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The South London derby is the name given to a
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contested by any two of
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,
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, and
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, the five professional
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clubs in
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,
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. It is sometimes more specifically called the South East London derby when played between Charlton and Millwall. The close geographical proximity of all the teams contributes significantly to the rivalries. Charlton and Millwall are located in South East London, with Millwall's The Den based in
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and Charlton's The Valley situated in
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, being less than four miles apart. Crystal Palace are based further south in the suburb of Selhurst, their stadium
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being six miles from The Den and eight from The Valley. Since 2020, AFC Wimbledon have been located at the new
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in Merton, South West London, which is five miles west of Selhurst Park, eight from The Den, and seven and a half from The Valley. Sutton United play at
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in west
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, five miles south of Plough Lane and nearly eight miles west of Selhurst Park. According to a 2013 fan survey on football rivalries, Charlton considers their main rival to be Crystal Palace, with Millwall being their second biggest rival. Millwall's main rivalry is with
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club
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, with Palace placed second and Charlton third. Crystal Palace fans consider their main rival to be
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, with Millwall second and Charlton third. AFC Wimbledon's main rivalry is with
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, with their fans considering Crystal Palace their second biggest rival. Sutton's rivals include AFC Wimbledon and
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. Millwall was founded in 1885, with Palace and Charlton both founded twenty-years later in 1905. The earliest fixture between two of the teams was in 1906 when Crystal Palace and Millwall first met in the Southern League. The two teams have contested the most games, over 130 derbies. Palace and Millwall both entered the
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in the 1920–21 season. Charlton joined the next year in the 1921–22 season, playing in the same division as Palace and Millwall for the first time. Wimbledon were founded in 1889 and spent the majority of their history as an amateur club, until joining the Football League in the 1977–78 season. In 2003 Wimbledon were relocated to Milton Keynes as part of a franchise takeover and became Milton Keynes Dons. During this period of decline, the club reformed as a phoenix club in 2002, founded by supporters against the move, renaming itself AFC Wimbledon, as it won a rapid succession of
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promotions to gain
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status nine years later. AFC Wimbledon played their first derby in 2009, an
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game against Millwall. Sutton United were founded in 1898 but only played their first competitive derby in 2017, an
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game against AFC Wimbeldon. Sutton gained promotion into the
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for the first time in the 2020–21 season, finishing champions of the
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. Millwall hold a winning record over Charlton, Palace, and Wimbledon. Charlton has a losing record against all three clubs. AFC Wimbledon and Crystal Palace both have winning records against Charlton but have yet to play a game against each other. Sutton has a winning record over Wimbledon and have yet to play another South London team. As of the 2022–23 season, Crystal Palace play in the
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, Millwall play in the
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, Charlton play in
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, and Sutton United and AFC Wimbledon play in League Two.


History


Early rivalries

Millwall were founded in
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, some 20 years before Charlton Athletic and Crystal Palace, who were both founded in
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. Soon after Crystal Palace were formed, they joined the
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, of which Millwall were founding members. The two teams played against each other for ten seasons in this league. The first contested competitive game between the sides was played on 17 November 1906, with Palace winning 3–0 although the fixture was not yet a South London derby – Millwall were based in
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until 1910. Up until that point the most successful team based in South London was Woolwich Arsenal, who were the first Southern member elected to
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in 1893. Charlton Athletic's early years were somewhat hindered by the presence of Woolwich Arsenal, who were the closest team in locality and were well supported. Charlton spent the first years of their history playing in non-professional leagues and did not play either Palace or Millwall. Eventually, Woolwich Arsenal moved to
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, losing the 'Woolwich' from their name, in 1913. The same year Charlton adopted senior status. They became a professional team in 1920, joining the Southern League. Both Millwall and Crystal Palace joined the Football League in the 1920–21 season, playing in the Third Division, while Charlton Athletic joined the year after for the 1921–22 season, finally competing at the same level as both their South London neighbours. Wimbledon became a Football League club five decades later in the 1977–78 season, playing their first South London derby against Millwall in 1980.


Four in the same league

There have been two occasions where four of the current five South London teams have played in the same league together. In the 1985–86 season, Charlton Athletic, Crystal Palace, Millwall and Wimbledon all competed in the
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. Charlton finished 2nd and Wimbledon 3rd, both being automatically promoted. Palace finished 5th and Millwall 9th. The 1989–90 season signifies the only time all four teams competed in the First Division together, the top tier of English football. Wimbledon finished the season 8th, Palace 15th and Charlton and Millwall were relegated, finishing 19th and 20th respectively.


Ground sharing

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Millwall's ground The Den was severely damaged by a German bomb and a fire destroyed a stand a few days later. For a brief time the club was invited by their neighbours to play their games at The Valley and
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. In 1984 Charlton went into administration. The club were forced to leave The Valley just after the start of the 1985–86 season after its safety was criticised by league officials. The club began a groundshare with Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park, which lasted for six years until 1991. After another year groundsharing at
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's Upton Park, Charlton moved back into The Valley in 1992. Wimbledon groundshared at Selhurst Park from 1991 until their relocation to Milton Keynes in 2003. The campaign of Wimbledon's fans against the relocation led to the formation of
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.


Notable matches

*Crystal Palace 3–0 Millwall Athletic (17 November 1906) :The first meeting between any of the three original teams saw Palace, who were only formed a year prior, secure a comfortable victory over the visitors from East London. It was a Southern League match watched by 6,000 fans at the
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. *Millwall 0–3 Crystal Palace (31 October 1910) :This was the first game between the teams since Millwall moved to South London (in 1910), making this the first true South London derby. 3,000 supporters watched a Palace victory at The Den in a London PFA Charity Fund game. The match against their new neighbours was Millwall's second game at their new ground. *Millwall 0–1 Crystal Palace (15 January 1921) :First derby contested in
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. Palace won the Third Division game with a second half goal in front of 20,000 fans. Palace also won the reverse fixture 3–2 which was held only a week later on 22 January 1921, to complete the first South London Football League double and continue their early dominance of Millwall. *Millwall 2–0 Charlton Athletic (10 October 1921) :This London PFA Charity Fund fixture was the first contest between the two teams, which Millwall won 2–0 in front of 10,000 supporters at The Den. *Millwall 0–1 Charlton Athletic (31 December 1921) :On New Year's Eve of 1921 the teams met for their first League match, which Charlton won 1–0 at The Den. This was Charlton's first season as a Football League club and they completed a rare double over Millwall, winning the return fixture at The Valley 2–1. *Charlton Athletic 1–1 Crystal Palace (14 November 1925) :The first competitive game played between the teams took place in the Third Division (south), and ended with a 1–1 draw at The Valley. *Millwall 6–0 Charlton Athletic (3 January 1931) :This
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game between the sides remains the widest winning margin between any of the clubs. Millwall led 1–0 at half-time and scored five more times in the second half, with goals from Harold Wadsworth (2), Joe Readman (2), Andrew Swallow and Jack Landells. *Millwall 2–2 Wimbledon (5 April 1980) :Wimbledon's first South London Derby was away at Millwall in the Third Division. The game ended in a draw in front of a crowd of 5,364. This was the Wombles third season as a Football League club, they finished bottom of the table and were relegated. *Wimbledon 0–3 Crystal Palace (4 May 1991) :The last South London derby and last ever game at
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. Wimbledon were forced to move at the end of the season due to a new FA rule requiring all-seater stadiums. They started ground-sharing with Palace at Selhurst Park the following season. Palace won the game with a hat-trick by
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in the second half. Palace finished 3rd and Wimbledon 7th in the 1990–91 First Division. *Charlton Athletic 1–3 Crystal Palace (aggregate score, 12 & 15 May 1996) :Crystal Palace and Charlton met in the 1996 First Division play-off semi-final, after they finished third and sixth in the league respectively. Palace won the first leg at The Valley 2–1, and 1–0 in the second leg three days later. Palace went on to lose the play-off final to
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1–2 at
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. *Wimbledon 0–1 Millwall (24 March 2004) :A crowd of just 3,043 at the
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saw Wimbledon's last game against South London opponents before they were renamed as MK Dons. A goal in the first half from
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was enough to seal a win for Millwall against a Wimbledon side that finished bottom of the First Division and were relegated. *Charlton Athletic 2–2 Crystal Palace (15 May 2005) :Despite being ahead 2–1 with seven minutes left to play, Palace were unable to see out a win over their rivals. Charlton defender
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scored an equaliser in the season's final game. Had Palace won they would have avoided relegation from the
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but instead became the first club to be relegated from the top-flight of English football four times. *Millwall 4–1 AFC Wimbledon (9 November 2009) :AFC Wimbledon's first competitive South London derby was a match against Millwall at The Den in the first round of the
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.
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's
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side won 4–1 against the
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side. *Charlton Athletic 4–4 Millwall (19 December 2009) :The first meeting of the sides since 1996 ended in the highest-scoring game between the teams. Millwall went 2–0 up through two
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goals but Charlton converted two penalties through
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. Millwall's
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was sent off early in the second half and The Lions went twice behind to the home team but
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scored a last-minute equaliser. Both teams wore special kits for the match in honour of murdered local teenagers and supporters Jimmy Mizen and
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. The logos of both clubs' shirt sponsors were replaced by the text, "Street violence ruins lives". *Charlton Athletic 1–2 AFC Wimbledon (17 September 2016) :AFC Wimbledon's first win in a south London derby. Also their first derby in the Football League, with their two previous derbies against Millwall being losses in cup competitions. Wimbledon came from a goal down to win, with a
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goal in the 85th minute. *Charlton Athletic 0–1 Millwall (3 July 2020) :First South London derby League game to be played with no fans present and in the summer. The game was re-arranged from 4 April due to the
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. The game was won in the 81st minute with a goal by Jake Cooper. *AFC Wimbledon 2–2 Charlton Athletic (20 March 2021) :AFC Wimbledon's first south London derby at their new
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ground. No fans were present due to the
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. Charlton led twice through goals from
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and
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. A brace from
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made sure Wimbledon earned a point in their battle against relegation, and denting Charlton's play-off push. Wimbledon were 23rd and Charlton 6th in the table at the end of the game. *Sutton United 0–0 AFC Wimbledon (7 January 2017) :First competitive South London derby for Sutton United was an
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Third round match against AFC Wimbledon at
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. The game ended in a goalless draw, with Sutton winning the replay 3–1. *AFC Wimbledon 0–1 Sutton United (15 October 2022) :Sutton United's first ever South London derby in a league game was an away win at
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, with captain
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scoring the only goal of the game in the 30th minute, securing Sutton's first away win of the season.


Charlton Athletic v AFC Wimbledon

Charlton and AFC Wimbledon first met in 2016, after Wimbledon were promoted via the League Two playoffs and Charlton were relegated from the
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. Wimbledon won their first ever meeting at The Valley 2–1. Charlton won only one of their first six meetings, with Wimbledon knocking Charlton out of the
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in 2017 and
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on penalties in 2018. Charlton completed the double over their local rivals in the 2018–19 season. Charlton hold their only superior record (in the league) in South London derbies, with Wimbledon dominating cup competitions, having won all four cup games.


By competition


Full list of results

:''Score lists home team first.''


Charlton Athletic v Crystal Palace

Charlton and Crystal Palace first met in 1925 in the
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, with the match ending in a 1–1 draw. Palace dominated their first 20 meetings, winning 13, and losing only four. Palace have completed the league double over Charlton six times, in 1926–27, 1927–28, 1964–65, 1968–69, 1989–90, and
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. Charlton have done it twice, in 1999–2000 and 2007–08. Palace's longest unbeaten run in the fixture is nine games between 1993 and 1996, where they won six and drew three, including knocking their rivals out of the 1996 First Division Play-offs. Charlton's best unbeaten run is four games (three wins and a draw) twice, between 1982–83 and 2004–08.


By competition

This table only includes competitive first team games, excluding all pre-season games, friendlies, abandoned matches, testimonials and games played during World War I & II.


Full list of results

:''Score lists home team first.''


Charlton Athletic v Millwall

The teams first met in 1921, with Charlton winning at The Den 1–0. They won the return fixture at The Valley 2–1, completing the first Football League double over their local rivals. Millwall hold the record for the longest unbeaten run between the teams at 14 games. Between 1922 and 1930, the Lions won eight and drew six. Charlton's longest unbeaten run against Millwall is six games, between 1934 and 1968 they won three and drew three. The longest period the clubs have gone without playing each other is 31 years (between the 1935–36 and 1965–66 seasons), due to being in different leagues. Millwall also have a run of 12 games unbeaten between 1979 and 1992, where they won six and drew six. Millwall have completed a League double over Charlton ten times (in 1923–24, 1924–25, 1931–32, 1932–33, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1988–89,
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and 2019–20) compared to Charlton's three (in 1921–22, 1934–35 and 1995–96). Millwall have the most wins in a row in the derby with five (twice). Charlton has won two games in a row (four times). The teams didn't play each other for 13 years, competing in different leagues between the 1996–97 and 2008–09 seasons. Millwall are currently on a twelve-game unbeaten streak against Charlton (their joint-second longest), with seven wins and five draws spanning 26 years (1996–2022). Many Millwall fans do not consider Charlton a serious rival due to the one-sided nature of the contest. The Lions have won 37 (50%) of the 74 league fixtures between the teams spanning 101 years, with the Addicks only winning 11 games (14%).


By competition

This table only includes competitive first-team games, excluding all pre-season games, friendlies, abandoned matches, testimonials and games played during the First and Second World Wars.


Full list of results

:''Score lists home team first.''


Crystal Palace v Millwall

The first meeting between the sides was in 1906 in the Southern League, when Millwall Athletic were still an East London side. Palace won the game 3–0 at the
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. Millwall moved south of the river in 1910 and the first true South London derby between the teams was held on 31 October 1910. It was a London PFA Charity Fund game, which Palace won 3–0 and was just Millwall's second game at their new ground, The Den. The first derby contested in
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was on 15 January 1921. Palace won the
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game 1–0. They also won the reverse fixture which was held a week later; 3–2, to complete the first Football League double over their South London neighbours. Palace have completed a Football League double over Millwall seven times (in 1920–21. 1949–50, 1963–64, 1968–69, 1977–78, 1963–64, 1986–87, 1989–90.) Millwall have completed a Football League double over Palace six times (in 1925–26, 1926–27, 1957–58, 1959–60, 2001–01,
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.) Palace's longest unbeaten streak is seven games, they won six and drew one game against Millwall between 1986 and 1993. Millwall's longest unbeaten streak against Palace is 19 games, between 1950 and 1958 they won 11 and drew 8 games.


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Full list of results

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Millwall v AFC Wimbledon

Millwall and Wimbledon first met in the First round of the
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in 2009, when Wimbledon were playing in the
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. Millwall won the game 4–1. The two sides have only played in the same tier together once, in the 2016–17 League One season and both games were drawn. They've played two other cup games; a 2–1 win for Millwall in the
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in 2013 and most recently in 2019, an FA Cup Fifth round game at
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, which Millwall won 1–0.


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Full list of results

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Sutton United v AFC Wimbledon

Sutton United and Wimbledon first met in the Third round of the
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on 7 January 2017, when Sutton were a non-league club playing in the
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. The teams drew 0–0 at
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. Sutton won the replay 3–1 at
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.


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Full list of results

:''Score lists home team first.''


All-time results

The table includes all competitive first-team games played between the London rivals. From the first game played between Crystal Palace and Millwall on 17 November 1906, to the most recent South London derby played by newly promoted Sutton United. Defunct club Wimbledon's results are included in a separate table below.


Crossing the divides


Managers

Jimmy Seed James Marshall Seed (25 March 1895 – 16 July 1966) was an English footballer and football manager. Despite being born in Blackhill, Seed was brought up in the village of Whitburn on the coast just to the north of Sunderland, the family movi ...
,
Alan Mullery Alan Patrick Mullery (born 23 November 1941) is an English former footballer and manager. After enjoying a successful career with Fulham, Tottenham Hotspur, and the England national team in the 1960s and 1970s, he became a manager working with ...
,
Iain Dowie Iain Dowie (born 9 January 1965) is a football manager, former professional footballer and sports television pundit. He played as a striker from 1983 until 2001, notably in the Premier League for Southampton, Crystal Palace and West Ham Unit ...
,
Ian Holloway Ian Scott Holloway (born 12 March 1963) is an English professional football manager, former player, media personality and television pundit who was most recently the manager of Grimsby Town. A midfielder, he notably played in the Premier League ...
and
Alan Pardew Alan Scott Pardew (born 18 July 1961) is an English football manager and former professional footballer, who is the current manager of Greek Super League club Aris. Pardew's highest achievements in the sport include reaching the FA Cup Final ...
have all permanently managed two South London clubs. Seed was in charge of Charlton for 23 years from 1933 to 1956, leading them to one of the most successful periods of their history, with successive promotions to the top-flight and an
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win in
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. He was sacked in 1956 after a bad run of form and took over at Millwall in 1958. Seed's start at The Den was poor, with the team going nine matches without a win. The team finished in 23rd place in
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. The following year saw The Lions playing in the new Fourth Division in which they finished 9th. Seed resigned at the end of that season, but stayed with the club as a director until his death on 16 July 1966. Alan Mullery was in charge of Charlton from 1981 to 1982 and left to take the helm at Crystal Palace, where he remained manager until 1984.
Theo Foley Theo Foley (2 April 1937 – 26 June 2020) was an Irish footballer and football manager/coach. He was born in Inchicore, Dublin, Ireland. Playing career During his footballing career, he played as a defender for Home Farm, Exeter City, Nor ...
was Charlton manager from 1970 to 1974 and was briefly in charge of Millwall as a caretaker manager in 1977.
Steve Gritt Stephen John "Steve" Gritt (born 31 October 1957) is an English former football player, manager and scout. His playing career included spells at Charlton Athletic, AFC Bournemouth and Walsall. He was joint manager of Charlton for four years an ...
, who was joint-manager at Charlton with Alan Curbishley from 1991 to 1995, was also caretaker at Millwall briefly in 2000.
Lennie Lawrence Robin Michael Lawrence (born 12 December 1947) is an English former football manager, player and football consultant who is non-executive director at EFL League Two side Hartlepool United. Lawrence was a semi-professional at Croydon, Carshalto ...
was Charlton's manager from 1982 to 1991 and was assistant manager at Crystal Palace, before joining former manager
Dougie Freedman Douglas Alan Freedman (born 25 May 1974) is a Scottish professional football manager and former player. He is the current sporting director of Crystal Palace. Freedman played as a striker, primarily for Crystal Palace and also had spells as a ...
at
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. Iain Dowie was in charge of Crystal Palace between 21 December 2003 and 22 May 2006, when he was allowed to resign from his post, apparently to return to northern England because his wife was homesick. However, eight days later
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club Charlton unveiled Dowie as their new manager.
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, Palace's chairman, immediately issued Dowie with a writ, claiming that he had misled him about his reasons for leaving the club; Dowie, however, insisted this was not the case, and was publicly backed by Charlton chief executive Peter Varney, who branded the writ "a sad and pathetic publicity stunt", and chairman Richard Murray, who was adamant that his legal team could find no grounds for the writ to be upheld, and suggested that there may be more personal reasons behind the writ being issued. The case was heard in the High Court in the summer of 2007 where a judge ruled that Dowie had lied when negotiating his way out of his contract. His spell at Charlton was largely unsuccessful and they parted company on 13 November 2006, after just 15 games in charge. Ian Holloway took charge of Crystal Palace in November 2012. He guided them to promotion to the Premier League via the
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, after beating
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1–0 with a penalty converted by Kevin Philips in extra time. On 23 October 2013, Holloway left the club by mutual consent after less than a year in charge. He managed to gain only three points from their first eight games in the top flight. On 6 January 2014, Holloway signed a two-and-a-half-year deal with Millwall, taking over from
Steve Lomas Stephen Martin Lomas (born 18 January 1974) is a Northern Irish football manager and former professional footballer. As a player, Lomas was a midfielder from 1991 to 2010. He had spells in the Premier League for both Manchester City and West Ham ...
. On 6 January 2014 he signed two-and-a-half-year deal with Millwall, taking over from
Steve Lomas Stephen Martin Lomas (born 18 January 1974) is a Northern Irish football manager and former professional footballer. As a player, Lomas was a midfielder from 1991 to 2010. He had spells in the Premier League for both Manchester City and West Ham ...
. He guided the club to Championship safety for the 2013–14 season as Millwall finished 19th, four points above the relegation places. In the 2014–15 season, as Millwall dropped in the relegation places in The Championship, Holloway admitted that he had become an unpopular manager with the Millwall fans. On 10 March 2015, Holloway was sacked, with the team second from bottom in the Championship and having lost five of their last six games. Former Charlton player Gary Rowett became Millwall manager on 21 October 2019. Rowett played 13 games for Charlton in the
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before being forced to retire through injury. Former Addicks player
Johnnie Jackson John Alec Jackson (born 15 August 1982) is an English professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder or as a defender. He is the current manager of League Two club AFC Wimbledon. Club career Tottenham Hotspur Bor ...
managed Charlton from December 2021 until he was sacked in May 2022. Later that month, he signed a two-year contract as AFC Wimbledon managern.


Players

Players who have played for at least two of the four clubs are listed below. As of 18 August 2012 (the last game he played for Millwall), Darren Ward has played the most games for South London teams, with 317 appearances in total (232 for Millwall, 69 for Crystal Palace and 16 for Charlton). Peter Burridge played 114 games for Palace, 87 for Millwall and 44 for Charlton. He holds the record for most goals scored by a player for South London clubs, with 104 in 245 appearances. Charlton & Palace *
Alan Pardew Alan Scott Pardew (born 18 July 1961) is an English football manager and former professional footballer, who is the current manager of Greek Super League club Aris. Pardew's highest achievements in the sport include reaching the FA Cup Final ...
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Bobby Goldthorpe Robert James Goldthorpe (born 6 December 1950) is an English retired professional association football, footballer who played in the The Football League, Football League for Charlton Athletic F.C., Charlton Athletic, Brentford F.C., Brentford, ...
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Chris Powell Christopher George Robin Powell (born 8 September 1969) is an English football coach and former player, who is currently head of coaching at Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur's Academy and a coach for the England national team. As a left ...
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Conor Gallagher Conor John Gallagher (born 6 February 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Chelsea and the England national team. Beginning his career with Chelsea, Gallagher spent time on loan at EF ...
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Danny Butterfield Daniel Paul Butterfield (born 21 November 1979) is an English former professional footballer and coach who is currently an assistant head coach at Lincoln City. Butterfield was born in Boston, Lincolnshire and played between 1997 and 2016 as ...
* Darren Ambrose * Darren Pitcher *
Dave Madden David Joseph Madden (December 17, 1931 – January 16, 2014) was a Canadian-born American actor. His most famous role came on the 1970s sitcom ''The Partridge Family'', in which he played the group's manager, Reuben Kincaid, opposite Shirley J ...
* David Whyte * Don Townsend *
Gary Borrowdale Gareth Ian Borrowdale (born 16 July 1985) is an English footballer. A left-sided player, Borrowdale plays as a left-back. He has also been known to operate as a central defender. Club career Borrowdale began his career at Crystal Palace, and ma ...
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Gonzalo Sorondo Gonzalo Sorondo Amaro (born October 9, 1979) is a Uruguayan former footballer who last played for Defensor. He has earned 27 caps for his country, and played for them at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He acquired Brazilian citizenship on September ...
* Hermann Hreiðarsson *
Jerome Thomas Jerome William Thomas (born 23 March 1983) is an English former footballer who is now head of academy recruitment at club Watford. During his playing carer he played predominantly as a left-winger and scored 25 goals in 292 league and cup appe ...
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Jesurun Rak-Sakyi Jesurun Rak-Sakyi (born 5 October 2002) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Crystal Palace. Club career Crystal Palace Rak-Sakyi was originally in the youth system at Chelsea, before joining Crystal Pal ...
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John Salako John Akin Salako (born 11 February 1969) is an English football coach, former professional player, and sports television pundit. Born in Nigeria, Salako played as a midfielder from 1986 until 2005. He played in the Premier League for Crystal Pal ...
* John Humphrey *
Jonny Williams Jonathan Peter Williams (born 9 October 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Gillingham. He retired from international football for Wales in 2023. Williams started his career at Crystal Palace, and whilst t ...
* Leon McKenzie *
Les Fell Leslie James Fell (16 December 1920 – 9 October 2010) was an English footballer who played as a winger in the Football League. He was known as 'Lightning Les' for his bursts of speed whilst playing for Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic ...
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Marcus Bent Marcus Nathan Bent (born 19 May 1978) is a retired English professional footballer. A former England under-21 international, the journeyman striker played 573 games and scored 113 goals for fourteen different clubs. His numerous transfer fees ...
* Mark Hudson * Mathias Svensson * Mike Flanagan * Paddy McCarthy *
Paul Kitson Paul Kitson (born 9 January 1971) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. He notably played in the Premier League for Newcastle United and West Ham United, as well as in the Football League with Leicester City, ...
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Paul Mortimer Paul Henry Mortimer (born 8 May 1968) is an English former association football, footballer. Playing career Mortimer played mainly in midfield, though he did play in defender (football), defence at times. He started his career at Fulham F.C., F ...
* Paul Williams *
Rhoys Wiggins Rhoys Barrie Wiggins (born 4 November 1987) is a former professional footballer who played as a left back. Wiggins began his career at Crystal Palace, from where he had his first spell on loan to AFC Bournemouth. After just one first-team appea ...
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Scott Sinclair Scott Andrew Sinclair (born 25 March 1989) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for EFL League One club Bristol Rovers. He represented England at youth level, from the under-17s to the under-21s, and also played for Grea ...
* Sullay Kaikai *
Thomas Myhre Thomas Harald Myhre (born 16 October 1973) is a Norwegian football manager and former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently the manager of Moss. The last club he played for before his retirement was Kongsvinger, ha ...
* Tom Soares *
Tony Burns Anthony John Burns (born 27 March 1944 in Edenbridge, Kent, England) is an English goalkeeping coach and former football goalkeeper and manager. Career Club Burns played for non-league Tonbridge Angels before being signed by Arsenal in March ...
Charlton & Millwall *
Alan McLeary Alan McLeary (born 6 October 1964) is an English football former defender. He spent the majority of his career at Millwall, but also had spells at Charlton Athletic and Bristol City, as well as loan spells at Sheffield United Sheffield Un ...
* Ben Roberts *
Ben Thatcher Benjamin David Thatcher (born 30 November 1975) is a former professional footballer who played as a left-back. He played for a number of English clubs, and has featured in more than 300 English league games, all of which were in the top two ...
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Benny Fenton Benjamin Robert Vincent Fenton (28 October 1918 – 29 July 2000) was an English professional football player and manager. He played for West Ham United, Millwall, Charlton Athletic and Colchester United, making over 400 appearances in the Foo ...
* Bobby Hunt * Charlie Hannaford *
Charlie MacDonald Charles Lea MacDonald (born 13 February 1981) is an English footballer who plays for Barking. Football career Early career MacDonald played for the Millwall youth team before joining Charlton Athletic as a trainee, turning professional in ...
* Danny Haynes *
Danny Shittu Daniel Olusola Shittu (born 2 September 1980) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a centre back. He made 346 appearances in the Premier League and Football League, including 190 for Queens Park Rangers. In his 16-year-long ...
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Dany N'Guessan Djombo Dany-Gael N'Guessan (born 11 August 1987) is a French former professional footballer who played as a left winger or forward A graduate of the Auxerre Academy, he left France for Scotland when he signed with Rangers in July 2005. He nev ...
* Dave Mehmet *
Eamon Dunphy Eamon Martin Dunphy (born 3 August 1945) is an Irish media personality, journalist, broadcaster, author, sports pundit and former professional footballer. He grew up playing football for several youth teams including Stella Maris. Since retirin ...
* Ernie Watkins *
Federico Bessone Federico Bessone Luna (born 23 January 1984), also known as Fede Bessone, is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for IC d'Escaldes as a left back. Career Early career Born in Córdoba, Bessone spent four years as a youth player a ...
* Fred Ford *
Gordon Bolland Gordon Edward Bolland (born 12 August 1943 in Boston, Lincolnshire) is an English retired footballer and manager. A striker, Bolland joined Londoners Chelsea as a teenager, and was a member of the sides which won the FA Youth Cup in 1960 and 196 ...
* Hameur Bouazza *
Harry Cripps Henry Richard "Harry" Cripps (29 April 1941 – 29 December 1995) was an English professional footballer who played for South East London side Millwall for the majority of his career, becoming a cult figure in the process. Career Initially on th ...
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Izale McLeod Izale Michael McLeod (born 15 October 1984) is a retired English professional footballer who played as a forward. He has played in The Football League for Derby County, Milton Keynes Dons, Charlton Athletic, Barnet, Portsmouth, Crawley Town, N ...
* Jack Burkett * James Thompson *
Jimmy Yardley James Yardley (16 April 1903 – 1959) was a Scottish professional footballer, best known as a player for Luton Town. Playing career Yardley signed for Luton Town from Clapton Orient during the 1926–27 season, but failed to score before the ...
* Jim Ryan * John Sullivan * Johnny Summers *
Josh Wright Joshua William Wright (born 6 November 1989) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for National League side Ebbsfleet United. Wright played for Gillingham between 2015 and 2017, Millwall from 2011 to 2015 and Scunth ...
* Kevin Lisbie * Kim Grant *
Lawrie Madden Lawrie Madden (born 28 September 1955) is an English former professional footballer, who played in The Football League for nine different clubs between the 1970s and 1990s. He was a member of the Sheffield Wednesday side that won the 1991 Leag ...
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Lee Power Lee Michael Power (born 30 June 1972) is a former professional footballer and former chairman of Swindon Town. Born in England, his Irish ancestry allowed him to be capped by Republic of Ireland at youth, U21 and B levels. Power played in three ...
* Lindsay Smith *
Mark McCammon Mark Jason McCammon (born 7 August 1978) is a former professional footballer who played as a striker. Born in England, he represented the Barbados national national team at international level. After starting his career with Cambridge United ...
* Martyn Waghorn *
Mickey Bennett Michael Richard Bennett (born 27 August 1969) is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger. During his career, he made over 150 appearances in the Football League. Since his retirement from playing, Bennett has become inv ...
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Nicky Bailey Nicky Francis Bailey (born 10 June 1984) is an English professional footballer who plays for Cray Wanderers as a midfielder. He has played for the England C national team. Club career Early career and Barnet Bailey, born in Putney, London, beg ...
* Nicky Johns *
Pat Terry Patrick Alfred Terry (2 October 1933 – 23 February 2007) was an English professional association football, football centre forward who made nearly 500 appearances for 9 English Football League, Football League clubs, most notably Gillingham F. ...
* Paul Sturgess * Phil Walker * Phil Warman * Terry Brisley *
Therry Racon Therry Norbert Racon (born 1 May 1984) is a French footballer who plays as a midfielder. Club career Early career Born in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, Val-de-Marne, Racon made his professional debut with Olympique de Marseille, on 1 May 2004, a ...
* Tony Towner *
Tony Warner Anthony Randolph Warner (born 11 May 1974) is a football coach and former professional footballer who is the goalkeeping coach at Reading. Warner notably played in the Premier League for Fulham, having also being contracted to Liverpool and Hul ...
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Trésor Kandol Trésor Osmar Kandol (born 30 August 1981) is a Congolese international footballer who plays as a striker for Crawley Wanderers FC. He previously played for Isthmian League Premier Division side Hampton & Richmond Borough, as well as for Ba ...
Millwall & Palace *
Andy Frampton Andrew James Kerr Frampton (born 3 September 1979) is an English former professional footballer who played as a central defender. Frampton joined the youth academy of Crystal Palace at the age of 11, progressing through the ranks before making ...
* Andy Gray * Andy Roberts *
Anton Otulakowski Anton Otulakowski (born 29 January 1956) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Barnsley, Crystal Palace, Millwall, Southend United and West Ham United. Otulakowski was born in Dewsbury, and started his League car ...
* Bill Roffey *
Bobby Bowry Robert John Bowry (born 19 May 1971) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder from 1990 until 2008. He played in the Premier League with Crystal Palace, and in the Football League with Queens Park Rangers, Millwall and Col ...
* Bruce Dyer *
Carl Veart Thomas Carl Veart (born 21 May 1970 in Whyalla, South Australia, Australia) is an Australian former footballer who is the head coach for Adelaide United. Club career He previously played in England for Sheffield United, Crystal Palace and Mill ...
* Chris Armstrong *
Chris Day Christopher Nicholas Day (born 28 July 1975) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Day started his career at Tottenham Hotspur, where he spent five years, making one Premier League appearance for the North ...
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Clive Allen Clive Darren Allen (born 20 May 1961) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward for seven different London clubs. Allen was a prolific striker throughout his career. In 1986-87 he won the PFA and Football Writers' ...
* Dave Martin *
David Fry David Paul Fry (born 5 January 1960) is an English former professional football goalkeeper. Born in Bournemouth, he began his career at Weymouth as an amateur and in January 1977 signed for Crystal Palace. Fry was initially understudy to firs ...
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Derek Jeffries Derek Jeffries (born 22 March 1951 in Longsight, Manchester, England) is an English former footballer. He played for Manchester City, Crystal Palace, Peterborough United, Millwall and Chester. He played mainly as a central defender, but also ope ...
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Derek Possee Derek Possee (born 14 February 1946) is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger. In a professional career which lasted from 1963 to 1979, Possee made over 400 league appearances, scoring over 100 league goals. He is Mi ...
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Eberechi Eze Eberechi Oluchi Eze (born 29 June 1998; pronounced ) is an English professional association football, footballer who plays as an Midfielder#Attacking midfielder, attacking midfielder for Premier League club Crystal Palace F.C., Crystal Palace. ...
* Harry Redmond * James Williams *
Jamie Moralee Jamie Moralee (born 2 December 1971) is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder or forward. Playing career Moralee started his career at Crystal Palace but found his opportunities limited. He made only six appearances for the ...
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Jamie Vincent Jamie Roy Vincent (18 June 1975 – 16 January 2022) was an English professional association football, footballer who played as a defender (association football), defender. Career Vincent was spotted by Mick Beard then Wimbledon F.C., Wimbledon ...
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Jason Puncheon Jason David Ian Puncheon (born 18 June 1986) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Cypriot First Division club Anorthosis Famagusta . Following his goal against Everton on his Blackpool debut, he has scored in a ...
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Jermaine Easter Jermaine Maurice Easter (born 15 January 1982 in Cardiff) is a former Welsh international footballer who played as a striker. Club career Easter started his career as a trainee at Wolverhampton Wanderers, before being released, and joining H ...
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John Brearley John Brearley (October 1875 – 1944) was an English association football player and manager. He played as a forward for several clubs, most notably Millwall Athletic, Everton and Tottenham Hotspur. He was able to play in at least five outf ...
* John Jackson *
Johnny Roche John Anthony Roche (18 May 1932 – 1988) was an English footballer who played as a forward. Born in Poplar, London, he played professionally for Millwall and Crystal Palace between 1957 and 1960, making a total of 61 Football League appearance ...
* Kenny Brown *
Kevin Muscat Kevin Vincent Muscat (born 7 August 1973) is an Australian former association football player and the current manager of Yokohama F. Marinos. As a player, he represented the Australia national team at international level winning 46 caps and sco ...
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Lewis Grabban Lewis James Grabban (born 12 January 1988) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker. He was called up to the Jamaica squad in 2015 but remains uncapped. Early and personal life Grabban's maternal grandparents were Windrush ...
* Matt Lawrence *
Mel Blyth Melvin Bernard Blyth (born 28 July 1944) is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre back. During his playing career, he joined Scunthorpe United in 1967. One year later, he signed for Crystal Palace before joining Sout ...
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Neil Emblen Neil Emblen (born 19 June 1971) is an English former professional footballer who is the assistant coach of Colorado Rapids and New Zealand. He has served as assistant head coach of New Zealand under Ricki Herbert and of Anthony Hudson, and w ...
* Neil Ruddock *
Nick Chatterton Nicholas John Chatterton (born 18 May 1954), is an English retired footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League. Chatterton was born in South Norwood, London. Chatterton started his career in 1973 at Crystal Palace, where he was ...
* Noel Whelan *
Owen Garvan Owen William Garvan (born 29 January 1988) is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Garvan began his career in his native Ireland where he played for Home Farm as a schoolboy. He earned a move to England with Ipsw ...
* Paul Ifill *
Paul Hinshelwood Paul Alexander Hinshelwood (14 August 1956 – 15 January 2022) was an English footballer who played as a right-back in the Football League for Crystal Palace, Oxford United, Millwall and Colchester United. He gained representative honours with ...
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Paul Sansome Paul Eric Sansome (born 6 October 1961) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He made more than 150 appearances in the Football League for Millwall and more than 300 for Southend United. Football career Sansom ...
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Wimbledon FC and AFC Wimbledon

The 2003 relocation and 2004 renaming of Wimbledon F.C. as
Milton Keynes Dons Milton Keynes Dons Football Club (), usually abbreviated to MK Dons, is a professional association football club based in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. The team competes in , the third tier of the English football league system. The ...
meant that a South London derby team was lost. In 2002 some Wimbledon supporters formed a new team,
AFC Wimbledon AFC Wimbledon is an English professional football club, based in Merton, London, that plays in the EFL League Two, after being relegated from the EFL League One following the 2021–22 season. The club's home stadium is Plough Lane. The ...
, based at
Kingsmeadow Kingsmeadow is a football stadium in Norbiton, Kingston upon Thames, London, which is used for home matches by Chelsea Women and Chelsea U21s. It was formerly the home of Kingstonian F.C. and AFC Wimbledon and has a capacity of 4,850, with 2,2 ...
in
Kingston upon Thames Kingston upon Thames (hyphenated until 1965, colloquially known as Kingston) is a town in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, southwest London, England. It is situated on the River Thames and southwest of Charing Cross. It is notable as ...
. The non-League club started in the
Combined Counties League The Combined Counties Football League is a regional men's football league in south-eastern England with members in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Jersey, Kent, Middlesex, Oxfordshire, Surrey, and the western half and sou ...
, and played their first competitive South London derby on 9 November 2009, losing 4–1 away at Millwall in an
FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football compet ...
first-round match. Having worked their way up through
non-League Non-League football describes football leagues played outside the top leagues of a country. Usually, it describes leagues which are not fully professional. The term is primarily used for football in England, where it is specifically used to d ...
with five promotions in nine seasons, AFC Wimbledon were promoted first into
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for the 2011–12 season. They spent five seasons at that level before being promoted into
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for the 2016–17 season, where they competed in the same league as Charlton Athletic and Millwall.


Wimbledon FC's derby results

Wimbledon played their first South London derby against Millwall on 5 April 1980, a game which ended 2–2. On 24 March 2004, they played their last derby also against Millwall, which they lost 0–1. Their record in all competitions against Charlton, Crystal Palace and Millwall is as follows:


Gallery

File:Millwall Charlton 2015.jpg, Millwall and Charlton play at The Den in 2015 File:MillwallvsAFCWimbledon.JPG, AFC Wimbledon and Millwall players met for the first time in the
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at The Den in 2009. File:Crystal Palace 0 Millwall 1.ogv, Millwall fans celebrate Theo Robinson's winner against Crystal Palace at
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in the
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season. File:CharltonMillwall2017.JPG, Millwall and Charlton players pay tribute to
Graham Taylor Graham Taylor (15 September 1944 – 12 January 2017) was an English football player, manager, pundit and chairman of Watford Football Club. He was the manager of the England national football team from 1990 to 1993, and also managed Lincoln C ...
at The Valley in January, 2017. File:Charlton 0 Millwall 2 2013.ogg, Millwall fans celebrate Shane Lowry's 35-yard freekick against Charlton Athletic at The Valley on 16 March 2013


See also

* Millwall F.C.–West Ham United F.C. rivalry * Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.–Crystal Palace F.C. rivalry * AFC Wimbledon–Milton Keynes Dons F.C. rivalry * Leeds United F.C.–Millwall F.C. rivalry *
London derbies London Derbies are the various local football derbies between the teams in London, England. It specifically refers to individual matches between the teams, but can also be used to describe the general ongoing rivalry between the clubs and fans. T ...


Notes


References

;Bibliography *


External links


Charlton Athletic official websiteCrystal Palace official websiteMillwall official websiteSutton United official websiteAFC Wimbledon official website
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