Jake Cooper: Millwall landing Championship play-off spot would be top achievement in my career

BY EDMUND BRACK
edmund@slpmedia.co.uk

Jake Cooper reckons it would be the greatest achievement of his career if Millwall manage to clinch a top-six place at title-chasing Burnley tomorrow.

The Lions must win at Turf Moor and they will be in the Championship play-offs for the first time since 2002 if either Coventry City or Bristol City, fifth and sixth respectively, are defeated on the final round of fixtures.

Burnley, already assured of automatic promotion, can still win the title. They are level on points with leaders Leeds United but a far inferior goal difference.

It is a clash of the top two form clubs in the division with only the Clarets (26) taking more points than Millwall (21) in the last 10 matches. The Clarets will not be able to field Zian Flemming, who will make a permanent switch from SE16 this summer.

Centre-back Cooper has been at Millwall since January 2017 and won  the League One play-offs in the same season.

Asked about what a play-off finish would mean this time around, the 30-year-old centre-back told the South London Press: “It would mean a great deal.

“It would be great to have that on my Millwall CV, with the amount of time I’ve been here.

“It would be the best achievement in my career. I have been here so many years and we haven’t achieved that – it would be the highest we have finished.

“It’s something we’re looking to do. It’s an exciting game. The stakes are there to play for and we probably thought we wouldn’t be in this position a few months ago.”