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| Other names | South East London derby |
|---|---|
| Location | South London, England |
| Teams | Bromley Charlton Athletic Crystal Palace Millwall AFC Wimbledon Sutton United |
| First meeting | Millwall 0–3 Crystal Palace[a] (PFA Charity Fund, 31 October 1910) |
| Latest meeting | Charlton Athletic 1–0 Bromley (EFL Trophy, 12 November 2024) |
| Next meeting | AFC Wimbledon vs Bromley (League Two, 1 March 2025) |
| Stadiums | The Den Hayes Lane Plough Lane Selhurst Park The Valley |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 334[b][c] |
| Most wins | Millwall (96) |
| All-time series | Millwall: W96 D73 L71 Crystal Palace: W80 D52 L69 Charlton Athletic: W51 D52 L83 AFC Wimbledon: W9 D6 L14 Bromley: W1 D0 L2 Sutton United: W5 D1 L3 |
| Largest victory | Millwall 6–0 Charlton Athletic (Second Division, 3 January 1931) |
The South London derby is the name given to a football derby contested by any two of Bromley, Charlton Athletic, Crystal Palace, Millwall, and AFC Wimbledon, the five professional Football Association clubs that play in the Football League in South London, England.[1] A sixth club, Sutton United, is also located in South London but currently do not compete in the Football League. It is sometimes more specifically called the South East London derby when played between Charlton and Millwall.[2] The close geographical proximity of all the teams contributes significantly to the rivalries.
Charlton and Millwall are located in South East London, with Millwall's The Den based in New Cross and Charlton's The Valley situated in Greenwich, being less than four miles apart. Crystal Palace are based further south in the suburb of Selhurst, their stadium Selhurst Park being six miles from The Den and eight from The Valley. AFC Wimbledon are located at Plough Lane in Merton, South West London, which is five miles west of Selhurst Park, eight from The Den, and seven and a half from The Valley. Bromley's Hayes Lane in Bromley is over nine miles east from Plough Lane, four and half miles east of Selhurst Park, and around seven miles south of The Den and the Valley.
According to a 2013 fan survey on football rivalries, Charlton considers their main rival to be Crystal Palace, with Millwall being their second biggest rival. Millwall's main rivalry is with East London club West Ham United, with Palace placed second and Charlton third. Crystal Palace fans consider their main rival to be Brighton, with Millwall second and Charlton third. AFC Wimbledon's main rivalry is with Milton Keynes Dons, with their fans considering Crawley Town as their second biggest rival.
Millwall was founded in 1885, with Palace and Charlton both founded twenty-years later in 1905. The earliest fixture between two of the teams was in 1906 when Crystal Palace and Millwall first met in the Southern League. The two teams have contested the most games, over 130 derbies. Palace and Millwall both entered the Football League in the 1920–21 season. Charlton joined the next year in the 1921–22 season, playing in the same division as Palace and Millwall for the first time. Wimbledon were founded in 1889 and spent the majority of their history as an amateur club, until joining the Football League in the 1977–78 season. In 2003 Wimbledon were relocated to Milton Keynes as part of a franchise takeover and became Milton Keynes Dons. During this period of decline, the club reformed as a phoenix club in 2002, founded by supporters against the move, renaming itself AFC Wimbledon, as it won a rapid succession of non-League promotions to gain Football League status nine years later. AFC Wimbledon played their first derby in 2009, an FA Cup game against Millwall.
Sutton United were founded in 1898 but only played their first competitive derby in 2017, an FA Cup game against AFC Wimbeldon. Sutton gained promotion into the English Football League for the first time in the 2020–21 season. They competed in League Two for three seasons, playing seven derbies against Wimbledon and Charlton, before being relegated back to the National League in 2024. Bromley were founded in 1892 and played their entire history in non-league, until winning promotion from the National League in the Play-off Final in 2024.
Millwall hold a winning record over Charlton, Palace, and Wimbledon. Wimbledon and Crystal Palace both have winning records against Charlton but have yet to play a game against each other. Charlton hold a losing record against all three. Bromley won their first South London derby in the Football League against Wimbledon, and have lost two cup games against Wimbledon and Charlton. As of the 2024–25 season, Crystal Palace play in the Premier League, Millwall play in the Championship, Charlton play in League One, and Bromley and AFC Wimbledon play in League Two.
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- ^ "The Millwall Rivalry – Crystal Palace FC Supporters' Website – The Holmesdale Online". holmesdale.net. Retrieved 28 August 2010.
- ^ "Millwall v Charlton". cafc.co.uk/. Retrieved 28 August 2010.[permanent dead link]