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Chairman ‘Saturday Was Surreal’

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Rotherham United Chairman Tony Stewart reflecting on this season says that he has ‘never known a campaign in which we have been on the wrong end of so many things’.

Speaking to the Official Site after his trip back from Cardiff on Saturday, the Millers Chairman said that the day was ‘surreal’ with the ‘pendulum of fortune swinging back and forth’ between the Millers, Derby County and Sheffield Wednesday.

To be fair to Mr Stewart he should have been sat here with me in my red jumper, Rotherham scarf around my neck watching our game and not daring to look at any texts I was getting or the TV screen which kept updating the scores from around the Championship.

Mr Stewart, obviously disappointed at his team being relegated, said, ‘I honestly thought we were going to do it. With two minutes to go in regular time, to see the equaliser go in pretty much summed up the rotten luck I think we’ve had to endure on many an occasion this season.’

As well as the two unscheduled breaks for Covid-19 outbreaks in the club the Chairman also concluded that other factors could have contributed to the Millers downfall this season, saying, ‘We’ve not had the rub of the green with many officiating decisions. People may think that it is sour grapes and if that was just coming from inside the club then maybe you could argue it was, but so many neutral football supporters, TV pundits and others have collectively agreed on many occasions that we’ve been really hard done by.’

But, as he says himself, that’s all over and done with now and we have a new season to prepare for and while Mr Stewart says that this year has been financially tough he also said that wheels have already been set in motion over transfer targets.

Saying he hopes things will get back to some sort of normality before next season begins in August he thanks the fans for their support going on to say, ‘Thank you for bearing with us and supporting us via the iFollow coverage which has given us an income stream that has been invaluable.’

It’s been a tough season for every football fan whichever league your team is in, whether you have gone up, gone down or stayed where you are and I think, as fans, we have to not forget this season and it’s problems and never again take our live football for granted. Although, I have to admit, I haven’t missed the cold Tuesday night games, the rousing myself for early set-offs for long away trips I have missed my friends, my football family.

I hope to see you all next season.

Up The Millers.

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  • Stuart webster says:

    What can one say ! Yes the millers seemed to have lady luck desert them ,but hard luck stories don’t cut the mustard am afraid ,in the end the millers bottled it against cardiff and back to league one we go ,we should rename the club yo yo united , personally i think it’s time for a managerial change ,all things come to a end and warne is no exception a parting of the ways is needed with some fresh ideas and a different outlook but no doubt warne will be at the helm come the new season and good old tony will thump is chest and declare we have a competitive budget and the Rollercoaster of a new season begins ,but please no more doomed attempts of championship football we simply are not good enough

    • Caz Neale (Herringthorpe) says:

      You really think we ‘bottled it’ on Saturday, Stuart? I think we did very well against a very good Cardiff side. On reflection if we’d scored the first goal on 88 minutes it could have been a different scenario. I feared the worst when we got the early goal thinking we would never hang on until half-time but, in my humble opinion, I thought we went forward and defended as a team and even after City had scored we didn’t give up, despite how heartbroken the players must have been feeling.

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