Likewise, the recent allegations in the Sun on our “mindless minority”, written by Raymond Enisuoh proves that there‘s plenty of mileage in pedalling lies.

The writer displays a serious lack of knowledge about football songs, as there are few other football fans who would mistake a “Seagulls” chant from the Brighton supporter for a “Sieg heil” chant from the Millwall section.

As the sports editor of the New Nation you’d expect that Enisuoh would know his onions when it comes to football, but clearly when he attended Millwall v Brighton he must have been wearing kaleidoscopic glasses and listening to his Walkman to come up with such distorted conclusions.

He never mentions that Barry Hayles - who happens to be black - got a standing ovation. He’s very popular with our fans, and there’s no way I can imagine an individual shouting “animal” at Hayles because he lost the ball. People might shout “useless” or something similar when one of their heroes is dispossessed, but it just doesn’t make sense to shout “animal” in this context. In fact, the one of the only times I recall hearing the word in a football sense was when Sir Alf Ramsay called Argentina “animals” after a 1966 encounter. Maybe it’s a knight thing and, as we don’t have some many knights of the realm at the Den, I think we can pretty much rule out the “animal” shout!

One thing Enisouh did get partially right though is the fact that a projectile was thrown. Again, it was a case of mistaken identity though, as it came from the Brighton end and was aimed at our goalkeeper Andy Marshall.

Enisuoh also claimed no one sat near him in the South Stand. Well, we all know if you don’t sit in your allocated seat you get in trouble, so what’s he bleating about? Makes you wonder how many times he’s actually been to football before.

A career beckons for Enisuoh as a novelist though, as he seems to be more at home in the world of fiction than he is in the world of fact. That won’t stop the Sun coughing up for his piece of fiction though.

What’s most disturbing about Enisuoh’s report though is whoever thought the UK was a country with a free press with a moral obligation to report the truth is obviously misled.

The agenda has been set by the FA - who clearly want to be seen to be doing something about racism and quite rightly so, following the outrageous behaviour of the Spanish supporters at a recent England match.

Although racism seems more of a UEFA and FIFA problem (as it’s more evident abroad), domestically we have to be seen to get our house in order before we make complaints about other countries.

But the truth is in this country we’ve made great strides to eradicate racism from our football grounds, and nowhere more so than at the Den.

The FA clearly want to make an example of cracking down on the few racists that are left at football matches, but like a cowardly bully they want to avoid taking on the big clubs.

There have been plenty of claims and counter-claims concerning racism following the recent Arsenal v Chelsea match, yet there won’t be so much as an investigation held to find out whether there‘s any truth in the allegations.

Millwall’s experience couldn’t be more in contrast.

As a small club with a bad reputation - which we can’t shed, regardless of the good work the club do - it feels like we’re fighting a losing battle against the powers-that-be.

Until the libel laws are changed to protect groups of football fans from inaccurate reporting this is a battle we’ll continue to fight, sadly.