Rotherham United and Cardiff City meet at the New York Stadium for the first time since September 2016 in a pre-season friendly this evening.
Starting out as the Riverside AFC in 1899, after joining the South Wales Amateur League, Riverside AFC changed their name to Cardiff City in 1908 and nineteen years later became the first team outside England to win the FA Cup. August 2013 saw them take up their place in the Premier League but, at the end of the season, they found themselves bottom of the table and relegated back to the Championship.
October 2016 saw former Millers player and Manager Neil Warnock take over at the Cardiff City Stadium making it the fifteenth club he has managed. That season they finished twelfth in the Championship something he bettered when the Bluebirds got a goalless draw with Reading last season which saw them into the Premier League. This meant that Neil became the first manager to win eight promotions in the professional leagues.
The Millers and Cardiff have met fifty times in the past in the league, never having met in any cup games, with Rotherham on top of the ‘wins’ column having twenty-four to City’s fourteen.
That September 2016 Championship game saw the Bluebirds win two-one. After Izzy Brown had put the Millers in front on the hour mark two goals from Rickie Lambert gave the visitors all three points.
Teams
Millers
Camp
Mattock
Halford
Wilson
Fisher
Fry
Frecklington
Taylor
Newell (Blackstock)
Ward
Brown
Subs not used – Price, Ball, Vaulks, Forde, Forster-Caskey
Bluebirds
Amos
Peltier (Ecuele Manga)
Morrison
Richards
Connolly
Whittingham
Ralls (Harris)
Immers
Noone
O’Keefe
Lambert
Subs not used – Wilson, John, Kennedy, Huws, Zohore
Rotherham v Cardiff League Games
Championship
18.02.2017 Cardiff 5-0 Rotherham
24.09.2016 Rotherham 1-2 Cardiff
23.01.2016 Cardiff 2-2 Rotherham
19.09.2015 Rotherham 2-1 Cardiff
03.03.2015 Rotherham 1-3 Cardiff
06.12.2014 Cardiff 0-0 Rotherham
06.11.2004 Rotherham 2-2 Cardiff
16.10.2004 Cardiff 2-0 Rotherham
League One
10.01.2004 Cardiff 3-2 Rotherham
09.08.2003 Rotherham 0-0 Cardiff
Division Three
16.03.1999 Rotherham 1-0 Cardiff
29.08.1998 Cardiff 0-1 Rotherham
24.02.1998 Cardiff 2-2 Rotherham
18.10.1997 Rotherham 1-1 Cardiff
Division Two
08.04.1995 Cardiff 1-1 Rotherham
31.12.1994 Rotherham 2-0 Cardiff
29.03.1994 Cardiff 1-0 Rotherham
03.01.1994 Rotherham 5-2 Cardiff
Division Four
11.02.1992 Rotherham 1-2 Cardiff
30.11.1991 Cardiff 1-0 Rotherham
Division Three (Old)
06.03.1990 Cardiff 2-0 Rotherham
30.09.1989 Rotherham 4-0 Cardiff
25.03.1986 Cardiff 2-3 Rotherham
01.10.1985 Rotherham 3-0 Cardiff
Division Two (Old)
06.02.1982 Cardiff 1-2 Rotherham
12.09.1981 Rotherham 1-0 Cardiff
Division Three (Old)
13.03.1976 Cardiff 1-1 Rotherham
11.10.1975 Rotherham 1-0 Cardiff
Division Two (Old)
20.01.1968 Cardiff 2-2 Rotherham
16.09.1967 Rotherham 3-2 Cardiff
01.04.1967 Rotherham 4-1 Cardiff
04.11.1966 Cardiff 0-0 Rotherham
26.02.1966 Cardiff 0-0 Rotherham
11.09.1965 Rotherham 6-4 Cardiff
24.04.1965 Cardiff 3-2 Rotherham
06.10.1964 Rotherham 3-1 Cardiff
17.02.1964 Cardiff 2-1 Rotherham
13.09.1963 Rotherham 1-0 Cardiff
29.03.1963 Rotherham 2-1 Cardiff
10.11.1962 Cardiff 4-1 Rotherham
06.02.1960 Rotherham 2-2 Cardiff
19.09.1959 Cardiff 1-4 Rotherham
03.01.1959 Cardiff 1-0 Rotherham
30.08.1958 Rotherham 1-0 Cardiff
21.04.1958 Rotherham 3-1 Cardiff
05.10.1957 Cardiff 2-2 Rotherham
27.08.1951 Rotherham 2-0 Cardiff
20.08.1951 Cardiff 2-4 Rotherham
11.04.1921 Cardiff 1-0 Rotherham
12.03.1921 Rotherham 2-0 Cardiff
