46 Dinnington Guardian, Friday, August 27, 2010 www.dinningtontoday.co.uk

MILLERS fIxtuRES

Date KO Comp Opposition

Sat 28 Aug 3pm Lge Hereford

tue 31 Aug 7.45pm JPt Lincoln City

Sat 4 Sep 3pm Lge Shrewsbury

Sat 11 Sep 3pm Lge Burton Albion

Sat 18 Sep 3pm Lge Barnet

Sat 25 Sep 3pm Lge Chesterfield

tue 28 Sep 7.45pm Lge Bradford

Sat 2 Oct 3pm Lge Bury

Sat 9 Oct 3pm Lge Stevenage

Sat 16 Oct 3pm Lge Accrington Stan

Sat 23 Oct 3pm Lge Wycombe

Sat 30 Oct 3pm Lge Southend

tue 2 Nov 7.45pm Lge Macclesfield

Sat 13 Nov 3pm Lge Oxford united

Sat 20 Nov 3pm Lge Crewe

tue 23 Nov 7.45pm Lge Northampton

Sat 4 Dec 3pm Lge Gillingham

Sat 11 Dec 3pm Lge Aldershot

Sat 18 Dec 3pm Lge Torquay

Sun 26 Dec 3pm Lge Stockport

tue 28 Dec 3pm Lge Accrington Stan

Sat 1 Jan 3pm Lge Port Vale

Mon 3 Jan 3pm Lge Macclesfield

Sat 8 Jan 3pm Lge Stevenage

Sat 15 Jan 3pm Lge Southend

Sat 22 Jan 3pm Lge Wycombe

Sat 29 Jan 3pm Lge Stockport

Tue 1 Feb 7.45pm Lge Port Vale

Sat 5 feb 3pm Lge Crewe

Sat 12 Feb 3pm Lge Oxford United

Sat 19 feb 3pm Lge Shrewsbury

Sat 26 Feb 3pm Lge Burton Albion

Sat 5 Mar 3pm Lge Barnet

Tue 8 Mar 7.45pm Lge Bradford

Sat 12 Mar 3pm Lge Bury

Sat 19 Mar 3pm Lge Chesterfield

Fri 25 Mar 7.45pm Lge Lincoln City

Sat 2 Apr 3pm Lge Morecambe

Sat 9 Apr 3pm Lge Cheltenham

Sat 16 Apr 3pm Lge Hereford

Fri 22 Apr 3pm Lge Northampton

Mon 25 Apr 3pm Lge Gillingham

Sat 30 Apr 3pm Lge Aldershot

Sat 7 May 3pm Lge torquay

Key - home/away

MILLERS fans were treated to a remarkable goalfeast on Saturday.

After a gripping 10-goal thriller, Ronnie Moore warned his team they will need to learn from defensive mistakes if they are to challenge for promotion.

Moore, who watched his side go behind early in the first half against Cheltenham Town, admitted it was nerve-racking and not something he wants to see from the Rotherham defence again.

The Millers boss said: “If we don’t defend better you won’t go up, it’s as simple as that but lets hope it’s a hiccup, we had a clean sheet last week, we conceded a sloppy goal against Lincoln, but we’ve got seven points, and hopefully we’ll learn from what we’ve done.”

“I don’t want to see it again to be honest. As a manager there’s nothing worse.”

“But we showed a bit of character, we got the second goal just at the right time and then it was a good start for us in the second half.”

Although they won, the Millers made hard work of it.

A poor start by Rotherham allowed the Robins to go 1-0 up with just four minutes on the clock.

A decent cross into the box by defender Danny Andrew from the right found unmarked striker Jeff Goulding at the far post, who fired the ball into the net and past the helpless Andy Warrington.

Rotherham equalised on the 16 minute mark with some clinical finishing from top-scorer Adam Le Fondre.

A neat lay off from on loan striker Tom Elliot found Le Fondre, who surged into the Robins box, before slotting low past Scott Brown to make it 1-1.

More poor defending from the Millers gifted the Robins their next goal. Cheltenham midfielder Brian Smirkle chased a long ball forward, beating the Millers defence, before squaring the ball across the empty six yard area for Wesley Thomas to tap in.

It got worse and Cheltenham were 3-1 up by the 36th minute. An awful pass at the back by

Exodus Geohaghon was picked up by Wesley Thomas who then passed the ball into the box to substitute Shaun Jeffers who fired a shot past Warrington and

into the net.There was still

more goals to come and on the 41st minute Rotherham got themselves back into the game with a great shot from 20 yards out by Danny Harrison, who fired up and over Scott Brown after a great lay off from Nicky

Law.Three minutes after the break

the Millers had a penalty awarded with Elliot barged over in the

Robins’ box.Le Fondre fired but Scott

Brown saved before Le Fondre smashed home the rebound to make it 3-3.

The Millers worked hard and within a minute Rotherham were in front, with Le Fondre heading home a ball that had been headed across the face of goal by Dean Holden, giving the prolific striker his first hat-trick for the Millers.

A corner on the 55th minute saw Rotherham make it 5-3 after local lad Ryan Cresswell headed in a cross from Nicky Law.

Le Fondre then pushed on and got his fourth of the game and after receiving the ball from out wide before shooting straight at Scott Brown.

The Robins keeper got his hand to the shot, but couldn’t stop it and saw the ball go into the bottom corner.

With the crowd now firmly behind the Millers, Cheltenham were awarded a penalty on 68 minutes after Cresswell handled the ball inside the area.

Wesley Thomas fired the shot, but Warrington parried it to safety.

With the game nearly over Cheltenham grabbed a late consolation in the 90th minute to make it 6-4, ending a memorable afternoon for the 3,072 strong crowd.

Although Moore was critical of his back four, he couldn’t speak highly enough of star striker Adam Le Fondre.

He said: “You cant defend the way we defended today, it was unacceptable for us, but give them credit, I bet it’s been a great game to watch, certainly not a great game for me to watch, but like I say we showed a lot of spirit, we came out and even though certain players weren’t on their game we got the goals at the right time and I thought Adam was just magnificent today.”

“That’s the best I’ve seen him on an all round game really.”

“He’s worked, he’s chased, he’s harried and he’s put the ball in the back of the net – which he’s good at.”

Goalfeast thrills Don Valley fans

by Chris ConwayAt Don Valley Stadium

Hero – Adam Le Fondre, right, was on target four times (Pic: Steve Ellis)

MILLERS 6 CHELTENHAM 4

Goal ace ALF says he’s going nowhereTop scorer Adam Le Fondre has refused to be unsettled by transfer speculation linking him with a move to another club.

pledging his allegiance to Millers, he insisted: “I am happy here.”

The Stockport born striker bagged four goals against Cheltenham Town last week, watched by scouts from Derby County and Ipswich Town.

However, he says he’s happy scoring goals for the Millers.

Le Fondre said: “I think there’s always going to be scouts watching every game, they’re always watching the lower leagues.

“I’m happy here, I’ve scored four goals today, I’m on five for the season already so obviously I’m dead happy.”

With last season’s play-off

defeat still fresh in his mind, Le Fondre insists the Millers squad are using the Wembley heartache as an incentive to win promotion this season.

He said: “I think we can play at a higher level, we got to the play-off final last year and we were bitterly disappointed, with my own performance and the result of the game and hopefully we can rectify it this season.”

Ronnie Moore has echoed the sentiments of his number 10, moving to reassure fans.

The Millers boss said: “I’m not worried, unless someone’s daft and wants to come in and give us a few bob then Adam won’t go anywhere, he’s contracted here and hopefully he can get us out of this division.”

“Unless it’s silly money, there’s no way he’s going.”