Millwall 'have nothing to be scared of' - Neil

Teddy Sheringham, Tony Cascarino, Danis Salman. Femi Azeez, Caleb Taylor, Jake Cooper? Alex Neil's Millwall players stand on the cusp of greatness and becoming the first to replicate the late John Docherty's legendary side of 1987-88 in achieving promotion to the top tier of English football.

Having finished third in the Championship, just one point behind runners up Ipswich Town, a double-header against Hull City awaits - with Hull away up first on Friday - before a potential play-off final against Southampton or Middlesbrough for a place in the Premier League. "We're really confident in what we're doing, I think we believe more importantly that we're capable of going anywhere and winning games," Millwall's head coach Alex Neil told BBC Radio London. Succeed, and the Lions would end a 36-year wait to get back to the big-time - a period that has seen relegation, promotion and tragedy.

A rollercoaster four decades Steve Morison scored the only goal as Millwall beat Bradford City in the 2016-17 League One play-off final [Getty Images] Following relegation from the top flight in 1989-90, the Lions twice reached the second-tier play-offs, under Bruce Rioch and Mick McCarthy, before going down to the third tier in 1995-96. Five years later they finally came back up after claiming the Division Two title and then finished fourth the following campaign, but once again tasted defeat in at the play-off semi-final stage, by Birmingham City. In 2003-04 the most unlikely of FA Cup runs under Dennis Wise culminated in a final against Sir Alex Ferguson's Manchester United in Cardiff, with the Red Devils running out 3-0 winners through goals from Ruud van Nistelrooy and a young Portuguese winger playing in his first season in England, named Cristiano Ronaldo.

Twice more, Millwall returned to League One and on both occasions won promotion through the play-offs, with Steve Morison scoring a late winner to down Bradford City in the 2016-17 final at Wembley. "Given the financial implications of promotion to the Premier League, I actually think it would outshine the famous promotion of 1987-88," said BBC Sport's Millwall fan writer and presenter of the Achtung! Millwall podcast Nick Hart.