CO-EDITOR of fanzine No One Likes Us Nick Hart tells it how it is:

FREEFALLING parachuting is said to be one of the most beautiful sensations in the world.

Having had the kind of season we've just had though, I'm not so sure many Millwall fans would agree. We got the freefalling part down the Championship done, but I tell you what, the whack when you hit the ground certainly hurts.

Sunday's final Championship game at fellow relegation club Crewe represents a sad indictment of the various managerial faces which have been involved at Millwall this year both on and off of the pitch.

The club has become a byword for ineptitude, poor decision making and wilful self-destructiveness. So what's new? Well maybe just maybe there is a new dawn breaking over Zampa Road.

With the election of a fan to the boardroom, the club has begun the long and arduous task of re-engaging with the jaded and disillusioned Lion's core support.

A big task, especially as most of us are laying face down, three feet below ground from the freefall I mentioned.

The first task is to persuade season ticket holders fed up with this season to come back for more next year. To this end the club has begun a new initiative with the snappy title of Let Em All Come Back To The Den' hopefully the results will be more exciting than the name, but we at NOLU wish it well.

Thankfully the Millwall spirit is resilient. Give us an exciting new manager, a young side committed to attacking football and a boardroom which wants to talk to its fans and who knows? I just hope we remember to bring the parachute next time we take off.

Nick Hart