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C'mon you Millers !!!!!!!!!!

Reading the articles written by Paul Fletcher and tim Vickery, as well as Gavin Strachan's blog, you really do realise just what a closeted little world the Premier League is. top stuff Paul!

Good blog Fletch. Rotherham have triumphed in the face of adversity.

Why not do a similar blog on Bradford City, who have been in a similar situation financially, albeit without the points loss Rotherham have recieved?

Congratulations to Tony Stewart, Mark Robins and the players for a fantastic start to the new season. My dad took me to my first game at Millmoor with my mam after the war. We went to practically every home game and many away games during the late fourties and early fifties. One of my most memorable games was at Newcastle in 1953. Third round of the F.A.cup and Newcastle on a hat trick of cup victories, but not to be. I lived in Manchester in the sixties supporting Man. City. In the seventies I was in Suffolk watching Ipswich Town and in the eighties I lived near Aldershot. It is good to see them back in the league after many years, but Rotherham United has always been my first love and the first team whose results I look for on a Saturday afternoon. Now retired and living in Suffolk once again I watch Ipswich and Norwich occasionally but my heart will always be with the Millers. Good luck for the rest of the season.

edmars

As a Miller fan since an early age and for the last forty years only at a distance( work in London, Canade and now Germany) and living on the outskirts of Middlesbro, its great to see the chairman, manager and players doing so well. Though I always shudder when the Manager of the Month is awarded, because we always tend to lose the next match
Despite what goes on in cloud cuckoo land, RUFC are the team of the season so far,

Alas the Tivoli end is no more

Fair play to the Millers, they've been put on the canvas more times than "Audrey" Harrison but each time they've stood up like true titans.

Their run of results is no fluke and one can only hope that this string of results is more sustained than the last time when they fought back from a points deduction, only to hit a run of bad form and be relegated anyway.

I would just like to wish them all the best for the future and hope that they can find a new ground to call their own and finally sever all links with Booth & co

Good Luck and fair play to al their fans who stood as one when times were hard - that is what football is REALLY all about

As a biased LUFC fan this makes me ask the old question -what purpose does deducting points achieve? Well done to the Millers for what they have done so far this season - and on a well-deserved win last night.

Adversity does seem to pull clubs and fans together if only in hatred for the authorities and a siege mentality often breeds good results

Good luck for the rest of the season and I'm sure you'll understand that although I hope you get promotion this year I also hope we don't play you again next season!

ooh to
ooh to be a miller!

The turning point was moving out of millmoor. You could see it needed to be done and luckily for us Stewart had the guts and the brains to do it. yes it severed us from our home but it will hopefully provide us with stability in the long term - something the booths' value on millmoor would never have done.

credit to the players and robins too. must be difficult trying to sell a club like rotherham given its current position but he's wheeled and dealed and brought in players who are ready and willing to take the challenge on.

Although I am a staunch Wycombe fan, I think it is great that the Millers have come out fighting. The temporary ground is not ideal, so the fact that they have managed to claw points and now on more of an even keel, I would like to wish you luck for the rest of the season.

Agree with comment 2 - along with Tim Vickery, Fletch's blogs are the first ones I look for on here these days. Keep up the excellent work!!

It's nice to see The Millers getting some sort of coverage. It's frustrating that it seems people will only really focus on small clubs when they've hit problems.

I remember when Rotherham made it to the Championship all those years ago, and then stayed there for four years fighting above their weight. The Media barely gave them a second glance, despite the wonderful job Ronnie Moore had done in getting the team there.

It's great to see the team finally getting some real points on the table, and their cup exploits this year have been a joy.

Turning the spotlight in their direction is very much appreciated my end, thanks a lot Fletch for a great article.

As a Miller Now living in Plymouth (Royal Navy) I have definetly missed out on the amazing start to the new season, especially in the face of what has happened. What a great run in both trophies. Bring on the FA cup!!!!!!!

UP the Millers

Ian Sharps is a good lad and I'm so pleased he signed a new contract even though he has gone through two insolvency events with the Millers.

We need to keep this form going, we need to get another 45 points as quickly as possible

I'm a man united fan but i love reading about how the smaller clubs work behind the scenes. As all above have said, i'm delighted for the millers and robins that there looks to be brighter times ahead.

Paul, what do you make of teams been hit with points deduction for entering administration? IMO it really is harsh as the people it hits hardest are the ones that dont deserve to be penalised , ie the management team, players and the fans. There has to be a different penalty the fa can enforce

About time Rotherham got some air time. If its not idiots who've never seen an onion, then the whole area is ignored all together.

Being from the town the whole saga has been trying but very interesting and it astounds me it has taken so long to be reported. Locals believe this squad is the strongest we've had since our time in the Championship. If we reach the play offs it'll be a miracle but one I think this team are capable of achieving. Division 2 watch out!!

UTM!!!!!!!!!

I am a Spurs fan, but I really feel for the plight of Rotherham; to be punished repeatedly for the indiscretions of prior owners which relate not at all to performances on the pitch is mindless and embleatic of the current FA. I really believe Rotherham can make the play-offs this season and just want to wish the club all the best.

Steve

Doing brilliantly to claw back that points deficit. Well done Millers. Some players on £150 a week! That's more like it. This lot aren't overpaid, that's for sure. They'd probably love to be "insulted" with offers of £50,000 a week, like a certain former Arsenal full back.
Good luck Rotherham.

Living and working on a small Island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean has it draw backs, one is the time diffrence I must find out the Millers score every Sunday morning rain or shine . I am really happy to hear what they have accomplish that shows the fighting sprite in a club. playing beach footy the locals are all geared up in there Man Utd Liverpool Arsenal shirts me I just roll up in my Miller shirt and proud of it too.
Keep your heads up high players and fans there is light at the end of that tunnel.

I have to congratulate Rotherham, I was at the Don Valley Stadium as a Leeds fan, and they have displayed the same determination and grit that we showed last year to overcome their deduction. Their players played their hearts out, and although our team was weakened, and had the larger share of posession, I have no complaints. Their defenders played like advancing in the JPT was the one thing between them and eternal happiness.

Unfortunately both our clubs have seen their fair share of incompetant owners, and its good to see two (three including Bradford) Yorkshire clubs back on their feet, developing young players and stable again. I just wish the Football League would stop punishing the new owners for the mistakes of the past, or at least punished those who got these clubs into the positions they are in.

Fletch, What about Bournemouth then??

"Paul Fletcher - ´óÏó´«Ã½ Sport wrote:
sbaker81 - Bradford is, so to speak, in the pipeline. I'm just trying to sort out the relevant interviews."

Looks like sbaker81 got his wish real easy. It's like going to Lapland or Church - ask and you will receive!!

The interviews for Bournemouth should be dead easy too, I'm their fan - The fan, Jimmy Quinn'll talk to anybody and you can find all the players in the pub on a Saturday morning.

Get on it mate.

By the way, Dean Court has gone all seater - they've put a sofa down at each end.

I too, am a life long fan living abroad. My local club is now Real Madrid but my first love is and will always be Rotherham United. My first game at Millmoor was to see Rotherham against Bury in the old 2nd division when crowds averaged 15,000. Can that ever be repeated?

What is happening at the moment is nothing short of a miracle. This is "Rocky" stuff and if the local sporting public can't be inspired enough to go along and support the team now, it never will. My brother phones me regularly and he tells me that the atmosphere at the Don Valley Stadium is altogether different from that at Millmoor, and everybody is convinced that things can only get better. After the defeats of Sheff Wed, Wolves, Southampton and Leeds, it seems to be working out that way.

As for the points deductions, it's difficult to see how it could be more unfair. Fans who shell out week after week are the ones that suffer most. But then, the FA is only interested in the big timers as the West Ham/Tevez affair showed.

But who knows? Maybe Rotherham will be playing West Ham in the league in the not so distant future.

Congratulations to Rotherham on getting off the minus points. Keep up the performances and you may be in the play off picture yet.

Looking forward to seeing you at Don Valley on November 1st when my team, Wycombe Wanderers, come to visit.

All the best for the rest of the season.

An excellent article and always nice to see the ´óÏó´«Ã½ taking an interest in the plight of lower league clubs.

However, Peterborough United also got more than 90 points last season, not just MK. So even more chance then that the Merry Millers might be just that come the end of the season.

Excellent blog, and well done to Rotherham and Robbins, it shows with true grit & determination clubs can overcome the hurdles thrown at them.

As a Bradford fan I luck forward to the blog as much as I luck forward to the three Yorkshire teams mentioned (+Leeds) achieving on field success and climbing the tables back to where the clubs spiritually belong. Bradford + Rotherham - Champioship, Leeds - Premiership

Having followed the Millers for 25 of my 32 years im delighted with the article and believe that it should be given more coverage of the superb job Mark Robins is doing in very difficult circumstances. The obvious difference in Tony Stewart from the awful previous Chairman Booth is incredible i really hope the Millers can survive. The lads play with heart and express believe and respect for their gaffer. The Cup run i have not experienced since the Wembley final of 1996!!!!

Up the Millers keep the faith!!!