AS MILLWALL prepare for a season playing League One football the new club chairman is happy to spend money to get the right manager.

Stewart Till CBE, appointed last week, is a lifelong Millwall fan as well as the chairman of film company United International Pictures (UIP).

Peter de Savary will continue as chairman of Millwall Holdings plc, the company which owns Millwall FC.

Till, who saw his first Millwall match in 1959, has also targeted promotion back to the Championship but knows the club needs the right manager.

Talking to the club's official website he said: "This club is much too big to be in League One and everyone's ambition is to bounce straight back up.

"The first thing we have to do is bring in the right manager and if it takes a high wage to bring him in so be it.

"It is much better if you pay a high wage to a top manager than spread the money out over the playing squad."

He added: "There has not been a successful team in the history of football which has not had a great manager.

"The board's priority is to move very quickly and bring in a great manager early on so he can have the close season to acquire players, to keep players, motivate them and train them."

The change in the boardroom has also seen Heather Rabbatts appointed as executive deputy chairman.

Rabbatts said: "Of paramount importance is the restructuring and rejuvenation of all football activities, including the Academy, in order to return success on the playing field as soon as possible."

Till said: "PdeS is staying as chairman of the holding company and I think he feels his expertise lies in the financial and property areas and less in football.

"I think they were looking for someone, and hopefully they've found the right person in me, who loves Millwall, who understands football and is a businessman who understands business disciplines, needs and good management skills.

"This is what I hope I am bringing to the position."

While Rabbatts' acumen lies in business, Till has had a colourful career which led him to be awarded the CBE for his services to the British film industry.

He is currently in charge of 900 UIP employees across 35 countries and last year the company made $2.3bn dollars at the box office.

Till said: "There is a saying, if you want something done give it to a busy man.

"The chairmanship is not about the quantity of work but rather the quality of the input he can give to the board and the board can give to the club.

"As a lifelong Millwall fan if they're going to say to me Stewart, you can either have a meeting at the office or come down to Millwall and make a football decision', then I am going to come straight down to Millwall.

"Over the years I have seen them through thick and thin and thin again and like all the fans I love them with a passion, which is irrational and you cannot shake off if you wanted to."

In other news it appears the roaring lion emblem is set to return to the Millwall badge after a unanimous vote by the Millwall Supporters' Club (MSC).

The MSC are deciding on the design as there are various versions available and the new badge should be ready for the 2007/2008 season.