2020–21 Millwall F.C. season
# 2020–21 Millwall F.C. season

The 2020–21 season was Millwall's 136th year in existence, 94th consecutive season in the Football League, and 44th in the second tier. Millwall competed in the Championship for the fourth consecutive season and finished in 11th place. They also played in the FA Cup where they reached the fourth round, and the League Cup where they reached the third round. This season marked the first time in Millwall's history that they played more seasons in the second tier (44) than the third tier (43).

## First-team squad

    As of 18 January 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 | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Apps. | Goals | Year signed | Signed from | Transfer fee |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Frank Fielding | GK | (1988-04-04)4 April 1988 (aged 33) | 3 | 0 | 2019 | Bristol City | Free |
| 33 | Bartosz Białkowski | GK | (1987-07-06)6 July 1987 (aged 33) | 97 | 0 | 2020 | Ipswich Town | £350,000 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | Murray Wallace | CB/LB | (1993-01-10)10 January 1993 (aged 28) | 100 | 5 | 2018 | Scunthorpe United | Undisclosed |
| 4 | Shaun Hutchinson | CB/DM | (1990-11-23)23 November 1990 (aged 30) | 180 | 13 | 2016 | Fulham | Free |
| 5 | Jake Cooper | CB | (1995-02-03)3 February 1995 (aged 26) | 206 | 17 | 2017 | Reading | Undisclosed |
| 12 | Mahlon Romeo | RB | (1995-09-19)19 September 1995 (aged 25) | 218 | 3 | 2015 | Gillingham | Free |
| 14 | Scott Malone | LB/LM | (1991-03-25)25 March 1991 (aged 30) | 114 | 11 | 2020 | Derby County | Loan |
| 15 | Alex Pearce | CB | (1988-11-09)9 November 1988 (aged 32) | 72 | 1 | 2019 | Derby County | Free |
| 17 | James Brown | RB | (1998-01-12)12 January 1998 (aged 23) | 3 | 0 | 2016 | Academy | Trainee |
| 23 | Danny McNamara | RB/RM | (1998-12-27)27 December 1998 (aged 22) | 17 | 0 | 2018 | Academy | Trainee |
| 35 | Hayden Muller | CB | (2002-02-07)7 February 2002 (aged 19) | 4 | 0 | 2019 | Academy | Trainee |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | Shaun Williams | DM/CM/CB | (1986-10-19)19 October 1986 (aged 34) | 295 | 22 | 2014 | Milton Keynes Dons | Undisclosed |
| 7 | Jed Wallace | RW/AM | (1994-03-26)26 March 1994 (aged 27) | 221 | 37 | 2017 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Undisclosed |
| 8 | Ben Thompson | CM | (1995-10-03)3 October 1995 (aged 25) | 170 | 12 | 2014 | Academy | Trainee |
| 11 | Shane Ferguson | LM/LB | (1991-07-12)12 July 1991 (aged 29) | 217 | 12 | 2016 | Newcastle United | Undisclosed |
| 16 | Maikel Kieftenbeld | DM/CM | (1990-06-26)26 June 1990 (aged 31) | 11 | 0 | 2021 | Birmingham City | Undisclosed |
| 18 | Ryan Leonard | CM/RM/RB | (1992-05-24)24 May 1992 (aged 29) | 89 | 5 | 2019 | Sheffield United | £1,500,000 |
| 19 | Ryan Woods | DM/RM/RB | (1993-12-13)13 December 1993 (aged 27) | 64 | 0 | 2020 | Stoke City | Loan |
| 21 | Connor Mahoney | LM/RM/AM | (1997-02-12)12 February 1997 (aged 24) | 57 | 5 | 2019 | Bournemouth | Undisclosed |
| 24 | Billy Mitchell | CM | (2001-04-07)7 April 2001 (aged 20) | 27 | 1 | 2019 | Academy | Trainee |
| 28 | George Evans | CM/CB | (1994-12-13)13 December 1994 (aged 26) | 19 | 1 | 2021 | Derby County | Undisclosed |
| 32 | Tyler Burey | AM/CF/LM/RM | (2001-01-09)9 January 2001 (aged 20) | 16 | 0 | 2019 | AFC Wimbledon | Free |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Tom Bradshaw | CF | (1992-07-27)27 July 1992 (aged 28) | 91 | 14 | 2019 | Barnsley | £1,250,000 |
| 10 | Matt Smith | CF | (1989-06-07)7 June 1989 (aged 32) | 77 | 19 | 2019 | Queens Park Rangers | Undisclosed |
| 13 | Kenneth Zohore | CF | (1994-01-31)31 January 1994 (aged 27) | 19 | 3 | 2020 | West Bromwich Albion | Loan |
| 20 | Mason Bennett | LW/RW/CF | (1996-07-15)15 July 1996 (aged 24) | 50 | 8 | 2020 | Derby County | Undisclosed |
| 22 | Jón Daði Böðvarsson | CF/LW/RW | (1992-05-25)25 May 1992 (aged 29) | 75 | 7 | 2019 | Reading | Undisclosed |

### Statistics

    As of 8 May 2021

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Frank Fielding | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Murray Wallace | 26 | 1 | 20+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Shaun Hutchinson | 43 | 2 | 39+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Jake Cooper | 46 | 1 | 42+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | IRL | Shaun Williams | 28 | 0 | 12+14 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Jed Wallace | 47 | 11 | 44+1 | 11 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Ben Thompson | 33 | 3 | 16+13 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | WAL | Tom Bradshaw | 34 | 4 | 12+18 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Matt Smith | 34 | 5 | 7+22 | 3 | 0+2 | 0 | 3+0 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | NIR | Shane Ferguson | 16 | 0 | 2+11 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | ATG | Mahlon Romeo | 38 | 1 | 31+5 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | DEN | Kenneth Zohore | 19 | 3 | 10+7 | 2 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ENG | Scott Malone | 43 | 6 | 37+4 | 5 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | IRL | Alex Pearce | 26 | 0 | 20+4 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | NED | Maikel Kieftenbeld | 11 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Ryan Leonard | 30 | 2 | 24+2 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Ryan Woods | 45 | 0 | 38+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ENG | Mason Bennett | 41 | 6 | 29+8 | 6 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ENG | Connor Mahoney | 17 | 2 | 4+10 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 22 | FW | ISL | Jón Daði Böðvarsson | 40 | 1 | 13+25 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | IRL | Danny McNamara | 17 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ENG | Billy Mitchell | 16 | 1 | 10+6 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ENG | George Evans | 19 | 1 | 19+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | ENG | Tyler Burey | 15 | 0 | 0+13 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | POL | Bartosz Białkowski | 49 | 0 | 46+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | ENG | Hayden Muller | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the season: ||||||||||||
| 25 | FW | IRL | Troy Parrott | 14 | 0 | 7+4 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | CZE | Jiří Skalák | 5 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

**Goals record**


    As of 8 May 2021

| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 7 | | RM | Jed Wallace | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | 14 | | LB | Scott Malone | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 20 | | LW | Mason Bennett | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 10 | | CF | Matt Smith | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 9 | | CF | Tom Bradshaw | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 8 | | CM | Ben Thompson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 13 | | CF | Kenneth Zohore | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 4 | | CB | Shaun Hutchinson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 18 | | CM | Ryan Leonard | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 21 | | AM | Connor Mahoney | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 3 | | CB | Murray Wallace | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 5 | | CB | Jake Cooper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 12 | | RB | Mahlon Romeo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 22 | | CF | Jón Daði Böðvarsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 24 | | CM | Billy Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 28 | | CB | George Evans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 45 | 2 | 4 | 50 |

**Disciplinary record**


    As of 8 May 2021

| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | Championship | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 19 | | CM | Ryan Woods | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 4 | | CB | Shaun Hutchinson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 5 | | CB | Jake Cooper | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 18 | | CM | Ryan Leonard | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 3 | | CB | Murray Wallace | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | 23 | | RB | Danny McNamara | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 12 | | RB | Mahlon Romeo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 28 | | DM | George Evans | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 6 | | DM | Shaun Williams | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 7 | | RM | Jed Wallace | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 14 | | LB | Scott Malone | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 16 | | DM | Maikel Kieftenbeld | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 8 | | CM | Ben Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 22 | | CF | Jón Daði Böðvarsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 24 | | CM | Billy Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 35 | | CB | Hayden Muller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 55 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 1 | 0 |

## Transfers

### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 28 August 2020 | SS | Mason Bennett | Derby County | Undisclosed |
| 25 January 2021 | DM | Maikel Kieftenbeld | Birmingham City | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2021 | DM | George Evans | Derby County | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 27 July 2020 | DM | Ryan Woods | Stoke City | End of season |
| 1 August 2020 | CF | Troy Parrott | Tottenham Hotspur | 1 February 2021 |
| 28 August 2020 | LB | Scott Malone | Derby County | End of season |
| 16 October 2020 | CF | Kenneth Zohore | West Bromwich Albion | End of season |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 14 July 2020 | RB | Danny McNamara | St Johnstone | 4 January 2021 |
| 14 July 2020 | CF | Isaac Olaofe | St Johnstone | End of season |
| 3 October 2020 | DF | Harry Ransom | Dover Athletic | |
| 9 October 2020 | CF | Isaac Olaofe | Sutton United | 9 January 2021 |
| 15 October 2020 | MF | Reuben Duncan | Welling United | 12 November 2020 |
| 19 December 2020 | DF | Rob Strachan | Welling United | January 2021 |
| 4 January 2021 | RB | James Brown | St Johnstone | End of season |
| 8 April 2021 | MF | Sam Skeffington | Barnet | End of season |
| 15 April 2021 | MF | Alex Mitchell | Bromley | 13 May 2021 |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 July 2020 | CF | Harvey Bradbury | Oxford City | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | DF | Jesse Debrah | Unattached | Released |
| 20 July 2020 | LW | Aiden O'Brien | Sunderland | Released |
| 25 August 2020 | RB | Jason McCarthy | Wycombe Wanderers | Undisclosed |
| 6 February 2021 | LW | Jiří Skalák | Mladá Boleslav | Mutual consent |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| EFL Championship | 11 September 2020 | May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 028.57 |
| FA Cup | 9 January 2021 | | Third round | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| EFL Cup | 5 September 2020 | 23 September 2020 | First round | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 035.29 |

Last updated: 28 November 2020 Source: Competitions

### EFL Championship

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | Cardiff City | 46 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 66 | 49 | +17 | 68 |
| 9 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 57 | 55 | +2 | 68 |
| 10 | Middlesbrough | 46 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 55 | 53 | +2 | 64 |
| 11 | Millwall | 46 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 47 | 52 | −5 | 62 |
| 12 | Luton Town | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 41 | 52 | −11 | 62 |
| 13 | Preston North End | 46 | 18 | 7 | 21 | 49 | 56 | −7 | 61 |
| 14 | Stoke City | 46 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 50 | 52 | −2 | 60 |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 8 May 2021. Source:

**Results by matchday**

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
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| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | D | L | W | W | D | W | L | D | D | D | D | D | L | L | D | L | W | D | L | D | L | W | D | D | D | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | W | L |
| Position | 11 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 |

**Matches**

The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.

### FA Cup

The third round draw was made on 30 November, with Premier League and EFL Championship clubs all entering the competition. The draw for the fourth and fifth round were made on 11 January, conducted by Peter Crouch.

### EFL Cup

The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports, by Paul Merson. The draw for both the second and third round were confirmed on September 6, live on Sky Sports by Phil Babb.

