MillersMad Match Thread...Millers v Cardiff City

[Heliosphan78]

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UTM.

[mygiddypant]

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UTM.

A great result last Saturday, and with what looks like a positive transfer window expectations of continuing the recent run

of results will be high.

Looking forward to this one, weather permitting. But let's not get unrealistic.

[MILLERSTALE]

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UTM.

I think we will do okay tomorrow ? Obviously the game could swing on a moment of brilliance or a catastrophic mistake but I think we will be competitive throughout provided we don?t get a bad start.
We have a decent record against Cardiff and I have been watching these matches frequently since the sixties ! Prediction is Roth 2 - Cardiff 0 !

[ScjR]

First meeting
Today's match will be the 56th meeting between Rotherham and Cardiff City, with 27 of those played at Millmoor/New York Stadium, all in the Football League. The club's first encounters came in August 1951 when Rotherham—newly promoted as Third Division North champions—met a strong Cardiff side who had narrowly missed out on promotion to the First Division the previous season, finishing third behind Manchester City and champions Preston North End. Rotherham travelled to Ninian Park after the opening fixture, a 2–1 home defeat to Nottingham Forest. What followed was a superb response: a 4–2 away win, with goals from Jack Grainger, Danny Williams, and a brace from Jack Shaw. Cardiff replied through Wilf Grant, who scored both of their goals.
The return match took place the following Monday at Millmoor. Rotherham was still without skipper Gladstone Guest who was injured in the match at Ninian Park, won 2-0 with goals coming from Norman Noble and Charlie Tomlinson.
However, those 1951 matches were not the first meetings between the clubs. Their earliest clash came at Millmoor on 12 March 1921, when Harold Millership scored twice in front of a crowd of 17,000. The return match at Ninian Park was played on the evening of 11 April 1921, with 30,000 watching Cardiff reclaim top spot in Division Two through a 1–0 win, the goal scored by Fred Pagnam.

Home record (1925-2026)
In the 27 matches that have taken place at both Millmoor and the New York Stadium, Rotherham have won 67% (18 matches), drawing 15% (4), and losing 18% (5).
Tier 2 W12, D3, L4. Tier 3 W5, D0, L0. Tier 4 W1, D1, L1.
Rotherham have recorded an average of 2.19 goals per game, compared with Cardiff’s 1.15.

Attendances at home
The highest attendance at home to Cardiff City was the first home match in August 51 in the old Second Division. 17,062
The lowest attendance for this fixture was 2,905 in October 1985. A Canon Third Division match at Millmoor in which Rotherham won 3-0 with goals from Mick Gooding on 11 and 81 minutes and Tony Simmons on 19 minutes. Norman Hunter the manager at that time for Rotherham, Alan Durban managing Cardiff.
In all home fixtures against Cardiff City attendances have averaged 7,936.

In the dugouts
Cardiff City manager Brian Barry-Murphy's record opposing Rotherham Utd: Pld 4, Won 3, Drawn 0, Lost 1
Rochdale P2 W2 D0 L0
Manchester City U21 P1 W0 D0 L1
Cardiff City P1 W1 D0 L0
Matt Hamshaw's record against Cardiff City: Pld 1, L1

Sent off at home
Cardiff City: David Marshall (2015/16)

Hat-tricks at home
Rotherham United: Ken Houghton (1964/65), Bobby Williams (1965/66), Bobby Williamson (1989/90), Imre Varadi (1993/94)

Debut's & last matches at home to Cardiff City
Debut's: Dexter Blackstock (2016), Scott Minto (2003), Arthur Perry (1958), Glyn Roberts (1994)
Last Match: Arvin Appiah (2024), Conor Coventry (2023), Tom Eaves (2024), Shane Ferguson (2024), Zeki Fryers (2015), Grant Hall (2024), Viktor Johansson (2024), Andy Kiwomya (1994), Lee Peltier (2024), Oliver Rathbone (2024), Sebastian Revan (2024), Femi Seriki (2024)
Rotherham could field 4 players to make their debut's at home to Cardiff City today, and two of the new faces have previously come up against Rotherham. Duncan Watmore has featured 5 times against Rotherham, 3 appearances playing for Middlesbrough and 2 appearances playing for Millwall. Lino Sousa played 61 minutes in Rotherham's 3-2 win at Bristol Rovers at the Memorial Ground last season. Brandon Cover and Cardiff born Gabriele Biancheri could also make their home debut.

Appearances
Rotherham Utd against Cardiff City [current team]:
Roy Lambert 11
Peter Madden 10
Brian Tiler 10
Lol Morgan 9
Roy Ironside 7
Paul Hurst 7
[Jordan Hugill 4]

Cardiff City against Rotherham Utd [current team]:
Joe Ralls 10
Peter King 9
Don Murray 9
Gareth Williams 9
Graham Vearncombe 7
Alan Harrington 7
Barrie Hole 7
[Perry Ng 5]

Goalscorers
Rotherham Utd against Cardiff City [current team]:
Ken Houghton 5
Barry Webster 4
Bobby Williams 3
Bobby Williamson 3
Roy Massey 3
Tony Simmons 3
John Galley 3
Imre Varadi 3
[Jordan Hugill 2]

Cardiff City against Rotherham Utd [current team]:
Peter Thorne 3
Peter Hooper 2
Wilf Grant 2
Rickie Lambert 2
Brian Walsh 2
Paul Millar 2
Derek Tapscott 2
Anthony Pilkington 2
Peter King 2
Ivor Allchurch 2
Terry Harkin 2
Kenneth Zohore 2
Alan Durban 2
Kion Etete 2
[Kion Etete 2]

Played for both
Goalkeepers
Lee Camp, David Felgate, Phil Kite, Carl Muggleton, Dillon Phillips
Defenders
Semi Ajayi, Chris Beech, David Carver, Steve Derrett, Ryan Giles, Pat Heard, Alan Knill, Ian McLean, Sean Morrison, Jimmy Mullen (1980s), Jordi Osei-Tutu, Lee Peltier, Ebor Reed,
Midfielders
Tom Adeyemi, Chris Burke, Greg Halford, Mick Martin, Gordon Owen, Andy Rinomhota, John Seasman, Will Vaulks, Haris Vuckic
Forwards
Deon Burton, Stan Davies, Kion Etete, Leo Fortune-West, Jordan Hugill, Tom Lawrence, Adam Le Fondre, Alan Lee, Kieffer Moore, Ronnie Moore, Peter Odemwingie, John Pearson, Tony Philliskirk, Alex Revell, Paul Shaw, Tony Simmons, Phil Walker, Danny Ward, William Waring
Without an appearance
Gabriele Biancheri, Michael Boulding, Barney Mulrenan
County/Town:
George Reid

Prediction: Well I couldn't have got last week's prediction more wrong and I really wasn't expecting that 4-0 scoreline. It was a fantastic result, and they never fail to surprise. Given the current league standings todays match wont be easy, they never are when your in the bottom half of the table and despite Rotherham's home record against Cardiff City over the last 10-15 years being really poor, their home record overall has still stayed quiet strong so I'm going with that tradition and a 3-2 home win.

[ScjR]

Results from on this day
Pld 13, Won 8, Drawn 1, Lost 4
07-Feb-31 Accrington Stanley 3 Rotherham United 2 Peel Park 2,396
07-Feb-48 Rotherham United 5 Crewe Alexandra 1 Millmoor 12,503
07-Feb-53 Barnsley 2 Rotherham United 3 Oakwell 16,542
07-Feb-59 Rotherham United 1 S****horpe United 0 Millmoor 9,843
07-Feb-70 Rotherham United 0 Bristol Rovers 0 Millmoor 11,610
07-Feb-76 Chester 3 Rotherham United 1 Sealand Road 4,770
07-Feb-78 Carlisle United 2 Rotherham United 1 Brunton Park 5,359
07-Feb-81 Rotherham United 1 Swindon Town 0 Millmoor 7,612
07-Feb-87 Rotherham United 0 Chesterfield 1 Millmoor 3,562
07-Feb-98 Rotherham United 1 Exeter City 0 Millmoor 4,158
07-Feb-04 Rotherham United 5 Reading 1 Millmoor 6,405
07-Feb-15 Rotherham United 2 Ipswich Town 0 New York Stadium 10,336
07-Feb-20 Lincoln City 0 Rotherham United 1 Sincil Bank 9,876
Former Rotherham players born on this day
Richard Gallyer (1908), Kyle Vassell (1993)

[frogmiller]

Looking forward to this one!

[sota]

Nice to see King Ronnie being honoured although I-follow botched it a bit. Long live The King.

[ragingpup]

Nice to see King Ronnie being honoured although I-follow botched it a bit. Long live The King.

Amen

[ragingpup]

Cardiff down to 10

[CTMilller]

As Les P observed, as is so often the case, Cardiff raise their game after going down to 10. We?re holding them off OK but Cardiff keep breaking fast and effectively and have plenty of room on their wings.