And for one
Rotherham player there's added motivation to not just end the season in style but to end Middlesbrough's play-off and promotion hopes.
Matt Crooks' half-volley sent
Rotherham to the break ahead.
Manager Paul Cook, frustrated by a gutsy
Rotherham side, threw on Callum McManaman and James Vaughan with a half-hour brief to make a difference.
A note from the city council solicitor's office confirms that the authority has sought advice from law firm Eversheds on an issue relating to its current chief executive Mr Fitzgerald's previous employment at
Rotherham Council from 2001 to 2003.
It is thought he will attract plenty of interest following
Rotherham's relegation, with Ward having just one year left on his current deal with the south Yorkshire club.
The Scot guided the club to back-toback promotions in 2012-13 and 2013-14 which saw
Rotherham climb out of League Two and into the Championship.
Earlier this month, the whole of
Rotherham Borough Council was taken over by the Government after it was branded 'not fit for purpose.'
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ROTHERHAM will be a very tough match and we have to learn from our game at Wolves last week.
ROTHERHAM'S director of children's services has resigned in the wake of the report which detailed how at least 1,400 children had been subjected to sexual abuse in the town.
THERE have been fresh calls for
Rotherham's director of children's services to step down after it emerged she is absent on sick leave.