Rotherham Football History

[CAMiller]

This has been discussed on the SW Admin thread with regards them getting 'preferential' treatment due to their club history and why that trumps other clubs like ourselves, Bury etc.?

On the official website there's an article celebrating the fact that yesterday would have been Arthur Wharton's 160th birthday. However, the closing statement made me smile:-

"We at the Club and Community Trust remain dedicated to preserving Arthur's legacy trough education, community and sports."

How ironic to have a typo in a sentence mentioning education Poddington will be apoplectic.

What would you list amongst the top 10 achievements by our club, not necessarily on the field ones (as we don't have many). The Arthur Wharton story has to be one of the biggest associated with football in the town.

[Beaufighter]

This has been discussed on the SW Admin thread with regards them getting 'preferential' treatment due to their club history and why that trumps other clubs like ourselves, Bury etc.?

On the official website there's an article celebrating the fact that yesterday would have been Arthur Wharton's 160th birthday. However, the closing statement made me smile:-

"We at the Club and Community Trust remain dedicated to preserving Arthur's legacy trough education, community and sports."

How ironic to have a typo in a sentence mentioning education Poddington will be apoplectic.

What would you list amongst the top 10 achievements by our club, not necessarily on the field ones (as we don't have many). The Arthur Wharton story has to be one of the biggest associated with football in the town.

I think being recognised as ?too good for league one? by other fans and the media during the recent yo yo years must rank pretty high

[Lolmorgan]

Mark Robin?s saving us from dropping out of the League after Admin points deductions.Playing at the horrible DVS.

[Brin]

Indelibly, and a major factor in the history of RUFC and its survival to this day, Tony Stewart.

Great achievements have been given to the fans due to his tenure and investment, albeit not Premier League levels, nevertheless without him where would we be now?

[avondalemiller]

Everybody else jumps on Arthur's history except us. We should be pushing it more.

[CTMilller]

Doing so well in the first ever League Cup in 1961. We beat two Premiership/First Division clubs (Leicester City and Bolton Wanderers) AWAY to get to the final where we lost narrowly over two legs to high flying Aston Villa.

[UlleyMiller]

Becoming the archetypal "Teams like..." club.

I still smile inward whenever any pundit, news anchor, manager or other 'expert' knowingly uses "...teams like Rotherham..." to explain a point, often whilst completely getting us wrong.

Whatever we've been, whatever we go on to do, we'll always be the datum for gritty, physical, and had to beat - even if when we're none of those.

[Jocksgloves1]

Stopping Newcastle United winning the FA cup three years running in 1953, there by giving the world the Matthews cup final.

[Burlesque Miller]

I think the meetings set up by the club for former players who are now suffering dementia needs to be recognised as a very positive achievement by RUFC.

The regular gatherings of past players has been very therapeutic and improved their general wellbeing, just by having a cup of tea and a chat with old team mates about old times.

I understand Sheffield United and other clubs were quick to set up similar group meetings for their ex players after seeing the benefits.

I think it was Breckin who set it up to start with and deserves the credit, but it was still arranged through Rotherham united.

[Townerslovechild]

Hard to quantify what "Rotherham United " is,but a club focused on its community would be a good start.
Not interested in being another "Big" ,or even "Massive " club,but a slightly bigger,better version of ourselves would be good .