2016–17 Rotherham United F.C. season

The 2016–17 season was Rotherham United's 92nd season in their existence and their third consecutive season in the Championship.[4] In the previous season, Rotherham secured their place in the championship with a 21st-placed finish, 9 points above the relegation zone.[5] Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup, in which they entered in the third round, and the EFL Cup.

Rotherham United

2016–17 season
Chairman	Tony Stewart
Manager	Alan Stubbs (Until 19 October)[1] Kenny Jackett (21 October–28 November)[2] Paul Warne (Interim Manager, from 28 November. Permanent Manager, from 1 April)
Stadium	AESSEAL New York Stadium
Championship	24th (relegated)
FA Cup	Third round (Knocked out by Oxford United)
EFL Cup	First round (Knocked out by Morecambe)
Top goalscorer	League: Danny Ward (11) All: Danny Ward (12)
Highest home attendance	11,653
Lowest home attendance	3,793
Average home league attendance	9,348[3]
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Key events

On 1 June 2016, Rotherham appointed Alan Stubbs as manager, with John Doolan joining him as assistant manager. Both signed three-year contracts with the Millers.[6][7] Two days later, the club announced the departure of first team coach Nicky Eaden.[8]

On 30 June 2016, Andy Holden was appointed as first team coach. Holden had previously worked with Stubbs at Hibernian.[9]

On 19 October 2016 the club announced the departure of Stubbs, Doolan and Holden with immediate effect.[10]

Kenny Jackett was named manager on 21 October 2016, signing a three-year deal.[11] On 28 November, 39 days later and after only 5 games in charge, he resigned. Paul Warne took over as interim manager.[2]

On 12 January 2017, the club changed goalkeeping coach, with Andy Dibble leaving for Cardiff[12] and Mike Pollitt returning to the club for a third time to replace him.[13]

Rotherham became the first side in the top six tiers of English football to be relegated in the 2016–17 season on 1 April, after losing 1–0 at home to Fulham.[14]

On 5 April 2017, the club formally appointed Paul Warne as manager, on a one-year rolling contract.[15]

Squad statistics

Player statistics

As of end of season.

Players with zero appearances have been unused substitutes in one or more games.

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Total		Championship		FA Cup		EFL Cup		Discipline
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Lee Camp	18	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
12	GK		Lewis Price	18+1	0	16+1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
18	GK		Richard O'Donnell	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	GK		Laurence Bilboe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
46	GK		George McMahon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Stephen Kelly	16+4	0	16+4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
3	DF		Joe Mattock	34+3	0	33+3	0	1	0	0	0	13	0
5	DF		Kirk Broadfoot	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF		Richard Wood	29+2	2	28+1	2	1	0	0+1	0	3	1
14	DF		Dominic Ball	12+1	0	12+1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
15	DF		Semi Ajayi	17	1	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF		Kelvin Wilson	9	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
17	DF		Darnell Fisher	34+1	0	33+1	0	1	0	0	0	9	1
23	DF		Tom Thorpe	1+2	0	0+2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
26	DF		Aymen Belaïd	14+3	2	14+3	2	0	0	0	0	4	0
29	DF		Joel Ekstrand	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF		Ben Purrington	7+3	0	7+3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
40	DF		Mason Warren	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
44	DF		Fabian Bailey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	MF		Will Vaulks	33+9	1	31+9	1	1	0	1	0	9	0
7	MF		Anthony Forde	21+13	3	20+12	2	1	0	0+1	1	2	0
8	MF		Lee Frecklington	18+4	1	18+4	1	0	0	0	0	5	0
11	MF		Jon Taylor	36+7	4	35+7	4	0	0	1	0	2	0
21	MF		Scott Allan	5+6	0	4+6	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
22	MF		Joe Newell	29+6	2	28+6	2	1	0	0	0	3	0
24	MF		Tom Adeyemi	29+1	7	28+1	6	1	1	0	0	3	0
27	MF		Alex Bray	0+5	0	0+5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
33	MF		Richard Smallwood	21+5	1	20+5	1	0	0	1	0	4	0
42	MF		Darnelle Bailey-King	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Danny Ward	41+2	12	40+1	11	1	1	0+1	0	4	0
10	FW		Carlton Morris	6+2	0	6+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW		Jonson Clarke-Harris	2+5	0	2+5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW		Dexter Blackstock	5+12	1	4+12	1	1	0	0	0	2	0
39	FW		Jerry Yates	8+15	3	7+14	1	0+1	0	1	2	0	0
41	FW		Kuda Muskwe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players played for Rotherham this season on loan who returned to their parent club during the season:
18	DF		Dael Fry	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Jake Forster-Caskey	6+1	0	5+1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
37	FW		Isaiah Brown	17+3	3	17+3	3	0	0	0	0	3	0
Players played for Rotherham this season who have left the club:
15	DF		Greg Halford	11+4	1	10+4	0	0	0	1	1	2	0
13	FW		Peter Odemwingie	3+4	0	3+4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

Goalscorers

As of end of season.

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Total	Championship	FA Cup	EFL Cup
1	FW		9	Danny Ward	12	11	1	0
2	MF		24	Tom Adeyemi	7	6	1	0
3	MF		11	Jon Taylor	4	4	0	0
4	MF		7	Anthony Forde	3	2	0	1
=	FW		37	Isaiah Brown	3	3	0	0
=	FW		39	Jerry Yates	3	0	0	3
7	DF		6	Richard Wood	2	2	0	0
=	MF		22	Joe Newell	2	2	0	0
=	DF		26	Aymen Belaïd	2	2	0	0
10	MF		4	Will Vaulks	1	1	0	0
=	MF		8	Lee Frecklington	1	1	0	0
=	DF		15	Greg Halford	1	0	0	1
=	DF		15	Semi Ajayi	1	0	0	1
=	FW		20	Dexter Blackstock	1	1	0	0
=	MF		33	Richard Smallwood	1	1	0	0

Pre-season friendlies

Source:

9 July 2016 Friendly	Parkgate	0–7	Rotherham United	Parkgate, Rotherham
12:00 BST		Report	Broadfoot  42' Trialist  53'  69' (o.g.) Ward  73', 84', 90' Yates  75'	Stadium: Roundwood Sports Complex

12 July 2015 Friendly	Rotherham United	2–1	Miedź Legnica	Opalenica, Poland
18:00 CEST	Yates  54' (pen.) Smallwood  75'	Report	Batin  32'	Stadium: Hotel Remes Sport & Spa

15 July 2015 Friendly	Rotherham United	0–0	Górnik Zabrze	Opalenica, Poland
18:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Hotel Remes Sport & Spa

23 July 2016 Friendly	Rotherham United	1–2	Sunderland	Rotherham
15:00 BST	Yates  46'	Report	Borini  27' N'Zogbia  84'	Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium Attendance: 6,676 (2,979) Referee: Craig Pawson

26 July 2016 Friendly	Scunthorpe United	2–1	Rotherham United	Scunthorpe
19:30 BST	Adelakun  17' Morris  86'		Wood  23'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 1,466 Referee: D Drysdale

Competitions

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
20	Burton Albion	46	13	13	20	49	63	−14	52
21	Nottingham Forest	46	14	9	23	62	72	−10	51
22	Blackburn Rovers (R)	46	12	15	19	53	65	−12	51	Relegation to EFL League One
23	Wigan Athletic (R)	46	10	12	24	40	57	−17	42
24	Rotherham United (R)	46	5	8	33	40	98	−58	23

Source: English Football League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Points in head-to-head matches; 5) Goal difference in head-to-head matches; 6) Goals scored in head-to-head matches; 7) Play-off.
(R) Relegated.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	5	8	33	40	98	−58	23	5	6	12	23	34	−11	0	2	21	17	64	−47

Last updated: 7 May 2017.
Source: [16]

Matchday summary

Matchday	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	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	L	W	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	D	D
Position	8	19	21	22	22	20	20	21	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2017. Source: [16]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

6 August 2016 1	Rotherham United	2–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Rotherham
15:00 BST	Ward  9' Vaulks  20'  83' Kelly  81'	Report	Saville  39'  63' Iorfa  52' Böðvarsson  65'	Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium Attendance: 11,291 (2,567) Referee: Scott Duncan

13 August 2016 2	Aston Villa	3–0	Rotherham United	Birmingham
15:00 BST	Gestede  21', 45+3'  38' Ayew  27' McCormack  36' Grealish  84'  84'	Report	Mattock  54' Fisher  82'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 33,286 Referee: Keith Stroud

16 August 2016 3	Brighton & Hove Albion	3–0	Rotherham United	Falmer
19:45 BST	Knockaert  23' Murray  26' Dunk  48' Hemed  58' (pen.)	Report	Kelly  57' Ball  57' Fisher  76' Allan  84'	Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 25,128 Referee: Simon Hooper

20 August 2016 4	Rotherham United	1–0	Brentford	Rotherham
15:00 BST	Ward  32' Smallwood  70'	Report	Colin  75'	Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium Attendance: 8,367 (459) Referee: James Adcock

27 August 2016 5	Barnsley	4–0	Rotherham United	Barnsley
15:00 BST	Roberts  54' Scowen  55' Hammill  57' Bradshaw  86' Kent  90+1'	Report	Newell  90+1'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 15,283 (3,293 away) Referee: Graham Scott

10 September 2016 6	Rotherham United	2–2	Bristol City	Rotherham
15:00 BST	Brown  6' Flint  58' (o.g.) Camp  74' Ward  90+1'	Report	Tomlin  36' Abraham  74' Reid  83'	Stadium: Aesseal New York Stadium Attendance: 8,559 (708 away) Referee: Andrew Madley

14 September 2016 7	Rotherham United	2–2	Nottingham Forest	Rotherham
19:45 BST	Taylor  30', 87' Fisher  74'  83' Mattock  89' Brown  89'	Report	Osborn  58' Lansbury  64' Mills  76' Vellios  85' Lichaj  90+6'	Stadium: Aesseal New York Stadium Attendance: 10,243 Referee: Peter Bankes

17 September 2016 8	Blackburn Rovers	4–2	Rotherham United	Blackburn
15:00 BST	Conway  22' Emnes  29' Evans  41' Marshall  46' Gallagher  90+2'	Report	Ward  12', 83' Mattock  58' Brown  66' Adeyemi  70' Kelly  90+1'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 10,699 (734) Referee: Darren Bond

24 September 2016 9	Rotherham United	1–2	Cardiff City	Rotherham
15:00 BST	Brown  60' Halford  81'	Report	O'Keefe  30' Connolly  69' Lambert  73', 79'	Stadium: Aesseal New York Stadium Attendance: 8,348 Referee: David Coote

27 September 2016 10	Huddersfield Town	2–1	Rotherham United	Huddersfield
19:45 BST	Kachunga  2' Wells  38' Whitehead  43' Scannell  53' Payne  87'	Report	Ward  34' Newell  68'	Stadium: The John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 18,808 Referee: Stuart Attwell

1 October 2016 11	Rotherham United	0–1	Newcastle United	Rotherham
15:00 BST	Frecklington  37' Ward  58'	Report	Atsu  41' Diamé  81'	Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium Attendance: 11,653 Referee: Roger East

15 October 2016 12	Norwich City	3–1	Rotherham United	Norwich
15:00 BST	Hoolahan  17' Jerome  65' Naismith  89'	Match Report	Blackstock  74' Brown  82'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 26,813 Referee: James Adcock

18 October 2016 13	Birmingham City	4–2	Rotherham United	Birmingham
19:45 BST	Morrison  15' Jutkiewicz  35' Maghoma  43'  80' Cotterill  84' (pen.)	Report	Ward  31' Fisher  54' Taylor  56' Ball  77'	Stadium: St. Andrew's Stadium Attendance: 16,404 Referee: Christopher Kavanagh

22 October 2016 14	Rotherham United	0–1	Reading	Rotherham
15:00 BST	Blackstock  52' Halford  69'	Report	Gunter  52' McCleary 60' McShane  86' Swift  89'	Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium Attendance: 8,800 Referee: Scott Duncan

29 October 2016 15	Ipswich Town	2–2	Rotherham United	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Sears  3' McGoldrick  90+5'	Report	Ward  7', 48'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 15,247 Referee: Darren Bond

5 November 2016 16	Rotherham United	1–3	Preston North End	Rotherham
15:00 GMT	Wood  71'	Report	Hugill  22' Robinson  27' Johnson  55' Vermijl  81'	Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium Attendance: 10,013 Referee: Andy Woolmer

19 November 2016 17	Derby County	3–0	Rotherham United	Derby
15:00 GMT	Ince 15', 67',  15', 63' Bent  19'	Report	Adeyemi  55' Odemwingie  79'	Stadium: iPro Stadium Attendance: 28,191 Referee: Oliver Langford

26 November 2016 18	Rotherham United	1–2	Leeds United	Rotherham
17:30 GMT	Odemwingie  29' Wood  86'	Report	Wood  14' Doukara  45+7' O'Kane  54' Green  90+2'	Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium Attendance: 10,513 Referee: Stuart Atwell

3 December 2016 19	Burton Albion	2–1	Rotherham United	Burton-upon-Trent
15:00 GMT	Irvine  15' Naylor  59' Palmer  62'	Report	Vaulks  70' Adeyemi  90+4'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 4,446 Referee: Christopher Kavanagh

10 December 2016 20	Rotherham United	1–0	Queens Park Rangers	Rotherham
15:00 GMT	Brown  24' Adeyemi  50' Frecklington  83' Forde  87'	Report	Ngbakoto  45+3' Luongo  48' Polter  73'	Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium Attendance: 8,704 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

13 December 2016 21	Fulham	2–1	Rotherham United	Fulham, London
19:45 GMT	Johansen  32' Ayité  54' Martin 67'	Report	Newell  19' Wood  90+1'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 13,735 Referee: Steve Martin

18 December 2016 22	Sheffield Wednesday	1–0	Rotherham United	Sheffield
15:00 GMT	Fletcher  55' 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Fisher  86' Wood  90+3' Mattock  90+3'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 27,242 Referee: Tim Robinson

26 December 2016 23	Rotherham United	3–2	Wigan Athletic	Rotherham
15:00 GMT	Belaïd  8'  36' Mattock  20' Ward  25'  32' Fisher  45' Burn  45+1' (og)	Report	Davies  31' Wildschut  51' Gómez  79' Jacobs  90+1'	Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium Attendance: 10,158 Referee: David Coote

29 December 2016 24	Rotherham United	1–2	Burton Albion	Rotherham
19:45 GMT	Frecklington  33' Adeyemi  45+3' Ward  88'	Report	McFadzean  13' O'Grady  36' Irvine  41' Palmer  75' McCrory  77' Barker  90+1'	Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium Attendance: 9,806 Referee: Tony Harrington

2 January 2017 25	Leeds United	3–0	Rotherham United	Leeds
15:00 GMT	Bartley  47' Jansson  57' Wood  66', 79'	Report	Mattock  53'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 33,397 Referee: Steve Martin

14 January 2017 26	Rotherham United	2–1	Norwich City	Rotherham
15:00 GMT	Yates  7' Wood  20' Vaulks  41' Adeyemi  55' Price  88'	Report	Oliveira  18' Hoolahan  30' Naismith  44' Jerome  49'  51'	Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

21 January 2017 27	Newcastle United	4–0	Rotherham United	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 GMT	Murphy  45+3' Ritchie  49', 77' Pérez  59'	Report	Smallwood  45+2'	Stadium: St. James' Park Attendance: 52,208 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

28 January 2017 28	Rotherham United	0–1	Barnsley	Rotherham
15:00 GMT	Mattock  16'	Report	Kent  25' Armstrong  70'	Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium Attendance: 11,050 Referee: Keith Stroud

31 January 2017 29	Nottingham Forest	2–0	Rotherham United	West Bridgford
19:45 GMT	Assombalonga  50' (pen.), 71' Hobbs  90+1'	Report	Taylor  26' Smallwood  36' Vaulks  60' Mattock  83'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 15,570 Referee: Simon Hooper

4 February 2017 30	Bristol City	1–0	Rotherham United	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Đurić  73' Cotterill  79'	Report	Vaulks  90+2'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 18,737 Referee: Peter Bankes

11 February 2017 31	Rotherham United	1–1	Blackburn Rovers	Rotherham
15:00 GMT	Kelly  44' Taylor  47'	Report	Kelly  86' (o.g.) Mahoney  88'	Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium Attendance: 9,438 Referee: Oliver Langford

14 February 2017 32	Rotherham United	2–3	Huddersfield Town	Rotherham
19:45 GMT	Ajayi  11' Adeyemi  71'	Report	Lolley  19' Kachunga  75' Brown  79' Smith  90+2'	Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium Attendance: 10,114 Referee: Stuart Attwell

18 February 2017 33	Cardiff City	5–0	Rotherham United	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Harris  11' Hoilett  45+3' Noone  49' Zohore  54', 83'	Report	Forde  63' Belaïd  81'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 15,650 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

25 February 2017 34	Brentford	4–2	Rotherham United	Brentford, London
15:00 GMT	Jota  31', 90+2' (pen.), 90+5' Yennaris  34'  78'	Report	Taylor  16' Belaïd  67' Forde  87'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 9,918 Referee: Andy Davies

4 March 2017 35	Rotherham United	0–2	Aston Villa	Rotherham
15:00 GMT	Frecklington  49' Belaïd  62'	Report	Vaulks  68' (o.g.) Kodjia  87'	Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium Attendance: 10,720 Referee: Steve Martin

7 March 2017 36	Rotherham United	0–2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Rotherham
19:45 GMT	Vaulks  32'	Report	Knockaert  48' March  79'	Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium Attendance: 8,366 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

11 March 2017 37	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	Rotherham United	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Hélder Costa 35' Weimann  45+1'  45+3'	Report	Mattock  88'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 20,077 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

18 March 2017 38	Queens Park Rangers	5–1	Rotherham United	Shepherd's Bush, London
15:00 GMT	Smith  5' Freeman  15' N'Gbakoto  49' (pen.) Luongo  57' Onuoha  90+1'	Report	Newell  13' Belaïd  48'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 13,383 Referee: Oliver Langford

1 April 2017 39	Rotherham United	0–1	Fulham	Rotherham
15:00 BST	Purrington  82'	Report	Aluko  66' Johansen  90'	Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium Attendance: 9,004 Referee: Tim Robinson

4 April 2017 40	Rotherham United	0–2	Sheffield Wednesday	Rotherham
19:45 BST	Vaulks  64' Newell  76'	Report	Fletcher  19', 44'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 10,669 Referee: Tony Harrington

8 April 2017 41	Wigan Athletic	3–2	Rotherham United	Wigan
15:00 BST	Obertan  34' Gilbey  65' Powell  90+5'  90+6'	Report	Ward  29' Forde  61' Fisher  83' Price  90+5'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 10,085 Referee: Scott Duncan

14 April 2017 42	Rotherham United	1–1	Birmingham City	Rotherham
15:00 BST	Mattock  57' Vaulks  68' Ward  85'	Report	Jutkiewicz  42' Bielik  53' Frei  73'  75'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 10,160 Referee: James Linington

17 April 2017 43	Reading	2–1	Rotherham United	Reading
15:00 BST	Grabban  66' Swift  79'	Report	Vaulks  17' Adeyemi  19' Mattock  85'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 16,711 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

22 April 2017 44	Rotherham United	1–0	Ipswich Town	Rotherham
15:00 BST	Bray  64' Mattock  74' Adeyemi  79'	Report	Diagouraga  54'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 8,266 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

29 April 2017 45	Preston North End	1–1	Rotherham United	Preston
15:00 BST	May  41'	Report	Smallwood  9'  69'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 11,032 Referee: Robert Jones

7 May 2017 46	Rotherham United	1–1	Derby County	Rotherham
12:00 BST	Frecklington  66'	Report	Ince  84' (pen.)	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 10,763 Referee: Darren Deadman

FA Cup

On 5 December 2016, the third round draw for the EFL Cup was made.[17]

7 January 2017 Round 3	Rotherham United	2–3	Oxford United	Rotherham
15:00 GMT	Broadfoot  35' Fisher  37' Ward  51' Adeyemi  90'	Report	Maguire 36' Taylor  41' Edwards  80' Hemmings  88'	Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium Attendance: 5,618 Referee: Darren Bond

EFL Cup

On 22 June 2016, the first round draw for the EFL Cup was made.[18]

9 August 2016 Round 1	Rotherham United	4–5 (a.e.t.)	Morecambe	Rotherham
19:45 BST	Halford  59' (pen.) Yates  81', 120' Forde  83'	Report	Stockton  6' Dunn  68', 90+2' (pen), 118' Ellison  113'	Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium Attendance: 3,793 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

Transfers

As of 5 September 2016

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	LW		Anthony Forde	Walsall	Undisclosed	[19]
16 July 2016	GK		Lewis Price	Sheffield Wednesday	Free transfer	[20]
22 July 2016	CM		Will Vaulks	Falkirk	Undisclosed	[21]
2 August 2016	CB		Kelvin Wilson	Nottingham Forest	Free transfer	[22]
3 August 2016	RW		Jon Taylor	Peterborough United	Undisclosed	[23]
10 August 2016	RB		Darnell Fisher	Celtic	Undisclosed	[24]
12 August 2016	CB		Dominic Ball	Tottenham Hotspur	Undisclosed	[25]
5 September 2016	CF		Dexter Blackstock	Nottingham Forest	Free transfer	[26]
24 October 2016	CF		Peter Odemwingie	Free agent	Free transfer	[27]
19 January 2017	GK		Richard O'Donnell	Bristol City	Undisclosed	[28]
30 January 2017	LB		Ben Purrington	Plymouth Argyle	Undisclosed	[29]
2 February 2017	CB		Joel Ekstrand	Bristol City	Free transfer	[30]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	CF		Luciano Becchio	Free agent	Released	[31]
1 July 2016	CF		Leon Best	Free agent [lower-alpha 1]	Released	[8]
1 July 2016	RB		Lewis Buxton	Free agent [lower-alpha 2]	Released	[31]
1 July 2016	GK		Alex Cairns	Free agent [lower-alpha 3]	Released	[31]
1 July 2016	GK		Adam Collin	Free agent [lower-alpha 4]	Released	[31]
1 July 2016	CB		Danny Collins	Free agent	Released	[31]
1 July 2016	CF		Matt Derbyshire	Omonia	Free transfer	[36]
1 July 2016	CB		Lloyd Doyley	Free agent [lower-alpha 5]	Released	[31]
1 July 2016	CM		Paul Green	Free agent [lower-alpha 6]	Released	[31]
1 July 2016	GK		Paddy Kenny	Free agent [lower-alpha 7]	Released	[31]
1 July 2016	CF		Emmanuel Ledesma	Free agent [lower-alpha 8]	Released	[31]
1 July 2016	RB		Frazer Richardson	Free agent [lower-alpha 9]	Released	[31]
1 July 2016	LW		Jerome Thomas	Free agent [lower-alpha 10]	Released	[31]
6 January 2017	CB		Greg Halford	Cardiff City	Undisclosed	[43]
25 January 2017	CF		Peter Odemwingie	Free agent	Released	[44]

1. Following Best's release, he signed for Ipswich Town.[32]
2. Following Buxton's release, he signed for Bolton Wanderers.[33]
3. Following Cairns' release, he signed for Fleetwood Town.[34]
4. Following Collin's release, he signed for Notts County.[35]
5. Following Doyley's release, he signed for Colchester United.[37]
6. Following Green's release, he signed for Oldham Athletic.[38]
7. Following Kenny's release, he signed for Northampton Town.[39]
8. Following Ledesma's release, he signed for Brentford.[40]
9. Following Richardson's release, he signed for Doncaster Rovers.[41]
10. Following Thomas' release, he signed for Port Vale.[42]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
20 July 2016	CM		Jake Forster-Caskey	Brighton & Hove Albion	5 January 2017 [lower-alpha 1]	[45][46]
4 August 2016	CM		Scott Allan	Celtic	End of Season	[47]
15 August 2016	CF		Isaiah Brown	Chelsea	6 January 2017 [lower-alpha 2]	[48][49]
18 August 2016	CM		Tom Adeyemi	Cardiff City	End of Season	[50]
31 August 2016	CB		Dael Fry	Middlesbrough	4 January 2017 [lower-alpha 3]	[51][52]
27 January 2017	RW		Alex Bray	Swansea City	9 June 2017	[53]
30 January 2017	CB		Semi Ajayi	Cardiff City	End of Season	[54]
31 January 2017	CF		Carlton Morris	Norwich City	End of Season	[55]

1. Jake Forster-Caskey's loan deal was originally until the end of season, but agreement was reached to terminate early.
2. Isaiah Brown's youth loan was originally until the end of the season, but he was recalled early by Chelsea.
3. Dael Fry's loan deal was originally until the end of season, but agreement was reached to terminate early.

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
17 August 2016	CM		Chris Dawson	Viking	10 January 2017	[56]
24 August 2016	FW		Darnelle Bailey-King	Gainsborough Trinity	End of season	[57][58]
26 August 2016	FW		Kuda Muskwe	Stocksbridge Park Steels	25 September 2016	[59]
26 August 2016	CB		Tom Rose	Stocksbridge Park Steels	25 September 2016	[59]
31 August 2016	CM		Richard Smallwood	Scunthorpe United	9 January 2017[lower-alpha 1]	[60][61]
31 August 2016	CB		Tom Thorpe	Bolton Wanderers	End of Season	[62]
2 September 2016	GK		Laurence Bilboe	Mickelover Sports	1 October 2016	[63]
10 October 2016	FW		Kuda Muskwe	Grantham Town	10 November 2016	[64]
13 October 2016	LB		Mason Warren	Grantham Town	12 November 2016	[65]
14 October 2016	CB		Tom Rose	Sheffield	17 January 2017	[66][67]
14 October 2016	RB		Fabian Bailey	Sheffield	13 November 2016	[66]
11 November 2016	FW		Kuda Muskwe	Frickley Athletic	10 December 2016	[68]
19 December 2016	LB		Mason Warren	Matlock Town	16 January 2017	[69]
3 January 2017	CB		Dominic Ball	Peterborough United	End of Season	[70]
17 February 2017	CB		Tom Rose	Worcester City	End of season	[71][72]
24 February 2017	FW		Kuda Muskwe	Mickelover Sports	23 March 2017	[73]
23 March 2017	FW		Kuda Muskwe	Worcester City	End of season	[72]

1. Richie Smallwood's loan was originally until the end of the season, but agreement was reached to terminate it early.

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