page_title: 1885–86 Millwall Rovers F.C. season
section_title: Background
hierarchical_section_title: 1885–86 Millwall Rovers F.C. season / Background
caption_attribution_description: English: Millwall Football Club Kit (uniform) from 1885
context_page_description: This is the first season of Millwall Rovers, the club that was to become Millwall. The club's first match was against Fillebrook FC on 3 October 1885.
context_section_description: Millwall Rovers were formed by the workers of J.T. Morton's canning and preserve factory in the Millwall area of the Isle of Dogs in London's East End in 1885. First founded in Aberdeen in 1849 to supply sailing ships with food, the company opened their first English cannery and food processing plant at Millwall docks in 1872 and attracted a workforce from across the country, including the east coast of Scotland, primarily Dundee.
  The club secretary was seventeen-year-old Jasper Sexton, the son of the landlord of The Islander pub in Tooke Street where Millwall held their meetings. Millwall Rovers' first fixture was on 3 October 1885 against Fillebrook, a team that played in Leytonstone. The newly formed team were well beaten 5–0.
caption: The first Millwall Rovers kit, worn by club secretary Jasper Sexton in 1885.[1]
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