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Rotherham United Facts and Directions

Last updated : 27 July 2007 By Rob Miles (barnsley Boy)
otherham formed in 1870 before becoming Town: Thornhill formed in 1877 before becoming Rotherham County in 1905: Town & County amalgamated in 1925 to form Rotherham United. Turned Professional: 1905. Limited Company: 1920.

Ground Capacity: 8278

Record Attendance: 25,170 (v Sheffield Utd, Div 2, 13th Dec 1952)

Record Receipts: £106,182 (v Southampton, FA Cup 3rd Round, 16th January 2002)

Record League Victory: 8-0 (v Oldham Athletic, Div 3 North, 26th May 1947)

Record Cup Victory: 6-0 (v Spennymoor Utd, FA Cup 2nd Round, 17th Dec
1977, v Wolves FA Cup 1st Round, 16th Nov 1985, & v King's Lynn, FA Cup 2nd Round, 6th Dec 1997)

Record Defeat: 1-11 (v Bradford City, Div 3 North, 25th Aug 1928)

Most League Points: (3 Points for a win): 91, Div 2, 2000/2001

Most League Points: (3 Points for a win): 82, Div 4 1988/89

Most League Goals: 114, Div 3 North, 1946/47

Most Goals in a Game: Jack Shaw, 5 (at Darlington, FA Cup 1st Round, 25 Nov 1950)

Most League Goals in Aggregate: Gladstone Guest, 130, 1946-56

Most League Appearances: 459, Danny Williams, 1946-62

Most Capped Player: Shaun Goater (18 - Bermuda)

Football League Record: 1893 Rotherham Town Elected to Div 2; 1896 failed re-election; 1919 Rotherham County elected to Div 2; 1923-51 Div 3 (N); 1951-68 Div 2; 1968-73 Div 3; 1973-75 Div 4; 1975-81 Div 3; 1981-83 Div 2; 1983-88 Div 3; 1988-89 Div 4; 1989-91 Div 3; 1991-92 Div 4; 1992-97 Div 2; 1997-2000 Div 3; 2000/01 Div 2; 2001- 2005 Division 1; 2005 - present League One

Honours: Football League:
Football League Record - Division 1: Survival 2001-2005

Div 2 Best Season: 3rd 1954-55(equal points with championship and runners up);

Div 3 Champions 1980-81: Div 3 (N) - Champions 1950-51: Runners Up 1946-47, 1947-48, 1948-49;

Div 4 Champions 1988-89; Runners up 1991-92;

Div 3 Runners up 1999-2000;

Div 2 Runners up 2000-2001;


F.A. Cup Best Season: 5th round, 1953, 1968

Football League Cup: Runners up 1961

AutoWindscreen Shield: Winners 1996

Courtesy of http://www.themillers.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Home/0,,10360,00.html


tart out at Oakwell Stadium (Barnsley F.C.),South Yorkshire Unclassified Show on a map0.000.12At T-junction turn left onto Pontefract Road - A628A628Show on a map0.120.04Turn right onto Oakwell Lane Oakwell LaneShow on a map0.160.19Turn right onto Doncaster Road - A635A635Show on a map0.340.12At traffic signals turn right onto the A61 (signposted Town Centre) A61Show on a map0.460.13At Alhambra Roundabout take the 1st exit onto West Way - A628 (signposted Manchester) A628Show on a map0.590.45At Townend Roundabout take the 2nd exit onto Dodworth Road - A628 (signposted Manchester) A628 1.040.79Shell Barnsley Shell - link opens a new windowA628Show on a map1.830.11At traffic signals continue forwardA628 1.950.31At roundabout take the 1st exit, then join the M1 motorway (signposted London, Sheffield) M1Show on a map2.259.74Leave the M1 at junction 34 (signposted A6109 Sheffield (Meadowhall), Rotherham), then at roundabout take the 2nd exit onto Meadow Bank Road - A6109 (signposted Rotherham) A6109Show on a map11.990.88Continue forward onto Meadow Bank Road - A6109. Entering Rotherham A6109 12.870.68Turn right onto Psalters Lane Psalters LaneShow on a map13.550.02Turn left onto Ferham Road Ferham RoadShow on a map13.570.38Bear right onto Coronation Bridge Coronation BridgeShow on a map13.940.18Continue forward onto Masbrough Street Masbrough StreetShow on a map14.130.02Turn right onto Millmoor Lane Millmoor LaneShow on a map14.150.06Arrive at Millmoor Ground (Rotherham United F.C),South Yorkshire Unclassified Show on a map14.20-Section time 0:21, Total time 0:21

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