Rotherham United
2013–14 Football League One season
ChairmanTony Stewart
ManagerSteve Evans
StadiumNew York Stadium
Rotherham
League One4th (gained promotion through playoffs)
Football League CupSecond round
FA CupSecond round proper
Football League TrophyNorthern Area Semi Final
Top goalscorerLeague: Kieran Agard (16)
All: Kieran Agard (18)
Highest home attendanceLeague: 11,758 vs Sheffield United
All: 11,758 vs Sheffield United
Lowest home attendanceLeague: 8,534 vs Shrewsbury Town
All: 7,234 vs Shrewsbury Town

In the 2013–14 season, Rotherham United competed in League One, after a late surge in the closing stages of League Two (resulting in them being the first team to win five consecutive matches that season), saw them finishing second, behind Gillingham, and ahead of Port Vale - whom spent all season in the top two. The club also took part in the annual Capital One Cup and FA Cup, and spent another season in the lower tier tournament, the Johnstones Paint Trophy. United commenced the season under the retained management of Steve Evans, alongside assistant Paul Raynor. They went into the season as decent favourites for promotion,[1] as well as contenders for the Johnstones Paint Trophy.[2]

Due to the promotion, Rotherham were playing against South Yorkshire rivals Sheffield United, whom hadn't played against each other in the league for years. One other local team to join Rotherham in League One was Bradford City, who were beaten twice last season by the Millers - one being a 4–0 thrashing at the New York Stadium.[3] Another notable fixture that took place was a home tie in the first round of the Capital One Cup against South Yorkshire rivals Sheffield Wednesday, whom they famously beat 2–1.[4]

Also, prior to the start of the season, the club continued to show its fulfilment to huge bonds with the community, collecting the 2013 Family Excellence Award.[5]

The captain for the season was Welsh defender Craig Morgan, who wore the number 20 shirt for the Millers.

During this season they collected 86 points scoring 86 goals (the 2nd highest of any League 1 team) while conceding 58 goals (joint 9th best. They came fourth in the league and subsequently featured in the League 1 playoffs. They beat Preston in the Playoffs semi finals 4–2 on aggregate and faced Leyton Orient in the final. After 90 minutes it was 2–2 and it went to penalties. Rotherham had gone behind 2–1 on penalties but came back to win 4–3 on penalties to gain promotion to the Championship. They featured in the 2014–15 Football League Championship next season.

Squad statistics

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Scotland SCO Scott Shearer
2 DF England ENG Richard Brindley
3 DF England ENG Joe Skarz
4 DF Iceland ISL Kári Árnason
5 DF Jamaica JAM Claude Davis
8 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Lee Frecklington
9 FW England ENG Alex Revell
10 MF Northern Ireland NIR Michael O'Connor
14 DF Wales WAL Mark Bradley
15 MF England ENG Robert Milsom
18 MF England ENG Ben Pringle
20 DF Wales WAL Craig Morgan
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 GK England ENG Adam Collin
22 FW England ENG Kieran Agard
24 MF England ENG Mitch Rose
25 FW England ENG Tom Eaves (on loan from Bolton Wanderers)
26 FW England ENG Wes Thomas
27 DF England ENG James Tavernier
28 FW Slovenia SVN Haris Vučkić (on loan from Newcastle United)
30 GK England ENG Tony Thompson
35 FW England ENG Tom Hitchcock (on loan from Queens Park Rangers)
36 MF England ENG Richie Smallwood
37 MF England ENG Nicky Adams
— MF England ENG Danny Schofield [6]

Appearances and Goals

As of 3 August 2013
No. Pos. Nat. Name Total League One Capital One Cup FA Cup Johnstone's Paint Trophy Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland Scott Shearer 50 40 10 00 00 00
21 GK England Adam Collin 00 00 00 00 00 00
2 DF England Richard Brindley 10 10 00 00 00 10
3 DF England Joe Skarz 50 40 10 00 00 20
4 DF Iceland Kári Árnason 50 40 10 00 00 10
5 DF Jamaica Claude Davis 10 10 00 00 00 00
6 DF England Pablo Mills 00 00 00 00 00 00
14 DF Wales Mark Bradley 40 30 10 00 00 00
20 DF Wales Craig Morgan (C) 50 40 10 00 00 20
7 MF England David Worrall 1+31 1+21 0+10 00 00 00
8 MF Republic of Ireland Lee Frecklington 53 42 11 00 00 00
10 MF Northern Ireland Michael O'Connor 50 40 10 00 00 20
15 MF England Robert Milsom 0+10 0+10 00 00 00 00
18 MF England Ben Pringle 52 41 11 00 00 00
19 MF Scotland David Noble 0+10 0+10 00 00 00 00
23 MF Scotland Michael Tidser 0+20 0+10 0+10 00 00 00
24 MF England Mitch Rose 00 00 00 00 00 00
29 MF England Nicky Walker 00 00 00 00 00 00
9 FW England Alex Revell 50 40 10 00 00 10
11 FW England Danny Hylton 00 00 00 00 00 00
16 FW England Matthew Tubbs 4+10 3+10 10 00 00 20
17 FW Wales Daniel Nardiello 11 11 00 00 00 01
22 FW England Kieran Agard 3+11 2+11 10 00 00 20
23 FW England Tom Eaves 00 00 00 00 00 00
  • (starts) + (substitute apps)

Goalscorers

As of 9 October 2013
Place Position Nation Number Name League One FA Cup Capital One Cup Johnstones Paint Trophy Total
1 MF Republic of Ireland 8 Lee Frecklington 2 0 1 0 3
2 MF England 18 Ben Pringle 1 0 1 0 2
3 FW England 22 Kieran Agard 1 0 0 0 1
= MF England 7 David Worrall 1 0 0 0 1
= FW England 9 Alex Revell 1 0 0 0 1
= FW England 17 Daniel Nardiello 1 0 0 0 1

Pre–season

6 July 2013 Friendly Parkgate 0–2 Rotherham United Roundwood Sports Complex
14:00 Match Analysis Nardiello 63', 76'
17 July 2013 Friendly Ilkeston 0–4 Rotherham United New Manor Ground
15:00 Match Analysis Agard 38'
Walker 48', 83'
Milsom 57'

Competitions

League One

On 19 June 2013, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[7]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
2 Brentford (P) 46 28 10 8 72 43 +29 94 Promotion to Football League Championship
3 Leyton Orient 46 25 11 10 85 45 +40 86 Qualification for League One play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
4 Rotherham United (O, P) 46 24 14 8 86 58 +28 86
5 Preston North End 46 23 16 7 72 46 +26 85
6 Peterborough United 46 23 5 18 72 58 +14 74
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2014. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League Championship.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
46 24 14 8 86 58  +28 86 10 10 3 44 30  +14 14 4 5 42 28  +14

Last updated: 2 May 2016.
Source: [8]

Matchday summary

Matchday12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHHAAHAAHAHHAAHAHHA
ResultDDWDWWWDLWLLDLDWDWWWDWLLWWDWWWWDWDWDWWWWLDLWDW
Position813795445766109101071076666665555555555554443334354
Source: [9]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures

3 August 2013 1 Crewe Alexandra 3–3 Rotherham United Alexandra Stadium
15:00 Grant 3'
Clayton 9'
Davis 47' (pen.)		 Report Frecklington (2) 10', 90'
Pringle 86'		 Attendance: 5,926
10 August 2013 2 Rotherham United 0–0 Preston North End New York Stadium
15:00 Report Attendance: 8,454
17 August 2013 3 Crawley Town 1–2 Rotherham United Broadfield Stadium
15:00 Sadler 15' Report Agard 35'
Worrall 76'		 Attendance: 3,110
24 August 2013 4 Rotherham United 2–2 Shrewsbury Town New York Stadium
15:00 Revell 57'
Nardiello 69'		 Report Taylor 21'
Bradshaw 63'		 Attendance: 7,234
31 August 2013 5 Notts County 0–1 Rotherham United Meadow Lane
15:00 Report Agard 37' Attendance: 5,428
7 September 2013 6 Rotherham United 3–1 Sheffield United New York Stadium
15:00 Agard 51'
Nardiello 72' (pen.)
Milsom 75'		 Report Baxter 37' Attendance: 11758
14 September 2013 7 Rotherham United 3–2 Oldham Athletic New York Stadium
15:00 Nardiello 21' (pen.), 90'
Frecklington 63'		 Report Montano 41'
Lanzoni 53'		 Attendance: 8,306
21 September 2013 8 Walsall 1–1 Rotherham United Bescot Stadium
15:00 Mantom 34' Report Nardiello 21' Attendance: 5,002
28 September 2013 9 Rotherham United 0–1 Peterborough United New York Stadium
15:00 Report McCann 51' (pen.) Attendance: 9717
5 October 2013 10 Brentford 0–1 Rotherham United Griffin Park
15:00 Report Bradley 14' Attendance: 6614 (516 away)
12 October 2013 11 Rotherham United 0–4 Swindon Town New York Stadium
15:00 Report Pritchard 33'
Luongo 45'
Ajose 65'
N'Guessan 90'		 Attendance: 8103
19 October 2013 12 Milton Keynes Dons 3–2 Rotherham United Stadium MK
15:00 Williamson 44 (pen)'
Reeves 66'
Bamford 88'		 Report Frecklington 73'
Flanagan 75 o.g.'		 Attendance: 11,564
22 October 2013 13 Rotherham United 1–1 Tranmere Rovers New York Stadium
19:45 Agard 60' Lowe 84' Attendance: 7511
26 October 2013 14 Leyton Orient 1–0 Rotherham United Matchroom Stadium
15:00 Lisbie 29' Attendance: 5609
2 November 2013 15 Rotherham United 2–2 Colchester United New York Stadium
19:45 Tubbs 9'
Agard 24'		 Bean 7'
Lee 90'		 Attendance: 7096
16 November 2013 16 Stevenage 0–3 Rotherham United Broadhall Way
15:00 Pringle 14'
Davis 61'
O'Connor 66'		 Attendance: 2814
23 November 2013 17 Rotherham United 0–0 Carlisle United New York Stadium
15:00 Attendance: 7520
26 November 2013 18 Coventry City 0–3 Rotherham United Sixfields Stadium
19:45 Dicko 58'
Revell 70'
Agard 73 (pen)'		 Attendance: 1961
30 November 2013 19 Rotherham United 4–1 Gillingham New York Stadium
15:00 Dicko 9'
Agard 23'
Pringle 35'
Tavernier 76'		 McDonald 66' Attendance: 7152
14 December 2013 20 Bristol City 1–2 Rotherham United Ashton Gate
15:00 Reid 82' Dicko 3'
Pringle 27'		 Attendance: 11201
21 December 2013 21 Rotherham United 3–3 Wolverhampton Wanderers New York Stadium
15:00 Dicko 11,54'
Agard 37'		 Batth 10'
Sako 59 (pen)'
Henry 64'		 Attendance: 11092
26 December 2013 22 Bradford City 0–1 Rotherham United Valley Parade
15:00 Vuckic 21' Attendance: 18218 (2,501 away)
29 December 2013 23 Port Vale 2–0 Rotherham United Vale Park
15:00 Dodds 8'
Tomlin 67'		 Attendance: 6738
1 January 2014 24 Rotherham United 1–3 Coventry City New York Stadium
15:00 Skarz 35' Baker 71', 90'
Moussa 85'		 Attendance: 9154
11 January 2014 25 Rotherham United 4–2 Crewe Alexandra New York Stadium
15:00 Agard 29'
Frecklington (2) 68' (pen), 90'
Revell 74'		 Inman 12'
Mellor 61'		 Attendance: 7737
18 January 2014 26 Shrewsbury Town 0–3 Rotherham United Greenhous Meadow
15:00 Hitchock 10'
Pringle 18'
Tavernier 21'		 Attendance: 5116
25 January 2014 27 Rotherham United 2–2 Crawley Town New York Stadium
15:00 Agard (2) 34' (pen), 90' Report Tubbs 24'
Simpson 65'		 Attendance: 7579
Referee: Michael Bull
28 January 2014 28 Tranmere Rovers 1–2 Rotherham United Prenton Park
19:45 Robinson 90' Revell 39', 65' Attendance: 3,777
1 February 2014 29 Rotherham United 2–1 Leyton Orient New York Stadium
15:00 Thomas 10'
Revell 90'		 Odubajo 76' Attendance: 8,604
15 February 2014 (2014-02-15) 30 Rotherham United 2–1 Stevenage New York Stadium
15:00 GMT Thomas 41'
Frecklington 88'		 Zoko 86' Attendance: 7,393
22 February 2014 (2014-02-22) 31 Carlisle United 1–2 Rotherham United Brunton Park
15:00 GMT Miller 45+3' Thomas 24'
Agard 90+2'		 Attendance: 4,293
25 February 2014 (2014-02-25) 32 Preston North End 3–3 Rotherham United Deepdale
19:45 GMT Davies 37'
Gallagher 60'
Garner 65'		 Frecklington 7', 89'
Clarke 11' (o.g.)		 Attendance: 9,524
1 March 2014 (2014-03-01) 33 Rotherham United 6–0 Notts County New York Stadium
15:00 GMT Tavernier 12'
Vučkić 16', 60'
Revell 26'
Agard 29' (pen.)
Hitchcock 83'		 Attendance: 8,383
4 March 2014 (2014-03-04) 34 Colchester United 0–0 Rotherham United Colchester Community Stadium
19:45 GMT Attendance: 2,655
11 March 2014 (2014-03-11) 35 Oldham Athletic 0–2 Rotherham United Boundary Park
19:45 GMT Bradley 27'
Frecklington 64'		 Attendance: 3,745 (1,119 away)
15 March 2014 (2014-03-15) 36 Rotherham United 1–1 Walsall New York Stadium
15:00 GMT Adams 89' Lalkovič 19'
Purkiss Yellow card 73' Yellow-red card		 Attendance: 8,212
22 March 2014 (2014-03-22) 37 Peterborough United 0–1 Rotherham United London Road Stadium
15:00 GMT Agard 45+3' (pen.) Attendance: 6,625
25 March 2014 (2014-03-25) 38 Rotherham United 3–0 Brentford New York Stadium
19:45 GMT Agard 14' (pen.), 45'
Vučkić 90+3'		 Attendance: 8,365
29 March 2014 (2014-03-29) 39 Rotherham United 2–1 Bristol City New York Stadium
15:00 GMT Tavernier 2', 60' Elliott 48' Attendance: 8,607
5 April 2014 (2014-04-05) 40 Gillingham 3–4 Rotherham United Priestfield Stadium
15:00 BST Akinfenwa 30'
Weston 57'
Dack 84'		 Agard 2'
Hitchcock 69', 86', 90+3'		 Attendance: 6,027
8 April 2014 (2014-04-08) 41 Sheffield United 1–0 Rotherham United Bramall Lane
19:45 BST Davies 90' (pen.) Attendance: 21,529 (4,950 away)
11 April 2014 (2014-04-11) 42 Rotherham United 0–0 Bradford City New York Stadium
19:52 BST Attendance: 9,228
18 April 2014 (2014-04-18) 43 Wolverhampton Wanderers 6–4 Rotherham United Molineux Stadium
15:00 BST Dicko 21', 34', 80'
Edwards 38'
Ricketts 90'
McDonald 90+7'		 Agard 14', 61', 88'
Skarz 84'		 Attendance: 30,110
21 April 2014 (2014-04-21) 44 Rotherham United 1–0 Port Vale New York Stadium
15:00 BST Smallwood Red card 45'
Agard 79'		 Attendance: 7,743
26 April 2014 (2014-04-26) 45 Rotherham United 2–2 Milton Keynes Dons New York Stadium
15:00 BST O'Connor 79'
Revell 90+4'		 Kennedy 9'
Galloway Yellow card 49' Yellow-red card
McLeod 72'		 Attendance: 9,405
3 May 2014 (2014-05-03) 46 Swindon Town 1–2 Rotherham United County Ground
15:00 BST Smith 60' (pen.) Thomas 1', 23' Attendance: 8,618 (644 away)

Play-offs

10 May 2014 (2014-05-10) Semi-final 1st leg Preston North End 1–1 Rotherham United Deepdale
17:15 BST Garner 49' Report Revell 21' Attendance: 17,221
Referee: Ian Williamson
15 May 2014 (2014-05-15) Semi-final 2nd leg Rotherham United 3–1
(4–2 agg.)		 Preston North End New York Stadium
19:45 BST Thomas 24'
Frecklington 34'
Agard 67'		 Report Gallagher 16' Attendance: 11,576
Referee: Keith Stroud
25 May 2014 (2014-05-25) Final Leyton Orient 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)		 Rotherham United Wembley Stadium
15:00 BST Odubajo 34'
Cox 39'		 Report Revell 55', 60' Attendance: 43,401
Referee: David Coote
Penalties
James soccer ball with check mark
Lundstram soccer ball with check mark
Clarke soccer ball with check mark
Baudry soccer ball with red X
Dagnall soccer ball with red X		 soccer ball with check mark Agard
soccer ball with red X Frecklington
soccer ball with check mark Pringle
soccer ball with check mark Tavernier
soccer ball with check mark Smallwood

Football League Cup

28 August 2013 2nd round Aston Villa 3–0 Rotherham United Villa Park
19:45 Weimann 22'
Benteke 40'
Delph 53'		 Match Analysis Attendance: 22447

Football League Trophy

8 October 2013 2nd round (Northern Area) York City 0–3 Rotherham United Bootham Crescent
19:45 BST Match Analysis Smith 17' (o.g.)
Agard 61' (pen.)
Revell 69'		 Attendance: 2372
12 November 2013 Quarter Final (Northern Area) Hartlepool United 1–2 Rotherham United Victoria Park, Hartlepool
19:45 GMT Monkhouse 24' Report Eaves 9'
Agard 45'		 Attendance: 2,911
Referee: Darren Drysdale
10 December 2013 Semi Final (Northern Area) Fleetwood Town 2–1 Rotherham United Highbury Stadium, Fleetwood
19:45 GMT Hughes 19'
McLaughlin 70'		 Report Dicko 56' Attendance: 2,224
Referee: Scott Duncan

FA Cup

9 November 2013 1st round proper Rotherham United (3) 3–0 Bradford City (3) New York Stadium
15:00 Agard 13', 71'
Revell 62'		 Report Attendance: 7,667
Referee: James Adcock
7 December 2013 2nd round proper Rotherham United (3) 1–2 Rochdale (4) New York Stadium
15:00 Frecklington 6' Report Lund 55'
Vincenti 83'		 Attendance: 4,957
Referee: Graham Scott

Transfers

As of 9 October 2013
Players transferred in
Date Pos. Nat. Name Previous Club Fee Ref.
29 April 2013 DF England Joe Skarz Bury Free [10]
23 May 2013 DF England Richard Brindley Chesterfield Free Agent [11]
23 May 2013 GK England Adam Collin Carlisle United Free Agent [12]
11 June 2013 MF England Nicky Walker Rotherham United Academy Free [13]
11 June 2013 GK England Tony Thompson Rotherham United Academy Free [13]
20 June 2013 MF England David Worrall Bury Undisclosed [14]
24 June 2013 MF England Robert Milsom Aberdeen Free [15]
20 June 2013 FW England Danny Hylton Aldershot Town Free Agent [15]
4 July 2013 MF Scotland Michael Tidser Greenock Morton Undisclosed [16]
30 August 2013 DF England Pablo Mills Macclesfield Town Free Agent (successful trial) [17]
Players transferred out
Date Pos. Nat. Name To Fee Ref.
2 May 2013 GK England Andy Warrington Released Free [18]
2 May 2013 DF England Dale Tonge Released Free [18]
2 May 2013 FW England Alec Denton Released Free [18]
19 June 2013 DF England Nicky Hunt Released Free [19]
26 June 2013 DF England Ian Sharps Released Mutual Consent [20]
22 July 2013 DF England Johnny Mullins Oxford United Undisclosed [21]
Players loaned in
Date from Pos. Nat Name From Date to Ref.
27 July 2013 FW England Matthew Tubbs AFC Bournemouth 31 January 2014 [22]
21 September 2013 FW England Tom Eaves Bolton Wanderers 31 January 2014 [23]
Players loaned out
Date from Pos. Nat Name To Date to Ref.
29 August 2013 MF England Lionel Ainsworth Motherwell 31 January 2014 [24]
2 September 2013 MF Scotland David Noble Cheltenham Town 31 January 2014 [25]
10 September 2013 FW Nigeria Kayode Odejayi Accrington Stanley 31 January 2014 [26]

References

  1. ↑ "League One promotion odds". Oddschecker.
  2. ↑ "JPT odds". Statto.
  3. ↑ "Rotherham 4-0 Bradford". BBC Sport.
  4. ↑ "1st round Draws". Yorkshire Post.
  5. ↑ "Millers pick up award". www.themillers.co.uk.
  6. ↑ "Squad Numbers announced". www.themillers.co.uk.
  7. ↑ "League One fixtures". BBC Sport. 19 June 2013.
  8. ↑ "Rotherham United League Table 2013–2014". Statto.com. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  9. ↑ "Rotherham United results for the 2013–2014 season". Statto.com. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  10. ↑ "Millers set to sign Skarz permanently". www.themillers.co.uk.
  11. ↑ "Millers sign former Spireite". www.themillers.co.uk.
  12. ↑ "Keeper puts pen to paper". www.themillers.co.uk.
  13. 1 2 "Duo earn professional deals". www.themillers.co.uk.
  14. ↑ "Millers land Bury winger". www.themillers.co.uk.
  15. 1 2 "Double recruit for Millers". www.themillers.co.uk.
  16. ↑ "Tidser capture confirmed". www.themillers.co.uk.
  17. ↑ "Former skipper Mills returns to Rotherham". www.themillers.co.uk.
  18. 1 2 3 "Stage one of contract talks concluded". www.themillers.co.uk.
  19. ↑ "Hunt released by Millers". www.themillers.co.uk.
  20. ↑ "Sharps departs for second time". www.themillers.co.uk.
  21. ↑ "Mullins joins Oxford permanently". www.themillers.co.uk.
  22. ↑ "Tubbs saga ends as striker signs on loan". www.themillers.co.uk.
  23. ↑ "Eaves signs on loan". www.themillers.co.uk.
  24. ↑ "Ainsworth departs on loan". www.themillers.co.uk. 29 August 2013.
  25. ↑ "Noble makes loan exit". www.themillers.co.uk.
  26. ↑ "Odejayi joins Stanley". www.themillers.co.uk.
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