Two Millwall Community Trust Ambassadors on the scoresheet as The Lions and Hull City played out a thrilling 2-2 draw at The Den in the Sky Bet Championship on Saturday afternoon.
Millwall Community Trust Lions Living Ambassador Duncan Watmore opened the scoring in SE16, but two first-half goals from Jaden Philogene and Adama Traore turned the game on its head before half-time. Millwall Community Trust's Mental Health Ambassador Joe Bryan's first goal for The Lions, however, rescued a point.
Gary Rowett opted to field the same side which won 2-0 at Plymouth Argyle on Tuesday night against The Tigers, meaning that the trio of Danny McNamara, Wes Harding and Bryan - who all came in at Home Park - kept their places.
The one change on the substitute's bench, meanwhile, saw Tom Bradshaw return from injury to replace the ineligible Ryan Longman.
The Tigers had the better of the opening exchanges in South East London, fashioning two attempts on goal inside the first five minutes; Liam Delap curling the second of those over Bartosz Bialkowski's crossbar.
However, from Millwall's first shot on goal, they took the lead. Bryan's free-kick from the left could not be dealt with by the Hull defence, allowing Watmore to ghost in at the back post and fire home despite the despairing dive of Ryan Allsop.
A Hull free-kick was blocked by the Millwall wall as the visitors looked for a response, but The Lions were the next to hit the target on 17 minutes - Allan Campbell's strike hitting the side-netting, however.
A spectacular overhead-kick from Philogene nestled into the arms of Bialkowski as the half wore on, but Millwall's flowing, attacking football was getting the Den crowd off its feet; a sweeping move with 20 minutes on the clock drawing applause from three sides of the stadium.
The Tigers were level, though, on 25 minutes as a ball forward was controlled by Philogene, allowing the Hull man to burst through the Millwall defence and fire beyond the helpless Bialkowski.
An eventful half continued as The Lions could have re-taken the lead straight from kick-off, only for the Hull defence to crowd out Kevin Nisbet, before a cross at the other end almost led to a freak own-goal, if not for a stunning reaction stop from Bialkowski, tipping the ball onto the post and behind.
With half an hour elapsed, though, there was another goal as a mistake at the back saw Adama Traore fire into the back of the net from a few yards out.
Delap was causing Millwall problems and his twisting and turning with six minutes to play until the half-time break could have let Scott Twine in for a third, but the cross was fortunately just too long for the attacker. Zian Flemming had the final act of the half, skewing an effort wide as The Lions looked to equalise in stoppage-time.
Two half-time changes saw Brooke Norton-Cuffy and Bradshaw replace McNamara and goalscorer Watmore, with both straight into the action at the start of the second-half, forcing the issue on either wing.
Some neat Millwall football saw Casper De Norre wind up a left-footed effort from outside the box on 49 minutes, but his shot was met by a flying save from Allsop, who tipped over the crossbar.
Set-up play down the right-hand side then eventually ended with Jake Cooper heading over, before The Lions got their reward for their second-half endeavour on 54 minutes as patient play on the edge of the penalty area saw Bryan beat one before striking a calm effort across the box and into the back of the net for his first Millwall goal.
Norton-Cuffy had injected new life into The Lions' right-hand side and his cross was headed towards goal by Nisbet on 57 minutes - but into the arms of Allsop - whilst at the other end, Harding had to be on guard and chase down the pacy Delap, executing the perfect sliding challenge to prevent the frontman going in on goal.
Bradshaw glanced a header wide from Bryan's free-kick as Millwall went in search of a third, and with The Lions on top as the last 15 minutes came into view, Cooper's header had to be deflected behind.
Romain Esse was a late substitute for Flemming and his shot went wide as the clock ticked into the mid-80s, and it was the midfielder's driving run which set up another substitute, Aidomo Emakhu, in stoppage-time, but the Irishman blazed over from the edge of the area.
Tim Robinson blew for time on an entertaining encounter moments later.
