GARY ROWETT has called on Millwall fans to fill The Den for their final seven Championship fixtures.
The Lions have four home games left before the end of the season, facing Luton Town, Preston North End, Birmingham City and Blackburn Rovers.
Friday’s match against the Hatters is expected to take place in front of a capacity crowd, despite the earlier kick-off time (12:30pm) and the fact that it will be shown live on Sky Sports. A win could extend the hosts’ advantage on the chasing pack heading into their trip to Hull City on Easter Monday.
Millwall have already had two sell-out fixtures in SE16 this season, drawing Sunderland 1-1 in front of 18,524 fans on February 4th before losing 3-2 to Norwich City in front of 18,785 supporters a month later. The latter was their highest attendance since moving to The Den in 1993.
With Rowett’s men closing in on their highest league finish in more than 20 years, the manager is keen to get everyone on board to help them achieve their goal, highlighting how important a big atmosphere will be for his players.
“The fans will be crucial,” he told NewsAtDen.
“We’ve seen that with the away following and the way that fans have gotten behind us with the two biggest attendances at The Den for a long time.
“It’s something that we’re going to need to do and continue to do until the end of the season, I think it’s really, really important that we do.
“It’s something that we’re going to need and it’s something that helps the team. It doesn’t guarantee the win, it just gives us that extra impetus when we need it.
“It’s absolutely vital to what we’re trying to achieve.”
George Saville has stressed how important the Millwall supporters have been to his side’s performances so far this season, having sold out their allocation for their 0-0 draw away to West Brom last weekend.
The midfielder is expecting the same again when they host Luton, and is hopeful that supporters will continue to flock to South Bermondsey to cheer the Lions over the line.
“With it being Easter weekend, I’m sure we don’t have to worry about that this week,” he said.
“Obviously that’s a big factor for us, like it was on Saturday. We had numbers there, which was good.
“The support is important going into the last few games.”
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