The toxic day Manchester City altered their history at Britain's most hated ground... fans were told: 'Do not, under any circumstances, attempt to come'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukstraight to your inboxThe Den, Cold Blow Lane.Even the address of Millwall’s ground brought a shudder to the spine of away fans brave enough to go there in the dark days of the 1970s and 80s.Things had not improved a great deal when Manchester City went to the new Den, just down the road, at a crossroads moment in their history.What happened next was a sweet and sour night which saw the Blues begin a fight back to which today’s unprecedented success can be directly traced, but which also exposed the darker side of football’s soul.Millwall fans had a history of violence and intimidation which stretched back a hundred years, and in the 70s – when their hooligan firms F Troop and the Bushwhackers were infamous – they also had sinister links to.
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