[themaclad]

LAST TIME OUT



Manager

Paul Warne

Coaching career
He joined the coaching staff at Rotherham in May 2012 upon his retirement from professional football.[10]

In November 2012, Warne was granted a testimonial by Rotherham United for giving the club many years of service including as player, coach and joint caretaker-manager.[11]

On 28 November 2016, after the resignation of Kenny Jackett, Warne was appointed caretaker manager of Rotherham United.[12] On 13 January 2017, Warne was appointed Rotherham United manager until the end of the 2016–17 season.[13] On 5 April 2017, with Rotherham's relegation from the Championship confirmed Warne was appointed permanent manager of the club on a one-year rolling contract.[14]

Preston North End host Rotherham United on Tuesday evening for the first home game under the Deepdale lights this season.

In The Dressing Room

Ched Evans will come back in to contention for PNE, after serving his three-game suspension following his opening day red card against Wigan Athletic.

Ryan Lowe will be hoping he can call upon Manchester United loanee Álvaro Fernández, who missed the weekend’s trip to Luton Town through an ankle injury which he picked up at Huddersfield last Tuesday.

Bambo Diaby and Sean Maguire are both expected to miss out through injury.

A Look At Our Visitors

Rotherham United come in to this fixture full of confidence after an emphatic 4-0 victory over Reading at the weekend, with all four goals coming in the first half.

The Millers have only played two games so far this term – due to the postponement of their trip to Coventry City – with their opening game of the Championship campaign being a 1-1 draw at home to Swansea City.

Rotherham’s three previous Championship seasons have resulted in relegation, so Paul Warne will certainly be satisfied with their start to the campaign and he’ll be looking for that form to continue at Deepdale on Tuesday evening.

Going Head To Head


Games played: 60
PNE wins: 16
Draws: 22
Rotherham wins: 22
Last victory: Rotherham Utd 1-3 PNE, 5th November 2016

One To Watch

Winger Chiedozie Ogbene has reportedly received plenty of interest so far this summer, but for now he remains a Rotherham United player.

The 25-year-old, who joined the club in 2019 from Brentford, was a crucial part of the Millers’ success last season, and he’s had a positive start to this campaign too, scoring in both of Rotherham’s opening two fixtures.

His stock has also risen due to his impressive performances playing for the Republic of Ireland national team, appearing ten times since his debut in August 2021.

Match Officials

lOliver Langford will take charge of his first PNE fixture in 17 months on Tuesday evening.

North End were on the wrong end of a 2-0 scoreline against Middlesbrough in March 2021 the last time Langford refereed a PNE match, while the Lilywhites' last victory with Langford in charge was an away win at Ewood Park in 2019.

Langford will be assisted by Richard Wild and Geoffrey Liddle, with Sebastian Stockbridge on fourth official duties.

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INS AND OUTS

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MACS VIEW

The relentless August schedule continues with the first competitve game under the Deepdale lights this season with both sides hoping to build on wins on Saturday although hopefully Woodman will save more than Lumley did on Saturday. Last time the Millers rocked up we scored an own goal in 15 seconds, would much prefer the result that we got on 4/5/1971 a sultry Monday night when we won the Division 3 title
Won't be easy against a side who are still on a high from last season

[themaclad]

Preston North End 0 Rotherham United 0

PNE line-up: Woodman; Storey, Lindsay, Hughes; Potts, Whiteman, Ledson (Riis, 61), Brady; Browne (Woodburn, 81), Johnson (McCann, 81); Parrott (Evans, 88). Subs not used: Cornell, Cunningham, Bauer.

Rotherham United line-up: Johansson; Harding (Kelly, 71), Peltier, Hall, Humphreys, Bramall; Harding, Lindsay (Rathbone, 45), Barlaser, Wiles (Wood, 90+1); Ogbene, Washington (High, 61). Subs not used; Vickers, McCart, Ferguson.

Attendance: 14, 479 (601 Rotherham fans).

Referee: Mr O Langford.

Twenty one shots on target last night, sixty in four league games one goal, does suggest we have a problem putting the ball in the night, the game last night was frustrating in the fact we should have buried them, we had some clear cut chances Johnson after about three minutes and Parrott just before half time when he hits the keepers legs, both should have gone in but apart from the inability to score that was a pretty decent performance, we will play worse and win.
They defended well ad the keeper saved everything that was fired at him.
First half Parrott worked his socks off can find space and looks to have something about him although he needs to find the back of the net when his chances come.
Although dominant in the first half the Millers came close a couple of times Washington narrowly wide and another effort that hit the post but that was about the level of threat they posed all night, apart froma sliced Wils effort in the second half they never saw the whites of Woodman's eyes again
The second half was all one way chances came and went and for one terrific ten minutes period they could barely get out of their own box, Riis hit the post and Sir Bradley of Potts fired in a long distance effort which Johansen tipped onto the bar, oddly though the manager made two substitutions whlst we were on top and to be honest we lost momentum. Give them credit for defending well but should hgave wn this.

Preston boss Ryan Lowe told BBC Radio Lancashire:

"That's probably one of the best performances in my managerial reign really, but without the goals because everything we did was spot on. Everything we did was fantastic, but ultimately goals win you games.

"If we're not creating any chances and we're not getting through on goal that's a worry, but there isn't any worry there.

"Frustrating, yes. Would I have loved three points? A hundred percent would have, but it's the old cliche, if you can't win it, don't lose it."

Rotherham manager Paul Warne told BBC Radio Sheffield:

"Preston were the better side on the night. They had many opportunities to take the three points, but that doesn't take away from how dogged our performance was.

"The first half was reasonably equal. We had a couple of really good chances to score, as did they, but second half they dominated. We struggled to get out.

"There were some tired bodies at the end, but to hang on and keep a clean sheet away from home against a team who I think is going to be really up there, I'm really proud of them."

[Lord Snooty]

So Jordan Rhodes is still the only player to score against your this season. 

[themaclad]

Yep