It’s Millers Time is paying tribute to a fantastic 2014 for Rotherham with a footballing advent calendar.
In each day of December, leading up to Christmas Day, we are looking back at a game from this year.
Behind window number eight is a six-goal Championship thriller where victory was thrown away.
Behind window number eight is a six-goal Championship thriller where victory was thrown away.
Rotherham 3 Fulham 3 (21/10/14)
When
the fixtures were released in June, most people would have been happy with a
3-3 draw at home to Fulham, freshly out of the Premier League.
But
the fact that the Millers viewed this as two points dropped highlighted just
how far they have come over the last few years.
Although
these are games that Steve Evans’ men notoriously do well in, their display was
still one full of enterprise and endeavour, with the only blight the inability
to hold on to a lead they earned three times.
The
first advantage came just before the half-hour when Paul Taylor’s shot clipped
the heels of Alex Revell and went into the net.
But
the lead was short-lived as Ross McCormack converted a controversial penalty
five minutes later.
The Millers went ahead for the second time 10 minutes after the restart when Jonson Clarke-Harris superbly flicked home Ben Pringle’s cross.
Again
Fulham responded quickly and made it 2-2 when Cauley Woodrow superbly cut in
from the left and curled into the top corner.
It
looked as if the hosts had done enough when they carved out another lead with
just four minutes to go when Pringle’s low shot was turned into his own net by
Cottagers defender Nikolay Bodurov.
But
some slack marking from a 90th-minute corner handed Fulham yet
another lifeline as Dan Burn headed home to make it 3-3.
That’s
how it ended and the Millers were left to rue two dropped points.
One
to remember: Clarke-Harris added to his growing reputation with a fine finish
to put the Millers ahead at 2-1.
One
to forget: Some slack marking from Kari Arnason at the death allowed Dan Burn a
free header and he stole two points from the Millers.
To find out what was behind window number 13, click here!
To find out what was behind window number 13, click here!
