Rotherham United
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| Surname | Rotherham United Football Club | ||
| Seat | Rotherham | ||
| founding | 1925 | ||
| Board |
 Tony Stewart
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| Website | themillers.co.uk | ||
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| Head coach |
Paul Warne
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| Venue | New York Stadium | ||
| Places | 12,000 | ||
| league | EFL Championship | ||
| 2019/20 | 2nd place ( EFL League One ) | ||
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Rotherham United (official: Rotherham United Football Club ), also known as Merry Miller or The Millers , is an English football club based in Rotherham in the county of South Yorkshire . The club, which plays at home in the New York Stadium , plays in the EFL Championship , the second highest division of England.
history
Foundation phase
The origins of the club go back to the Lunar Rovers founded in 1878 , which later renamed themselves Rotherham Town and joined the Midland League for the 1889/90 season . In 1892 and 1893, Rotherham Town won two championships there in a row and was then elected to the Football League Second Division . After three years, with only moderate success, the club left the English second division and dissolved in 1896. In 1899 the two local clubs Rotherham Casuals and Rotherham Grammar School merged to form Rotherham Football Club , in 1903 they were accepted into the Midland League, from 1904 the club entered under the name Rotherham Athletic , in 1905 the club changed its name to Rotherham Town .
Another important branch in the club's history is the Thornhill club, founded in 1877 . He also joined the Midland League in 1903 and called himself in response to the renaming of the competitor in 1905 in Rotherham County . Between 1912 and 1915, the club won four consecutive championships in the Midland League. After the end of the First World War , the club was elected to the Second Division in 1919 and rose after four years to the Third Division North .
The year 1925, when the two clubs merged, marked the birthday of what is now Rotherham United Football Club . The new club took the place of Rotherham County in the third division, but came to a single-digit place in the table in only two seasons until the outbreak of World War II .
Sports high phase after the Second World War
After resuming play, the club was suddenly a candidate for promotion. After three runner-ups between 1947 and 1949, he returned to the Second Division in 1951, for the first time as Rotherham United. There the club established itself in the midfield of the league and in 1955 missed the leap into the First Division as third in the table only because of the worse goal difference compared to Birmingham City and Luton Town . In the 6-1 win against Liverpool on the last day of the match, eleven more goals were missing for promotion. The club's record attendance dates from that time. On December 13, 1952 came the league game against Sheffield United 25,170 spectators.
The club was not able to build on the good performance in the following period and relegation was only barely avoided several times. Nevertheless, the club reached the final of the first ever League Cup in 1961 . After a 2-0 first leg win against Aston Villa, Rotherham lost 3-0 in the second leg and lost the game overall.
Relegation to the lower professional leagues
In 1968, after 17 years in the second division , the club was relegated to the third division and after five more seasons even had to go to the fourth division , the lowest English professional league.
The return to the third division succeeded in the second attempt, and in 1981 followed under the coach Ian Porterfield and players like the striker Ronnie Moore, the return to the second division. Porterfield then surprisingly left the club and Anton Johnson became the new club president. Johnson subsequently indebted the previously financially healthy club with 750,000 pounds and was inherited by Ken Booth, one of the nation's largest entrepreneurs in the garbage business, three years after relegation in the 1982/83 season.
In 1989 the club was relegated to the lowest professional league for the second time. After the direct resurgence in the following year, followed by relegation in 1991, another one-year stay in the fourth division. In the third division, which was called "Second Division" since the introduction of the Premier League , Rotherham played until relegation in 1997, with the lowest division now being referred to as the "Third Division". A year earlier, in 1996, the club had won their first title with the Auto Windscreens Shield with a 2-1 final win at Wembley Stadium against Shrewsbury Town .
Recent developments
After relegation, a new coach was installed with the former player Ronnie Moore, who was to work successfully for many years in a club that always had a minimal budget . The first season Moore initially completed on a midfield position and the team he was in charge of was defeated in the second year in the play-off for promotion to the third division by Leyton Orient on penalties .
In the third attempt in 2000, he returned to the third division through direct qualification as runner-up. Although the club was classified as one of the relegation candidates, Rotherham then surprised with the direct march through to the second division, the "First Division" now, after the club was able to achieve second place in the table. In the second division, which was called Football League Championship from 2004 , Rotherham stayed for four years, until relegation as bottom of the table. Moore was there in his last season, when the club only managed a win in the 20th game, resigned and was replaced by Mick Harford.
Harford was sacked in December 2005 after a streak of 17 unsuccessful games. He was succeeded by Welshman Alan Knill , who had previously looked after the club temporarily. At the beginning of 2006, the tightening financial situation of the club was announced, after which there was a monthly funding gap of 140,000 pounds. This led to the initiative called "Save Our Millers," which aimed to raise a million pounds. The supporters included residents in the county of South Yorkshire as well as clubs in the vicinity. The FC Barnsley issued Rotherham all until the fall of last year, outstanding lending fees for the player Barry Conlon and forwarded even a donation of 5,000 pounds. Sheffield United also continued to pay salaries for Stephen Quinn and Jonathan Forte on loan to Rotherham, and raised funds at the city derby with Sheffield Wednesday . The Doncaster Rovers also participated in financial contributions. According to a new plan that was worked out by a consortium of locally based business people, the dissolution of the association was initially prevented.
The club went into the 2006/07 season with ten points and rose in the end to 23rd place in the fourth-rate Football League Two . On March 1, 2007, Mark Robins took over as coach. In the 2007-08 season, the Football League Rotherham United imposed a further 10-point penalty for financial irregularities during the current season and further inconsistencies in the course of the bankruptcy process resulted in another 17-point penalty in the 2008-09 season, in which the club also plays its home games at Sheffield's Don Valley Stadium .
Others
- The nickname Millers or Merry Millers has its origin in the club's home ground, which is called Millmoor .
- The club's best-known supporters are the Chuckle Brothers , a prominent couple of brothers and comedians from the British children's television program.
Trainer
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Ian Porterfield (1978-1981)
Record player
The following list shows the 10 players with the most competitive appearances and goals in the history of Rotherham United.
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League affiliation
- 1925–1951: Football League Third Division
- 1951–1968: Football League Second Division
- 1968–1973: Football League Third Division
- 1973–1975: Football League Fourth Division
- 1975–1981: Football League Third Division
- 1981–1983: Football League Second Division
- 1983–1988: Football League Third Division
- 1988/89: Football League Fourth Division
- 1989–1991: Football League Third Division
- 1991/92: Football League Fourth Division
- 1992–1997: Football League Second Division
- 1997–00: Football League Third Division
- 2000/01: Football League Second Division
- 2001-2004: Football League First Division
- 2004/05: Football League Championship
- 2005-2007: Football League One
- 2007-2013: Football League Two
- 2013/14: Football League One
- 2014–2017: Football League Championship / EFL Championship
- 2017/18: EFL League One
- 2018/19: EFL Championship
- 2019/20: EFL League One
- since 2020: EFL Championship
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ rotherhamunited1925.co.uk: Hall of Fame , accessed October 15, 2017