League Two Form Guide

		P	GD	Pts
1	MK Dons	6	+7	15
2	Port Vale	6	+5	15
3	Walsall	6	+6	12
4	Crewe	6	+5	12
5	Cheltenham	6	+2	11
6	Chesterfield	6	+3	10
7	Accrington Stanley	6	+3	9
8	Salford	6	+1	9
9	Doncaster	6	+1	9
10	Notts County	6	0	9
11	Bradford	6	+1	8
12	AFC Wimbledon	6	+2	7
13	Bromley	6	0	7
14	Harrogate Town	6	-1	7
15	Grimsby	6	-4	7
16	Colchester	6	-1	6
17	Carlisle	6	-2	6
18	Fleetwood Town	6	-2	6
19	Newport County	6	-2	6
20	Tranmere	6	-4	6
21	Morecambe	6	-7	6
22	Gillingham	6	-4	4
23	Barrow	6	-4	3
24	Swindon	6	-5	2

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Fenton: A Miller Now

Rotherham v Grimsby Preview

By: Alex Green
Date: 03/10/2008

WHICH of these two teams would you rather be at this moment in time? That was an easy question back in August. Don’t worry with a running track around the pitch the lack of quality will be harder to see.

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The Opposition

Overview

Rotherham can’t afford to play at their old ground, which had been their home for over a hundred years. They have dropped through the leagues like a lead balloon and continual problems financially mean that for the second time in a few years The Millers will start on minus points. Lets face it, its hardly a brilliant resume of late yet only 5 or 6 years ago Rotherham were being held as a team in which all small teams should model themselves on. With the managerial expertise of Ronnie Moore Rotherham catapulted up to the Championship where they spent four happy years. Nowadays The Millers are just happy to exist and with a positive start to their season they will hope emulates Leeds' success and overtake us very soon.

The Team

Considering The Millers problematic state financially they are still managing to have a squad a whole ten men larger then ourselves (these do not include our loan players) Other then the larger side Rotherham’s well balanced squad can count on the experienced Micky Cummins (left) who has played over 250 games for Port Vale and former Hull, Coventry and Bristol City defender Marc Joseph. Up front they can rely on equally experienced Mark Burchill once of Hearts, Portsmouth and Celtic. But with all this experience United also rest some hopes on young starlet Jamie Green. At just 19 Green has yet to score this season but has started six league games and it is only a matter of time before the promising striker gets on the score sheet.

One to Watch

Reuben Reid. The former Plymouth trainee had been shipped out to countless clubs on loan before joining Brentford on a free. Rochdale, Torquay and Wycombe all tried out Reid before he settled in the capital where he started an amazing one game before shooting up the M1 to join the Millers in the Don Valley. This season has been far more stable for the English striker: 11 starts so far this season, Reid shot out of the blocks with empathic style, scoring 3 in his first 4 games of the season. Since then the striker has been silenced, only managing to pick up an extra goal in a 2-2 draw at home to Rochdale.

Recent Form

Town

Rotherham

L	Barnet	(h)	0-1
D	Morecambe	(a)	1-1
L	Chester	(h)	1-3
L	Gillingham,	(a)	0-3
W	Chesterfield (JPT)	(a)	2-2 (4-1p)

Currently 21st in League Two.

D	Dagenham	(a)	1-1
W	Southampton (CC)	(h)	3-1
W	Luton	(h)	1-0
D	Rochdale	(h)	2-2
L	Chesterfield	(a)	0-1

Currently 22nd in League Two.

Top Scorers

Town

Rotherham

North	2
Till	2

Reid	4
Rhodes	3

Team News

Town	Rotherham
New signings Malvin Kamara and Tomi Ameobi are both set to start for Grimsby. Richard Hope (ankle) is unavailable again.	Former striker Richie Barker is expected to sign from Hartlepool and if so will make his debut. Mark Lynch (shoulder) will miss out, whilst Danny Harrison is doubtful with a groin injury.

Squads

Town

Rotherham

1	GK	Phil Barnes
2	DF	Robbie Stockdale
3	DF	Tom Newey
4	DF	Ryan Bennett
5	DF	Matthew Heywood (c)
6	DF	Richard Hope
7	MF	Peter Till
8	MF	Paul Bolland
9	FW	Martin Butler
10	MF	Chris Llewellyn
11	MF	Danny Boshell
12	DF	Jamie Clarke
13	GK	Gary Montgomery
14	MF	James Hunt
15	DF	Matthew Bird
16	DF	Javan Vidal
17	MF	Nick Hegarty
18	MF	Peter Bore
19	FW	Danny North
20	FW	Andy Taylor
21	MF	Simon Heslop
22	FW	Nathan Jarman
23	MF	Grant Normington
24	MF	Liam Trotter
25	MF	Malvin Kamara
26	FW	Tomi Ameobi
27	GK	Leigh Overton

1	GK	Andy Warrington
2	DF	Dale Tonge
3	DF	Mark Lynch
4	MF	Danny Harrison
5	DF	Ian Sharps
6	DF	Nick Fenton
7	MF	Michael Cummins
9	FW	Mark Burchill
10	MF	Mark Hudson
11	DF	Stephen Brogan
12	DF	Marc Joseph
14	MF	Andy Todd
15	MF	Alex Rhodes
16	MF	Jamie Yates
17	FW	Marc Newsham
18	DF	David Haggerty
19	DF	Jamie Green
20	FW	Ryan Taylor
21	FW	Tom Cahill
22	FW	Drewe Broughton
23	FW	Reuben Reid
24	DF	Andy Nicholas
25	DF	Pablo Mills
26	FW	Omar Garcia
30	GK	Steven Cann
32	FW	Lyle Pett

Head to Head

Grimsby have a poor record at Millmoore, winning just 3 ouf their 25 games. Town have only beat the Millers once in 7 games this century, but won all four games during the nineties.

P 53 W 17 D 11 L 25 F 67 A 73

Rotherham Head-to-Head (82nd on The Opposition Ladder)

Last Meeting

Grimsby 0 Rotherham 1 (Sat 12th April 2008)

One of the games at the tail end of last season near the start of a spiral of defeats from which we still have not emerged.

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