that he wanted "to fight for the shirt". He started in Fulham's 3–2 defeat to Manchester United in the Premier League on 25 August, before he was loaned to Bristol City for one month on 26 October 2012. He made his debut the next day in a 2–1 home defeat to Hull City. After making four starts for the Championship club, Fulham were prepared to extend Briggs' loan provided the club didn't suffer a further injury crisis, but he instead returned to his parent club after his loan expired. Watford loan Watford signed Briggs on loan until the end of the season on 1 March 2013. He made his debut on 9 March in Watford's 2–1 home defeat by Blackpool. He scored his first professional league goal while with Watford, scoring the final goal in their 4–0 win over Blackburn Rovers on 20 April at Vicarage Road. Briggs helped Watford reach the play-offs, where he played in both legs of the 3–2 aggregate win over Leicester City, taking the club to Wembley for the final. However, Briggs was an unused substitute as Watford were beaten 1–0 by Crystal Palace, denying them promotion to the Premier League. He made nine appearances for Watford during his loan stay. After his Watford loan came to an end, Martin Jol planned to loan out Briggs across the course of the 2013–14 season. He made what was to be his last appearance for Fulham on 31 August when he came on as a second-half substitute for Sascha Riether at St James' Park. In a season which Briggs described as "massive for me", he suffered an injury setback, requiring a hernia operation in September 2013. At the end of the 2013–14 season when Fulham were relegated to the Championship, Briggs was released from the club alongside eight other players. He had spent 13 years at Fulham. Millwall Briggs joined Championship club Millwall on trial in July 2014. He featured in a friendly against Dartford as manager Ian Holloway decided whether to make a move for the player. He also played in a 2–2 friendly draw with Stevenage, while Holloway said that "Briggs is growing on me". Briggs initially rejected the contract offered by Millwall, instead holding talks with Blackpool over a move. He decided against joining Blackpool, and instead signed a one-year deal with Millwall on 1 August 2014. Briggs revealed that his agent had also