Rotherham United F.C.

Rotherham United F.C. are a football club in The Football League. They were formed in Rotherham, England, in 1889.

A club was founded as Rotherham in 1870, and changed their name to Rotherham Town. Meanwhile, a team named Thornhill formed in 1877, before renaming themselves Rotherham County, and being admitted to the league in 1919. The two teams merged in 1925 to form the present club.

Rotherham play at the Millmoor ground, and as a result are nicknamed the "Millers" (or occasionally the "Merry Millers"). Their home strip is red with white shorts. Managed from 1997 until parting by mutual consent on 31 January 2005 by Ronnie Moore, they currently (as of 2004) play in the Football League Championship, the highest level they have ever played at.

In 1961, Rotherham lost the first ever League Cup final to Aston Villa F.C., while in 1996, they won the Auto Windscreens Shield , beating Shrewsbury Town 2–1 in the Final at Wembley Stadium.

The Chuckle Brothers are fans of Rotherham United.

Modern Times

The most successful manager to take charge of Rotherham United in recent years is Ronnie Moore, a former player of the club who was named as manager after the club's relegation to Division Three at the end of the 1996–97 season. His first season ended in a mid table finish and his second in a playoff defeat, but it was third time lucky in 1999–2000 when Rotherham finished Division Three runners-up and gained promotion to Division Two. They were favourites to be relegated in 2000–01, but surprised all the observers by finishing runners-up in Division Two and gaining a second successive promotion. They remained at this level for four seasons, finally going down again in 2004–05, by which time Division One had been renamed the Coca-Cola Championship. Ronnie Moore resigned during the relegation campaign, which saw Rotherham rooted to the foot of the division virtually all season long, and the club's new manager is Mick Harford.