222:"What does it matter if the "Dockers" playing field is surrounded by all that is common to an industrial locality. What if two score chimneys encircle the ground and the blast of ships syren is constantly dinning the ears. The gaunt towering "smoke stacks" are themselves characteristic of the Millwall club. It is a product of the masses; a few labouring men formed it in the year 1885; it relies upon the support of the working classes for its existence."
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The new club sought a place to play which was close to their factory within the district of
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on 24 October 1885, which they won 2–1. The new club won nine, lost one, and one game was drawn in their first eleven games at their new ground. Their first and only home defeat was against the top club in East London at the time, Old St Paul's, who beat
Millwall 4–0. Throughout their
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Works, and was left unused except for flytipping. The area was cleared by a volunteer workforce and roughly marked out as a pitch. Players from J.T. Morton's
Aberdeen factory, such as Duncan Hean, were brought down especially to play for Millwall. Hean was Rovers' first
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998:No one likes us, we don't care
701:"Cubitt Town: The Inland Area"
216:Formation and finding a ground
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324:Relocation
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247:Millwall
239:Aberdeen
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169:football
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