THE DEN (new)

Bermondsey, London, England

WSPE-905

The Den (previously called The New Den), is a football stadium and the home of Millwall FC. It is situated in Bermondsey, South East London, almost directly adjacent to the railway line between London Bridge and New Cross Gate, plus the SELCHP incinerator. It is under a quarter of a mile away from original Den. Built on a previous site of housing, a church and playing fields, called Senegal Fields. It has an all-seated capacity of 20,146, with the average attendance for the 2009-10 season being 10,835. The Den is the sixth ground that Millwall have occupied since their formation as a Football Club in Millwall on the Isle of Dogs in 1885.

The Den was the first new all seater stadium to be completed after the Taylor Report on the Hillsborough disaster. It was designed with effective crowd management in mind (given Millwall's crowd problems at the Old Den), with the escape routes being short and direct. After chairman Reg Burr decided that it would not be viable to redevelop The Den as an all-seater stadium, he announced during 1990 that Millwall would be relocating to a new stadium in the Senegal Fields area. Originally, it was planned to have a seating capacity of between 25,000 to 30,000. Millwall however, could not meet the additional cost.

Unused 4" x 6" continental size chrome.

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