Lions prepare for a trip to the Orient

Last updated : 08 August 2006 By Charlie Roper
Nigel Spackman
Spackman: Looking forward to tonight's game
Millwall boss Nigel Spackman has named an unchanged squad for The Lions' trip to Brisbane Road this evening and with the club having sold out of their allocation, the match promises to be fantastic affair for all concerned.

The two sides haven't met in the League since the 1984/85 promotion season and tonight's game is the first fixture since The Lions knocked The O's out of the League Cup in 1992. With this in mind, Spackman expects the fans to be in fine voice.

"The crowd and the atmosphere was fantastic on Saturday, especially in the second half," he told the club's official site. "Even when Yeovil came back at us a bit, the supporters were right behind us and that makes such a difference to the players.

"There's an awful lot of gelling to do with the team; we had 10 debutants out there and I'm obviously really glad we got something out of the game in the end. We deserved to. I thought we played very well in the first 15 minutes, but didn't get the goal to settle us down, After that, we were very disjointed in the first half, but overall after the break, we passed the ball much better, our movement off the ball was better and our goal finally came late on."