PHIL Parkinson felt City did their travelling army proud today to bring Millwall back to Valley Parade.

Just over 1,000 away fans were at the Den to see the FA Cup third-round clash finish in a 3-3 thriller.

Parkinson said: “I’m obviously pleased with the way we’ve played. We’ve gone toe-to-toe with a Championship side – but we probably should have won.

“I was looking forward to seeing how we would fare and a lot of our players stood up really well.

“We’re on a good run and we weren’t prepared to let Millwall take that away from us.

“I was amazed when I heard how many tickets we sold.

“We haven’t been in round four since 2000 and haven’t won three games to get to round four since 1975-76.

“We reminded the players that’s why we’ve got good support. They are also responding to how we are playing and it was very important we maintained that positivity.”

Parkinson also confirmed that the club are trying to keep both Jon Stead and Filipe Morais.

He added: “We’ve got permission to speak to Jon. He wants a permanent deal and we need to have that chat.

“With Filipe, we met his agents last night and I don’t think we’re too far away.”