2021–22 Millwall F.C. season


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The 2021–22 season was Millwall's 137th year in existence, 95th consecutive season in the Football League, and 45th in the second tier. The club competed in the Championship for the fifth consecutive season and finished ninth. Millwall had a chance of making the play-offs right down the last game day, but ultimately missed out by six points. The team also played in the FA Cup and League Cup, and were knocked out in the early rounds.

Millwall F.C.
2021–22 season
OwnerMillwall Holdings
ChairmanJohn Berylson
ManagerGary Rowett
StadiumThe Den
Championship9th
FA CupThird round
(Lost 2–1 to Crystal Palace)
EFL CupThird round
(Lost 2–0 to Leicester City)
Top goalscorerLeague: Benik Afobe (12)
All: Benik Afobe (13)
Highest home attendance16,734 vs Middlesbrough
Lowest home attendance4,005 vs Cambridge United
Average home league attendance12,970
Biggest win4–1 vs Barnsley
Biggest defeat0–3 vs Fulham
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   GK 5 November 1993 (age 30) 2 0 2021   Hull City Free
33 Bartosz Białkowski   GK 6 July 1987 (aged 33) 136 0 2020   Ipswich Town £350,000
Defenders
2 Danny McNamara    RB/RM 27 December 1998 (aged 22) 48 2 2018 Academy Trainee
3 Murray Wallace   CB/LB 10 January 1993 (aged 28) 137 11 2018   Scunthorpe United Undisclosed
4 Shaun Hutchinson   CB/DM 23 November 1990 (aged 30) 210 13 2016   Fulham Free
5 Jake Cooper   CB 3 February 1995 (aged 26) 244 18 2017   Reading Undisclosed
11 Scott Malone   LB/LM 25 March 1991 (age 33) 149 14 2021   Derby County Free
15 Alex Pearce     CB 9 November 1988 (aged 32) 79 1 2019   Derby County Free
26 Daniel Ballard    CB/DM 22 September 1999 (age 25) 26 1 2021   Arsenal Loan
Midfielders
6 Maikel Kieftenbeld   DM/CM 26 June 1990 (aged 31) 36 0 2021   Birmingham City Undisclosed
7 Jed Wallace   RW/AM 26 March 1994 (aged 27) 253 43 2017   Wolverhampton Wanderers Undisclosed
16 Luke Freeman   AM/LW/RW 22 March 1992 (aged 30) 1 0 2022   Sheffield United Loan
17 George Saville   CM/DM 1 June 1993 (age 31) 86 13 2021   Middlesbrough Undisclosed
18 Ryan Leonard   CM/RM/RB 24 May 1992 (aged 29) 109 5 2019   Sheffield United £1,500,000
21 Connor Mahoney   LM/RM/AM 12 February 1997 (aged 24) 65 5 2019   Bournemouth Undisclosed
24 Billy Mitchell   CM 7 April 2001 (aged 20) 65 1 2019 Academy Trainee
28 George Evans   CM/CB 13 December 1994 (aged 26) 39 2 2021   Derby County Undisclosed
32 Tyler Burey   AM/CF/LM/RM 9 January 2001 (aged 20) 27 2 2019   AFC Wimbledon Free
Forwards
9 Tom Bradshaw   CF 27 July 1992 (aged 28) 115 23 2019   Barnsley £1,250,000
10 Oliver Burke   CF/RW/LW 7 April 1997 (age 27) 13 2 2022   Sheffield United Loan
14 Sheyi Ojo   RW/LW/SS 19 June 1997 (age 27) 17 0 2021   Liverpool Loan
20 Mason Bennett   LW/RW/CF 15 July 1996 (aged 24) 74 11 2020   Derby County Undisclosed
23 Benik Afobe    CF/SS/RW 12 February 1993 (age 31) 41 13 2021   Stoke City Loan
Out on Loan
12 Mahlon Romeo    RB 19 September 1995 (aged 25) 220 3 2015   Gillingham Free
25 Isaac Olaofe   CF/RW/LW 21 November 1999 (age 24) 0 0 2019 Academy Trainee
Hayden Muller   CB 7 February 2002 (aged 19) 4 0 2019 Academy Trainee
As of 7 May 2022
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   ENG George Long 3 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
2 DF   IRL Danny McNamara 32 2 27+4 2 1+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF   SCO Murray Wallace 37 6 36+0 4 0+0 0 1+0 2
4 DF   ENG Shaun Hutchinson 30 0 27+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
5 DF   ENG Jake Cooper 39 2 35+1 2 1+0 0 2+0 0
6 MF   NED Maikel Kieftenbeld 27 0 19+6 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
7 MF   ENG Jed Wallace 33 6 27+5 6 0+0 0 1+0 0
8 MF   ENG Ben Thompson 3 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
9 FW   WAL Tom Bradshaw 25 9 15+7 9 1+0 0 2+0 0
10 FW   SCO Oliver Burke* 13 2 10+3 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
11 DF   ENG Scott Malone 35 3 30+3 2 1+0 0 1+0 1
14 FW   ENG Sheyi Ojo* 17 0 12+4 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
15 DF   IRL Alex Pearce 7 0 3+2 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
16 MF   ENG Luke Freeman* 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 MF   ENG George Saville 35 3 29+3 2 1+0 0 1+1 1
18 MF   ENG Ryan Leonard 19 0 10+8 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
20 FW   ENG Mason Bennett 27 3 14+12 3 0+1 0 0+0 0
21 MF   ENG Connor Mahoney 9 0 1+6 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
23 FW   COD Benik Afobe 36 13 30+4 12 1+0 1 1+0 0
24 MF   ENG Billy Mitchell 38 0 29+7 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
26 DF   ENG Daniel Ballard* 26 1 25+0 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
28 MF   ENG George Evans 19 1 10+8 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
32 MF   ENG Tyler Burey 12 2 2+9 2 0+1 0 0+0 0
33 GK   POL Bartosz Białkowski 46 0 46+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
38 FW   ENG Nana Boateng 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
49 FW   ENG Zak Lovelace 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players out on loan:
12 DF   ATG Mahlon Romeo 3 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
34 DF   ENG Alex Mitchell 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
Players who left the club:
10 FW   ENG Matt Smith 24 2 6+15 1 0+1 0 1+1 1
22 FW   ISL Jón Daði Böðvarsson 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
As of 7 May 2022
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
1 23   CF Benik Afobe 12 1 0 13
2 9   CF Tom Bradshaw 9 0 0 9
3 3   CB Murray Wallace 4 0 2 6
7   RM Jed Wallace 6 0 0 6
5 17   CM George Saville 2 0 1 3
20   LW Mason Bennett 3 0 0 3
7 2   RB Danny McNamara 2 0 0 2
5   CB Jake Cooper 2 0 0 2
10   CF Oliver Burke 2 0 0 2
10   CF Matt Smith 1 0 1 2
11   LB Scott Malone 1 0 1 2
32   AM Tyler Burey 2 0 0 2
10 26   CB Daniel Ballard 1 0 0 1
28   CM George Evans 1 0 0 1
Own Goals 2 0 0 2
Total 50 1 5 56
As of 7 May 2022
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
                               
1 17   CM George Saville 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
2 5   CB Jake Cooper 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 0 0
3 6   DM Maikel Kieftenbeld 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
4 24   CM Billy Mitchell 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
5 2   RB Danny McNamara 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
3   CB Murray Wallace 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
20   RW Mason Bennett 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
8 23   CF Benik Afobe 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
11   LB Scott Malone 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
10 4   CB Shaun Hutchinson 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
28   CM George Evans 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
26   CB Daniel Ballard 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
13 7   RM Jed Wallace 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
9   CF Tom Bradshaw 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
10   CF Matt Smith 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
18   CM Ryan Leonard 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
32   AM Tyler Burey 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
18 12   RB Mahlon Romeo 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
33   GK Bartosz Białkowski 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 71 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 73 0 0
Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2021 GK   George Long   Hull City Free transfer [1]
1 July 2021 LB   Scott Malone   Derby County Free transfer [2]
2 July 2021 CM   George Saville   Middlesbrough Undisclosed [3]
Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
1 July 2021 CB   Daniel Ballard   Arsenal End of season [4]
2 July 2021 CF   Benik Afobe   Stoke City End of season [5]
31 August 2021 RW   Sheyi Ojo   Liverpool End of season [6]
21 January 2022 CF   Oliver Burke   Sheffield United End of season [7]
1 February 2022 AM   Luke Freeman   Sheffield United End of season [8]
Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
1 July 2021 CB   Hayden Muller   St Johnstone End of season [9]
5 August 2021 MF   Tyler Burey   Hartlepool United 1 January 2022 [10]
27 August 2021 RB   Dan Moss   Yeovil Town 12 January 2022 [11][12]
27 August 2021 FW   Sean O'Brien   Bromley 22 September 2021 [13]
31 August 2021 CB   Alex Mitchell   Leyton Orient End of season [14]
31 August 2021 CF   Isaac Olaofe   Sutton United End of season [15]
31 August 2021 RB   Mahlon Romeo   Portsmouth End of season [16]
18 September 2021 LB   Junior Tiensia   Dover Athletic 2 January 2022 [17]
26 October 2021 MF   Jayden Davis   King's Lynn Town 21 November 2021 [18]
29 October 2021 CB   Arthur Penney   Welling United 18 March 2022 [19][20][21][22][23]
13 January 2022 RB   Dan Moss   Leyton Orient End of season [24]
14 February 2022 LB   Junior Tiensia   Dartford 14 March 2022 [25]
18 February 2022 GK   Joe Wright   Cray Wanderers End of season [23][26]
Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
30 June 2021 CF   George Alexander   Bromley Released [27][28]
30 June 2021 FW   Oli Bate   Unattached Released [27]
30 June 2021 RB   James Brown   St Johnstone Released [27][29]
30 June 2021 MF   Reuben Duncan   Unattached Released [27]
30 June 2021 LM   Shane Ferguson   Rotherham United Released [30][31]
30 June 2021 GK   Frank Fielding   Stoke City Released [27][32]
30 June 2021 DF   Ezekiel Miller   Unattached Released [27]
30 June 2021 CB   Harry Ransom   Crawley Town Released [27][33]
30 June 2021 CM   Sam Skeffington   Bromley Released [27][34]
30 June 2021 DF   Rob Strachan   Unattached Released [27]
30 June 2021 DM   Shaun Williams   Portsmouth Released [35][36]
19 January 2022 CF   Matt Smith   Salford City Free transfer [37]
20 January 2022 CF   Jón Daði Böðvarsson   Bolton Wanderers Free transfer [38]
31 January 2022 CM   Ben Thompson   Gillingham Mutual consent [39][40]

Pre-season and friendlies

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As part of their pre-season preparations, Millwall announced friendly matches against Gillingham[41] and Ipswich Town.[42]

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
6 Luton Town 46 21 12 13 63 55 +8 75 Qualification for Championship play-offs
7 Middlesbrough 46 20 10 16 59 50 +9 70
8 Blackburn Rovers 46 19 12 15 59 50 +9 69
9 Millwall 46 18 15 13 53 45 +8 69
10 West Bromwich Albion 46 18 13 15 52 45 +7 67
11 Queens Park Rangers 46 19 9 18 60 59 +1 66
12 Coventry City 46 17 13 16 60 59 +1 64

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[43]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 18 15 13 53 45  +8 69 13 7 4 33 17  +16 5 8 9 20 28  −8
Matchday12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAAHAHHAHHAHAAHHAAHHAHAHA
ResultDDLLWDDDDWWLWWLWDDDLWLWLLLWDLWWWWWDDWLDLWDWDWL
Position1116192117141518191411141110129991010811111111141514161514121110911101010109107789

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2022. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Millwall's fixtures were announced on 24 June 2021.[44]

Millwall were drawn at home to Crystal Palace in the third round.[45]

Millwall were drawn at home to Portsmouth in the first round[46][47] Cambridge United in the second round[48][49] and Leicester City in the third round.[50][51]

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