Results tagged “MK Dons”
Neil Harris was Millwall's main man as his brace of goals revived the Lions League One promotion hopes.
The veteran striker scored twice in the second half to give Kenny Jackett's side victory at MK Dons to keep them on the fringes of the play off places.
Millwall are finding the battle to stay in the playoff places a little bit like treading water in a whirlpool. Relax for one second, and you're sucked downwards.
Even after winning five on the trot, they flew straight out of the top six the moment they dropped points at Wycombe on Saturday, adding even more spice to tonight's MK Dons tie.
So what do Millwall take away from last night?
Do they focus on the 2-0 half-time lead, which could have been more against a freefalling MK Dons side? Do they kick themselves for blowing that lead when a football team decided to turn up after half time?
As few as three points separate Millwall in tenth from MK Dons in sixth.
The Dons were flying before being thumped 5-1 by Charlton, but have since slumped to the foot of the playoff pack. Millwall will be hoping to recover from successive draws against Exeter and Staines Town and a loss to Wycombe.
Now doesn't that feel better?
After a recent run which included two cup exits and an away defeat to struggling Carlisle, Charlton battered promotion rivals MK Dons to close the gap on pace-setters Leeds to four points.
Charlton are having one of those months.
The sort of bad-luck month in which you accidentally lock your keys in the car with the handbrake off at the top of a San Francisco street, forcing you to chase the vehicle a mile down a slope into a World Porcelain Convention attended entirely by armed mobsters.
Millwall fans have spent several weeks thumbing through the classifieds for their rivals' results as the promotion race enters the home straight.
They now have a great chance to stake their claim for automatic promotion in a six-pointer against Peterborough at 7.45pm on Easter Monday.
Millwall bounced back from their weekend defeat to Leicester with a vital win at MK Dons.
The home team welcomed the Lions still buzzing from their 6-2 defeat of Oldham, but Marc Laird's 20th minute header secured the club's fourth straight away victory.
Lewis Grabban may return to the squad for the crunch match with MK Dons tonight.
The young winger has been missing for more than a month, but could be in line for a recall in Milton Keynes.
