Rotherham United start their pre-season friendly games with their usual away trip to Roundwood to take on Parkgate.
Parkgate FC was established in 1969 and called BSC Parkgate and joined the, then, Sheffield and Hallamshire County Senior League. In 1974, the club joined the Yorkshire Football League Division Three. In 1982 the Yorkshire Football League merged with Midland League and became the Northern Counties East Football League.
1990 saw a name change when they became RES Parkgate dropping the RES four years later.
In the past, Parkgate have been Northern Counties East Division One Champions (2006/7) and, in the same season, they won the Wilkinson Sword Trophy. In 1983/4 and again in 1998/9 they were the Rotherham Charity Cup winners and have three times been runners up in the Sheffield and Hallamshire Senior Cup.
Last season the Steelmen, managed by former player Andy Dawson, finished in eighth position of the Northern Counties East League Division One.
This fixture last season was an eleven-nil win for the Millers, first half goals coming from Michael Smith, Joshua Kayode (pen) and Richard Wood with Mickel Miller, a Freddie Ladapo hat-trick, Kieran Sadlier, two from Ben Wiles and Matt Crooks scoring in the second half.
This season the game takes place on Friday, 1st July when it is a 7pm kick-off. All Tickets Have Been Sold.
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