2021–22 Millwall F.C. season

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Millwall F.C.
2021–22 season
OwnerMillwall Holdings
ChairmanJohn Berylson
ManagerGary Rowett
StadiumThe Den
FA CupEnter at Third Round
EFL CupSecond Round
Away colours

The 2021–22 season is Millwall's 137th year in existence, 95th consecutive season in the Football League, and 45th in the second tier. The club are competing in the Championship for the fifth consecutive season, and will also play in the FA Cup and League Cup.

First-team squad[]

As of 1 June 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Name Nat. Position(s) Date of birth (Age) Apps. Goals Year signed Signed from Transfer fee
Goalkeepers
1 George Long England GK (1993-11-05) 5 November 1993 (age 27) 1 0 2021 England Hull City Free
33 Bartosz Białkowski Poland GK (1987-07-06)6 July 1987 (aged 33) 103 0 2020 England Ipswich Town £350,000
Defenders
2 Danny McNamara Republic of IrelandEngland RB/RM (1998-12-27)27 December 1998 (aged 22) 19 0 2018 Academy Trainee
3 Murray Wallace Scotland CB/LB (1993-01-10)10 January 1993 (aged 28) 108 7 2018 England Scunthorpe United Undisclosed
4 Shaun Hutchinson England CB/DM (1990-11-23)23 November 1990 (aged 30) 182 13 2016 England Fulham Free
5 Jake Cooper England CB (1995-02-03)3 February 1995 (aged 26) 213 17 2017 England Reading Undisclosed
11 Scott Malone England LB/LM (1991-03-25) 25 March 1991 (age 30) 122 12 2021 England Derby County Free
15 Alex Pearce Republic of IrelandScotlandEngland CB (1988-11-09)9 November 1988 (aged 32) 73 1 2019 England Derby County Free
26 Daniel Ballard Northern IrelandEngland CB/DM (1999-09-22) 22 September 1999 (age 21) 8 1 2021 England Arsenal Loan
Midfielders
6 Maikel Kieftenbeld Netherlands DM/CM (1990-06-26)26 June 1990 (aged 31) 17 0 2021 England Birmingham City Undisclosed
7 Jed Wallace England RW/AM (1994-03-26)26 March 1994 (aged 27) 228 40 2017 England Wolverhampton Wanderers Undisclosed
8 Ben Thompson England CM (1995-10-03)3 October 1995 (aged 25) 173 12 2014 Academy Trainee
17 George Saville England CM/DM (1993-06-01) 1 June 1993 (age 28) 61 11 2021 England Middlesbrough Undisclosed
18 Ryan Leonard England CM/RM/RB (1992-05-24)24 May 1992 (aged 29) 95 5 2019 England Sheffield United £1,500,000
21 Connor Mahoney England LM/RM/AM (1997-02-12)12 February 1997 (aged 24) 61 5 2019 England Bournemouth Undisclosed
24 Billy Mitchell England CM (2001-04-07)7 April 2001 (aged 20) 33 1 2019 Academy Trainee
28 George Evans England CM/CB (1994-12-13)13 December 1994 (aged 26) 24 1 2021 England Derby County Undisclosed
Forwards
9 Tom Bradshaw Wales CF (1992-07-27)27 July 1992 (aged 28) 93 14 2019 England Barnsley £1,250,000
10 Matt Smith England CF (1989-06-07)7 June 1989 (aged 32) 86 20 2019 England Queens Park Rangers Undisclosed
14 Sheyi Ojo England RW/LW/SS (1997-06-19) 19 June 1997 (age 24) 1 0 2021 England Liverpool Loan
20 Mason Bennett England LW/RW/CF (1996-07-15)15 July 1996 (aged 24) 51 8 2020 England Derby County Undisclosed
22 Jón Daði Böðvarsson Iceland CF/LW/RW (1992-05-25)25 May 1992 (aged 29) 76 7 2019 England Reading Undisclosed
23 Benik Afobe Democratic Republic of the CongoEngland CF/SS/RW (1993-02-12) 12 February 1993 (age 28) 11 2 2021 England Stoke City Loan
Out on Loan
12 Mahlon Romeo Antigua and BarbudaEngland RB (1995-09-19)19 September 1995 (aged 25) 220 3 2015 England Gillingham Free
25 Isaac Olaofe England CF/RW/LW (1999-11-21) 21 November 1999 (age 21) 0 0 2019 Academy Trainee
32 Tyler Burey England AM/CF/LM/RM (2001-01-09)9 January 2001 (aged 20) 15 0 2019 England AFC Wimbledon Free
Hayden Muller England CB (2002-02-07)7 February 2002 (aged 19) 4 0 2019 Academy Trainee

Statistics[]

As of 18 September 2021
Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Millwall.
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England George Long 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
2 DF Republic of Ireland Danny McNamara 3 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF Scotland Murray Wallace 8 2 7+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 2
4 DF England Shaun Hutchinson 2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
5 DF England Jake Cooper 8 1 6+0 1 0+0 0 2+0 0
6 MF Netherlands Maikel Kieftenbeld 8 0 7+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
7 MF England Jed Wallace 8 3 7+0 3 0+0 0 1+0 0
8 MF England Ben Thompson 3 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
9 FW Wales Tom Bradshaw 3 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
10 FW England Matt Smith 9 1 2+5 0 0+0 0 1+1 1
11 DF England Scott Malone 8 1 7+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 1
14 FW England Sheyi Ojo* 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 DF Republic of Ireland Alex Pearce 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
17 MF England George Saville 9 1 7+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 1
18 MF England Ryan Leonard 6 0 1+4 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
20 FW England Mason Bennett 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF England Connor Mahoney 5 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
22 FW Iceland Jón Daði Böðvarsson 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
23 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo Benik Afobe 6 2 5+0 2 0+0 0 1+0 0
24 MF England Billy Mitchell 6 0 3+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
26 DF England Daniel Ballard* 8 1 7+0 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
28 MF England George Evans 6 0 3+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
33 DF Poland Bartosz Białkowski 7 0 7+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players out on loan:
12 DF Antigua and Barbuda Mahlon Romeo 3 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
34 DF England Alex Mitchell 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0

Goals record[]

As of 18 September 2021
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
1 7 England RM Jed Wallace 3 0 0 3
2 3 Scotland CB Murray Wallace 0 0 2 2
23 Democratic Republic of the Congo CF Benik Afobe 2 0 0 2
3 5 England CB Jake Cooper 1 0 0 1
10 England CF Matt Smith 0 0 1 1
11 England LB Scott Malone 0 0 1 1
17 England CM George Saville 0 0 1 1
26 England CB Daniel Ballard 1 0 0 1
Total 7 0 5 13

Disciplinary record[]

As of 18 September 2021
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card
1 3 Scotland CB Murray Wallace 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
5 England CB Jake Cooper 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
17 England CM George Saville 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
4 6 Netherlands DM Maikel Kieftenbeld 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
11 England LB Scott Malone 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
24 England CM Billy Mitchell 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
7 9 Wales CF Tom Bradshaw 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
10 England CF Matt Smith 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
12 Antigua and Barbuda RB Mahlon Romeo 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
26 England CB Daniel Ballard 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
28 England CM George Evans 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 19 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 20 0 0

Transfers[]

Transfers in[]

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2021 GK England George Long England Hull City Free transfer [1]
1 July 2021 LB England Scott Malone England Derby County Free transfer [2]
2 July 2021 CM England George Saville England Middlesbrough Undisclosed [3]

Loans in[]

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
1 July 2021 CB Northern Ireland Daniel Ballard England Arsenal End of season [4]
2 July 2021 CF Democratic Republic of the Congo Benik Afobe England Stoke City End of season [5]
31 August 2021 RW England Sheyi Ojo England Liverpool End of season [6]

Loans out[]

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
1 July 2021 CB England Hayden Muller Scotland St Johnstone End of season [7]
5 August 2021 MF England Tyler Burey England Hartlepool United 1 January 2022 [8]
27 August 2021 FW Republic of Ireland Sean O'Brien England Bromley 22 September 2021 [9]
31 August 2021 CB England Alex Mitchell England Leyton Orient End of season [10]
31 August 2021 CF England Isaac Olaofe England Sutton United End of season [11]
31 August 2021 RB Antigua and Barbuda Mahlon Romeo England Portsmouth End of season [12]

Transfers out[]

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
30 June 2021 CF England George Alexander England Bromley Released [13][14]
30 June 2021 FW England Oli Bate Unattached Released [13]
30 June 2021 RB England James Brown Scotland St Johnstone Released [13][15]
30 June 2021 MF Scotland Reuben Duncan Unattached Released [13]
30 June 2021 LM Northern Ireland Shane Ferguson England Rotherham United Released [16][17]
30 June 2021 GK England Frank Fielding Unattached Released [13]
30 June 2021 DF England Ezekiel Miller Unattached Released [13]
30 June 2021 CB England Harry Ransom England Crawley Town Released [13][18]
30 June 2021 CM England Sam Skeffington England Bromley Released [13][19]
30 June 2021 DF England Rob Strachan Unattached Released [13]
30 June 2021 DM Republic of Ireland Shaun Williams England Portsmouth Released [20][21]

Pre-season and friendlies[]

As part of their pre-season preparations, Millwall announced friendly matches against Gillingham[22] and Ipswich Town.[23]

10 July 2021 Friendly Motherwell 0–2 Millwall Edinburgh, Scotland
12:30 BST Report Thompson Goal 8'
Smith Goal 60'
14 July 2021 Friendly Watford 3–2 Millwall London Colney
14:00 BST Quina Goal 36'
Masina Goal 60'
Fletcher Goal 86'		 Report Smith Goal 57'
Wallace Goal 59'		 Stadium: UCL Sports Ground
Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)
17 July 2021 Friendly Millwall 2–0 Barnet Bromley
14:00 BST Smith Goal 15', 40' Report Stadium: Calmont Road
Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)
24 July 2021 Friendly Arsenal 4–1 Millwall Shenley
14:00 BST Chambers Goal ?'
Lacazette Goal ?'
Pépé Goal ?'
Balogun Goal ?'		 Report Mitchell Goal ?' Stadium: The UCL Sports Ground
Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)
27 July 2021 Friendly Gillingham 1–1 Millwall Gillingham
19:00 BST Dempsey Goal 11' Report Cooper Goal 85' Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Referee: Gavin Ward
31 July 2021 Friendly Ipswich Town 0–3 Millwall Ipswich
15:00 BST Report Afobe Goal 39', 52'
Wallace Goal 56'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Referee: Andy Woolmer
4 August 2021 Friendly Millwall 2–0 Bromley Bromley
BST Mahoney Goal 17' (pen.)
Smith Goal 53'		 Report Stadium: Calmont Road
Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)

Competitions[]

Overview[]

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
September 2021 May 2022 Matchday 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
FA Cup January 2022 Third round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
EFL Cup September 2021 First round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—

Last updated: May 2021
Source: Competitions

EFL Championship[]

Main article: 2021–22 EFL Championship

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
15 Sheffield United 8 2 3 3 12 12 0 9
16 Middlesbrough 8 2 3 3 9 10 −1 9
17 Preston North End 8 2 3 3 9 11 −2 9
18 Millwall 8 1 5 2 8 10 −2 8
19 Barnsley 8 1 5 2 6 9 −3 8
20 Blackpool 8 2 2 4 7 12 −5 8
21 Swansea City 8 1 4 3 7 11 −4 7
Updated to match(es) played on 18 September 2021. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[24]

Results summary[]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
7 1 4 2 7 9  −2 7 1 2 1 5 5  0 0 2 1 2 4  −2

Last updated: 15 September 2021.
Source:[citation needed]

Results by matchday[]

Matchday1234567
GroundAHHAHAA
ResultDDLLWDD
Position11161921171415
Updated to match(es) played on 15 September 2021. Source:[citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

Millwall's fixtures were announced on 24 June 2021.[25]

7 August 2021 1 Queens Park Rangers 1–1 Millwall White City
15:00 BST Dickie Goal 31' Report J. Wallace Goal 11'
Ballard Yellow card 15'
M. Wallace Yellow card 43'
Saville Yellow card 59'		 Stadium: Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium
Referee: Oliver Langford
14 August 2021 2 Millwall 1–1 Blackburn Rovers Bermondsey
15:00 BST Kieftenbeld Yellow card 60'
Wallace Goal 64'		 Report Lenihan Yellow card 52'
Brereton Goal 76'
Ayala Yellow card 82'		 Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 12,490
Referee: Andy Davies
17 August 2021 3 Millwall 1–2 Fulham Bermondsey
19:45 BST Romeo Yellow card 19'
Malone Yellow card 54'
Afobe Goal 87'
Evans Yellow card 88'
Cooper Yellow card 89'		 Report Mitrović Goal 3', Yellow card 90+3'
Carvalho Goal 8'
Gazzaniga Yellow card 90+5'		 Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 12,700
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
Note: Live on Sky Sports
21 August 2021 4 Cardiff City 3–1 Millwall Leckwith
15:00 BST Flint Yellow card 51', Goal 66', 70'
Morrison Goal 83'
Nelson Yellow card 86'		 Report Cooper Yellow card 65'
Afobe Goal 76'		 Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 18,168
Referee: James Linington
28 August 2021 5 Millwall 2–1 Blackpool Bermondsey
15:00 BST Mitchell Yellow card 50'
Saville Yellow card 62'
Wallace Goal 63'
Malone Yellow card 69'
Kieftenbeld Yellow card 74'
Cooper Goal 90'		 Report Connolly Red card 14'
Dougall Yellow card 27'
Lavery Goal 56'
Yates Yellow card 62'
Anderson Yellow card 74'		 Stadium: The Den
Referee: Gavin Ward
11 September 2021 6 West Bromwich Albion 1–1 Millwall West Bromwich
15:00 BST Kipré Yellow card 20'
Grant Penalty missed 45+4'
Bartley Goal 49'		 Report Mitchell Yellow card 43'
Ballard Goal 55'
Wallace Yellow card 60'
Smith Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 23,142
Referee: Andy Woolmer
15 September 2021 7 Swansea City 0–0 Millwall Landore
19:45 BST Bennett Yellow card 37'
Downes Yellow card 83'		 Report Wallace Yellow card 77'
Saville Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium
Referee: John Busby

FA Cup[]

Main article: 2021–22 FA Cup


EFL Cup[]

Main article: 2021–22 EFL Cup

Millwall were drawn at home to Portsmouth in the first round[26][27] Cambridge United in the second round[28][29] and Leicester City in the third round.[30][31]

10 August 2021 First round Millwall 2–1 Portsmouth Bermondsey
19:45 BST Malone Goal 21'
Saville Goal 27'
Cooper Yellow card 49'		 Report Hackett-Fairchild Goal 4', Yellow card 49'
Johnson Red card 48'		 Stadium: The Den
Referee: Charles Breakspear
24 August 2021 Second round Millwall 3–1 Cambridge United Bermondsey
19:45 BST Wallace Goal 39', 42'
Smith Goal 54'		 Report Williams Goal 33' Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 4,005
Referee: Neil Hair
22 September 2021 Third round Millwall v Leicester City Bermondsey
19:45 BST Stadium: The Den

Notes[]

References[]

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