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Our last home game of the season as we look to extend our six game unbeaten run. We won the corresponding fixture last season thanks to a late winner from Andi, https://youtu.be/GULOo7F1GbA

In October, thanks to Tommy Conway’s brace, we won a poor game at their place 2-1 all the goals coming after 80 minutes. For those who miss him here’s NP post-match, https://youtu.be/YENnTEWl0xw?si=1zgiY3H3OKVru5mS

Two minutes after coming on as a 79th-minute substitute Conway, in his second game back after a two-month injury lay-off, controlled a long ball and cut in from the left to fire past Viktor Johansson in the Millers net. Then, as the game looked set to end in a draw following Tyler Blackett’s equaliser, Conway popped up again, in the 95th minute, to deftly steer Andy King’s cross into the net, https://www.bcfc.co.uk/video/highlights/extended-highlights-rotherham-united-1-2-bristol-city/ TC described this, at the time, as his best moment in a City shirt: https://t.co/o3EfMt1454

The Millers' two-year stay in the Championship came to an end with five games still left to play when they lost on 5 April 0-1 at home to Plymouth, https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68691286

They have endured a dismal campaign, with just four wins and are guaranteed to finish bottom of the table. They have failed to win a single match away from home all season and have not won a league match on their travels since November 2022.

There will certainly be others but Shaun Goater is the only player I can think of who played for them and us.

LM pre-match https://www.bcfc.co.uk/video/interviews/manning-previews-final-home-game/

They signed goalkeeper Dillon Phillips on a two-year deal, following his departure from fellow Championship side Cardiff City. Also signed midfielder Cafu after his release from Nottingham Forest. The 30-year-old joined the Millers on a one-year deal.

They signed winger Fred Onyedinma on a season-long loan from Premier League side Luton Town.

They also signed forward Andre Green on a two-year contract after a successful trial. The 25-year-old spent the past two seasons in Slovakia with Slovan Bratislava. He came through Aston Villa's academy and had loan spells with Portsmouth, Preston and Charlton before joining Sheffield Wednesday in January 2021.

In mid-August they completed the permanent transfer of midfielder Christ Tiehi, who arrived at AESSEAL New York Stadium for an undisclosed club-record fee from FC Slovan Liberec.

Also signed winger Arvin Appiah on a season-long loan from Spanish second division side Almeria. The 22-year-old started his career with Nottingham Forest before joining Almeria for £8m four years ago.

On the eve of deadline day they signed Exeter City forward Sam Nombe for an undisclosed club record fee on a four-year deal and on deadline day they signed Aston Villa defender Sebastian Revan on a season-long loan deal.

At the end of October they added ex-Middlesbrough and Blackburn defender Daniel Ayala on a deal until the end of the season. The 32-year-old Spaniard was a free agent after leaving Blackburn Rovers at the end of last season.

During the November international break they sacked manager Matt Taylor with the club 22nd in the Championship. In early December they appointed 44 year old ex-Wigan boss Leam Richardson as new head coach on a two-and-a-half-year deal.

Then Leam Richardson was sacked on April 17th and Steve Evans left Stevenage to take his place with immediate effect. The decision to part ways with the 44-year-old came as a surprise to many fans.The Millers' plan all along seemed to be that LR was going to be the man in charge come the start of the 24/25 campaign at the AESSEAL New York stadium.

Instead of Richardson, it will be Evans. The Scottish boss previously took charge of the club from April 2012 to September 2015.

Fan, Tom Eyre’s reaction to the news of Richardson's sacking. Eyre believes that the decision to get rid of Richardson wasn't the right one, and that he would have been the right person for their upcoming return to League One.

He said: "Time will tell if the decision to sack Richardson was the right one, or not. I'm very shocked. It was only a couple of weeks ago that our chairman said that he was the man to see us through to next season, that Richardson wanted to be here, wanted to make sure that things were going well, and that he wanted to prove himself.

"I can't see it being a sacking. I think one of them has decided to walk or part ways. It's just a huge shock.

"I didn't think that this would happen this season, I thought that he'd be given until Christmas at the least, so yeah, I'm just in shock.

"But given his huge losses, given the fact that there wasn't an up-turn in form, or the football, you can argue that it is the right decision. Personally, I don't think it is. I thought that he was the man for League One, and he would have rebuilt the club, and the culture, much more efficiently than anyone else will do."

Evans has had a lot of success with the Millers in the past, and, as a result of that, he's someone that knows and understands the club. His record with the club is almost as good as any of the other teams that he has managed in his career.

The Scotsman got Stevenage surprisingly close to the play-offs this season, in what is their first season back in the third tier of English football.

So, bringing in Evans isn't a bad appointment. He's certainly a proven manager at this level, although he has the reputation of being someone who needs a lot of financial backing. But why was now the time to sack Richardson? That is the intriguing, and confusing, part of the equation.

Family day today, which includes The Wurzels who will be performing following the match. They will play an hour-long set in the extended Fan Village.

Other family day stuff:

All Under-12 tickets just £1!

Party Peeps pre-match entertainment and music

Extended Fan Village with lots of fun, family friendly activities

Puxton Park will be on site with a tractor and an alpaca!

Face painting in the Fan Village and South Stand

Lower and Upper Lansdown Stand games and activities

Head-to-head record

Won: 23

Lost: 24

Drawn:10

Officials

Charles Breakspear from Surrey is in the middle. In the thirty-four games he has been the referee for this season he has shown one hundred and sixty-four yellow cards and nine red. He normally does 1st and 2nd division games and this is only the second time this season that he as reffed a Championship game.

Running the line are Daniel Leach and Nigel Lugg and the Fourth Official will be James Bell.

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2 hours ago, Jerseybean said:

There will certainly be others but Shaun Goater is the only player I can think of who played for them and us.

Gerry Gow, Vyner (loan) , David Noble ,Richard O'Donnell, Tony Thorpe , Martin Scott and Norman Hunter managed them

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First time I saw City play Rotherham was in 1952/3 in an FA Cup match.

Both sides had to change colours due to red clash. City lost the toss for white and ended up wearing the Gas blue and white quarters.

We lost, 1-3 Rotherham being a Second Division team while we were Third (South).

We got our revenge in 1957 when we beat them 4-1 in the Third Round.

 

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Hard to get too excited about an end of season game with nothing riding on it, but both sets of players will either be playing for contracts or places in their respective starting 11s next year or even perhaps the prospect of a lucrative transfer deal or contract elsewhere.

But it is our last home game for a few months before we settle down to watch boring England fail to achieve yet again in a major competition and our last chance to see a few players who might not be here next season.

Not sure we will be seeing 2 teams really going for it - more likely a bit of experimentation and perhaps the chance for a few who might be on the fringes from the start or from the bench.

Still, it's what we always enjoy on a Saturday afternoon for whatever masochistic reason or another.

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The Gasbuster

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2 hours ago, onlyotib said:

Simply out of interest I always check the head to head record against every opposition and I swear we never win any 

You would think that we would lead in head to head records against a club like Rotherham, wouldn't you ? but oh no !

We are certainly ahead though in our head to heads with 2015 ! 😉👍

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Looking forward to this, bringing a work colleague and his 2 lads along they have never been to any kind of match before (they are from malawi). So hopefully we see a good performance and a good result, expecting them to sit back and we know what happens when teams do that against us. 

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12 hours ago, Jerseybean said:

Our last home game of the season as we look to extend our six game unbeaten run. We won the corresponding fixture last season thanks to a late winner from Andi, https://youtu.be/GULOo7F1GbA

In October, thanks to Tommy Conway’s brace, we won a poor game at their place 2-1 all the goals coming after 80 minutes. For those who miss him here’s NP post-match, https://youtu.be/YENnTEWl0xw?si=1zgiY3H3OKVru5mS

Two minutes after coming on as a 79th-minute substitute Conway, in his second game back after a two-month injury lay-off, controlled a long ball and cut in from the left to fire past Viktor Johansson in the Millers net. Then, as the game looked set to end in a draw following Tyler Blackett’s equaliser, Conway popped up again, in the 95th minute, to deftly steer Andy King’s cross into the net, https://www.bcfc.co.uk/video/highlights/extended-highlights-rotherham-united-1-2-bristol-city/ TC described this, at the time, as his best moment in a City shirt: https://t.co/o3EfMt1454

The Millers' two-year stay in the Championship came to an end with five games still left to play when they lost on 5 April 0-1 at home to Plymouth, https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68691286

They have endured a dismal campaign, with just four wins and are guaranteed to finish bottom of the table. They have failed to win a single match away from home all season and have not won a league match on their travels since November 2022.

There will certainly be others but Shaun Goater is the only player I can think of who played for them and us.

LM pre-match https://www.bcfc.co.uk/video/interviews/manning-previews-final-home-game/

They signed goalkeeper Dillon Phillips on a two-year deal, following his departure from fellow Championship side Cardiff City. Also signed midfielder Cafu after his release from Nottingham Forest. The 30-year-old joined the Millers on a one-year deal.

They signed winger Fred Onyedinma on a season-long loan from Premier League side Luton Town.

They also signed forward Andre Green on a two-year contract after a successful trial. The 25-year-old spent the past two seasons in Slovakia with Slovan Bratislava. He came through Aston Villa's academy and had loan spells with Portsmouth, Preston and Charlton before joining Sheffield Wednesday in January 2021.

In mid-August they completed the permanent transfer of midfielder Christ Tiehi, who arrived at AESSEAL New York Stadium for an undisclosed club-record fee from FC Slovan Liberec.

Also signed winger Arvin Appiah on a season-long loan from Spanish second division side Almeria. The 22-year-old started his career with Nottingham Forest before joining Almeria for £8m four years ago.

On the eve of deadline day they signed Exeter City forward Sam Nombe for an undisclosed club record fee on a four-year deal and on deadline day they signed Aston Villa defender Sebastian Revan on a season-long loan deal.

At the end of October they added ex-Middlesbrough and Blackburn defender Daniel Ayala on a deal until the end of the season. The 32-year-old Spaniard was a free agent after leaving Blackburn Rovers at the end of last season.

During the November international break they sacked manager Matt Taylor with the club 22nd in the Championship. In early December they appointed 44 year old ex-Wigan boss Leam Richardson as new head coach on a two-and-a-half-year deal.

Then Leam Richardson was sacked on April 17th and Steve Evans left Stevenage to take his place with immediate effect. The decision to part ways with the 44-year-old came as a surprise to many fans.The Millers' plan all along seemed to be that LR was going to be the man in charge come the start of the 24/25 campaign at the AESSEAL New York stadium.

Instead of Richardson, it will be Evans. The Scottish boss previously took charge of the club from April 2012 to September 2015.

Fan, Tom Eyre’s reaction to the news of Richardson's sacking. Eyre believes that the decision to get rid of Richardson wasn't the right one, and that he would have been the right person for their upcoming return to League One.

He said: "Time will tell if the decision to sack Richardson was the right one, or not. I'm very shocked. It was only a couple of weeks ago that our chairman said that he was the man to see us through to next season, that Richardson wanted to be here, wanted to make sure that things were going well, and that he wanted to prove himself.

"I can't see it being a sacking. I think one of them has decided to walk or part ways. It's just a huge shock.

"I didn't think that this would happen this season, I thought that he'd be given until Christmas at the least, so yeah, I'm just in shock.

"But given his huge losses, given the fact that there wasn't an up-turn in form, or the football, you can argue that it is the right decision. Personally, I don't think it is. I thought that he was the man for League One, and he would have rebuilt the club, and the culture, much more efficiently than anyone else will do."

Evans has had a lot of success with the Millers in the past, and, as a result of that, he's someone that knows and understands the club. His record with the club is almost as good as any of the other teams that he has managed in his career.

The Scotsman got Stevenage surprisingly close to the play-offs this season, in what is their first season back in the third tier of English football.

So, bringing in Evans isn't a bad appointment. He's certainly a proven manager at this level, although he has the reputation of being someone who needs a lot of financial backing. But why was now the time to sack Richardson? That is the intriguing, and confusing, part of the equation.

Family day today, which includes The Wurzels who will be performing following the match. They will play an hour-long set in the extended Fan Village.

Other family day stuff:

All Under-12 tickets just £1!

Party Peeps pre-match entertainment and music

Extended Fan Village with lots of fun, family friendly activities

Puxton Park will be on site with a tractor and an alpaca!

Face painting in the Fan Village and South Stand

Lower and Upper Lansdown Stand games and activities

Head-to-head record

Won: 23

Lost: 24

Drawn:10

Officials

Charles Breakspear from Surrey is in the middle. In the thirty-four games he has been the referee for this season he has shown one hundred and sixty-four yellow cards and nine red. He normally does 1st and 2nd division games and this is only the second time this season that he as reffed a Championship game.

Running the line are Daniel Leach and Nigel Lugg and the Fourth Official will be James Bell.

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Rotheringham:

Our last home game of the season 

Go chaps go !!!

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9 hours ago, wendyredredrobin said:

Hard to get too excited about an end of season game with nothing riding on it, but both sets of players will either be playing for contracts or places in their respective starting 11s next year or even perhaps the prospect of a lucrative transfer deal or contract elsewhere.

But it is our last home game for a few months before we settle down to watch boring England fail to achieve yet again in a major competition and our last chance to see a few players who might not be here next season.

Not sure we will be seeing 2 teams really going for it - more likely a bit of experimentation and perhaps the chance for a few who might be on the fringes from the start or from the bench.

Still, it's what we always enjoy on a Saturday afternoon for whatever masochistic reason or another.

Have you ever considered a career as a motivational speaker?

We will win 5-0.

Mark. My. Words.

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10 hours ago, pongo88 said:

Rotherham have only won 4 games all season,  none away with a goal difference of -53. This can only mean one thing……….

The way the past couple of weeks have thrown up from freak results, I wouldn't be surprised if they get their first away win since November 2022!

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31 minutes ago, Maldini said:

Rumour has it that Bajic will get 45 mins.*

Which means his chant can finally be used,

It's a kind of Bajic, to the tune of it's kind of magic. 

 

 

*I've just started this rumour 

I used to love the My-itch Roundabout as a kid.

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15 hours ago, cidered abroad said:

First time I saw City play Rotherham was in 1952/3 in an FA Cup match.

Both sides had to change colours due to red clash. City lost the toss for white and ended up wearing the Gas blue and white quarters.

We lost, 1-3 Rotherham being a Second Division team while we were Third (South).

We got our revenge in 1957 when we beat them 4-1 in the Third Round.

 

Did we? That’s interesting!

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14 hours ago, wendyredredrobin said:

Hard to get too excited about an end of season game with nothing riding on it, but both sets of players will either be playing for contracts or places in their respective starting 11s next year or even perhaps the prospect of a lucrative transfer deal or contract elsewhere.

But it is our last home game for a few months before we settle down to watch boring England fail to achieve yet again in a major competition and our last chance to see a few players who might not be here next season.

Not sure we will be seeing 2 teams really going for it - more likely a bit of experimentation and perhaps the chance for a few who might be on the fringes from the start or from the bench.

Still, it's what we always enjoy on a Saturday afternoon for whatever masochistic reason or another.

I'm not sure what you mean by achieving, a semi-final in the World Cup and a final in the Euros in the not-too-distant past, if you mean actually winning a tournament well yes we have not achieved, but only one team ever wins and the odds are pretty stacked against any team.

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11 minutes ago, pillred said:

I'm not sure what you mean by achieving, a semi-final in the World Cup and a final in the Euros in the not-too-distant past, if you mean actually winning a tournament well yes we have not achieved, but only one team ever wins and the odds are pretty stacked against any team.

Well we haven't won a tournament since 1966 and that's 58 years of winning zilch.  Many of you are too young to ever remember winning or what it feels like to win.

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