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Portsmouth are now favourites to win the race to sign Estonian midfielder Rocco Shein. Cardiff City and Millwall have also shown interest in the 22-year-old who currently plays for Fredrikstad in the Norwegian top flight. (Fredrikstad Blad - in Norwegian), external

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The EFL fixture list is out, and we know you are bursting to know what you've got to look forward to - or dread - from your team this upcoming season.

Here are some key dates to put in your diary:

• 15 August 2026 - Bristol City (A)

• 22 August 2026 - Norwich City (H)

• 19 September 2026 - West Ham United (H)

• 21 November 2026 - Queens Park Rangers (H)

• 19 December 2026 - Charlton Athletic (H)

• 26 December 2026 - Cardiff City (A)

• 1 January 2027 - Wolves (H)

• 6 February 2027 - Queens Park Rangers (A)

• 20 February 2027 - West Ham United (A)

• 3 April 2027 - Charlton Athletic (A)

• 1 May 2027 - Stoke City (H)

See Millwall's full fixture list here.

The EFL will reveal its fixture list for the 2026-27 season on Thursday.

Want to know who your team will face on opening day? The fixtures will be announced at 12:00 BST - but that is not all.

The draws for the group stage of the Vertu Trophy and the first round of the Carabao Cup will also take place.

So check back on 25 June to see who your team faces first, last and everything in between.

Millwall have submitted a £5m bid for Hull City's Scottish striker Kyle Joseph, 24, with the Tigers needing to recoup some money to avoid a points deduction in the Premier League. (Daily Mail), external

For more transfer news and rumours, read Thursday's full gossip column here.

"It was heartbreaking because it really felt like it was Millwall's time."

BBC Radio London's Karl Bates reflects on Millwall's 2025-26 season that saw them finish just one point outside the automatic promotion places before losing to Hull City in the play-off semi-finals and what could happen in the upcoming transfer window.

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Millwall goalkeeper Max Crocombe was in action at the weekend as preparations for the World Cup ramp up.

The stopper played 84 minutes for New Zealand against England on Saturday but could not prevent Harry Kane's goal from slipping through in a 1-0 defeat.

Crocombe is a regular starter for the All Whites and you may be able to catch him in action again once the World Cup begins on 11 June.

New Zealand are in Group G and will face Iran, Egypt and Belgium.

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Millwall forward Femi Azeez marked his senior international debut for Nigeria with two goals on Tuesday night.

The 24-year-old scored in each half as the Super Eagles beat Zimbabwe 2-0 in their Unity Cup tie at The Valley.

Azeez netted 11 goals for Millwall this season as they finished third in the Championship before being beaten by Hull City in the play-off semi-finals.

Nigeria will meet either India or Jamaica in the final of the Unity Cup on Saturday with those two sides playing their semi-final, also at The Valley on Wednesday evening.

Millwall head coach Alex Neil spoke to BBC Radio London after his side were beaten 2-0 by Hull City in the Championship play-off semi-finals:

"[The feeling is] disappointment as much as anything else and I think frustration. I didn't think there was a lot in the game, I thought the first goal was always going to be a deciding factor in the game.

"We're the home team and we wanted to really force the issue. We rolled the dice a little bit early with putting on our striker [Mihailo Ivanovic] up front.

"But I still think we lacked quality in the game, I didn't think there was enough quality shown in terms of getting into good areas and crosses in the box.

"I put the two guys [Alfie Doughty and Barry Bannan] who you would probably say have got the quality in our squad onto the pitch to try to influence that and give us a bit of momentum, but unfortunately within 30 seconds or a minute of them coming on, the ball ends up in the back of the net.

"After that we start chasing our tail a little bit and from there it becomes difficult for us. The second goal - we try to keep the ball in play so we can sustain an attack and it costs us the second goal - they break and then they manage to score.

"At that stage, the game gets taken away from us."

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Millwall and Hull City's promotion destiny will be decided when they meet at The Den in the second leg of their Championship play-off semi-final on Monday (20:00 BST).

The sides played out a goalless draw in the first leg at the MKM Stadium on Friday night and extra-time and penalties may be needed to determine which side progresses to the final at Wembley on 23 May to face either Southampton or Middlesbrough.

• Hull City have won on each of their past two trips to Millwall, both coming in the Championship in January 2025 (1-0) and December this season (3-1); it's as wins as in their previous 27 visits (D10 L15).

• Millwall have won four of their previous six home games (L2), keeping a clean sheet in all four victories, while they recorded more shutouts than any other side in the home Championship games in the regular season (11).

• Hull won just one of their final seven away league games to finish the Championship season (D2 L4), suffering as many away defeats in that run as in their first 16 away league matches of 2025-26 (W9 D3).

• Hull are aiming to become the first sixth-placed side to reach the Championship play-off final since Derby County in 2018-19, with each of the six seasons since seeing the side that finished third in the regular season at least reach the final.

• Millwall are aiming to reach the Championship play-off final for the very first time, and first play-off final of any sort since winning the League One final in 2017; Hull are looking to reach their third Championship play-off final, having won in both 2008 and 2016.

• In 2026, 11 of Millwall's 18 home goals in the Championship came via set pieces (5x free kick, 4x throw, 2x corner), with three of their first six shots in the first leg coming from throw-ins.

• Millwall's Jake Cooper created more chances than any other player in the first leg (3), as well as winning three of his four aerial duels; during the regular season only Bristol City's Rob Atkinson (74.6%) had a better aerial duel success rate than his 73.6% (271/368).

• Hull's Kyle Joseph was involved in three of their four goals against Millwall during the regular season (2 goals, 1 assist); he only has more goal involvements in the Football League against Burton Albion (4 goals).

Millwall boss Alex Neil on his side's 0-0 draw at Hull City in the first leg of their Championship play-off semi-final:

"I'd be interested to see what the referee's thoughts on the disallowed goal are because I thought it was quite harsh.

"I thought all in all you could see that that [performance] should give us confidence to try and win the game on Monday.

"We didn't play as if we didn't want to lose, we played like we wanted to try and win the game.

"We need to remember that a lot of our lads haven't really played in this type of match before and the only chance of note they had was right at the start.

"I'm not naive, I think that when we go back to our place Hull are really comfortable soaking up pressure and playing on the counter-attack.

"I thought the atmosphere was good and that's what you get in the game for."