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Details

Teams – Boro v Millwall

Location – Riverside Stadium

Competition – The Championship

Date – Friday 03^rd Apr 2026

Kick off – 12:30

 

Introduction

 Welcome all. As part of my preparations for this game, I had a look at my previous match day thread against Derby in January. The introduction from that thread shows that some things never change:

“Over the last three games, Boro have surrendered the comfort zone they had over 3^rd place. They now teeter only 2 points above the dreaded play-offs and a resurgent Ipswich.”

  

The Last Games

Boro: Blackburn 0 – 0 Boro

Middlesbrough stalled again in a slog against a lower half team. They huffed and puffed but somehow couldn’t finish any of their chances. Strelec, Morris, Conway and Browne could/should each have had a goal.   

Boro dominated the game in terms of shots, possession, shots on target and corners, but failed to convert that domination into 3 points

 

Millwall: Ipswich 1 – 1 Millwall

Millwall and Ipswich handed Boro a lifeline by kindly drawing and dropping 4 points between them. Jack Clarke opened the scoring before half time and Coburn finished the scoring just after the second half had kicked off.

Ipswich dominated the game in terms of shots, possession, shots on target and corners, but failed to convert that domination into 3 points. Sound familiar?

 

Form (League only - most recent last)

Boro:  DWWLDD

Millwall: WWWWLD  

 

The View from The Other Side

I Imagine it will appear here at some point: https://millwallonline.com/forum/forums/football-talk-north-stand-banter.6/

 

 Fun Facts to impress your friends and pretty ladies

-       This will be the first game ever held between Middlesbrough and Millwall on the 3^rd April 2026.

-       Millwall are fourth in the form table over the last 6 and last 8 league games. Away from home, they are third over the last 6.

-       Millwall were founded in 1885, 9 years after the Boro.

-       Millwall fan’s favourite chant is “Milllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll”

 

 The Un(ger)-Official Match Preview

Along with the Ipswich game, this is one of the most important games of the season. You would think if Boro can get 3 points in both games, we will get automatic promotion. That’s a mighty big IF though. In recent games, Boro have missed some huge opportunities (both in terms of goals and wins) to go well clear of third place. Is this just a dip? We certainly hope so.  

Millwall’s performance against Ipswich should serve as a reminder to us that they can be very difficult to beat and can nick points, even when they don’t dominate the game.

Expect Boro to have lots of possession and play inside the Millwall half. Hopefully this time we can click in front of goal and put Millwall to the sword.

 Realistically, I’ll go for a very scrappy 1-0 win for Boro in the clash of the lion and the other lion.

 

Talking Points

-       What is the best Easter egg?

-       Will Hackney be resurrected in time for the Easter games?

-       What is your favourite mill?

The game will also be live on ITV for those who can't/don't want to get to the Riverside

Couldn't be more on the fence with this one regarding the result. Either we put in a masterclass performance or get bullied out of the game. I feel its a game we will need Fry to be fit for and starting given the size of the Millwall team.

Its vital we score early in this game as it seems we overthink and overplay the longer we go without scoring. It is a great opportunity to put a gap between us and Ipswich though which would in turn put more pressure on them for their game and open up a 5 point gap on Millwall.

I know people often say we struggle around Xmas but I cant remember too many good Easter weekends in recent seasons.

Im impartial to a Caramel egg and feel they should transfer this concept into the larger eggs. Also Smarties eggs and Malteasers eggs have always been up there. The big disappointment at Easter is when they buy the 'posh' ones when a simple Cadburys (or my eggs mentioned) one is preferred. I even got a vegan one bought last year. I dont think my relationship with my girlfriends mum has been the same since.

Im going to say we will see Hackney back to the delight of his biggest fan on here.

I was impartial to the Leadmill in Sheffield before they closed it down. Had some cracking nights in the there.

3 minutes ago, smogsterking the Inspirati said:

Couldn't be more on the fence with this one regarding the result. Either we put in a masterclass performance or get bullied out of the game. I feel its a game we will need Fry to be fit for and starting given the size of the Millwall team.

Its vital we score early in this game as it seems we overthink and overplay the longer we go without scoring. It is a great opportunity to put a gap between us and Ipswich though which would in turn put more pressure on them for their game and open up a 5 point gap on Millwall.

I know people often say we struggle around Xmas but I cant remember too many good Easter weekends in recent seasons.

Im impartial to a Caramel egg and feel they should transfer this concept into the larger eggs. Also Smarties eggs and Malteasers eggs have always been up there. The big disappointment at Easter is when they buy the 'posh' ones when a simple Cadburys (or my eggs mentioned) one is preferred. I even got a vegan one bought last year. I dont think my relationship with my girlfriends mum has been the same since.

Im going to say we will see Hackney back to the delight of his biggest fan on here.

I was impartial to the Leadmill in Sheffield before they closed it down. Had some cracking nights in the there.

Seeing as though this is a crunch game it’s fitting that you can’t beat a large crunchie egg.

Huge game and one I don't think we can really afford to slip up in.

Win and we're 5 points clear of Millwall, and create that cushion on Ipswich too

Draw keeps Millwall behind us, but we're then only 3 points clear of Ipswich, having played 2 games more.

Lose and we're down to 3rd, and Ipswich are also only 2 points behind us with 2 games in hand.

I *** hate those games in hand, just constant uncertainty.

We'll batter them 0-1.

See you all in the Fanzone Sportsfans

Dark Fruits if anyone's buying

Some say Nobby's a bit of a Dark Fruit himself... 😁

Just watched the Blackburn highlights back and honestly when the emotion is removed we battered them should have been an easy 3-0er.

I think we’ll turn up against Millwall and be the better team, the obvious question is will we convert the chances. It’s easy to look at our results and forget how we actually played which messes with our own perception of the teams quality’s.

Seen a few posts about quality of chances etc but nah I just can’t agree, we’ve made enough legit chances to have 2/3/4 goals in the last couple of games and we’ll do it again next Friday

Lindt Lindor Egg (Their website does a 70% cocoa one which I've never seen in supermarkets)

Hopefully!

A good old fashioned windmill. The one Jonathan Creek used to live in is a good example.

Boro to win 2-1

7 hours ago, AnglianRed said:

Some say Nobby's a bit of a Dark Fruit himself... 😁

I thought he was more fruit cake........

1-1 im afraid v Millwall.

Edited March 24Mar 24 by Robin Johnson

Feel like this is the tougher match for us out of Millwall and Ipswich. They've got no ego and Neill is canny - they'll have seen what's worked against us in recent games. Difference is they've got way more quality to hit back than recent sides we've played.

Probably be very tight and smart money would be on a score draw.

But hard to really predict until we know the extent of the international break damage. If Hackney, Browne, Morris, and McGree are all out... Then we can probably forget about this one. They've got two weeks training with a full squad which is a huge advantage.

9 hours ago, Nobby Barnes said:

See you all in the Fanzone Sportsfans

Dark Fruits if anyone's buying

Now I understand why his favourite book is 50 Shades of Rubber. 😉

4-0 to the boro

Alex Neil will instruct his team to leave their foot in, any injuries they can inflict will effect the run in and therefore our play off chances. A strong ref and we'll beat them 2-0, a weak one and we'll struggle to get the draw.