Millwall Bushwackers

Millwall Bushwackers
Founding locationNew Cross
Years active1950-2025
TerritorySouth London
EthnicityPredominantly White British
Membership (est.)200–250
Criminal activitiesFootball hooliganism, riots, fighting and arson
AlliesUtrecht Bunnikside, Glasgow Rangers ICF
RivalsInter City Firm, Soul Crew, Service Crew, Chelsea Headhunters, MIGs

The Millwall Bushwackers are a football firm associated with Millwall Football Club.[1] Millwall have a historic association with football hooliganism, which came to prevalence in the 1970s and 1980s, with a firm known originally as F-Troop, eventually becoming more widely known as the Millwall Bushwackers, who were one of the most notorious hooligan gangs in England.[2][3] On five occasions The Den was closed by the Football Association and the club has received numerous fines for crowd disorder.[4] Millwall's hooligans are regarded by their rivals as amongst the stiffest competition, with Manchester United hooligan Colin Blaney describing them as being amongst the top four firms in his autobiography 'Undesirables',[5] and West Ham hooligan Cass Pennant featuring them on his Top Boys TV YouTube channel, on which their fearsome reputation for violence was described.[6]

  1. ^ "Undercover with 'the firm'". BBC News. 2002-05-10. Retrieved 2007-09-02.
  2. ^ Nicholls, Andy; Nick Lowles (September 2005). Hooligans: The A-L of Britain's Football Hooligan Gangs. Wrea Green: Milo Books. p. 210. ISBN 1-903854-41-5.
  3. ^ "Millwall Bushwackers Hooligans". Football Hooligans. Retrieved 28 August 2010.
  4. ^ Nick Hart (1 October 2010). "The First 125 Years". South London Press. p. 46.
  5. ^ Blaney, Colin (2014). Undesirables. John Blake. pp. 138–139. ISBN 978-1782198970.
  6. ^ "Millwall F-Troop". Top Boys TV. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14. Retrieved 2014-07-14.