Rotherham United
Also written as Rotherham.
The club
Rotherham United were formed on 27 May 1925 by the merger of Rotherham County and Rotherham Town, and play at the New York Stadium in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, which holds 12,021. They are the Millers, after the town's milling trade, and play in red and white, colours adopted around 1930 in place of the original yellow and black. The club played at Millmoor from 1907 to 2008 and, after a dispute over that ground, at the Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield from 2008 to 2012 before the New York Stadium opened.
Recent seasons
Rotherham spent a decade moving between the second and third tiers and have now fallen out of both. They were runners-up in League One in 2019/20 with 62 points and went up, were relegated from the Championship in 2020/21 in 23rd with 42 points, went straight back up as League One runners-up in 2021/22 with 90 points, and stayed up in the Championship in 2022/23, finishing 19th with 50 points. In 2023/24 they were bottom of the Championship with 27 points and were relegated. They finished 13th in League One in 2024/25 with 59 points, then were relegated again in 2025/26, finishing 23rd with 41 points from 46 games (10 wins, 11 draws, 25 defeats, 41 goals scored and 71 conceded). Matt Hamshaw was in charge until 18 March 2026, leaving after just under a year with a win rate of 30.2 per cent, and Lee Clark took over until the end of that season. That leaves the Millers in League Two for 2026/27, two divisions below where they were three seasons ago.
Honours and landmarks
Rotherham have won the EFL Trophy twice, in 1995/96 and 2021/22, the second of those against Sutton United, 4-2 after extra time at Wembley. Their league titles are the Third Division in 1950/51 and 1980/81. They have never won a major national cup or played in the top flight. Record attendance at the New York Stadium is 11,758 against Sheffield United on 7 September 2013; at Millmoor it was 25,170, also against Sheffield United, on 13 December 1952. The two biggest crowds in the club's history being against the same opponent is a genuine oddity worth using.
Notable scorelines
Record victory: 8-0 against Oldham Athletic at Millmoor in Division Three North on 26 May 1947. Record defeat: 1-11 against Bradford City in Division Three North on 25 August 1928. From last season, the most useful results are a 7-2 win away at Salford City in the EFL Trophy, Rotherham's biggest of the campaign, and a 0-5 defeat at Peterborough United in League One, their worst.
Head-to-head notes
No published all-time head-to-head records were established for Rotherham's 2026/27 League Two opponents. The club's official site was not successfully consulted for this dossier and web search was unavailable, so treat this as a research gap rather than as evidence that no records are published. Two recent meetings with clubs they will face this season are on record. They beat Salford City 7-2 away in the EFL Trophy in 2025/26. They lost 0-2 at home to Sheffield United in a pre-season friendly on 25 July 2026, though the Blades are a Championship club and will only meet Rotherham this season by cup draw. Their first league opponents, Cheltenham Town, and their EFL Cup opponents, West Bromwich Albion, could not be given a record either.
Right now (2026/27)
Alex Bruce is the head coach, appointed on a two-year contract before the season. The exact date of the appointment was not established from the sources consulted, and a reviewer should check it.
Recruitment has been aimed squarely at getting back out of League Two. Centre-forward Fábio Tavares joined from Burton Albion on 1 July on a free transfer. Winger Aaron Nemane arrived from Milton Keynes Dons on 7 July. On 10 July the club signed two midfielders, Ossama Ashley from Salford City and Jamie Jellis from Walsall. Left-back Jili Buyabu joined on loan from Sheffield United on 28 July. The headline signing is striker Paul Mullin, who arrived from Wrexham on 29 July. Going the other way, striker Sam Nombe, the club's top scorer in 2025/26 with 11 league goals, joined Milton Keynes Dons on 24 July, and a number of released players dropped into the lower divisions.
Pre-season brought a 1-0 win over Parkgate and a 2-0 win over Darlington, 1-1 draws with Emley and Matlock Town, and a 0-2 home defeat by Sheffield United on 25 July. No competitive match has been played. Rotherham host West Bromwich Albion in the first round of the EFL Cup on 8 August 2026, and open the League Two season away to Cheltenham Town on Saturday 15 August 2026.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotherham_United_F.C. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Rotherham_United_F.C._seasons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025%E2%80%9326_Rotherham_United_F.C._season https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026%E2%80%9327_Rotherham_United_F.C._season https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025%E2%80%9326_EFL_League_One https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026%E2%80%9327_EFL_League_Two
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