Despite being relegated and having no away wins in two years, Rotherham United's story goes beyond their on-field struggles. The club's history and resilience make them one of the EFL's ultimate yo-yo clubs.
Relegated in early April and no away wins in two years - but perhaps we are all missing the point about one of the EFL 's ultimate yo-yo club sLast month, local junior team Wickersley Youth resurrected Rotherham United ’s old Millmoor stadium for a match. Rusty orange has permeated around the cracks that plants have called their own, but Milmoor exists as a time warp just the other side of the A630 from the New York Stadium, its own newness radiating as so many new grounds tend to do.
This season has been wretched for those of a Millers persuasion. Rotherham are 19 points adrift of 23rd place, a miserable league table of one. Last weekend, they became the first club in the Football League to have their relegation confirmed. Unless professional pride allows an unexpected bump now, Rotherham are about to make it four. The other damnation: two of the other three were them too. And so the League One promotion campaign begins again.
You see Millmoor isn’t just a statue to where Rotherham have come from, but also what they have gone through together. Between 2006 and 2009, the club was docked 37 points relating to the club entering – and remaining in – administration. As @The_RUFC calculated, their wage bill last season was the lowest in the Championship (more than five times lower than championsIn points per million spent on wages – one of the truest indicators of performance – Rotherham topped the division by a streak ahead of
There are things that Rotherham can and could have done better too; nobody pretends otherwise. They sacked Matt Taylor as manager and, as yet, Leam Richardson and the nine per cent win ratio hasn’t worked out.
Rotherham United Yo-Yo Club Relegation Away Wins EFL Millmoor Stadium
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