MillersMad Match Thread...Millers v Luton Town

[Heliosphan78]

Match thread for your thoughts please.

[CAMiller]

One team with nothing to play for and another team with everything to play for. Can only be one outcome, a Millers' win

[axholme_miller]

Hm… small home crowd and on live tv, again. Nothing to play for. I see a big away win, hope I’m wrong.

[ScjR]

Home Record
Rotherham have played Luton Town at all three home grounds in which their record is: won 31% (6), drawing 32% (6), and losing 37% (7). Rotherham have averaged 1.42 goals per game compared to Luton Town's 1.63.
Tier 2 W4 D2 L4 Tier 3 W0 D3 L1 Tier 4 W1 D0 L0

Attendances
The highest attendance at home to Luton Town was in the fourth round of the FA Cup in 1955. Rotherham defeated quiet heavily by 5-1. Guest for Rotherham, a Gordon Turner hat-trick and further goals from George Cummins and Mick Cullen for Luton. The lowest attendance came in the Nationwide Second Division in 1997, Luton who had former Rotherham player Paul McLaren and former caretaker manager Darren Patterson in the team won by 3-0 after a Tony Thorpe hat-trick, 2,609 at Millmoor.
In all fixtures at home to Luton, attendances have averaged 9,478.

Full Manager History [1951-2026]
Luton Town
Dally Duncan W5 D2 L2 Sam Bartram W2 D2 L2 Bill Harvey W0 D0 L2 Allan Brown W1 D0 L0 Alec Stock W1 D2 L0 David Pleat W2 D1 L1 Lennie Lawrence W2 D0 L0 Ricky Hill W0 D1 L0 Joe Kinnear W0 D0 L1 Mick Harford W0 D1 L2 Richard Money W1 D1 L0 Nathan Jones W1 D1 L0 Rob Edwards W1 D0 L0 Jack Wilshere W0 D1 L0
Rotherham United
Reg Freeman W0 D1 L1 Andy Smailes W2 D1 L4 Tom Johnston W2 D2 L2 Danny Williams W2 D0 L0 Tommy Docherty W0 D0 L1 Jim McAnearney W0 D2 L1 Emlyn Hughes W0 D1 L1 George Kerr W1 D0 L1 Danny Bergara W0 D0 L2 Ronnie Moore W1 D2 L1 Mark Robins W2 D0 L0 Paul Warne W0 D1 L1 Matt Taylor W0 D1 L1 Matt Hamshaw W0 D1 L0

Sent Off
Luton Town: Paul Walsh (1983)

Hat-tricks
Luton Town: Gordon Turner (1955), Tony Thorpe (1997)

Debut's & Last Match:
Debuts: Willie Raynes (1983), Alex Wilson (1961)
Last Match: Ronnie Burke (1955)

Results from on this day:
Pld 20, Won 9, Drawn 2, Lost 9
21-Apr-28 Rotherham United 0 Bradford City 0 Millmoor 2,775
21-Apr-30 Rotherham United 1 Doncaster Rovers 0 Millmoor 6,749
21-Apr-34 Rotherham United 1 Wrexham 3 Millmoor 2,249
21-Apr-51 Rotherham United 2 Shrewsbury Town 0 Millmoor 15,906
21-Apr-56 Rotherham United 0 Liverpool 1 Millmoor 9,225
21-Apr-58 Rotherham United 3 Cardiff City 1 Millmoor 8,147
21-Apr-62 Rotherham United 1 Luton Town 1 Millmoor 3,492
21-Apr-79 Rotherham United 0 Chester 1 Millmoor 2,893
21-Apr-84 Rotherham United 0 Sheffield United 1 Millmoor 14,177
21-Apr-90 Huddersfield Town 2 Rotherham United 1 Leeds Road 4,963
21-Apr-01 Wigan Athletic 0 Rotherham United 2 JJB Stadium 8,836
21-Apr-02 Crewe Alexandra 2 Rotherham United 0 Gresty Road 7,904
21-Apr-03 Rotherham United 2 Ipswich Town 1 Millmoor 7,519
21-Apr-07 Yeovil Town 1 Rotherham United 0 Huish Park 5,878
21-Apr-09 Rotherham United 3 Morecambe 2 Don Valley Stadium 2,078
21-Apr-12 Rotherham United 3 Morecambe 2 Don Valley Stadium 2,876
21-Apr-14 Rotherham United 1 Port Vale 0 New York Stadium 7,743
21-Apr-18 Rotherham United 2 Bristol Rovers 0 New York Stadium 8,579
21-Apr-21 Rotherham United 1 Middlesbrough 2 New York Stadium BCD
21-Apr-25 Wigan Athletic 1 Rotherham United 0 Brick Community Stadium 9,391
Players born on this day
Frank Carr 21-Apr-19, Adam Morgan 21-Apr-94, Andy Rinomhota 21-Apr-97

Match data (4,809 matches, 6,994 goals, 134 own goals, 1,091 Rotherham players, 338 players sent off, 249 hat-tricks, 40,348,489 total attendance, 12 promotions, 13 relegations and 26 penalty shoot-outs)
All statistics Ive posted from the opponents Rotherham have faced this season have been taken from the following competitions.
Football League (4,169): 1925/1926-1938/1939, 1946/1947-present
FA Cup (238): 1925/1926-1938/1939, 1945/1946-present
League Cup (190): 1960/1961-present
Football League Trophy (90): 1983/1984-present
Third Division North Cup (10): 1933/1934-1938/1939
Sheffield & Hallamshire FA County Cup (97): 1925/1926-1986/1987
Yorkshire & Humberside Cup (10): 1988/1989-1990/1991
League Group Cup (3): 1981/1982
Whilst the figure stands at 4,809 matches played (each match is assigned a match#) 2 of those matches were expunged (Aldershot), those two matches are not included in the overall data in the above competitions but they have been included towards a players/managers appearances/goals. For the Third Division North Cup 1945/46 season, at the time when the bulk of data were added, until recently, full line ups for those matches were proving difficult to find and these may be added at a later date along with the regional leagues/warcup matches played during WW2. Not included in the 4,169 league matches are the 3 Third Division North matches that took place at the start of the 1939-40 season before the league was suspended, players that took part in thoses matches have had appearances/goals counted.

Sources for match data
The following are some of the sources that have been used in someway or another in putting the bulk of the data together.
United We Stand/Still United (Gerry Somerton), Sheffield and Hallamshire FA County Cup (Andrew Kirkman), ENFA (Tony Brown & Michael Joyce) website in process of moving to Football Data, SofaScore, Who Scored, British Newspaper Archive (1925-1960s), English Football League Tables, Rotherham United Football Club, Wikipedia, Soccerbase, Transfermarkt, League Managers Assosiation, EFL, BBC Sport, Sky Sports, Rotherham Advertiser, Barry Hugmans Footballers, Rothmans Year Books, Football Web Pages.

[UlleyMiller]

I think we need a 'guess the 50/50 first prize' game, and would guess this will be one of the lowest for a long time.

The last two teams to beat them (in a very good run) have been teams that Leam Richardson has managed (is is managing). Couple that with the pressure on them (lose and their season is very likely over), and I suspect this could be either extreme - an all out, end to end, 4-4 type game, or Luton being very cagey and edging a 1-0.

[RU66]

It's on sky sports + but Lee Clark got to the game from the North East Saturday so least our fans can do is put some bums on seats tonight. I'm making one.

[Stovicmiller]

Not bothered and not going.

[millersrus]

Come on you reds. I’m going tonight, hopes a bit higher after Saturday.
UTM

[Spuddy Speight]

We can win this game. Oops! Spoke too soon. One goal down already.

[Stansmate]

Gerrin a football lesson from Luton !

Easy for them

[crookadile]

Watching on Sky. Sounds like a practise game. No atmosphere whatsoever.

[Ericsladkilnhurst]

Good save Luton Town keeper.
In Turkey watching live on sky
Ground looks empty, best thing is the pitch looks in decent shape

[Stansmate]

Gerrin a bit of a football lesson from Luton !

Easy for them

[Ericsladkilnhurst]

Our defence are crap

[Spuddy Speight]

We'll be lucky to hold out at just being one goal down. But toes crossed we can pull one back. 🥴