Millwall have free transfer

For any one of the eleven English teams he played for during his career, a brilliant performance one week could be followed by a nonexistent display the next, which could be reason for great frustration.

The forward, who is primarily thought of as a member of Stoke City or Preston North End, played one of his last seasons at Millwall, where the fans had the opportunity to become frustrated with the attacker’s inconsistent play.

However, on a particular October 2014 afternoon, the “erratic” striker was unquestionably “on his day,” and Wolverhampton Wanderers suffered greatly as he turned back the clock with a performance that defined the game.

Ricardo Fuller joins Millwall after underwhelming Blackpool stint

With time spent at Charlton Athletic and Blackpool following the conclusion of his six-year tenure with Stoke, Fuller was virtually still living off the glory of his past throughout the waning years of his career.

The Jamaican came back to the capital for one more throw of the dice in the second division, where Millwall greeted him with open arms. He had already flattered to deceive in North West England and South London.

And what would you know, the striker began to rub the Lions fans up the wrong way, with his goal-shy antics contributing towards the Bermondsey outfit struggling near the bottom of the second tier.

But in a season of few high points, Fuller did produce one of the moments of the campaign as Kenny Jackett’s promotion-chasing side came to town, with a late, late show that sent the home fans into delirium.

Ricardo Fuller rescues Millwall with superb late brace

At The Den on October 18, 2014, with both teams battling at different ends of the table, things appeared to be heading towards their anticipated conclusion as the Black Country squad rushed into a three-goal lead with just 25 minutes to go.

With Danny Batth, Ethan Ebanks-Landell, and Bakary Sako finding the back of the net, the visitors surged forward with style and flair, leaving everyone in Cold Blow Lane undoubtedly anticipating the worse.

Just before the hour, there had been just a one-goal disadvantage when Fuller was added to the mix. However, his team needed to make up three goals in just seven minutes to win the match.

However, minutes after Lee Gregory had pulled one back, the Lions started to shout as they hadn’t truly done all season, sending a pulse of hope through the Den.

Despite their best efforts, Millwall was unable to make any progress, and it appeared that they would have to settle for yet another difficult day at work with their misfiring strike force at the top of the team once more receiving the majority of the attention.

But Fuller, as he had so often done during his career, went from lolloping and loitering to goal-poacher-in-chief in the space of eight minutes, capped off by a stunning volley that cut the deficit.

All the Jamaican had to do was wait in the penalty area as Scott McDonald sliced away at the back post, then unleash a strong drive to fool Carl Ikeme in the visiting goal. Now it’s your turn.

By now the Den was throbbing, the veins of every ardent supporter behind the net beating out of their foreheads, as the increasingly likely prospect of a point against the powerful Old Gold loomed large.

The once-slumbering Lions had awoken, and Fuller was at the centre of it all. His half-hour performance held more promise than the majority of his earlier performances put together, and ever the entertainer, he kept one more moment of brilliance to cap off the comeback moments later.

Return to the objective. The boundary of the region designated for penalties. Lee Martin delivers again another mediocre performance. Everything is going according to plan, and even before Fuller becomes the best Bergkamp yet, you can almost smell his class coming through in his first play that eliminates the opposition’s defender.

Days before turning thirty-five, Fuller walks by Richard Stearman, the man who was fired a minute earlier to keep the ship afloat and maintain a point, but Stearman can only see a flash before his eyes as Fuller rifles in his second of the day.

With Fuller as the fire starter, Bermondsey is ablaze, the Den are all off their collective minds, and lifelong memories are created.

Given that it’s possible to have too much of a good thing occasionally, Fuller may have reserved half of his Millwall league total for that one day to show the Lions what he was all about.

Ten years later, the Jamaican is still remembered for creating the most spectacular of EFL finales, turning back the clock.

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