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Michael Calvin on Millwall and FA Cup Violence
What distresses me is that people had taken their children to Wembley for their first big game and the kids were so terrified they don’t want to go to football again – Michael CalvinBy CHRISTOPHER DAVIES
NOBODY saw it coming, not least Michael Calvin who spent a year virtually living with Millwall to write “Family – Life, Death and Football.” Families may argue, but fight?
Tags: FA Cup, fa cup semi final, michael calvin, millwall, Wembley, Wigan
‘Those who work for Millwall must pull their hair out at times at the way the club are depicted’
TOBY PORTER on the public perception of FA Cup semi-finalists MillwallBy CHRISTOPHER DAVIES
NO ONE may like Millwall, but Toby Porter certainly does care about how others view the club.
Porter is the sports editor of the South London Press and has covered Millwall for 11 years. Millwall have a stigma, mostly outdated and based on events from 30 or 40 years ago, but it is an image that the club will find difficult to shake off even though they have done everything to eliminate violence and racism with success.
Tags: FA Cup, Kenny Jackett, millwall, The Den, Toby Porter, Wembley, Wigan Athletic
FWA Q&A: PAUL JIGGINS
PAUL JIGGINS of The Sun on the greatest gift from his dad...minky whale and reindeer in Reykjavik...and Dyson with death in BaltimoreHave you ever worked in a profession other than football?
Yep. Supermarket shelf-stacker, early morning office cleaner and trainee asphalter. I then joined The Sun as a messenger before going on to write, take photos for and eventually edit the company's staff newspaper and newsmagazine. I later spent a year (six months of that on gardening leave) as officer of communications for the NHS in North London before John Wardle and Ian Whittell saved me from insanity by ...
Tags: Arsenal, Big Bang Theory, Carlo Ancelotti, Champions League, Dave Cusack, iPhone app, millwall, Monaco GP, Paul Jiggins, paul scholes, Reykjavik, Royal Ascot, Selhurst Park, Shelf-stacker, Steve Evans, The Den, The Emirates, The Sun, Wedding Photographer
Calvin changes family as he transfers to Millwall
A jumbo hot-dog between Robbo’s eyes...Morison apologising to a defender...and a tweet that brought a tear to his eyeBy CHRISTOPHER DAVIES
IT IS a widely held belief that you can change most things in your life but not the club you support. You can change your name, house, job, wife/husband, religion and nationality but your club is sacrosanct..it is forever.
Tags: book, death and football, family - life, michael calvin, millwall
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