The latest assembly between these sides was remembered for all of the fallacious causes.
Millwall goalkeeper Liam Roberts was despatched off after eight minutes for a head-height problem on Jean-Philippe Mateta that left the Palace striker requiring 25 stitches.
Eagles chairman Steve Parish referred to as the deal with “essentially the most reckless problem on a soccer area” he had ever seen when talking to BBC One at half-time of the FA Cup fifth-round match in March.
The Premier League facet went on to win the sport 3-1, ticking off the third step on their solution to an historic first FA Cup win.
Roberts’ computerized three-match ban was prolonged to 6 video games and Millwall put out an announcement in defence of their participant after he obtained on-line abuse regardless of Mateta publicly accepting his apology.
The Lions had been additionally subsequently fined £15,000 for homophobic chants geared toward Ben Chilwell, who was taking part in within the Palace staff whereas on mortgage from Chelsea.
It was Roberts’ last look for Millwall and he joined Mansfield City in the summertime.
“Roberts’ problem was very ill-judged, however there was no intent,” says Achtung! Millwall p, exteriorodcast, exterior host Nick Hart.
“The entire media, FA and Palace furore got here down exhausting on a good participant, who went out of his solution to make amends to Mateta.
“And honest play to JP Mateta, he accepted Roberts’ apology as being ‘soccer’. No malice.
“It’s no coincidence that Liam felt obliged to go away Millwall within the wake of his private and familial on-line haranguing.”
Hart added: “I feel the travelling Lions followers shall be reminding Parish of all of those factors on Tuesday.”
