2017–18 Rotherham United F.C. season

Rotherham United
2017–18 season
Chairman	Tony Stewart
Manager	Paul Warne
Stadium	New York Stadium
League One	4th (promoted via playoffs)
FA Cup	First round; (vs. Crewe Alexandra)
EFL Cup	Second round; (vs. Huddersfield Town)
EFL Trophy	Group Stage
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 season was Rotherham United's 93rd season in their existence and their first back in League One following relegation in 2016–17.^[1] Along with competing in League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy.

Key events

On 23 August 2017, Rotherham United were knocked out of the EFL Cup by Premier League side Huddersfield Town in the second round. Despite taking the lead in the first minute, they conceded two goals early in the second half, and saw a Kieffer Moore shot cleared off the line late in the game.^[2]

On 3 September 2017, the team won 1–0 against Portsmouth, who were managed by their former manager Kenny Jackett in a televised match at Fratton Park. This recorded Rotherham's first away league win in 27 matches, extending back to 9 April 2016.^[3]

On 4 November 2017, the team were knocked out of the FA Cup at EFL League Two side Crewe Alexandra, who scored a late goal to turn the tie around and win 2–1.^[4]

Despite playing their last game in the group stage of the competition on 7 November 2017, Rotherham had to wait three weeks to know their EFL Trophy fate. A draw between Chesterfield and Manchester City EDS on 29 November confirmed the clubs exit.

From 9 December 2017 to 24 February 2018, the team went 14 league games unbeaten, winning 11, including the last 7. The run was ended on 10 March 2018 with a 1–0 home defeat against Rochdale.^[5]

Having held 4th place in the league since mid-February, Rotherham confirmed a place in the play-offs on 21 April 2018, with a 2–0 win against Bristol Rovers.^[6]

Rotherham secured promotion back to the EFL Championship with a 2–1 extra time victory against Shrewsbury Town at Wembley Stadium on 27 May 2018.^[7]

Squad statistics

Player statistics

As of end of season. [1]

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

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Total		League		Playoffs		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
12	GK		Lewis Price	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
13	GK		Marek Rodák	38	0	35	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
30	GK		Laurence Bilboe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Josh Emmanuel	37+1	0	30+1	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	3	0
3	DF		Joe Mattock	39+1	1	34+1	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	9	2
5	DF		Semi Ajayi	34+8	5	29+6	4	1+2	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	4	0
6	DF		Richard Wood	40+2	7	34+2	4	3	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	10	1
14	DF		Dominic Ball	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
18	DF		Ben Purrington	12	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
20	DF		Michael Ihiekwe	29+6	1	26+5	1	2	0	0+1	0	1	0	0	0	9	0
25	DF		Shaun Cummings	14+1	0	11+1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
29	DF		Manny Onariase	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
43	DF		Akeem Hinds	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
4	MF		Will Vaulks	45+7	8	38+6	5	3	1	1	1	1+1	0	2	1	10	0
7	MF		Anthony Forde	31+18	3	27+14	2	0+3	0	0	0	1+1	1	3	0	4	0
8	MF		Matt Palmer	12+4	0	10+4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11	MF		Jon Taylor	18+14	5	13+12	4	2+1	1	0+1	0	1	0	2	0	3	0
16	MF		Darren Potter	18	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
17	MF		Richie Towell	39+6	6	34+5	5	3	0	0+1	0	0	0	2	1	5	0
22	MF		Joe Newell	27+18	8	22+17	7	2+1	1	1	0	1	0	0+1	0	4	0
23	MF		Ryan Williams	37+10	4	33+9	4	2+1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
27	MF		Alex Bray	1+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	1+2	0	0	0
40	MF		Ben Wiles	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
44	MF		Lewis Murr	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	MF		Reece McGinley	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
9	FW		Jamie Proctor	6	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
10	FW		David Ball	30+8	9	26+7	8	1	0	1	0	1	0	1+1	1	1	0
19	FW		Jonson Clarke-Harris	4+15	1	1+13	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	3	1	0	0
21	FW		Jerry Yates	10+10	2	7+10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0
24	FW		Michael Smith	21+2	6	18+2	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
31	FW		Caolan Lavery	1+14	2	1+13	2	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	FW		Joshua Kayode	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0
Players played for the club this season on loan who returned to their parent club during the season:
24	FW		Kieffer Moore	21+4	13	19+3	13	0	0	1	0	1+1	0	0	0	5	1
Players played for the club this season who have since left:
1	GK		Richard O'Donnell	15	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
8	MF		Lee Frecklington	18+2	4	17+2	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
41	FW		Akeel Francis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

As of end of season.

Place	Position	Number	Name	Total	League	Playoffs	FA Cup	EFL Cup	EFL Trophy
1	FW	24	Kieffer Moore	13	13	0	0	0	0
2	FW	10	David Ball	9	8	0	0	0	1
3	MF	22	Joe Newell	8	7	1	0	0	0
=	MF	4	Will Vaulks	8	5	1	1	0	1
5	DF	6	Richard Wood	7	4	3	0	0	0
6	FW	24	Michael Smith	6	6	0	0	0	0
=	MF	17	Richie Towell	6	5	0	0	0	1
8	MF	11	Jon Taylor	5	4	1	0	0	0
=	DF	5	Semi Ajayi	5	4	0	0	1	0
10	MF	8	Lee Frecklington	4	4	0	0	0	0
=	MF	23	Ryan Williams	4	4	0	0	0	0
12	MF	7	Anthony Forde	3	2	0	0	1	0
13	FW	31	Caolan Lavery	2	2	0	0	0	0
=	FW	21	Jerry Yates	2	1	0	0	0	1
15	DF	3	Joe Mattock	1	1	0	0	0	0
=	DF	20	Michael Ihiekwe	1	1	0	0	0	0
=	FW	9	Jamie Proctor	1	0	0	0	1	0
=	FW	19	Jonson Clarke-Harris	1	0	0	0	0	1

Pre-season friendlies

On 12 May 2017, Rotherham United announced they will host Sheffield United as part of their pre-season preparations.^[8] Four days later, the Millers added Parkgate friendly to the pre-season diary.^[9] On 17 May further friendlies at North Ferriby United^[10] and Chesterfield^[11] were confirmed. A fifth friendly, against Alfreton Town was revealed a day later.^[12] Two further friendlies, against Gainsborough Trinity^[13] and Barnsley^[14] were announced on 19 May.

The club announced a two-game training camp in Austria on 6 July 2017. The team will be based at the Sportschule Lindabrunn in Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn where they will face Hungarian side Soproni VSE. They will also play Floridsdorfer AC at the Austrian club's ground.^[15]

8 July 2017	Parkgate	2–6	Rotherham United	Parkgate
14:00 BST	Harris 8' Emmett 29'	Report	Proctor 3', 31' Forde 17' David Ball 21', 36' Newell 44'	Stadium: Roundwood Sports Complex

11 July 2017	Floridsdorfer AC	1–7	Rotherham United	Floridsdorf, Vienna, Austria
19:00 CEST	Gashi 50' (pen.)	Report	David Ball 12' Moore 32', 36' Taylor 43' Ihiekwe 65' Clarke-Harris 69' Frecklington 89'	Stadium: FAC-Platz Stadium

15 July 2017	Rotherham United	2–0	Soproni VSE	Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn, Austria
17:00 CEST	Proctor 25' David Ball 78'	Report		Stadium: Sportschule Lindabrunn

18 July 2017	Alfreton Town	0–2	Rotherham United	Alfreton
19:30 BST		Report	David Ball 15' Taylor 38'	Stadium: North Street Attendance: 243

18 July 2017	Gainsborough Trinity	0–1	Rotherham United	Gainborough
19:30 BST		Report	Proctor 31'	Stadium: The Northolme

21 July 2017	Rotherham United	1–2	Sheffield United	Rotherham
19:45 BST	Yates 86'	Report	Ihiekwe 68' (o.g.) Stevens 80'	Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium Attendance: 7,396 Referee: Jonathan Moss

25 July 2017	Chesterfield	1–3	Rotherham United	Chesterfield
19:45 BST	O'Grady 87'	Report	David Ball 17' Taylor 20' Williams 79'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 2,498 Referee: James Adcock

26 July 2017	North Ferriby United	0–2	Rotherham United	North Ferriby
19:30 BST		Report	Williams 45' McGinley 77'	Stadium: Grange Lane

29 July 2017	Rotherham United	4–0	Barnsley	Rotherham
15:00BST	Proctor 67', 73', 75' Moore 90+1'	Report		Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium Attendance: 4,234 Referee: Mark Haywood

Competitions

League One

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
2	Blackburn Rovers (P)	46	28	12	6	82	40	+42	96	Promotion to the EFL Championship
3	Shrewsbury Town	46	25	12	9	60	39	+21	87	Qualification for League One play-offs^[a]
4	Rotherham United (O, P)	46	24	7	15	73	53	+20	79
5	Scunthorpe United	46	19	17	10	65	50	+15	74
6	Charlton Athletic	46	20	11	15	58	51	+7	71

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

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	24	7	15	73	53	+20	79	15	3	5	45	23	+22	9	4	10	28	30	−2

Last updated: 5 May 2018.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	D	W	W	L	W
Position	24	8	15	19	12	11	9	9	8	10	8	4	4	4	5	6	6	8	12	13	9	10	9	8	7	7	8	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2018. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

5 August 2017 1	Fleetwood Town	2–0	Rotherham United	Fleetwood
15:00 BST	McAleny 16', 66' Dempsey 80' Bolger 84'	Report	Vaulks 42'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 3,623 Referee: Robert Lewis

12 August 2017 2	Rotherham United	5–0	Southend United	Rotherham
15:00 BST	Moore 15', 16', 45+2', 70' Newell 23', 88' Williams 59'	Report	Cox 43'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 8,004 Referee: Michael Salisbury

19 August 2017 3	Peterborough United	2–1	Rotherham United	Peterborough
15:00 BST	Marriott 47', 75' Maddison 62'	Report	Ihiekwe 23' Frecklington 43' Moore 55' 90+4' Newell 83' Mattock 87'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 6,344 Referee: Ross Joyce

26 August 2017 4	Rotherham United	0–2	Charlton Athletic	Rotherham
15:00 BST	Mattock 42' Ihiekwe 47' Vaulks 90+4'	Report	Bauer 16' Magennis 29' 66' Holmes 83'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 7,976 Referee: Trevor Kettle

3 September 2017 5	Portsmouth	0–1	Rotherham United	Milton
14:30 BST	Burgess 80'	Report	Taylor 36' Potter 60' Purrington 71' Vaulks 90+5'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 17,118 Referee: Gavin Ward

9 September 2017 6	Rotherham United	3–2	Bury	Rotherham
15:00 BST	Moore 20', 54' Towell 89'	Report	Beckford 34' Cameron 51' 67' Whitmore 89'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 7,848 Referee: Chris Sarginson

12 September 2017 7	Rotherham United	5–1	Walsall	Rotherham
19:45 BST	Frecklington 13', 31', 88' Taylor 16', 24'	Report	Bakayoko 41' 49'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 7,330 Referee: Scott Oldham

16 September 2017 8	Bradford City	1–0	Rotherham United	Bradford
15:00 BST	Vincelot 17' 21' Gilliead 42' Kilgallon 90' Doyle 90+1'	Report	Wood 29' Mattock 59' 90+4' Moore 87'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 20,881 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

23 September 2017 9	Rotherham United	5–1	Oldham Athletic	Rotherham
15:00 BST	Ihiekwe 8' Taylor 31' Moore 73', 78' Forde 87' Yates 89'	Report	Davies 21' Gardner 32' Edmundson 45' Nepomuceno 68'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 8,250 Referee: John Brooks

26 September 2017 10	Blackburn Rovers	2–0	Rotherham United	Blackburn
19:45 BST	Downing 23' Antonsson 27' Samuel 45+3' Evans 71' Chapman 85'	Report	Rodák 45+3' Wood 80' Vaulks 90' Moore 90+4'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 10,228 Referee: Mark Heywood

30 September 2017 11	Rotherham United	1–0	Northampton Town	Rotherham
15:00 BST	Moore 52' Potter 82' Ihiekwe 90+1'	Report	Pierre 43'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 8,073 Referee: Trevor Kettle

7 October 2017 12	Rochdale	0–1	Rotherham United	Spotland
15:00 BST	Bunney 43' Williams 46' McNulty 56' Henderson 69'	Report	Wood 57' Potter 76' Williams 90+5'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4,113 Referee: David Coote

14 October 2017 13	Rotherham United	2–0	Scunthorpe United	Rotherham
15:00 BST	Vaulks 37' Ihiekwe 40' Moore 71' Williams 90'	Report	Townsend 78'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 9,167 Referee: Darren Bond

17 October 2017 14	AFC Wimbledon	3–1	Rotherham United	Kingston upon Thames
19:45 BST	Taylor 15', 85', 90+2'	Report	Newell 70' Forde 76' Ball 78'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 3,907 Referee: Dean Whitestone

21 October 2017 15	Oxford United	3–3	Rotherham United	Oxford
15:00 BST	Payne 21' Ruffles 30' Ledson 33' 62' Nelson 40' Carroll 45'	Report	Newell 20' Vaulks 33' Williams 44' Moore 78' Mattock 90+2'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 7,471 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

28 October 2017 16	Rotherham United	1–3	Gillingham	Rotherham
15:00 BST	Moore 56' Wood 82' Mattock 85' 85'	Report	Parker 2', 86' Eaves 47' Ogilvie 90+6'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 7,865 Referee: Carl Boyeson

11 November 2017 17	Doncaster Rovers	1–1	Rotherham United	Doncaster
12:30 GMT	Wood 62' (o.g.) Lawlor 90+6'	Report	Ihiekwe 72' Moore 90+6'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 12,481 Referee: Graham Scott

18 November 2017 18	Rotherham United	1–2	Shrewsbury Town	Rotherham
15:00 GMT	Moore 13' Wood 58' Towell 76'	Report	Nolan 16' Ogogo 53' Nsiala 58' Payne 90+3'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 8184 Referee: Robert Jones

25 November 2017 19	Rotherham United	1–3	Wigan Athletic	Rotherham
15:00 GMT	Ihiekwe 13' Ball 16' Wood 45+1' Towell 47'	Report	Grigg 14' Bruce 28' Dunkley 56' Jacobs 60'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 8,443 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

2 December 2017 20	Bristol Rovers	2–1	Rotherham United	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Clarke 30' Harrison 64' Sercombe 75' Smith 79' Sweeney 81'	Report	Williams 56' Moore 79'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,531 Referee: Brett Huxtable

9 December 2017 21	Blackpool	1–2	Rotherham United	Blackpool
15:00 GMT	Mellor 21' Daniel 63'	Report	Wood 28' Ihiekwe 36' Ball 76', 87' Vaulks 82'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 3,654 Referee: Peter Bankes

16 December 2017 22	Rotherham United	1–1	Plymouth Argyle	Rotherham
15:00 GMT	Towell 36' Wood 42' 50' Ajayi 90+3'	Report	Carey 40' Taylor 82' 83'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 7,562 Referee: Andy Haines

23 December 2017 23	Rotherham United	2–1	Milton Keynes Dons	Rotherham
15:00 GMT	Ajayi 21' 67' Vaulks 29' Frecklington 41'	Report	Aneke 9' 79' Ebanks-Landell 32' McGrandles 90+5'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 8,333 Referee: Darren Drysdale

26 December 2017 24	Bury	0–3	Rotherham United	Bury
15:00 GMT	Dawson 8' Laurent 47'	Report	Ball 5' Frecklington 10' Williams 25' Vaulks 83' Forde 90+2'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 4,630 Referee: Anthony Blackhouse

30 December 2017 25	Walsall	1–2	Rotherham United	Bescot
15:00 GMT	Edwards 12' Chambers 80'	Report	Ajayi 1' Ball 58' Wood 72' Mattock 85'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 4,685 Referee: Graham Salisbury

1 January 2018 26	Rotherham United	1–1	Blackburn Rovers	Rotherham
15:00 GMT	Ball 89' Ajayi 90+4'	Report	Dack 66' Mulgrew 77'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 9,347 Referee: Martin Coy

13 January 2018 27	Oldham Athletic	1–1	Rotherham United	Oldham
15:00 GMT	Davies 31' Pringle 90+5'	Report	Williams 7' Vaulks 63'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 4,775 Referee: Robert Lewis

20 January 2018 28	Rotherham United	1–0	Portsmouth	Rotherham
15:00 GMT	Emmanuel 31' Mattock 90+1'	Report		Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 9,129 Referee: Robert Jones

23 January 2018 29	Rotherham United	2–0	Bradford City	Rotherham
19:45 GMT	Smith 22' Newell 57'	Report		Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 8,904 Referee: Darren Drysdale

3 February 2018 30	Rotherham United	2–0	AFC Wimbledon	Rotherham
15:00 GMT	Smith 14' Ball 90+2'	Report	Soares 28'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 8,330 Referee: Michael Salisbury

10 February 2018 31	Scunthorpe United	1–2	Rotherham United	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT	Novak 72' 90+5' Vermijl 76' Holmes 86'	Report	Newell 31' Smith 55' Ajayi 70' 80' Emmanuel 90' Forde 90+8'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 6,359 Referee: Graham Salisbury

13 February 2018 32	Rotherham United	3–1	Oxford United	Rotherham
19:45 GMT	Forde 7' Towell 29' Smith 52'	Report	Henry 43'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 7,707 (360 away) Referee: Eddie Ilderton

17 February 2018 33	Shrewsbury Town	0–1	Rotherham United	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Beckles 71'	Report	Wood 44' Newell 80' Towell 90+3'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 7,007 Referee: Carl Boyeson

24 February 2018 34	Rotherham United	2–1	Doncaster Rovers	Rotherham
15:00 GMT	Smith 90+3' Newell 90+13' (pen.)	Report	Coppinger 32' Marquis 39' Maroši 90+13'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 11,275 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

10 March 2018 35	Rotherham United	0–1	Rochdale	Rotherham
15:00 GMT	Wood 88' Newell 90+5'	Report	Humphrys 67' Hart 86' Davies 90+1'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 8,418 Referee: Graham Salisbury

13 March 2018 36	Milton Keynes Dons	3–2	Rotherham United	Milton Keynes
19:45 GMT	Muirhead 36', 58' Pawlett 42' Ugbo 67'	Report	Ajayi 11' Taylor 75'	Stadium: Stadium MK Attendance: 7,327 (559 Rotherham fans) Referee: Michael Salisbury

17 March 2018 37	Northampton Town	0–3	Rotherham United	Northampton
15:00 GMT	van Veen 72'	Report	Taylor 14' Smith 17' Ajayi 37' Mattock 60' Ball 62' Towell 81'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,882 Referee: Ben Toner

24 March 2018 38	Southend United	2–0	Rotherham United	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT	McLaughlin 7' Cox 79'	Report	Mattock 76'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 7,719 Referee: Brett Huxtable

29 March 2018 39	Rotherham United	1–1	Peterborough United	Rotherham
15:00 BST	Lavery 68' Smith 90+5'	Report	Tafazolli 59' Morias 72' Marriott 90+8'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 9,573 Referee: Scott Oldham

2 April 2018 40	Charlton Athletic	3–1	Rotherham United	Charlton, London
15:00 BST	Żyro 28' 49' Forster-Caskey 45+1' Aribo 54', 65' Amos 90+1'	Report	Wood 77'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 11,871 Referee: Graham Horwood

7 April 2018 41	Rotherham United	3–2	Fleetwood Town	Rotherham
15:00 BST	Pond 12' (o.g.) Newell 51' Wood 77'	Report	Eastham 5' Bolger 54' 76'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 7,562 Referee: Carl Boyeson

14 April 2018 42	Wigan Athletic	0–0	Rotherham United	Wigan
15:00 BST	Byrne 32'	Report	Emmanuel 38' Vaulks 39' Ihiekwe 90+1'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 9,630 Referee: Chris Sarginson

17 April 2018 43	Gillingham	0–1	Rotherham United	Gillingham
19:45 BST		Report	Vaulks 20', 87' Smith 45+2' Towell 64'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 4,029 Referee: Dean Whitestone

21 April 2018 44	Rotherham United	2–0	Bristol Rovers	Rotherham
15:00 BST	Smith 9' Lavery 90'	Report	Harrison 77'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 8,579 Referee: Andy Haines

28 April 2018 45	Plymouth Argyle	2–1	Rotherham United	Plymouth
15:00 BST	Grant 56' Carey 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Towell 33' Williams 51' Rodák 90+2'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 13,407 Referee: Darren Handley

5 May 2018 46	Rotherham United	1–0	Blackpool	Rotherham
15:00 BST	Ihiekwe 20' Vaulks 58'	Report		Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 9,512 Referee: Ross Joyce

League One play-offs

12 May 2018 Semi-Final 1st Leg	Scunthorpe United	2–2	Rotherham United	Scunthorpe
12:30 BST	Ihiekwe 18' (og) Wallace 38' McGeehan 88'	Report	Taylor 17', 55' Wood 40' Palmer 50' Newell 64'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 6,591 Referee: Tim Robinson

16 May 2018 Semi-Final 2nd Leg	Rotherham United	2–0 (4–2 agg.)	Scunthorpe United	Rotherham
19:45 BST	Wood 45+2' Vaulks 63' Forde 90'	Report	Toney 52' McArdle 53' 77'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 11,061 Referee: Scott Duncan

27 May 2018 Final	Rotherham United	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Shrewsbury Town	London
15:00 BST	Wood 32', 103'	Report	Whalley 27' Bolton 38' Rodman 58' Sadler 103'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 26,218 Referee: Robert Jones

FA Cup

On 16 October 2017, Rotherham United were drawn away to Crewe Alexandra in the first round.^[16]

4 November 2017 First round	Crewe Alexandra	2–1	Rotherham United	Crewe
15:00 GMT	Walker 47' 72' Ainley 89'	Report	Vaulks 21' Williams 59' Cummings 63' Moore 90+3'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 2,597 Referee: Scott Oldham

EFL Cup

On 16 June 2017, Rotherham United were drawn at home to Lincoln City in the first round.^[17]^[18]

8 August 2017 First round	Rotherham United	2–1	Lincoln City	Rotherham
19:45 BST	Mattock 18' Proctor 39' Forde 78'	Report	Raggett 55' Knott 64'	Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium Attendance: 5,489 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

23 August 2017 Second round	Huddersfield Town	2–1	Rotherham United	Huddersfield
19:45 BST	Billing 52' (pen.) Lolley 55' Hefele 89'	Report	Ajayi 1' Purrington 89'	Stadium: Kirklees Stadium Attendance: 8,290 Referee: Peter Bankes

EFL Trophy

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Bradford City (Q)	3	2	0	0	1	6	6	0	6	Round 2
2	L2	Chesterfield	3	1	1	0	1	6	7	−1	5	Round 2
3	L1	Rotherham United	3	1	0	1	1	5	3	+2	4
4	ACA	Manchester City EDS	3	0	1	1	1	4	5	−1	3

Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2017. Source: EFL.com
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

15 August 2017 (2017-08-15)	Rotherham United	1–1 (2–4 p)	Manchester City EDS	Rotherham
19:00 BST	Will Vaulks 48' David Ball 64'	Report	Garré 90+4'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 2,562 Referee: Anthony Backhouse
	Penalties
	Vaulks Taylor Forde Clarke-Harris		Nmecha Smith Richards Davenport Oliver

3 October 2017 (2017-10-03)	Rotherham United	1–2	Chesterfield	Rotherham
19:00 BST	Vaulks 71'	Report	De Girolamo 9' McCourt 89'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 2,043 Referee: Darren Handley

7 November 2017 (2017-11-07)	Bradford City	0–3	Rotherham United	Bradford
19:30 GMT		Report	Yates 17' Clarke-Harris 31' (pen.) Towell 43' 45+1'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 931 Referee: Rob Lewis

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	Semi Ajayi	Cardiff City	Undisclosed	^[19]
1 July 2017	David Ball	Fleetwood Town	Free	^[20]
1 July 2017	Alex Bray	Swansea City	Undisclosed	^[21]
1 July 2017	Michael Ihiekwe	Tranmere Rovers	Free	^[22]
1 July 2017	Darren Potter	Milton Keynes Dons	Free	^[23]
1 July 2017	Ryan Williams	Barnsley	Free	^[24]
3 July 2017	Jamie Proctor	Bolton Wanderers	Undisclosed	^[25]
9 August 2017	Shaun Cummings	Millwall	Free	^[26]
31 August 2017	Manny Onariase	Brentford	Undisclosed	^[27]
11 January 2018	Michael Smith	Bury	Undisclosed	^[28]
25 January 2018	Matt Palmer	Burton Albion	Undisclosed	^[29]

Transfers out

Date from	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	Fabian Bailey	Free agent	Released	^[30]
1 July 2017	Lee Camp	Free agent ^[a]	Released	^[30]
1 July 2017	Chris Dawson	Free agent	Released	^[30]
1 July 2017	Joel Ekstrand	Free agent	Released	^[30]
1 July 2017	Stephen Kelly	Free agent	Released	^[30]
1 July 2017	Tom Rose	Free agent	Released	^[30]
1 July 2017	Richard Smallwood	Free agent ^[b]	Released	^[33]
1 July 2017	Tom Thorpe	Free agent ^[c]	Released	^[30]
1 July 2017	Danny Ward	Cardiff City	Undisclosed	^[35]
1 July 2017	Kelvin Wilson	Free agent	Released	^[30]
4 July 2017	Kirk Broadfoot	Kilmarnock	Undisclosed	^[36]
12 July 2017	Dexter Blackstock	Free agent	Released	^[37]
26 July 2017	Darnell Fisher	Preston North End	Undisclosed	^[38]
31 August 2017	Aymen Belaïd	Free agent	Mutual consent	^[39]
8 January 2018	Richard O'Donnell	Northampton Town	Undisclosed fee	^[40]
11 January 2018	Lee Frecklington	Lincoln City	Undisclosed fee	^[41]
11 January 2018	Akeel Francis	Accrington Stanley	Free	^[42]

Loans in

Start date	Name	From	End date	Ref.
10 July 2017	Kieffer Moore	Ipswich Town	30 June 2018	^[43]
13 July 2017	Josh Emmanuel	Ipswich Town	30 June 2018	^[44]
30 August 2017	Marek Rodák	Fulham	30 June 2018	^[45]
31 August 2017	Richie Towell	Brighton & Hove Albion	30 June 2018	^[46]
29 January 2018	Caolan Lavery	Sheffield United	30 June 2018	^[47]

Loans out

Start date	Name	To	End date	Ref.
4 August 2017	Mason Warren	Boston United	1 September 2017	^[48]
10 August 2017	Darnelle Bailey-King	Matlock Town	6 September 2017	^[49]
10 August 2017	Ben Wiles	Frickley Athletic	6 September 2017	^[50]
?? August 2017	Akeel Francis	North Ferriby United	?? September 2017	^[51]
31 August 2017	Dominic Ball	Aberdeen	9 June 2018	^[52]
12 September 2017	Darnelle Bailey-King	North Ferriby United	9 November 2017	^[53]^[a]
22 September 2017	Kuda Muskwe	North Ferriby United	21 November 2017	^[55]^[b]
22 September 2017	Mason Warren	North Ferriby United	7 November 2017	^[55]^[c]^[d]
13 November 2017	Mason Warren	North Ferriby United	11 December 2017	^[57]
1 December 2017	Kuda Muskwe	Nuneaton Town	1 January 2018	^[58]
11 December 2017	Mason Warren	Gainsborough Trinity	10 January 2018	^[59]
15 December 2017	Laurence Bilboe	Brighouse Town	14 January 2018	^[60]
1 January 2018	Manny Onariase	Cheltenham Town	End of season	^[61]
31 January 2018	Alex Bray	Forest Green Rovers	End of season	^[62]
31 January 2018	Jonson Clarke-Harris	Coventry City	End of season	^[63]

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