North Greenwich (football ground)

North Greenwich was a football ground and the home of Millwall Athletic Football Club from 1901–1910, the team who went on to become Millwall.^[1] It was situated on the Isle of Dogs, East London. It was the fourth stadium that Millwall have occupied since their formation as a football club in 1885, and their last East London ground before they moved to South London.^[2][3]

History

Millwall Athletic were forced to leave their third ground, The Athletic Grounds after the The Millwall Dock Company told them they wanted to use it as a timberyard. The last game at the Athletic Grounds was a 4–0 win over Bristol City on 27 April 1901 in the Western League.^[4] Millwall relocated for the start of the 1901–02 season to a location near their second home, which became known as North Greenwich.^[5]

Their first game at North Greenwich was against Portsmouth on 21 September 1901, which they lost 2–3. The Game was watched by 6,000 people.^[6] Coincidentally, the last game played on the Isle of Dogs on 8 October 1910 was against the same team, Portsmouth. This time Millwall won 3–1.^[7] Due to lack of expansion space in the Millwall area of East London, Millwall moved to South London in 1910 and into their ground, The Den.

Attendances

The record attendance at North Greenwich was 16,285 in the FA Cup, in a 1–0 win against Woolwich Arsenal on 10 February 1909 in a Second round replay.^[8]

Notes

Bibliography

• Lindsay, Richard (1991). Millwall: A Complete Record, 1885–1991. Breedon Books Publishing Co Ltd. ISBN 0-907969-94-1. 
• Tarrant, Eddie; Richard Lindsay (2010). Millwall: The Complete Record. DB Publishing. ISBN 1-85983-833-2. 

External links

• Millwall's official site