FOOTBALL: Dad names his newborn 'Bermondsey Millwall Den' without telling his wife

Millwall fans are famous for their chant of “No-one likes us, we don’t care” but one supporter has tested the love of his wife to the limit by naming their child after the club without her knowledge.

Lions fan Mike Bloomfield, 58, named his newborn son “Bermondsey Millwall Den” to take in the district where the club is based, its name and its ground.

His wife Kelly, 38, told the Southwark News how he was “frightened” to come home after visiting the registry office to confirm the name - but added that she is now beginning to like her husband’s idea. 

And Bloomfield told Mail Online today: “He was a surprise baby, shall we say, and so it was either going to be that or Houdini - because where’s he come from?! I thought he’s the next generation, why not.

[THE MILLWALL FAN DESPERATE TO BE LIKED]

‘The wife wasn’t too pleased. She’s just started talking to me again. I told her “by the way, it’s Bermondsey Millwall Den’. It went quiet for a little while, but she's just getting used to it now

“If David Beckham can name his son Brooklyn, then I can name mine Bermondsey.”

Even the family dog’s name is influenced by Millwall, named Kitchener after the Millwall legend Barry Kitchener, who played more than 500 games for the club between 1966 and 1982.