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Every football supporter fantasises about playing for the club they support. Yeezy 350 v2 Clay Fake . Few achieve that ambition and pull on the shirt. Fewer still go on to wear the captains armband, while barely a handful are rewarded with a testimonial for services to their team. Tony Craig has done it all. Two decades and 254 appearances on from watching Millwall as a boy in the Cold Blow Lane stand, the defender will lead his side out against Brentford on Saturday at the Den for a game in his honour. Its an occasion he admits he could not even have dreamed about all those years ago.It gives me goosebumps even talking about it, he said to Sky Sports. You could say its a dream come true, but its something youd never even dare to dream about. I cant believe my luck. Ive had to move on a couple of times but thankfully the club have always wanted me to come back and its a club I absolutely adore and love playing for; I love playing every single minute and every time I put the shirt on. Im a fan and to do it, Im living my dream. Every day is a dream come true. Its a club I absolutely adore; I love playing every single minute and every time I put the shirt on. Im a fan and every day is a dream come true. Tony Craig It hasnt always been plain sailing for Craig at Millwall. There have been two play-off final defeats, a relegation and, as he says, spells away from the club. But Craig - now in his fourth stint as a Millwall player - is relishing life under manager, and former team-mate, Neil Harris.Weve known each other for many years and he knows my strengths and weaknesses, Craig says of Harris, Millwalls all-time top scorer who steered the club to the League One play-off final in his first full season as a manager in 2015/16. Neil and [assistant manager] Dave Livermore did exceptionally well in their first year and hopefully they can have another good one. Ever since he took the team over, theres a style the gaffer keeps saying about which is the Millwall way. Thats to fight for every ball, to battle and to stand up and be counted.Its an approach personified by Craig. The tough-tackling, hard-hitting centre-back is one of Harris key leaders on the field and, at 31, is now an experienced head, able to guide and mentor Millwalls blossoming young talents. Tim Cahill was a team-mate of Craig when he first broke into the Millwall side Aiden OBrien, Ben Thompson, Fred Onyedinma and Sid Nelson were among the academy graduates to make their mark last season and now form an important part of Harris ambitious squad.But the goals of striker Lee Gregory will also be a key factor in whether Millwall can win promotion to the Championship. While his former Halifax team-mate Jamie Vardy was firing Leicester City to the Premier League title last season, Gregory found the net 27 times in all competitions.His goal return has attracted attention from Championship clubs but captain Craig says the frontman is fit and focused on producing another successful season in south London. EFL Trophy draw Click here to see the draw for the first round of the EFL Trophy Lee Gregory is a great lad and his goalscoring record last year was absolutely brilliant so it was obvious people were going to come and have a sniff round him, Craig said.But hes come in for pre-season, got fighting fit and to me he looks ready for the season. Lee and Steve Morison last season were a very good partnership up there so hopefully that can continue this season. Millwalls top scorer last season Lee Gregory (right) has attracted interest from the Championship Were a good team and weve kept the core of the squad, so lets see where the season takes us. There are a lot of good sides in this league, some big sides have come down and its exciting times, an exciting league to be involved in. Hopefully we can push it all the way.Craig won promotion from League One with Millwall in 2010 thanks to a play-off final victory over Swindon at Wembley. Along with scoring on his home debut in front of the Cold Blow Lane end, he says walking up the steps to lift the trophy that day is one of his highlights of his career.His testimonial on Saturday will be another. Then the hard work of battling for another promotion begins.Buy tickets for Tony Craigs testimonial, Millwall v Brentford on Saturday July 30, at www.millwallfc.co.uk/tickets or on the day at the Den Testimonial proceeds to charity A donation from the proceeds generated by Tony Craigs testimonial will go to Headley Court, the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre in Surrey. 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Federer snapped at a TV cameraman hovering nearby as he received medical advice after losing a set on Wednesday.For Nadal and Sharapova, the nuisance was coming from the lowly-ranked qualifiers across the net.SOCHI, Russia – In light of another devastating loss to injury, Swedish defender Erik Karlsson need only recall what occurred in Ottawa last season when it seemed a rash of injuries would derail his Senators season. Only it didnt. Despite losing Karlsson, their no.1 defenceman, Jason Spezza, their no. 1 centre and Craig Anderson, their no. 1 goalie, Ottawa scraped and scratched toward a remarkable season in 2012-13, finishing as an unlikely seventh seed in the Eastern Conference before upsetting the Montreal Canadiens in the first round. And so now despite losing captain Henrik Zetterberg for the remainder of the Olympics with first-rate centre Henrik Sedin and rugged winger Johan Franzen already on the shelf, Sweden is prepared to defiantly march on. Backed by a 26-save shutout from Henrik Lundqvist and a late third period goal from Daniel Alfredsson, they did just that on Friday, edging the Swiss at Bolshoy Ice Dome in a hotly-contested preliminary round battle. "It doesnt really change anything in our mindset," said Karlsson of the Zetterberg absence, following the 1-0 victory against a feisty Switzerland squad. "Weve just got to foocus on what we have and we have a pretty good group of guys without those guys as well so we should be able to play some good hockey, even though we miss them a lot. Cheapest Yeezy 350 v2 2019. " "Every team goes through injuries," added Alex Steen brashly, starting the tournament alongside Zetterberg and Gabriel Landeskog. "Its the same in the NHL as it is in the Elite League as it is in the Olympics, part of the job. Its [the media who] make it a bigger deal." Even without Zetterberg, Sedin and Franzen, the Swedes still boast a fair share of slick skill and talent with Patrik Berglund now alongside Steen and Landeskog and Nicklas Backstrom firing between Daniel Sedin and Loui Eriksson. And with continued excellence from Lundqvist between the pipes and an easy-moving, oft-explosive defence fronted by Karlsson and Oliver Ekman-Larsson, their shot at reclaiming gold for the first time since 2006 remains intact – if not slightly more difficult. "I could just feel my energy went down when I heard the news," said Lundqvist of Zetterberg, who is suffering from a herniated disc. "But at the same time, you have to regroup." ' ' '
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