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VENUE The Don Valley Stadium ATTENDANCE 4,095 REFEREE P Gibbs (West Midlands) MATCH DATE 20 September 2008 KICK OFF TIME 15:00

ROTHERHAM UNITED Andy Warrington   Mark Lynch   Jamie Green 89   Ian Sharps   Nick Fenton   Andrew Nicholas   Danny Harrison   Pablo Mills   Michael Cummins   Mark Hudson 84   Alex Rhodes   Drewe Broughton   Reuben Reid   SUBS NOT USED Mark Burchill   Omar Garcia   Steve Cann

LUTON TOWN Dean Brill   Claude Gnakpa Ryan Charles 71   Harry Worley   Michael Spillane   Lewis Emanuel   Keith Keane   Rossi Jarvis   Kevin Watson 77   Asa Hall   Edward Asafu-Adjaye 77   Marc Pugh   Sam Parkin   Chris Martin   SUBS NOT USED Conrad Logan   Ian Roper

Match Report	20 September 2008
Rotherham United 1 - 0 Luton Town

ROTHERHAM UNITED 1 Alex Rhodes '61  LUTON TOWN 0 N/A

BRILL ERROR COSTS HATTERS AT ROTHERHAM...

Luton Town stopper Dean Brill was left with egg on his face after the Hatters lost out to relegation rivals Rotherham United at the Don Valley Stadium.

The Millers stole victory midway through the second-half in a comical fashion almost worthy of their celebrity fans the Chuckle Brothers, who were present at the game.

Alex Rhodes’ hopeless cross looked to be innocuous enough as it sailed 35-yards through the air, but back-pedalling Brill was left embarrassed as the ball dipped in just below the bar for the game's decisive goal.

It was an important victory for the Millers, who were deducted 17 points by the Football League compared to Luton's double whammy of 30 from the League and FA, as they moved further away from the drop.

Luton made two changes from the team that grabbed a late 3-1 home win against Aldershot Town last weekend. Dean Brill came in between the sticks for on-loan stopper Conrad Logan, while new Leicester City loan signing Harry Worley came in at centre-half for the injured George Pilkington.

With captain Kevin Nicholls and stand-in skipper Pilkington both sidelined, last season's captain Keith Keane took over the armband.

Andrew Nicholas was causing Luton plenty of problems with his long throws early on and it was following one of these that the hosts should have taken the lead on nine minutes.

Luton were unable to clear a cross into their box and Drewe Broughton, under pressure from Brill, somehow skewed the ball over the bar from just a few yards out.

The Millers threatened again on 18 minutes when a fine through ball sent Rhodes clear but with just Brill to beat he was pulled back for offside.

Luton's away support was in full voice throughout, but the vacuous nature of the sparsely populated Don Valley Stadium – Rotherham's temporary Sheffield home - made it difficult to keep the atmosphere in.

The Hatters finally forced their first corner of the game on 35 minutes and could have snatched the lead from it. Rossi Jarvis' dangerous delivery found Michael Spillane at the far post, who seemed to be manhandled by his marker, and the young centre-half, off balance, could only head just over.

And moments later Marc Pugh broke down the left before pulling the ball back to Chris Martin on the edge of the area where he could only kick thin air when well placed.

Asa Hall then unleashed a thunderbolt from 25-yards out with only three minutes of the half left and, although it was straight at Andy Warrington, the Rotherham keeper just about managed to beat the ball away.

Luton had the first chance of the second half when Pugh, Parkin and Martin combined well, but Parkin could only scoop his shot well over from the edge of the box.

"Luton should have taken the lead on 56 minutes"

And Luton should have taken the lead on 56 minutes when a quickly taken free-kick put Pugh clear down the left and his inviting cross was allowed to run right across the face of goal without anyone able to get a decisive touch.

"But the Millers got a huge slice of luck to snatch the lead on 61 minutes"

But the Millers got a huge slice of luck to snatch the lead on 61 minutes. Rhodes' miss-hit cross sailed miles through the air and eventually looped over the back-pedalling Brill and into the net.

Brill then saved the visitors' bacon on 70 minutes when Luton failed to deal with yet another ball into their box. It eventually found its way to Reuben Reid at the far post and Brill did well to deny him, diving low to his right to turn his shot round the post.

Rotherham went close again on 76 minutes when Luton had trouble clearing a corner and, when it was fired back in, Reid turned it goal wards, only for Luton to scramble it off of the line.

Brill then produced a fine flying stop seconds later, diving to his left to turn aside Rhodes' drive.

Rotherham continued to press to the death, as the Hatters struggled to make any impression at the other end, and the Millers ran out worthy winners.

Harford's Comments	20 September 2008
Rotherham United 1-0 Luton Town "Obviously it's disappointing in what in my opinion was a dire game and a fluke goal decided it. "The players know they didn't perform. It was a game that never took off in any way, shape or form, played out by two poor teams. "Today we never really got started in what was a strange environment for football. "But at the end of the day, it's a football pitch. You know where people are and where they should be. Everything about our game and Rotherham's game was pretty dire. "I will look at the video and study their goal and I don't like to attach blame. It was a hopeful punt into the box – came off the edge of his foot, and fluked into the net somehow. "I thought Harry Worley did well. He is a good size and it was his first 90 minutes for six weeks. He will only get better."

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