Millwall To Lift Ban ?


By J Bateman
February 17 2003

Millwall chairman Theo Paphitis is considering lifting the ban on ticket restrictions on home and away fans . Theo Paphitis is considering lifting the ticket restriction bans on home and away supporters , Paphitis has already lifted the away fan ban and he is allowing Burnley followers into The New Den on March 4th.

The street battles after Millwall were dumped out of the Playoffs against Birmingham last may promted the chairman to put these restrictions on game.

Speaking to the Evening Standard Paphitis said "It has gone brilliantly well. We have obviously lost those people who were attaching themselves to the high-profile games and causing trouble."

"Some of them claimed to be Millwall fans but some of them belonged to other clubs. Because of the reputation that we had, people were coming to our games and thinking they could cause havoc but we have done something about it and it has not happened this year." he added

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