On 5 June 2013, Millwall made an official approach to speak with Lomas about the vacant managerial position.[27] His appointment as manager was announced on 6 June.[28] Lomas was sacked on 26 December 2013 after the ten men of Millwall lost to Watford.[29] Lomas' tenure at Millwall had been up and down. He had won six of 24 games as manager of Millwall but these included wins against higher placed teams such as Blackpool, Leeds and Wigan and he was nominated for the September SkyBet Championship Manager of the Month award [30] after winning three games in a row. Lomas had also drawn six including QPR, Burnley, Reading and Nottingham Forest.[31][32] Inheriting a team which finished one point above the relegation places on the last day of the 2012–13 season, however, Lomas was unable to achieve a dramatic turnaround in performance and left with the club one place above that in 20th position and four points above the relegation places.[33]