Police on high alert before Millwall v West Ham, Inter legend Mazzola dies – matchday live, as it happened
The latest news, discussion and buildup before Saturday’s football action

12.22pm BST
Right, that’s all from me on this blog. Thanks for reading.
Join Daniel Gallan for live updates on Tottenham v Aston Villa, which starts in just under 10 minutes.
Related: Tottenham v Aston Villa: Premier League – live
We’ll also have our clockwatch, taking in as many as the 3pm BST kick-offs as Scott Murray can manage, launching around 2pm BST.
Later on, Will Magee will helm our liveblog of Arsenal v Manchester United in the Women’s Super League. Kick-off for that one is 5.30pm BST.
Cheers!
12.18pm BST
West Ham’s team bus has arrived at the Den, with Millwall supporters giving the away team their customary warm welcome. West Ham fans are being escorted from the nearby train stations to the ground, and are in full voice, including songs and chants of Ludo Miklosko, who died aged 64 on Monday.
Related: Ludek Miklosko, former West Ham and QPR goalkeeper, dies aged 64
12.09pm BST
Millwall v West Ham team news Millwall: Marschall, Osei-Tutu, Taylor, Cooper, Sturge, Metcalfe, Mazou-Sacko, Sykes, Dykes, Neghli, Arconte. Subs: Crocombe, Servais, Baggott, Kelly, Lisbie, Batth, Cundle, Issoufou, Doughty.
West Ham: Hermansen, Walker-Peters, Mavropanos, Kilman, Morato, Bowen, Mukasa, Engels, Solomon, Piroe, Castellanos. Subs: Herrick, Kante, Pablo Felipe, Magassa, Scarles, Austbo, Golambeckis, Orford, Ajala.
Referee: pray for Paul Tierney (Lancashire).
12.08pm BST
The Metropolitan Police, London’s police service, issued this statement this morning, via social media:
A Section 60 order has been authorised for today’s fixture of Millwall v West Ham. This gives police enhanced powers to stop and search people and vehicles without the usual requirement of reasonable suspicion. This will cover the area shown on the map and will run until 20:00hrs on Saturday, 19 September. You can expect to see additional officers in the area too, providing visible reassurance and working with partners to keep ticket holders and the wider public safe.
The City of London police have also put an S35 order in place, in effect to the area directly north of the blue area above, over the Thames. “If someone is contributing to crime, disorder or anti-social behaviour, they can be told to leave & not return for a specified period,” says the statement, which says the order will be in effect until 8pm BST.
Updated at 12.16pm BST
11.58am BST
WSL team news Two early kick-offs in the WSL, with London City Lionesses and Chelsea in action – superstars Mapi León and Alexia Putellas both start for London City while the Blues will be desperate to close the gap on leaders and defending champions Manchester City, following the latter’s victory over Liverpool on Friday.
Charlton v London City Lionesses (12.30pm BST kick-off) Charlton Women: Whitehouse, Siber, N’Dow, Lobato, Skeels, Robe, Davidson, Van Egmond, Hutton, Kenney, Korhonen. Subs: Koivunen, Mason, Johnston, Humphrey, Azzaro, Fitzgerald, Flannery, Lockwood, Waldie.
London City Lionesses: Lete, Fernandez, Kardinaal, Leon, Pattinson, Arques, Geyoro, Diani, van de Donk, Putellas, Goodwin. Subs: Earps, Perez, Linari, Godfrey, Parris, Anyomi, Kafaji, Thomsen, Powroznik.
Chelsea v Birmingham City (12.45pm BST kick-off) Chelsea Women: Hampton, Carpenter, Bronze, Buchanan, Buurman, Potter, Walsh, Nusken, Thompson, Kaptein, Baltimore. Subs: Peng, Girma, Malard, Bjorn, McCabe, Dragoni, Las, Hamano, Rudz.
Birmingham City Women: Baggaley, Levasseur, Herron, Turner, McKenna, Miyagawa, Naalsund, Crosthwaite, Leidhammar, Hurte, Lee. Subs: Thomas, Harris, Rastocle, Cooke, Amano, Holloway, Cornet, Effa Effa, Sarri.
Updated at 11.58am BST
11.48am BST
The pressure is on for Manchester United, who go to winless Fulham on Sunday. The decision not to buy a left-back already looked like a mistake, while I would argue that £50m for Andrey Santos is waaaaaaay too much money, even if the Brazilian is a capable player. Carlos Baleba is a real talent, but inconsistent and hasn’t played a minute of football since his £65m move from Brighton, owing to injury. He will not feature at Craven Cottage.
Here is Will Unwin on United’s growing concerns:
Related: Heat is on Carrick but Wilcox must share blame for Manchester United’s woes
11.40am BST
Tottenham v Aston Villa team news Our minute-by-minute report for Tottenham v Aston Villa is live! Join Daniel Gallan.
Related: Tottenham v Aston Villa: Premier League – live
The team news is in:
Tottenham XI: Kinsky, Porro, Van Hecke, Van De Ven, Robertson, Tonali, Bentancur, Savio, Fernandes, Marmoush, Solanke.Subs: Dubravka, Tosin, Senesi, Gallagher, Maddison, Udogie, Gray, Bergvall, Kudus.
Pedro Porro returns for Spurs and slots in at right-back in place of Archie Gray. Sandro Tonali also returns to the starting line-up in place of Conor Gallagher.
Aston Villa XI: Suzuki, Wan-Bissaka, Mings, Lindelof, Ruggeri, Joao Gomes, Kamara, McGinn, Buendia, Manzambi, Jackson.Subs: Wright, Cash, Harwoo-Bellis, Barkley, Garnacho, Abraham, Mbaye, Bogarde, Hemmings.
Summer signing Johan Manzambi makes his debut! Looked a very exciting player with Switzerland at the World Cup. Joao Gomes returns after his ban following an opening-day red card. Matteo Ruggeri and Tyrone Mings are also included with Ross Barkley dropping to the bench, despite his goal against Coventry in the League Cup.
Updated at 11.58am BST
11.33am BST

