Wembley Stats – Millers v Shrews

Rotherham United are back in the Championship after the two-one win over Shrewsbury Town at Wembley on Sunday.

Richard Wood had his magic hat on during and after the one hundred and twenty minutes of the game. His two goals were both excellent, the header down actually, in my eyes, a perfect headed goal from a defender, his second wasn’t too bad either!

But, with the temperatures rising to thirty degrees everyone on that pitch played their part, from both sets of players to the officials.

The penalty miss might have led to David Ball and his colleagues dropping their heads but it didn’t. They put it behind them and got on with the game, credit, especially to Ball for that.

Extra time was the teller, I think. It wasn’t getting any cooler (I’m not sure how the Shrews fans were able to stay in the sunshine all that time, good on ’em) and it was then that the fitness of the teams, in my eyes, showed. Not one Miller went down with cramp, which shows where the fitness was. Wood, Ryan Williams and Will Vaulks all had taken bumps and knocks and all carried on.

I don’t think anyone would say the better team, on the day, didn’t win. Although the Shrews had more possession the Millers won more in the air, intercepted more and had more corners.

So, how will we do next season? Really we can’t judge yet so we will just have to wait and see.

Shrewsbury Town				Rotherham United
Rodman (58)				Wood (32, 103)
Henderson				Rodak
Bolton (Riley 73)				Emmanuel
Beckles				Mattock
Nsiala				Ajayi
Sadler				Wood
B Morris (Payne 56)				Vaulks
Whalley				Taylor (Williams 75)
Godfrey				Towell
Rodman				Newell (Forde 110)
C Morris (John-Lewis 66)				Ball (Lavery 71)
Nolan				Smith
Substitutes
MacGillivray				Price
Brown				Cummings
Lowe				Purrington
Riley				Forde
Jones				Palmer
John-Lewis				Williams
Payne				Lavery

Game Statistics
7	Goal attempts	21
2	On Target	7
3	Corners	11
19	Fouls	15
3	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
52	%	48