2012–13 Rotherham United F.C. season

In the 2012–13 season, The Millers competed in League Two-the fourth tier in the football league. It was the 142nd season for the club since forming in 1870 as Thornhill and the fifth season in a row that Rotherham have been in League Two. It was a commemorative season for Rotherham United and a new chapter in the history books, as they returned home to Rotherham. They played their home games at The Don Valley Stadium in nearby city Sheffield, of which they had been shadowed by for 4 years since the dispute with Ken Booth, the owner of traditional home Millmoor-which forced them to leave. Rotherham's first game of the season was played on 18 August 2012, versus Burton Albion, in their new home; which was requested by chairman Tony Stewart because of the homecoming occasion. They came out victorious 3-0. Before the season began, the club were tipped by many bookies to lift the League Two title, leaving newly promoted Fleetwood Town and local rivals Chesterfield in their tracks. United were also tipped to be one of numerous favourites to contest the Football League Trophy, however they were out in the first round prior to a 1-0 defeat to York City.

Rotherham United

2012–13 season
Chairman	Tony Stewart
Manager	Steve Evans
Stadium	New York Stadium Don Street Rotherham
League Two	2nd (promoted)
League Cup	First Round
FA Cup	Third Round
Football League Trophy	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Daniel Nardiello (13) All: Daniel Nardiello (13)
Highest home attendance	League: 11,441 vs Burton Albion (18 August 2012) All: 11,441 vs Burton Albion (18 August 2012)
Lowest home attendance	League: 6271 vs Morecambe (23 October 2012) All: 3,975 vs York City (4 September 2012)
Home colours Away colours

Just one week prior to the first league encounter, Rotherham faced a trip to Yorkshire rivals, Hull City, in a League Cup first round fixture. They were knocked out 7-6 on penalties.

Rotherham United won promotion to League One after finishing second in the league.

Kit

The first kit (1925)

Rotherham wear traditional colours red and white as their home kit. On the right shoulder, there is a solid white bar, with the black Puma logo on it, due to them being the kit manufacturers. Below it is the town crest, put on as a symbolic representative of the move back to Rotherham. It retains the sponsorship of local shopping centre Parkgate. The away kit is an amber and black coloured strip. The reason behind the chosen colours is that in 1925, when Rotherham Town and Thornhill United merged to become Rotherham United, their first ever kit was amber with a black rugby-like 'V' design on the chest. However, this season's away top is a thick, black bar across the chest, with the badge on the left, Puma logo in the centre and the town crest on the right. This kit also retains sponsorship from last season, with One Town One Community.

Season fixtures

18 August 2012 1	Rotherham United	3–0	Burton Albion	Don Street, Rotherham
15:00	Nardiello  4' (pen) Odejayi  12' Pringle  74'	Match Report	Lee Bell  59'  61'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 11,441 Man of the Match: Kayode Odejayi

21 August 2012 2	Northampton Town	2–1	Rotherham United	Northampton, Northamptonshire
19:45	Hackett  25' Nicholls  86'	Match Report	Pringle  37'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4171

25 August 2012 3	Chesterfield	1–1	Rotherham United	Whittington Moor, Chesterfield
15:00	Bowery  3'	Match Report	Odejayi  51'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 7232

1 September 2012 4	Rotherham United	4–0	Bradford City	Don Street, Rotherham
15:00	O'Connor  2' Evans (2)  24 + 86' Ben Pringle  37'	Match Report		Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 11,199

8 September 2012 5	Port Vale	6–2	Rotherham United	Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent
15:00	Dodds  5' Pope (4)  15, 17, 65 + 78' Vincent  25'	Match Report	O'Connor  30' Nardiello  51' (pen)	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 5544

15 September 2012 6	Rotherham United	1–0	Torquay United	Don Street, Rotherham
15:00	Alex Revell  34'	Match Report		Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 7405 Man of the Match: Ben Pringle

18 September 2012 7	Rotherham United	2–3	Rochdale	Don Street, Rotherham
19:45	Revell  59' Nardiello  62'	Match Report	Adebola  45+1' Grant  71' (pen) Mcintyre  78'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 6783 Man of the Match: Ben Pringle

22 September 2012 8	Barnet	0–0	Rotherham United	Barnet, London Borough of Barnet
15:00		Match Report	Revell	Stadium: Underhill Stadium Attendance: 1821

29 September 2012 9	Rotherham United	3–1	Oxford United	Don Street, Rotherham
15:00	O'Connor (2)  30' (pen), +74' Taylor  86'	Match Report	Sean Rigg  8'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 7258 Man of the Match: Michael O'Connor

6 October 2012 10	York City	0–0	Rotherham United	York, North Yorkshire
15:00		Match Report		Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 5417

13 October 2012 11	Rotherham United	0–3	Southend United	Don Street, Rotherham
15:00		Match Report	Assombalonga (2)  56 + 66' Martin  74'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 7328 Man of the Match: Bob Harris

20 October 2012 12	Aldershot Town	0–3	Rotherham United	Aldershot, Hampshire
15:00		Match Report	Frecklington  33' Harris  56' Revell  82'	Stadium: Recreation Ground Attendance: 1754

23 October 2012 13	Rotherham United	2–1	Morecambe	Don Street, Rotherham
19:45	Nardiello (2)  61 + 62'	Match Report	Ellison  37'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 5971 Man of the Match: Daniel Nardiello

27 October 2012 14	Rotherham United	1–0	Plymouth Argyle	Don Street, Rotherham
15:00	Agard  74'	Match Report		Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 6938 Man of the Match: Kari Arnason

6 November 2012 15	Fleetwood Town	1–1	Rotherham United	Fleetwood, Lancashire
19:45	Parkin  21'	Match Report	Arnason  19'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 2498

10 November 2012 16	Dagenham & Redbridge	5–0	Rotherham United	Dagenham, Greater London
15:00	Gayle (2)  5 + 90+1' Howell (2)  35 + 75' Elito  80'	Match Report		Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: 1720

17 November 2012 17	Rotherham United	4–2	Cheltenham Town	Don Street, Rotherham
15:00	Nardiello (2)  4 + 29' Pringle  20' Frecklington  90+2'	Match Report	Lowe  1' Zebroski  37'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 6705

20 November 2012 18	Rotherham United	2–3	Wycombe Wanderers	Don Street, Rotherham
19:45	Nardiello  1' Bradley  35'		Winefield  29' McClure  50', 55'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 5688

24 November 2012 19	Exeter City	0–1	Rotherham United	Exeter, Devon
15:00			Sharps  42'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 3954

27 November 2012 20	Accrington Stanley	1–2	Rotherham United	Accrington, Lancashire
19:45	Winnard  2'		Nardiello  5', 48'	Stadium: Crown Ground

8 December 2012 21	Rotherham United	1–2	Gillingham	Don Street, New York Stadium
15:00	Taylor  69'		Burton  11', 57'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 8029

15 December 2012 22	AFC Wimbledon	0–1	Rotherham United	Kingston upon Thames, London
15:00			Agard  79'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 3,718

26 December 2012 23	Rotherham United	1–2	Port Vale	Don Street, Rotherham
15:00	Agard  83'		Dodds  56' Pope  63'	Stadium: New York Stadium

29 December 2012 24	Rotherham United	4–1	Accrington Stanley	Don Street, Rotherham
15:00	Eckersley  48' (o.g.) Nardiello  63', 74' O'Conner  77'		Lindfield  40'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 7304

1 January 2013 25	Rochdale	2–1	Rotherham United	Rochdale, Greater Manchester
19:45	Grimes  29'		Odejayi  29' Cameron  90'	Stadium: Spotland

12 January 2013 26	Rotherham United	0–2	Barnet	Don Street, Rotherham
15:00			Hyde  21' Yiadom  82'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 7434

26 January 2013 27	Rotherham United	1–3	Bristol Rovers	Don Street, Rotherham
15:00	Noble  73'	Match Report	Brown  43' (pen) Harrison  53' Anyisah  61'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 6582

2 February 2013 28	Rotherham United	3–1	Northampton Town	Don Street, Rotherham
15:00	Nardiello  42' Pringle  72' Noble  79'	Report	Carlisle  90'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 7,739 Referee: Miller

9 February 2013 29	Burton Albion	2–0	Rotherham United	Burton upon Trent, East Staffordshire
15:00	Kee  36', 55'	Report		Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,967 Referee: Ilderton

12 February 2013 30	Torquay United	1–3	Rotherham United	Torquay, Torbay
15:00	Bodin  90'		Frecklington  46' Revell  59' Odejayi  90'	Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 1,178

16 February 2013 31	Rotherham United	1–0	Chesterfield	Don Street, New York Stadium
15:00	Mullins			Stadium: New York Stadium

19 February 2013 32	Bristol Rovers	1–2	Rotherham United	Horfield, Bristol
15:00	Anyinsah  81'		Odejayi  60' Frecklington  62'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,646

26 February 2013 33	Rotherham United	1–1	York City	Don Street, Rotherham
19:45	Nardiello  90'		Blair  63'	Stadium: New York Stadium

2 March 2013 34	Southend United	1–1	Rotherham United	Southend-on-Sea, Essex
15:00	Kevan Hurst  73'		Mullins  88'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 4,983

5 March 2013 35	Oxford United	0–4	Rotherham United	Oxford, Oxfordshire
15:00			Noble  30' Árnason 33' Mullins  41' Pringle 44'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 5,169

9 March 2013 36	Rotherham United	1–2	Dagenham & Redbridge	Don Street, Rotherham
15:00	Davis  66'		Elito  59' Wilkinson  82'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 7,309

12 March 2013 37	Wycombe Wanderers	2–2	Rotherham United	High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
19:45	Grant  7' Doherty  81'	Report	Nardiello  51', 64'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 2,581 Referee: Bratt

16 March 2013 38	Cheltenham Town	3–0	Rotherham United	Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
15:00	McGlashan  32' Pack  41' Elliott  84'			Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 3,241

29 March 2013 39	Rotherham United	1–0	AFC Wimbledon	Don Street, Rotherham
15:00	Revell  76'			Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 7,594

1 April 2013 40	Gillingham	1–0	Rotherham United	Gillingham, Medway
15:00	Burton  22'			Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 6,796

6 April 2013 41	Morecambe	2–1	Rotherham United	Westgate, Morecambe
15:00	Threlfall Ellison  90'		Revell  64'	Stadium: Globe Arena (football stadium) Attendance: 2,197

9 April 2013 42	Rotherham United	4–1	Exeter City	Don Street, Rotherham
15:00	Pringle  1' Nardiello  28' O'Connor  30' Morgan  51'		Coles  77'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 6,703

13 April 2013 43	Rotherham United	2–1	Fleetwood Town	Don Street, Rotherham
15:00	Nardiello  3' Agard  62'		Ball  6'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 7,360

16 April 2013 44	Bradford City	0–2	Rotherham United	Bradford, West Yorkshire
15:00			Frecklington  80' Agard  90'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 13,461

20 April 2013 45	Plymouth Argyle	0–1	Rotherham United	Plymouth, Devon
15:00			Agard  75'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 10,648

27 April 2013 46	Rotherham United	2–0	Aldershot Town	Don Street, Rotherham
15:00	Mullins  64' Frecklington  90'			Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 11,300

Pre-season

Rotherham line-up with Barnsley in the first ever game to be held at The New York Stadium.

The first training session of the season was held on week commencing 2 July 2012, 13 days previous to the first pre-season fixture against local team Parkgate. It was a vital time, as the players got a long jog and light training to get back into the football routine; as well as meeting the summer recruitments. On 14 July 2012, a few hours after the 0-6 victory against Parkgate, The Millers flew out to a training camp in the Algarve District of Portugal. On 18 July 2012, Rotherham locked horns with nearby training Oldham Athletic. Managed by Paul Dickov, Oldham were a stature of whom were a League One side. Surprisingly, Steve Evans' men came out on top 3-1. The players returned home the next day to prepare for the upcoming pre-season.

For Rotherham, not just the club but the fans too, this was a special pre-season. The first ever match at their new home venue The New York Stadium would be staged during this period of time. However, this match was just one quarter of stadia safety certificate matches. The opponents in these games, of which were two Yorkshire rivals in Barnsley and Doncaster Rovers, would stage 6,000 and 9,000 maximum capacity matches respectively. The 2012 Scottish Cup champions Hearts, and local rivals Sheffield United would both stage maximum (12,000) capacity matches, also respectively. These fixtures were simply to ensure that the facilities of the ground were able to cope with match-day standards.

Other games included away trips to Mansfield Town, Stocksbridge Park Steels, Stamford, a short journey to local lads Dinnington Town, and an encounter at Nene Park against Kettering Town.

Rotherham fans grew ever confident that the club would be successful this year. The performances were "too good for the league" according to many fans, and it was justified with victories over higher league outfits Oldham, Doncaster and Barnsley. Comments from other supporters suggested that the players brought in were Championship quality, and would tear other teams such as Barnet and Accrington Stanley to pieces.

14 July 2012	Parkgate	0–6	Rotherham United	Rawmarsh, Rotherham
12:00		Match Report	??  og' Denton (2) Revell Odejayi Nardiello	Stadium: Roundwood Sports Complex Attendance: 810

18 July 2012	Rotherham United	3–1	Oldham Athletic	Vilamoura, Loulé
10:30	Taylor  10' Evans Revell  55' Nardiello  71'	Match Report	M'Changama  75'	Attendance: 0 (BCD)

21 July 2012	Rotherham United	2–1	Barnsley	Don Street, Rotherham
15:00	Noble  42' Odejayi  44'	Match Report	Mellis  40'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Man of the Match: Ben Pringle

24 July 2012	Rotherham United	2–1	Doncaster Rovers	Don Street, Rotherham
19:45	Bradley  69' Agard  79'	Match Report	Cotterill  54'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 5967 Man of the Match: Johnny Mullins

27 July 2012	Dinnington Town	3–2	Rotherham United XI	Dinnington, Sheffield
			Beavers Denton	Stadium: Phoenix Park Attendance: 100

28 July 2012	Rotherham United	0–1	Heart Of Midlothian	Don Street, Rotherham
14:00		Match Report	Sutton  47'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 5891 Man of the Match: Ben Pringle

31 July 2012	Rotherham United	0–1	Sheffield United	Don Street, Rotherham
19:45		Match Report	Cofie  41'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 11033 Referee: Howard Webb Man of the Match: Ben Pringle

1 August 2012	Stocksbridge Park Steels	1–3	Rotherham United	Bracken Moor, Stocksbridge
19:45	Sanasay  23'	Match Report	O'Connor  30' (pen.) Agard  38' Revell  63'	Stadium: Look Local Stadium Attendance: 1700

4 August 2012	Mansfield Town	2–3	Rotherham United	Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
15:00	Stevenson  46' Green  73'	Match Report	Árnason  25' Nardiello  36' Bradley  70'	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 1300

7 August 2012	Stamford AFC	1–3	Rotherham United	Stamford, Lincolnshire
19:45	Gibson  64'	Match Report	Agard  2' Revell (2)  47' (pen.), 78'	Stadium: PK Arena Attendance: 1300

14 August 2012	Kettering Town	0–2	Rotherham United	Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire
19:45	Bonnett-Johnson	Match Report	Revell  83' Denton  86'	Stadium: Nene Park

FA Cup

3 November 2012 First Round Proper	Rotherham United	3–2	Stevenage	Don Street, Rotherham
15:00	Bradley  36' Frecklington (2)  55 + 57'	Match Report	Dunne  60' Morais  72'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 4324 Man of the Match: Mark Bradley

1 December 2012 Second Round Proper	Rotherham United	1–1	Notts County	Don Street, Rotherham
15:00	Pringle  43'		Arquin  32'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 7,903

18 December 2012 Second Round Proper	Notts County	0–3	Rotherham United	Meadow Lane
9:45			Pringle  9' Bradley  22' Nardiello  41'	Attendance: 2,990

5 January 2013 Third Round Proper	Aldershot Town	3–1	Rotherham United
9:45	Hylton  6', 23', 62'		Frecklington  71' (pen.)	Attendance: 2,990

League Cup

11 August 2012 1st Round	Hull City	1–1 (a.e.t.) (7–6 p)	Rotherham United	KC Stadium, Kingston upon Hull
15:00	McLean  70'	Match Report	Ainsworth  52'
	Penalties
	Fryatt Koren McLean Proschwitz Chester Stewart Cairney		Noble Mullins Agard Árnason Pringle Taylor Bradley

Football League Trophy

4 September 2012 Round 1	Rotherham United	0–1	York City	Don Street, Rotherham
19:30			Blair  80'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 3975

Squad statistics

Everything below is not up-to-date Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 GK  ENG Andy Warrington 1 GK  SCO Scott Shearer 23 DF  ENG Josh Morris (on loan from Blackburn) 5 DF  ENG Ian Sharps (C) 2 DF  ENG Dale Tonge 18 DF  ENG Nicky Hunt 3 DF  ENG Lawrie Wilson 20 DF  WAL Craig Morgan 14 DF  WAL Mark Bradley 11 MF  ENG Gareth Evans 8 MF  ENG Jason Taylor 15 MF  ENG Ben Pringle 31 MF  ENG Courtney Cameron (on loan from Aston Villa F.C. Reserves and Academy)

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 MF  IRL Lee Frecklington 24 MF  ENG Mitch Rose 7 MF  ENG Lionel Ainsworth 4 MF  ISL Kári Árnason 28 MF  ENG Luke Rooney (on loan from Swindon) 32 MF  ENG Nicky Walker 10 MF  NIR Michael O'Connor 19 MF  ENG David Noble 17 FW  WAL Daniel Nardiello 9 FW  ENG Alex Revell 25 FW  ENG Alec Denton 16 FW  NGA Kayode Odejayi 22 FW  ENG Kieran Agard

Out on Loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 6 DF  ENG Johnny Mullins (at Oxford United) 26 MF  ENG Danny Schofield (at Accrington Stanley)

Goals, Appearances and Disciplinary

As of 8 November 2012

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
21	GK	Andy Warrington	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0
1	GK	Scott Shearer	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	12	0	1	0
20	DF	Craig Morgan	12+1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	13+1	0	3	0
6	DF	Johnny Mullins	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0
5	DF	Ian Sharps	17	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	20	0	3	0
2	DF	Dale Tonge	6+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6+1	0	0	0
18	DF	Nicky Hunt	6+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6+2	0	4	0
3	DF	Laurie Wilson	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	7	0	0	0
14	DF	Mark Bradley	7+3	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	10+3	1	1	0
11	MF	Gareth Evans	9+3	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	11+3	2	3	0
8	MF	Jason Taylor	8+3	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	1	0	9+5	1	1	0
	MF	Nicky Walker	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
26	MF	Danny Schofield	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	David Noble	5+1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6+1	0	0	0
15	MF	Ben Pringle	17	4	1	0	1	0	0+1	0	19+1	4	3	0
24	MF	Mitch Rose	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
7	MF	Lionel Ainsworth	6+5	0	0	0	0+1	1	1	0	7+6	1	0	0
4	MF	Kári Árnason	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	12	1	3	0
10	MF	Michael O'Connor	11+2	4	0+1	0	0	0	1	0	12+3	4	5	0
17	FW	Daniel Nardiello	8+4	7	0	0	1	0	0+1	0	9+5	7	1	0
9	FW	Alex Revell	9+4	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	11+4	3	0	1
25	FW	Alec Denton	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
16	FW	Kayode Odejayi	13+3	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	15+3	2	2	0
22	FW	Kieran Agard	0+10	1	0+1	0	0+1	0	1	0	1+12	1	0	0
Players played for Rotherham this season on loan who returned to their parent club:
23	DF	Robert Harris	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0
28	MF	Jamie Devitt	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Players on loan at Rotherham:
23	DF	Josh Morris	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
27	MF	Lee Frecklington	6	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	7	4	2	0
31	MF	Courtney Cameron	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

Key

• x+x
• Starts plus substitute appearances

Top scorers

As of 3 November 2012

Place	Position	Nation	Name	League Two	FA Cup	League Cup	FL Trophy	Total
1	FW		Daniel Nardiello	7	0	0	0	7
2	MF		Michael O'Connor	4	0	0	0	4
=	MF		Ben Pringle	4	0	0	0	4
=	MF		Lee Frecklington	2	2	0	0	4
=	FW		Alex Revell	3	0	0	0	3
4	FW		Kayode Odejayi	2	0	0	0	2
=	MF		Gareth Evans	2	0	0	0	2
5	MF		Lionel Ainsworth	0	0	1	0	1
=	MF		Jason Taylor	1	0	0	0	1
=	DF		Robert Harris	1	0	0	0	1
=	FW		Kieran Agard	1	0	0	0	1
=	DF		Mark Bradley	0	1	0	0	1
=	MF		Kari Arnason	1	0	0	0	1
			TOTALS	28	3	1	0	32

Transfers

As of 29 October 2012

Players transferred in
Date	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Previous Club	Fee	Ref.
10 May 2012	FW		Daniel Nardiello	Exeter City F.C.	Free	[1]
15 May 2012	FW		Kayode Odejayi	Colchester United	Undisclosed	[2]
22 May 2012	DF		Ian Sharps	Shrewsbury Town	Free	[3]
22 May 2012	DF		Nicky Hunt	Preston North End	Free	[4]
24 May 2012	GK		Scott Shearer	Crawley Town	Free	[5]
30 May 2012	DF		Michael O'Connor	Scunthorpe United	Free	[6]
7 June 2012	MF		Kári Árnason	Aberdeen	Free	[7]
18 June 2012	MF		Lionel Ainsworth	Shrewsbury Town	Free	[8]
20 June 2012	DF		Lawrie Wilson	Morecambe	Free	[9]
13 July 2012	MF		David Noble	Exeter City	Free	[10]
27 July 2012	FW		Kieran Agard	Yeovil Town	Free	[11]
7 September 2012	DF		Craig Morgan	Preston North End	Free	[12]
2 January 2013	MF		Lee Frecklington	Peterborough United	Undisclosed	[13]
Players transferred out
Date	Pos.	Nat.	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 May 2012	DF		Richard Naylor	Released	Free	[14]
4 May 2012	DF		Luke Foster	Released	Free	[15]
7 May 2012	MF		Danny Harrison	Released	Free	[16]
7 May 2012	DF		Tom Newey	Released	Free	[17]
7 May 2012	MF		Ollie Banks	Released	Free	[18]
7 May 2012	MF		Marchus Marshall	Released	Free	[19]
7 May 2012	FW		Paul Warne	Coaching Staff	Retired	[20]
7 May 2012	GK		Rhys Taylor	Chelsea	Returned	[21]
7 May 2012	DF		Sam Wood	Brentford	Returned	[22]
7 May 2012	MF		Kieron Cadogan	Crystal Palace	Returned	[23]
7 May 2012	FW		Sam Hoskins	Southampton	Returned	[24]
7 May 2012	DF		Scott Griffiths	Peterborough United	Returned	[25]
23 May 2012	DF		Michael Raynes	Mutual Consent	Free	[26]
1 June 2012	FW		Lewis Grabban	AFC Bournemouth	£300,000	[27]
3 July 2012	DF		Ryan Cresswell	Southend United	Free	[28]
13 July 2012	GK		Jamie Annerson	Mutual Consent	Free	[29]
Players loaned in
Date from	Pos.	Nat	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
27 September 2012	DF		Robert Harris	Blackpool	25 October 2012	[30]
19 October 2012	MF		Lee Frecklington	Peterborough United	1 Month	[31]
25 October 2012	DF		Josh Morris	Blackburn Rovers	1 Month	[32]
1 November 2012	MF		Jamie Devitt	Hull City	8 November 2012 (Injury)	[33]
9 November 2012	MF		Luke Rooney	Swindon Town	1 Month	[34]
16 November 2012	MF		Courtney Cameron	Aston Villa F.C. Reserves and Academy	5 January 2013	[35]
Players loaned out
Date from	Pos.	Nat	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
12 September 2012	MF		Danny Schofield	Accrington Stanley	3 Months	[36]
5 October 2012	DF		Johnny Mullins	Oxford United	3 Months	[37]

Competitions

Classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Gillingham (C, P)	46	23	14	9	66	39	+27	83	Promotion to Football League One
2	Rotherham United (P)	46	24	7	15	74	59	+15	79
3	Port Vale (P)	46	21	15	10	87	52	+35	78
4	Burton Albion	46	22	10	14	71	65	+6	76	Qualification for League Two play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
5	Cheltenham Town	46	20	15	11	58	51	+7	75

Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2013. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.
Notes:

1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League One.

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	D	W	L	W	L	D	W	P	D	L	W	W	W	D	L	W
Position	3	7	10	5	10	6	11	12	10	12	12	13	10	6	6	7	9	8

Updated to match(es) played on 18 November 2012. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Overall

Competition	Started Round	Current Pos/Round	Final Pos/Round	First Match	Last Match
League Two	20th	2nd		Burton Albion	Aldershot Town
FA Cup	First Round Proper		Third Round Proper	Stevenage	Aldershot Town
League Cup	Round 1		Round 1	Hull City	Hull City
Football League Trophy	Round 1		Round 1	York City	York City

Coverage

Throughout the season, Rotherham will feature on many highlight shows. BBC's Football League Show will show highlights of every Football League game played on a Saturday, sometimes doing special segments-in which The Millers featured in when they beat Burton Albion 3-0 on the first day of the season. A weekly post-match program on Sky Sports News, called Goals Express, also shows goals from the matches. Local radio station BBC Radio Sheffield sometimes do commentary, and 6 days a week hold the Football Heaven phone in, and after matches fans are able to call and express their opinions. Rotherham may be on Sky Sports sometimes, and if the club were to progress far in a domestic cup then they may have matches on BBC or ITV. Millers Player also host commentary and match stats during games, for under 10p a day the buyer is treated to exclusive information that can only be seen via the player.

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