton Athletic joined the year after for the 1921–22 season, finally getting the chance to play both their South London neighbours.
Ground sharing
During World War IIWorld War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
Millwall's ground The Den was severely damaged by a German bomb and a fire destroyed a stand a few days later. For a brief time the club was invited by their neighbours to play their games at The Valley and Selhurst Park
Selhurst Park
Selhurst Park is an English football stadium located in the London suburb of South Norwood in the Borough of Croydon. It is the current home ground of Crystal Palace Football Club. Its present capacity is 26,309.-History:...
.
In 1984 Charlton went into administration. The club were forced to leave the The Valley just after the start of the 1985–86 season after its safety was criticised by league officials. The club began a groundshare with Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park, which lasted for six years until 1991. After another year groundsharing at West Ham United
West Ham United F.C.
West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...
's Upton Park
Boleyn Ground
The Boleyn Ground, more commonly referred to as Upton Park due to its location in Upton Park, London is the football stadium of West Ham United.-History:...
, Charlton moved back into The Valley in 1992. Wimbledon
Wimbledon F.C.
Wimbledon Football Club was an English professional association football club from Wimbledon, south-west London. Founded in 1889 as Wimbledon Old Central Football Club, the club spent most of its history in amateur and semi-professional non-League football before being elected to the Football...
groundshared at Selhurst Park from 1991 until their relocation to Milton Keynes
Relocation of Wimbledon F.C. to Milton Keynes
Wimbledon Football Club was an English professional football club from Wimbledon, south-west London. Founded in 1889, the club spent most of its history in amateur and semi-professional non-League football prior to a "fairytale" rise through the divisions following election to The Football League...
in 2003. The relocation prompted the formation of AFC Wimbledon
AFC Wimbledon
AFC Wimbledon is a professional English football club that traces its origins to Wimbledon in the London Borough of Merton. Based at Kingsmeadow, Kingston upon Thames, the club are members of Football League Two, the fourth tier of English football....
at Kingsmeadow, which the team shares with semi-professional non-league side Kingstonian
Kingstonian F.C.
Kingstonian Football Club are an English, semi-professional football club that are playing in the Isthmian League Premier Division for the 2011–12 season. The club has played at Kingsmeadow in Kingston upon Thames since 1989, after leaving their traditional Richmond Road ground...
.
Notable matches
- Crystal Palace 3–0 Millwall Athletic (17 November 1906)
- The first meeting between any of the three original teams saw Palace, who were only formed a year prior, secure a comfortable victory over the visitors from East London. It was a Southern League match watched by 6,000 fans at the Crystal Palace National Sports CentreCrystal Palace National Sports CentreThe National Sports Centre at Crystal Palace in south London, England is a large sports centre and athletics stadium. It was opened in 1964 in Crystal Palace Park, close to the site of the former Crystal Palace, in the former parkland and also usurping part of the former grand prix circuit.It was...
.- Millwall 0–3 Crystal Palace (31 October 1910)
- This was the first game between the teams since Millwall moved to South London, making this the first true South London derby. 3,000 supporters watched a Palace victory at The Den in a London PFA Charity Fund game. The match against their new neighbours was Millwall's second game at their new ground.
- Millwall 2–0 Charlton Athletic (10 October 1921)
- This London PFA Charity Fund fixture was the first contest between the two teams, which Millwall won 2–0 in front of 10,000 supporters at The Den.
- Millwall 0–1 Charlton Athletic (31 December 1921)
- On New Year's Eve of 1921 the teams met for their first League match, which Charlton won 1–0 at The Den. This was Charlton's first season as a Football League club and they completed a rare double over Millwall, winning the return fixture at The Valley 2–1. Millwall have completed the double over Charlton nine times, compared to Charlton's three, in 1921-22, 1934-35 and 1995-96.
- Charlton Athletic 1–1 Crystal Palace (14 November 1925)
- The first competitive game played between the teams took place in the Third Division (south)Football League Third Division SouthThe Football League Third Division South was a level of English professional football which ran in parallel to Third Division North from 1921 to 1958....
, and ended with a 1–1 draw at The Valley.- Millwall 6–0 Charlton Athletic (3 January 1931)
- This Second DivisionFootball League Second DivisionFrom 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...
game between the sides remains the widest winning margin between any of the clubs. Millwall lead 1–0 at half-time and scored five more times in the second half.- Charlton Athletic 1–3 Crystal Palace (aggregate score, 12 & 15 May 1996)
- Crystal Palace and Charlton met in the 1996 First Division play-off semi-final, after they finished third and sixth in the league respectively. Palace won the first leg at The Valley 2–1, and 1-0 after extra-time in the second leg three days later.
- Charlton Athletic 2–2 Crystal Palace (15 May 2005)
- Despite being ahead 2–1 with seven minutes left to play, Palace were unable to see out a win over their rivals. Charlton defender Jonathan FortuneJonathan FortuneJonathan Jay Fortune is a professional footballer.-Charlton Athletic:After coming through the Charlton youth ranks and two loan spells at Mansfield Town, Fortune made his Charlton début during the 2001–02 season and became a regular figure in the Charlton first team...
scored an equaliser in the season's final game. Had Palace won they would have avoided relegation from the Premier League but instead became the first club to be relegated from the top-flight of English football four times.- Millwall 4–1 AFC Wimbledon (9 November 2009)
- AFC Wimbledon's first competitive South London derby was a match against Millwall at The Den in the first round of the FA CupFA CupThe Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...
.- Charlton Athletic 4–4 Millwall (19 December 2009)
- The first meeting of the sides since 1996 ended in the highest scoring game between the teams. Millwall went 2–0 up through two Steve MorisonSteve MorisonSteven William "Steve" Morison is a Welsh international footballer who plays for Norwich City as a striker.Morison started his career at Northampton Town at the age of 16, progressing through the club's centre of excellence...
goals but Charlton converted two penalties through Deon BurtonDeon BurtonDeon John Burton is a Jamaican-British football striker who currently plays for Gabala.-Early career:...
. Millwall's Jimmy AbdouNadjim AbdouNadjim Abdou is a footballer who plays for Millwall as a midfielder, having previously played for Martigues, Sedan and Plymouth Argyle. He has represented Comoros at international level.-Career:...
was sent off early in the second-half and The Lions went twice behind to the home team but Danny SchofieldDanny SchofieldDaniel James "Danny" Schofield is a professional footballer who plays for Rotherham United.-Huddersfield Town:Schofield was signed by Huddersfield Town from Brodsworth Welfare for a fee of £2,000 in 1998...
scored a last-minute equaliser. Both teams wore special kits for the match in honour of murdered local teenagers and supporters Jimmy Mizen and Rob KnoxRob KnoxRobert Arthur "Rob" Knox was an English actor who portrayed Marcus Belby in the film Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and had signed to appear in the planned film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows...
. The logos of both clubs' shirt sponsors were replaced by the text, "Street violence ruins lives".
Charlton Athletic v Crystal Palace
| Played | Charlton wins | Drawn | Palace wins | Charlton goals | Palace goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Football League The Football League The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football... |
54 | 17 | 13 | 24 | 54 | 75 |
| FA Cup FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's... |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Football League Cup Football League Cup The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis... |
5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| Anglo-Italian Cup Anglo-Italian Cup The Anglo-Italian Cup is a defunct European football competition that was played intermittently between 1970 and 1996 between clubs from England and Italy. Founded by Gigi Peronace in 1970, following the success of the Anglo-Italian League Cup, it was played as a professional tournament until 1973... |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Full Members Cup Full Members Cup The Full Members Cup was an association football cup competition held in English football from 1985 to 1992. It was also known under its sponsored names of the Simod Cup from 1987 to 1989 and the Zenith Data Systems Cup from 1989 to 1992.... |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| League play-offs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Total | 65 | 19 | 15 | 31 | 65 | 90 |
This table only includes competitive first team games, excluding all pre-season games, friendlies, abandoned matches, testimonials and games played during World War I & II.
Last two results
| Venue | Date | Competition | Charlton | Palace |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selhurst Park Selhurst Park Selhurst Park is an English football stadium located in the London suburb of South Norwood in the Borough of Croydon. It is the current home ground of Crystal Palace Football Club. Its present capacity is 26,309.-History:... |
30 September 2008 | Football League Championship Football League Championship The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League... |
0 | 1 |
| The Valley | 27 January 2009 | Football League Championship Football League Championship The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League... |
1 | 0 |
Charlton Athletic v Millwall
| Played | Charlton wins | Drawn | Millwall wins | Charlton goals | Millwall goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Football League The Football League The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football... |
64 | 11 | 22 | 31 | 62 | 108 |
| Anglo-Italian Cup Anglo-Italian Cup The Anglo-Italian Cup is a defunct European football competition that was played intermittently between 1970 and 1996 between clubs from England and Italy. Founded by Gigi Peronace in 1970, following the success of the Anglo-Italian League Cup, it was played as a professional tournament until 1973... |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Sub-total | 66 | 12 | 23 | 31 | 66 | 111 |
| Kent FA Challenge Cup finals | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 31 |
| London Challenge Cup London Challenge Cup The London Challenge Cup was a football tournament formerly organised by the London FA. The London Challenge Cup was first contested in 1908, and other than during the World Wars, was contested every season until 1974, when the tournament was disbanded.... |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Football League Jubilee Fund | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| London PFA Charity Fund | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 |
| Total | 92 | 25 | 30 | 37 | 112 | 148 |
Last two results
| Venue | Date | Competition | Charlton | Millwall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Valley | 19 December 2009 | Football League One Football League One Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system.... |
4 | 4 |
| The Den The Den *Football stadiums:**The Den, formerly known as The New Den and the current home of Millwall FC, located in Bermondsey, London, SE16**The Den , a football stadium once the home of Millwall FC, located in New Cross, London, SE14... |
13 March 2010 | Football League One Football League One Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system.... |
0 | 4 |
Crystal Palace v Millwall
| Played | Palace wins | Drawn | Millwall wins | Palace goals | Millwall goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Football League The Football League The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football... |
83 | 25 | 24 | 34 | 103 | 124 |
| FA Cup FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's... |
10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 |
| Football League Trophy Football League Trophy The Football League Trophy, currently known as the Johnstone's Paint Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is an annual English association football knock-out competition open to the 48 clubs in Football League One and Football League Two, the bottom two divisions in the four fully professional top... |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Anglo-Italian Cup Anglo-Italian Cup The Anglo-Italian Cup is a defunct European football competition that was played intermittently between 1970 and 1996 between clubs from England and Italy. Founded by Gigi Peronace in 1970, following the success of the Anglo-Italian League Cup, it was played as a professional tournament until 1973... |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Sub-total | 95 | 28 | 28 | 39 | 117 | 143 |
| Southern Football League Southern Football League The Southern League is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from the South West, South Central and Midlands of England and South Wales... |
20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 11 |
| Western Football League Western Football League The Western Football League is a football league in the south west of England, covering Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, western Dorset, parts of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire and parts of South Wales... |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| London Challenge Cup London Challenge Cup The London Challenge Cup was a football tournament formerly organised by the London FA. The London Challenge Cup was first contested in 1908, and other than during the World Wars, was contested every season until 1974, when the tournament was disbanded.... |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| London PFA Charity Fund | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| Kent FA Challenge Cup finals | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kent Senior Shield | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
| Southern Floodlight Cup | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Total | 129 | 44 | 35 | 50 | 169 | 174 |
Last two results
| Venue | Date | Competition | Crystal Palace | Millwall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selhurst Park Selhurst Park Selhurst Park is an English football stadium located in the London suburb of South Norwood in the Borough of Croydon. It is the current home ground of Crystal Palace Football Club. Its present capacity is 26,309.-History:... |
26 November 2011 | Football League Championship Football League Championship The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League... |
0 | 0 |
| The Den The Den *Football stadiums:**The Den, formerly known as The New Den and the current home of Millwall FC, located in Bermondsey, London, SE16**The Den , a football stadium once the home of Millwall FC, located in New Cross, London, SE14... |
1 January 2011 | Football League Championship Football League Championship The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League... |
0 | 3 |
Millwall v AFC Wimbledon
| Played | Millwall wins | Drawn | AFC Wimbledon wins | Millwall goals | AFC Wimbledon goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FA Cup FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's... |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Managers
Jimmy SeedJimmy Seed
James Marshall "Jimmy" Seed was an English footballer and football manager.Despite being born in Blackhill, Seed was brought up in the village of Whitburn on the coast just to the north of Sunderland...
, Alan Mullery
Alan Mullery
Alan Patrick Mullery MBE is a former English football player and manager. After enjoying a successful career with Fulham and in the 1960s and 1970s, he became a manager working with several different clubs. He is now employed as a television pundit...
and Ian Dowie are the only managers to have permanently managed two of the three South London clubs. Seed was in charge of Charlton for 23 years from 1933 to 1956, leading them to one of the most successful periods of their history, with successive promotions to the top-flight and an FA Cup Final
FA Cup Final
The FA Cup Final, commonly referred to in England as just the Cup Final, is the last match in the Football Association Challenge Cup. With an official attendance of 89,826 at the 2007 FA Cup Final, it is the fourth best attended domestic club championship event in the world and the second most...
win in 1947
1947 FA Cup Final
The 1947 FA Cup Final was contested by Charlton Athletic and Burnley at Wembley, England on April 26, 1947. Charlton, losing finalists the previous year, won by a single goal, scored in extra time by Chris Duffy....
. He was sacked in 1956 after a bad run of form and took over at Millwall in 1958. Seed's start at The Den was poor, with the team going nine matches without a win. The team finished in 23rd place in Division Three (south). The following year saw The Lions playing in the new Fourth Division
Football League Fourth Division
The Fourth Division of The Football League was the fourth-highest division in the English football league system from the 1958–59 season until the creation of the Premier League prior to the 1992–93 season...
in which they finished 9th. Seed resigned at the end of that season, but stayed with the club as a director until his death on 16 July 1966.
Dowie was in charge of Crystal Palace between 21 December 2003 and 22 May 2006, when he was allowed to resign from his post, apparently to return to northern England because his wife was homesick. However, eight days later Premier League club Charlton unveiled Dowie as their new manager. Simon Jordan
Simon Jordan
Simon Jordan is an English businessman who made his fortune in the mobile phone industry. In 2000 he purchased Crystal Palace Football Club and remained chairman of the club until they entered administration in early 2010....
, Palace's chairman, immediately issued Dowie with a writ, claiming that he had misled him about his reasons for leaving the club; Dowie, however, insisted this was not the case, and was publicly backed by Charlton chief executive Peter Varney, who branded the writ "a sad and pathetic publicity stunt", and chairman Richard Murray, who was adamant that his legal team could find no grounds for the writ to be upheld, and suggested that there may be more personal reasons behind the writ being issued. The case was heard in the High Court
High Court of Justice
The High Court of Justice is, together with the Court of Appeal and the Crown Court, one of the Senior Courts of England and Wales...
in the summer of 2007 where a judge ruled that Dowie had lied when negotiating his way out of his contract. His spell at Charlton was largely unsuccessful and they parted company on 13 November 2006, after just 15 games in charge.
Mullery was in charge of Charlton from 1981 to 1982 and left to take the helm at Crystal Palace, where he remained manager until 1984. Theo Foley
Theo Foley
Theo Foley is an Irish former footballer and football manager.-Playing career:During his footballing career, he played as a defender for Home Farm F.C., before moving to England to pursue a career beginning with Burnley F.C., then moving to Exeter City F.C., Northampton Town F.C., then Charlton...
was Charlton manager from 1970 to 1974 and was briefly in charge of Millwall as a caretaker manager in 1977. Steve Gritt
Steve Gritt
Stephen John "Steve" Gritt is a former English football player and manager. His playing career included spells at Charlton Athletic, Bournemouth and Walsall.-Playing career:...
, who was joint-manager at Charlton with Alan Curbishley
Alan Curbishley
Llewellyn Charles "Alan" Curbishley is an English football manager and former professional player....
from 1991 to 1995, was also caretaker at Millwall briefly in 2000. Lennie Lawrence
Lennie Lawrence
Robin Michael Lawrence, commonly known as Lennie Lawrence, is a British football manager who is assistant manager of Crystal Palace. He has managed a number of English clubs and one Welsh club in a coaching career spanning over 30 years...
was Charlton's manager from 1982 to 1991 and is now assistant manager at Crystal Palace.
Players
Players who have played for at least two of the three clubs are listed below. As of 7 May 2011, Darren Ward has played the most games for all three clubs, with 317 appearances in total (232 for Millwall, 69 for Crystal Palace and 16 for Charlton). Peter BurridgePeter Burridge
Peter Burridge is an English-born former footballer who played as an inside forward in the 1950s and 1960s.-Playing career:...
played 114 games for Palace, 87 for Millwall and 44 for Charlton. He holds the record for most goals scored by a player for all three clubs, with 104 in 245 appearances.
Charlton, Crystal Palace and Millwall Darren Ward Dave Tuttle
Dave Tuttle
David Philip "Dave" Tuttle is a former English footballer and is currently chief scout of and manager of Hellenic League side Henley Town.As a player, Tuttle was a central defender...
Freddy Wood
Freddy Wood
Frederick W. Raymond Wood was an football player who played as a goalkeeper for Millwall Athletic and Charlton Athletic in the Football League. He also played for Clapton, Crystal Palace and Grays Thurrock.-References:...
Leon Cort
Leon Cort
Leon Terrance Anthony Cort is an English professional footballer currently playing for Burnley. He is a defender who wears the number 18 shirt for the Clarets. He is of Guyanese descent, and is the younger brother of Carl Cort...
Mark Bright
Mark Bright
Mark Abraham Bright is a former English footballer who is now a sports pundit and BBC London's sport presenter, as well as a coach at Crystal Palace....
Nathan Ashton
Nathan Ashton
Nathan Wesley Ashton is an English footballer who is currently with Dover Athletic. He is an ex-England youth international, who had several call-ups to the England Under-20 squad....
Peter Burridge
Peter Burridge
Peter Burridge is an English-born former footballer who played as an inside forward in the 1950s and 1960s.-Playing career:...
Tony Hazell
Tony Hazell
Tony Hazell is an English former footballer who made 564 appearances in the Football League playing as a defender for Queens Park Rangers, Millwall, Crystal Palace and Charlton Athletic....
Millwall and Charlton Alan McLeary
Alan McLeary
Alan McLeary is a retired English football defender. He spent the majority of his career at Millwall, but also had spells at Charlton Athletic and Bristol City, as well as loan spells at Sheffield United and Wimbledon....
Ben Roberts
Ben Roberts (footballer)
Ben James Roberts is a former English footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently goalkeeper coach at Charlton Athletic....
Ben Thatcher
Ben Thatcher
Benjamin David "Ben" Thatcher is a professional association football player, who is currently a free agent...
Benny Fenton
Benny Fenton
Benjamin Robert Vincent Fenton was an English professional football player and manager.-Playing career:Fenton signed for Colchester Town in 1934, moving to West Ham United a year later...
Bobby Hunt
Bobby Hunt (footballer)
Robert Rex Hunt , is an English footballer who played as a forward in the Football League.-External links:*...
Charlie Hannaford
Charlie Hannaford
Charles Hannaford was an English footballer. His regular position was as a forward. He was born in Finsbury Park, London. He played for Maidstone United, Millwall, Charlton Athletic, Clapton Orient, and Manchester United....
Charlie MacDonald
Charlie MacDonald
Charles Lea "Charlie" MacDonald is an English footballer, currently playing for MK Dons as a striker.-Football career:...
Danny Shittu
Danny Shittu
Daniel Olusola "Danny" Shittu is a Nigerian footballer who plays for Queens Park Rangers."Olusola" is a nickname for the Yoruba name "Oluwanisola" .-Early career:...
Dave Mehmet
Dave Mehmet
David Nedjate "Dave" Mehmet is an English former professional Association football player of Turkish extraction. His clubs included Millwall, Charlton Athletic, and Gillingham, where he made over 130 Football League appearances. He went on to play for a large number of non-league clubs and was...
Eamon Dunphy
Eamon Dunphy
Eamon Martin Dunphy is an Irish media personality, radio and television presenter, author, sports pundit, as well as a former professional football player. He is best known as a soccer analyst on Raidió Teilifís Éireann 's coverage of the Premier League and the UEFA Champions League. He was paid...
Ernie Watkins
Ernie Watkins
Ernest Thomas "Ernie" Watkins was an English professional footballer who scored 88 goals from 202 appearances in the Football League playing for Birmingham, Southend United, Brentford, Millwall, Fulham, Gillingham and Charlton Athletic.-Playing career:Watkins was born in Finchley, then part of...
Fred Ford Gordon Bolland
Gordon Bolland
Gordon Edward Bolland is a retired English footballer and manager.A striker, Bolland joined Londoners Chelsea as a teenager, and was a member of the sides which won the FA Youth Cup in 1960 and 1961, alongside the likes of Peter Bonetti, Ron Harris, Terry Venables and Bobby Tambling...
Hamer Bouazza Harry Cripps
Harry Cripps
Harry Cripps, was an English professional footballer who played for South East London side Millwall for the majority of his career, becoming a cult figure in the process....
Izale McLeod
Izale McLeod
Izale Michael McLeod is an English footballer who plays for Barnet.-Club career:Born in Birmingham, McLeod began his career at Derby County in 2002 and scored four goals in 41 appearances...
Jack Burkett
Jack Burkett
Jack Burkett is an English former footballer who played as a full-back.Burkett started his career at West Ham United, joining the senior team in July 1958. He played in the FA Youth Cup Final of 1958-59 alongside Bobby Moore, Harry Cripps and Eddie Bovington, and made his League debut against...
Jamie Stuart
Jamie Stuart
Jamie Christopher Stuart is an English footballer who plays for AFC Wimbledon as a defender and team captain. He started his career in the Football League with Charlton Athletic, Millwall, Bury and Southend United, before dropping into non-League football with Hornchurch, Grays Athletic and...
James Thompson
James Thompson (footballer)
James William Thompson was a professional footballer, football manager and football scout.Thompson, a striker, began his career as an amateur with Charlton and Wimbledon before playing for Millwall, Coventry City, Clapton Orient, Luton Town, Chelsea, Norwich City, Sunderland, Fulham and Hull...
Jimmy Yardley
Jimmy Yardley
James "Jimmy" Yardley was a Scottish professional footballer, best known as a player for Luton Town.-Playing career:Yardley signed for Luton Town from Clapton Orient during the 1926–27 season, but failed to score before the season ended. During 1927–28, his first full season with the club, Yardley...
Jim Ryan
Jim Ryan (footballer)
James Patrick Ryan , is an English footballer who played as a centre forward in the Football League.-External links:*...
John Sullivan Johnny Summers Kevin Lisbie
Kevin Lisbie
Kevin Anthony Lisbie is an English footballer who plays for Leyton Orient. He qualifies to play international football for Jamaica.-Charlton Athletic:...
Kim Grant
Kim Grant (footballer)
Kimberley Tyrone "Kim" Grant is a Ghanaian former footballer and is the manager of F.C. Takoradi. Grant has been involved in professional football for over 18 years, playing in European and Asian leagues.-Club career:...
Lawrie Madden
Lawrie Madden
Lawrie Madden , is an English former professional footballer, famous for playing for Sheffield Wednesday during what was a very successful period in the club's history during the mid 1980s and early 1990s...
Lee Power
Lee Power
Lee Michael Power is a former professional footballer and a former chairman of Cambridge United. Despite being born in London, his Irish ancestry allowed him to be capped by Republic of Ireland at Youth, Under-21 and B level...
Lindsay Smith
Lindsay Smith (footballer)
Lindsay James Smith , is an English footballer who played as a central defender in the Football League.-External links:*...
Mark McCammon
Mark McCammon
Mark Jason McCammon is an English-born Barbadian international football striker.Starting his career with Cambridge United in 1997, two years later he moved on to Charlton Athletic. In 2000 he was loaned out to Swindon Town, before signing with Brentford. He found regular football at Brentford,...
Mickey Bennett
Mickey Bennett
Michael Richard Bennett in Camberwell, London, England, is a retired English professional footballer who played as a winger for several clubs in the Football League....
Nicky Johns
Nicky Johns
Nicky Johns is a retired English football goalkeeper who played both in the Football League and the North American Soccer League.Johns began his career with Minehead FC. In 1976, he signed with Millwall FC. In 1978, he played eight games with the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the North American Soccer...
Pat Terry
Pat Terry
Patrick Alfred "Pat" Terry was an English professional football player. His clubs included Charlton Athletic, Newport County, Swansea City, Gillingham, Northampton Town, Millwall, Reading, Swindon Town and Brentford....
Paul Sturgess
Paul Sturgess
Paul Christopher Sturgess is an English former footballer who played as a left back in the Football League for Charlton Athletic, Millwall and Brighton & Hove Albion, and in the Conference for Hereford United, Stevenage Borough and Gravesend & Northfleet.-External links:...
Phil Walker
Phil Walker (footballer)
Philip Leonardus Walker is a former English footballer, who played as a central midfielder.-Football career:Walker joined Millwall in 1975 from non-league Epsom & Ewell, and established himself in the centre of the team's midfield. One of the first notable black players in the club's history, he...
Phil Warman
Phil Warman
Philip Roy Warman , is an English footballer who played as a left back in the Football League.-External links:*...
Terry Brisley
Terry Brisley
Terence William Brisley , is an English footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League.-References:-External links:*...
Therry Racon
Therry Racon
Therry Norbert Racon is a French footballer. He plays as a midfielder for Millwall.-Career:Born in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, Val-de-Marne, Racon joined Charlton Athletic in August 2007, before making his debut for the club later in month against Stockport County.On 20 March 2008, it was revealed...
Tony Towner
Tony Towner
Antony J. "Tony" Towner is an English former footballer who made more than 400 appearances in the Football League playing as a winger....
Tony Warner
Tony Warner
Anthony Randolph "Tony" Warner is a Trinidad and Tobago international football goalkeeper who currently plays for the Wellington Phoenix.-Footballing career:...
Trésor Kandol
Tresor Kandol
Trésor Osmar Kandol is a Congolese international footballer. He is currently a free agent after being released by Spanish second division club Albacete. Before playing for Albacete he played for Barnet, Chesham United, Darlington, Dagenham & Redbridge, Thurrock, Bournemouth, Cambridge United,...
Charlton and Crystal Palace Alan Pardew
Alan Pardew
Alan Scott Pardew is an English football manager and former player, currently the manager of Newcastle United....
Bobby Goldthorpe Chris Powell
Chris Powell
Christopher George Robin "Chris" Powell is an English football manager and retired player, who had a long career as a left back, crowned by five caps for the English national team...
Danny Butterfield
Danny Butterfield
Daniel Paul "Danny" Butterfield is an English professional footballer who plays for Southampton. He has previously played for Grimsby Town, Crystal Palace and Charlton Athletic in The Championship. He has also represented Palace in the Premier League. He is primarily utilised as a right back...
Darren Ambrose
Darren Ambrose
Darren Paul Ambrose is an English footballer who currently plays for Crystal Palace. Ambrose is a midfielder.-Ipswich Town:...
Darren Pitcher
Darren Pitcher
Darren Pitcher is a retired English footballer, who played for Charlton Athletic, Crystal Palace and Leyton Orient . Pitcher started his career as a right full back at Charlton, but then converted to an effective defensive midfielder.His career was ended at Crystal Palace in a match against...
Dave Madden
David Madden (footballer)
David Madden is a retired English professional footballer who played in the 1990 FA Cup Final with Crystal Palace.-Career:...
David Whyte
David Whyte
David Whyte is an English former footballer born in Greenwich who played in the Football League as a striker for Crystal Palace, Charlton Athletic, Ipswich Town, Bristol Rovers and Southend United....
Don Townsend
Don Townsend
Donald Edward Townsend , is an English footballer who played as a left back in the Football League. He is the father of former Ireland international Andy Townsend.-External links:*...
Gary Borrowdale
Gary Borrowdale
Gareth Ian "Gary" Borrowdale is an English footballer who plays for Barnet on loan from Queens Park Rangers. A left-sided player, Borrowdale plays as a Left back. He has also been known to operate as a central defender.-Club career:...
John Salako
John Salako
John Salako is an English former professional football player who played for a variety of clubs and has also represented England at senior level. He was a part of the Crystal Palace team which reached the 1990 FA Cup Final. A severe knee injury sustained against Leeds United in 1991 put him out...
Johnny Humphrey
John Humphrey (footballer)
John Humphrey is a retired English football defender.He is now the Head of Football at Highgate School, North London.-References:*...
Les Fell
Les Fell
Leslie James Fell , was an English footballer who played as a winger in the Football League....
Marcus Bent
Marcus Bent
Marcus Nathan Bent is an English football striker who plays for Indonesian club Mitra Kukar. A former England under-21 international, the journeyman striker has played for fourteen different clubs, playing over 570 games and scoring 110 goals in the process.A England under-21 international, he...
Mark Hudson
Mark Hudson (footballer born 1982)
Mark Alexander Hudson is an English footballer who is the current club captain of Football League Championship side Cardiff City. He plays as a centre half.-Career:...
Mike Flanagan
Mike Flanagan (footballer)
Michael "Mike" Flanagan is an English former professional footballer and manager. He most recently worked as assistant manager of Margate, a post he left in July 2007....
Paddy McCarthy
Patrick McCarthy (footballer)
Patrick Richard "Paddy" McCarthy is an Irish footballer, currently playing for Crystal Palace, where he is the club captain.-Career:...
Paul Mortimer
Paul Mortimer
Paul Henry Mortimer is a former English footballer.Born in Kensington, London, Mortimer tended to play in midfield, though he was known to play in defence at times. He started his career with non-league side in 1986. A year, he joined First Division side...
Paul Williams
Paul Williams (footballer born 1965)
Paul Anthony Williams is an English former professional footballer who made 300 appearances in the Football League for a variety of clubs. He was capped by England at under-21 and B international level....
Scott Sinclair
Scott Sinclair
Scott Andrew Sinclair is an English footballer who plays for Premier League club Swansea City as a winger, having previously played for Bristol Rovers, Chelsea, Plymouth Argyle, Queens Park Rangers, Charlton Athletic, Crystal Palace, Birmingham City and Wigan Athletic...
Tom Soares
Tom Soares
Thomas James "Tom" Soares is an English footballer who plays for Stoke City as a midfielder.-Crystal Palace:Born in Reading, Berkshire, Soares came up through the Crystal Palace academy, playing in central midfield, but since breaking through has been used more often on the wing for Palace, a...
Gonzalo Sorondo
Gonzalo Sorondo
Gonzalo Sorondo Amaro is a Uruguayan footballer who plays for Internacional in Brazil.In 2009 he acquired Brazilian citizenship.-Biography:...
Tony Burns
Tony Burns
Anthony John "Tony" Burns is an English former football goalkeeper and manager. He is currently the goalkeeping coach for Millwall.-Club:...
Millwall and Crystal Palace Andy Frampton
Andrew Frampton
Andrew James Ker Frampton is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back and who also has the ability to play at full-back. He currently plays for Gillingham.-Early career:...
Andy Gray
Andy Gray (footballer born 1964)
Andrew Arthur Gray is an English former footballer who played in the centre of midfield or as a striker during his career, before going into International management...
Andy Roberts
Andy Roberts (footballer)
Andrew James Roberts is a retired English football midfielder.Roberts began his career at Millwall in 1991. In 1995, Roberts moved to Crystal Palace where he was the club's player of the year in 1996. In 1998 he signed for Wimbledon where he stayed until 2002...
Anton Otulakowski
Anton Otulakowski
Anton Otulakowski is a former footballer who played in The Football League for Barnsley, Crystal Palace, Millwall, Southend United and West Ham United.-Personal life:...
Bill Roffey
Bill Roffey
William Robert "Bill" Roffey is an English former association football player. A defender, he played professionally for Crystal Palace, Orient, Brentford and Millwall, making a total of 401 appearances in the Football League between 1972 and 1986.-References:...
Bobby Bowry
Bobby Bowry
Robert Bowry is a professional English born Kittian footballer who most recenty played for Conference South side Bromley as a midfielder and is also a coach.-External links:...
Bruce Dyer
Bruce Dyer
Bruce Antonio Dyer is an English former footballer who played as a striker.His career started in 1993 with Watford, before he became the country's first £1 million-teenager when he joined Crystal Palace in 1994. He spent five years with Palace, playing more than 100 games, and then another...
Carl Veart
Carl Veart
Carl Veart is a former Australian football player who last played as a striker for Adelaide United.-Club career:...
Chris Armstrong
Chris Armstrong (footballer born 1971)
Christopher Peter "Chris" Armstrong is an English former England B international footballer who has played as a striker for Wrexham , Millwall, Crystal Palace, Tottenham Hotspur and Bolton Wanderers between 1989 and 2005.-Crystal Palace:After short spells with Wrexham and Millwall, Armstrong found...
Chris Day
Chris Day
Christopher Nicholas Day is an English professional football goalkeeper currently playing for League One side Stevenage....
Clive Allen
Clive Allen
Clive Darren Allen is a retired English footballer, a prolific scorer for a number of clubs.Allen is the son of ex-Tottenham Hotspur forward Les Allen, who was a member of the legendary team which won the First Division title and FA Cup "double" in 1961...
Dave Martin
Dave Martin (footballer born 1985)
David John "Dave" Martin is an English footballer, who plays for Derby County. He plays in midfield.-Early career:Martin was spotted at the age of 10 by Brighton & Hove Albion before moving to Kent based Slade Green and then Dartford...
David Fry
David Fry
David Paul Fry is an English former professional association football player. He played for Crystal Palace, Millwall, Torquay United and Gillingham between 1977 and 1986....
Derek Jeffries
Derek Jeffries
Derek Jeffries is an English former footballer. He played for Manchester City, Crystal Palace, Peterborough United, Millwall and Chester City. He played mainly as a central defender, but also operated in midfield.-Career:He played for Manchester City between 1968-1973. In the 1968–69 season he...
Derek Possee
Derek Possee
Derek Possee is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger. In a professional career which lasted from 1963 and 1979, Possee made over 400 league appearances, scoring over 100 league goals.-Career:...
Harry Redmond
Harry Redmond (footballer)
Harold "Harry" Redmond was an English-born former footballer who played as a Full back in the Football League between 1957 and 1960. He was born in Manchester....
Hubert Busby, Jr. James Williams
James Williams (footballer)
James William Williams , also known as John William Williams and referred to as Ginger Williams, was a Welsh professional footballer who won two caps for the Wales national football team and played in the Football League for Birmingham. He died on active service during the First World War.-Club...
Jamie Moralee
Jamie Moralee
Jamie Moralee is an English former football playerHis business interests include co-ownership of the company New Era Overseas, which looks to help footballers with financial investment. He is married to Lisa, with a son, Frankie, born in 2005...
Jamie Vincent
Jamie Vincent
Jamie Roy Vincent is an English footballer who currently plays for Didcot Town.-Career:Vincent was spotted by Mick Beard then Wimbledon where he played most of his youth football, before he began his career with Crystal Palace...
Jermaine Easter
Jermaine Easter
Jermaine Maurice Easter is a Welsh international footballer currently playing as a striker for Crystal Palace.-Early career:...
John Brearley
John Brearley
John Brearley is a former English footballer and manager. He played as a forward for several clubs, most notably Millwall Athletic, Everton and Tottenham Hotspur. He was able to play in at least five outfield positions, but had a preference for playing inside-right...
John Jackson
John Jackson (footballer)
John Jackson is an English former footballer who made 656 appearances in the Football League playing as a goalkeeper for Crystal Palace, Leyton Orient, Millwall, Ipswich Town and Hereford United.-Career:...
Johnny Roche
Johnny Roche
John Anthony "Johnny" Roche was an English footballer. He played professionally for Millwall and Crystal Palace between 1957 and 1960, making a total of 71 Football League appearances.-References:...
Jonathan Obika
Jonathan Obika
Jonathan Chiedozie Obika is an English footballer who plays for Yeovil Town on loan from Tottenham Hotspur, as a striker.-Career:...
Kenny Brown Kevin Muscat
Kevin Muscat
Kevin Muscat is an Australian football player who currently plays for Victorian State League Division 1 side Sunshine George Cross and is assistant coach of Melbourne Victory...
Lewis Grabban
Lewis Grabban
Lewis Grabban is a footballer who currently plays for League Two side Rotherham United as a striker....
Matt Lawrence
Matthew Lawrence (footballer)
Matthew James "Matt" Lawrence is an English footballer who plays for Gillingham in League Two. He is a right back and centre back.-Playing career:...
Mel Blyth
Mel Blyth
Melvin Bernard "Mel" Blyth is a former footballer, who played for several clubs, including Southampton with whom he won the FA Cup in 1976.-Norwich City and Scunthorpe United:...
Neil Emblen
Neil Emblen
Neil Emblen is an English football player who plays for and is coach of New Zealand club Waitakere United.Emblen had spent the majority of his career in English football with Millwall, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Crystal Palace, Norwich City and Walsall.-Career:Emblen started his career as a youth...
Neil Ruddock
Neil Ruddock
Neil "Razor" Ruddock is a retired English footballer, who played as a central defender.He made his debut at Millwall , and he had a long career playing for Tottenham Hotspur, Southampton, Liverpool, West Ham, Crystal Palace, and finally a short-lived spell as a player/coach at Swindon Town Neil...
Nick Chatterton
Nick Chatterton
Nicholas John Chatterton , is a retired English footballer who played as a midfielder in the top three divisions of the Football League. Chatterton was born in South Norwood, London....
Noel Whelan
Noel Whelan
Noel Whelan is a former English professional footballer who last played for Darlington. He has previously played for a number of league clubs including Leeds United, Coventry City and Middlesbrough...
Paul Ifill
Paul Ifill
Paul Everton Ifill is a Barbadian British footballer who plays for Wellington Phoenix in the Australian A-League.-Club career:...
Paul Hinshelwood Paul Sansome
Paul Sansome
Paul Eric Sansome is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He made more than 150 appearances in the Football League for Millwall and more than 300 for Southend United.-Football career:...
Phil Barber
Phil Barber (footballer)
Phillip Andrew Barber is a retired English professional footballer who played in the 1990 FA Cup Final with Crystal Palace.-Career:...
Ray Wilkins
Ray Wilkins
Raymond Colin Wilkins MBE , often known as "Butch" Wilkins, is an English former footballer and at present a television pundit...
Ricky Newman
Ricky Newman
Richard Bryan "Ricky" Newman is an English former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.His career has spanned over 13 years, having started with Crystal Palace in 1992. He played for Palace until 1995 when he joined Millwall where he stayed until 1999 when he left for Reading...
Ryan Smith
Ryan Smith (footballer)
Ryan Craig Matthew Smith is an English footballer who currently plays for Chivas USA in Major League Soccer.-Arsenal:...
Steve Claridge
Steve Claridge
Stephen Edward Claridge is an English football player, pundit and coach. He is currently a pundit for BBC Sport football shows including Football Focus and the The Football League Show, whilst also playing as a striker for semi-professional team Gosport Borough.Claridge's career is known for its...
Steve Lovell
Steve Lovell (Welsh footballer)
Stephen "Steve" Lovell is a Welsh former professional footballer. He played professionally for Crystal Palace, Stockport County, Millwall, Swansea City, Gillingham and AFC Bournemouth and made over 450 Football League appearances....
Tony Craig
Tony Craig
Tony Craig is an English footballer who currently plays for Leyton Orient on loan from Millwall.Craig initially came through the youth ranks at Millwall, and made his Lions debut away at Nottingham Forest late in the 2002-03 season.He had a short loan spell at Wycombe Wanderers midway through the...
Tony Witter
Tony Witter
Tony Witter was an English footballer player during the 1980s and 1990s.Witter was a central defender who played for numerous clubs during his career including Millwall, Scunthorpe United and Bohemians amongst others. He spent nearly seven years at Millwall making 104 league appearances, scoring...
Trevor Aylott
Trevor Aylott
Trevor Keith Charles Aylott is an English former footballer who played as a striker.Aylott was born in Bermondsey, London...
Wimbledon and AFC Wimbledon
The 2003 relocationRelocation of Wimbledon F.C. to Milton Keynes
Wimbledon Football Club was an English professional football club from Wimbledon, south-west London. Founded in 1889, the club spent most of its history in amateur and semi-professional non-League football prior to a "fairytale" rise through the divisions following election to The Football League...
and 2004 rebranding of Wimbledon
Wimbledon F.C.
Wimbledon Football Club was an English professional association football club from Wimbledon, south-west London. Founded in 1889 as Wimbledon Old Central Football Club, the club spent most of its history in amateur and semi-professional non-League football before being elected to the Football...
as Milton Keynes Dons
Milton Keynes Dons F.C.
.Milton Keynes Dons Football Club is an English professional football club founded in 2004 and based since 2007 at Stadium mk, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire...
meant that a South London derby team was lost. Wimbledon's record in all competitions against Crystal Palace, with whom they ground-shared Selhurst Park for 12 years stands as: won 8, drawn 5 and lost 15. They did however hold superior records over Charlton (won 8, drawn 5, lost 5) and Millwall (won 12, drawn 8, lost 6).
Some Wimbledon supporters formed a new team, AFC Wimbledon
AFC Wimbledon
AFC Wimbledon is a professional English football club that traces its origins to Wimbledon in the London Borough of Merton. Based at Kingsmeadow, Kingston upon Thames, the club are members of Football League Two, the fourth tier of English football....
, in 2002, based at Kingsmeadow in Kingston upon Thames. The non-League club started in the Combined Counties League, and played their first competitive South London derby on 9 November 2009, losing 4–1 away at Millwall in an FA Cup
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...
first-round match. Having worked their way up through a quick succession of non-League
Non-league football
Non-League football is football in England played at a level below that of the Premier League and The Football League. The term non-League was commonly used well before 1992 when the top football clubs in England all belonged to The Football League; all clubs who were not a part of The Football...
promotions, AFC Wimbledon were promoted into Football League Two
Football League Two
Football League Two is the third-highest division of The Football League and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system....
for the 2011–12 season
2011–12 Football League Two
The 2011–12 Football League Two is the eighth season of the league under its current title and nineteenth season under its current league division format.-From League Two:...
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