MillersMad Match Thread...Millers v Port Vale.

[Heliosphan78]

Add your thoughts on the Port Vale game here everyone.

UTM.

[Old_time_miller]

Oh how I wish they would have beaten chelsea. Beware the backlash lads.
They are more likely to be deflated now and knowing they are going down, but a bounce back could happen.

We need a fresh approach to this one, up and at them from the off. Do not give them a second to think.
And we won?t have industrious gore either.

[Spuddy Speight]

Our goal difference lets us down even if we get all three points tonight.

[RU66]

Can't you post on thread that's already been started? MillersMad Match Thread... Millers v Port Vale.

[ScjR]

Tonight's match is the 58th meeting between Rotherham Utd and Port Vale, the first match between the two goes back to 1929/30 in the old Third Division North. It was October 1929 when leaders of the Third Division North Port Vale were the visitors to Millmoor. Rotherham coming from two goals down to draw 2-2. Billy Sellars and Egbert Murden for Rotherham, Albert Pynegar and Bert Fishwick for Port Vale.

Away Record
In all competitions at Port Vale, Rotherham have won 25% (7), drawing 14% (4), and losing 61% (17). Away at Port Vale Rotherham have averaged 1.04 goals per game compared to Port Vale’s 1.89.
Tier 3 W5 D2 L8 Tier 4 W1 D1 L3 Third Division North: W0 D1 L2

Attendances
The highest attendance away to Port Vale came on 30 April 1955 when 25,271 supporters watched a 1-0 Rotherham defeat, Stan Smith with the only goal of the game. The lowest attendance came in the old Third Division on 8 May 1972, Jimmy Mullen and Carl Gilbert for Rotherham and Mick Morris for Port Vale, 2,743 in attendance.
In all away fixtures at Port Vale, attendances have averaged 5,972.

Full Manager History [1925-2026]
Port Vale
Tom Morgan W1 D2 L1, Warney Cresswell W2 D0 L1, Freddie Steele W2 D0 L3, Norman Low W1 D0 L0, Gordon Lee W2 D0 L4, Roy Sproson W2 D1 L1, Bobby Smith W1 D0 L1, John McGrath W0 D0 L1, John Rudge W3 D3 L3, Brian Horton W0 D0 L2, Martin Foyle W2 D1 L2, Dean Glover W0 D1 L1, Micky Adams W6 D0 L2, Mark Grew, Geoff Horsfield W0 D0 L1, Jim Gannon W1 D0 L0, Darrell Clarke W0 D1 L1, Darren Moore W0 D0 L1
Rotherham United
Stan Davies W0 D1 L1, Reg Freeman W2 D1 L2, Andy Smailes W3 D0 L3, Jim McAnearney W4 D0 L2, Jimmy McGuigan W2 D1 L3, George Kerr W2 D0 L0, Norman Hunter W0 D3 L0, Dave Cusack W1 D0 L0, Phil Henson W1 D0 L3, Ronnie Moore W4 D0 L2, Mick Harford W1 D0 L1, Alan Knill W1 D1 L0, Mark Robins W1 D1 L1, Andy Scott W0 D0 L2, Steve Evans W1 D0 L3, Paul Warne W1 D1 L0, Matt Hamshaw W1 D0 L0.

Sent Off
Port Vale: Luke Prosser (2009/10)
Rotherham Utd: Dave Gwyther (1976/77), Shaun Barker (2005/06), Claude Davis (2013/14)

Hat-tricks
Port Vale: Frank Watkin (1929/30), Tom Pope (2012/13)
Rotherham United: Alan Birch (1983/84)

Debut's & Last Match:
Debuts: Paul Haycock (1986), Scott High (2022), Nicky Hunt (2012), Jamie McCart (2022), Craig Morgan (2012), Lee Peltier (2022), Scott Smith (1994)
Last Match: Jamal Campbell-Ryce (2005), Bill Hardy (1937), Matt Tubbs (2013), Laurie Wilson (2012)

Appearances (Top 5)
Rotherham Utd against Port Vale
Trevor Phillips 10
John Breckin 8
John Green 7
Dale Tonge 7
Ian Sharps 6
Paul Hurst 6
Danny Harrison 6
Johnny Mullins 6
Richard Finney 6
Andy Warrington 6
Jimmy Goodfellow 6
Norman Noble 6
Mark Rhodes 6

Port Vale against Rotherham Utd [current team]:
Louis Dodds 11
Anthony Griffith 9
John McCombe 9
Doug Loft 8
Adam Yates 8
Brian Horton 8
Tommy McLaren 8
[Funso Ojo 2]

Goalscorers (Top 3)
Rotherham Utd [current team]:
Carl Gilbert 4
Alan Birch 3
Jack Grainger 3
Trevor Phillips 3
[Sam Nombe 2]

Port Vale [current team]:
Tom Pope 5
Frank Watkin 5
Marc Richards 4
Akpo Sodge 4
[Connor Hall 1]

Played for both
Goalkeepers
Steve Cherry, Kevin Pilkington, Kelle Roos
Defenders
Dave Artell, Bob Delgado, Exodus Geohaghon, Gavin Gunning, Cameron Humphreys, Zak Jules, Bradley Sandeman, Lawrie Wilson,
David Worrall
Midfield
Will Atkinson, Abdulai Bell-Baggie, Brandon Cover, Micky Cummins, Jimmy Goodfellow, Daniel Gore, Paul Lodge, Jack Lowe, Peter Miller, Jeff Minton, Michael O'Connor, Gary Roberts, Stewart Talbot, Brian Taylor, Jerome Thomas, Andy Williams
Forwards
Lee Glover, Dave Hibbert, Jordan Hugill, Alan Lee, Nathan Lowndes, Tom Pope, Jamie Proctor, Albert Pynegar, Martin Sherif, Jordan Slew
County
Bill Easton

Both Port Vale and Rotherham United kicked off the 2025/26 season celebrating a milestone in their history and it's quiet ironic that both clubs would be facing relegation as the season draws to an end. Below takes a look at how Rotherham Utd have competed in each tier of the Football League in the past 100 years and 10 months.

League - Seasons - Played - Won - Drawn - Lost - For - Against
Championship/Tier 2: S: 30, P: 1,304, W: 398, D: 329, L: 577, F: 1,793, A: 2,165.
League One/Tier 3: S: 32, P: 1,438, W: 529, D: 383, L: 526, F: 1,825, A: 1,841.
League Two/Tier 4: S: 13, P: 594, W: 263, D: 167, L:164, F: 884, A: 667.
Third Division North: S: 19, P: 800, W: 336, D: 158, L: 306, F: 1,435 A: 1,371.

Since the 1951/52 season (75 seasons) the average finishing position in the Football League pyramid works out at 52. In todays Football League structure, 50 is equilavant to 6th position in League One. Across 94 seasons (1925-2026) the club historically sits at 53rd place.
To see a clearer visual picture of the above figures and with any basic knowledge of Excel or Google Sheets, putting those WDL figures into a pie chart for each tier shows a much clearer picture of the level of football over the past 75 seasons.

[ScjR]

Results from on this day:
Pld 23, Won 10, Drawn 5, Lost 8
07-Apr-28 Rotherham United 2 Crewe Alexandra 0 Millmoor 3,625
07-Apr-34 Rotherham United 0 Darlington 0 Millmoor 2,725
07-Apr-39 Southport 1 Rotherham United 0 Haig Avenue 6,420
07-Apr-45 Sheffield United 6 Rotherham United 1 Bramall Lane 8,745
07-Apr-47 Rotherham United 2 Southport 1 Millmoor 14,254
07-Apr-50 York City 0 Rotherham United 3 Bootham Crescent 12,382
07-Apr-51 Rotherham United 3 Rochdale 0 Millmoor 14,202
07-Apr-53 Leicester City 3 Rotherham United 2 Filbert Street 24,809
07-Apr-56 Rotherham United 0 Hull City 2 Millmoor 9,619
07-Apr-58 Rotherham United 1 Charlton Athletic 5 Millmoor 9,758
07-Apr-62 Rotherham United 1 Swansea Town 2 Millmoor 4,120
07-Apr-73 Rochdale 0 Rotherham United 1 Spotland 1,588
07-Apr-79 Rotherham United 0 Oxford United 0 Millmoor 2,734
07-Apr-80 Rotherham United 1 Barnsley 1 Millmoor 9,376
07-Apr-84 Rotherham United 4 Brentford 0 Millmoor 3,705
07-Apr-89 Halifax Town 1 Rotherham United 1 The Shay 2,948
07-Apr-90 Blackpool 1 Rotherham United 2 Bloomfield Road 3,505
07-Apr-01 Millwall 4 Rotherham United 0 The Den 16,015
07-Apr-02 West Bromwich Albion 1 Rotherham United 1 The Hawthorns 22,376
07-Apr-07 Rotherham United 3 Gillingham 2 Millmoor 3,223
07-Apr-09 Barnet 2 Rotherham United 0 Underhill Stadium 1,508
07-Apr-18 Rotherham United 3 Fleetwood Town 2 New York Stadium 7,562
07-Apr-23 Rotherham United 3 West Bromwich Albion 1 New York Stadium 11,098
Former players born on this day
Rhys Taylor 07-Apr-90

[CAMiller]

Can't you post on thread that's already been started? MillersMad Match Thread... Millers v Port Vale.

Exactly. Done.

[Heliosphan78]

I'm expecting an ugly game of football tonight, partly due to the state of the pitch (I hear it's a mess) and Lee Clark hinted at such in his pre match.

In fact, PV played Huddersfield a few weeks ago and the sky commentator described it as one of the worst games he'd ever seen.

Anyway, enjoy the game everyone 🤣

[the_idiotb_stardson]

Port Vale will win.

At the moment we are the worst team in.the league.

[crookadile]

Port Vale will win.

At the moment we are the worst team in.the league.

Agreed.