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  • Date: 2008-08-09
  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Attendance: 4748
  • Referee: Haines, A

Live Commentary

90mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

90mins

Reuben Reid is replaced by Peter Holmes.

75mins

Ben Wright is replaced by David Graham.

57mins

Alex Rhodes is being taken off, Michael Cummins has come on in his place.

57mins

Reuben Reid is being taken off, Michael Cummins has come on in his place.

54mins

Gary King is replaced by Dany N'Guessan.

54mins

Lenell John-Lewis is being taken off, Lee Frecklington has come on in his place.

53mins

Lincoln are replacing Lenell John-Lewis with Lee Frecklington.

46mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 1 v 0.

45mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

44mins

Goal!! Reuben Reid scores for Rotherham.

44mins

Goal!! Reuben Reid scores for Rotherham.

0mins

The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.

Match Report

Rotherham notched up their first win at their new home and clipped three points off their 17-point penalty thanks to a solitary goal from new boy Reuben Reid.

The Millers impressed early on and new skipper Pablo Mills saw an early 25-yard effort drift wide.

Midfielders Danny Harrison and Mark Hudson also came close to claiming the distinction of the side's first league goal at their new temporary home.

Ryan Taylor crowned an eye-catching first-half performance with a header that might have caught out keeper Rob Burch but it fell wide.

Mark Lynch whipped in a low cross from the right and Reid reacted sharply to go close with a crisp first-time shot

Referee Andy Haines was the target for home fans when Lincoln keeper Burch raced from his area to cut out a long ball and appeared to palm the ball down five yards out of his area only for the official and his assistant to dismiss Rotherham's claims.

Lincoln almost caught out the home side when keeper Andy Warrington finger-tipped a Kevin Gall shot round the post and Gary King fired wide after the corner.

But a minute before the break, Rotherham took a deserved lead when Reid showed his pace and strength to out-muscle Lee Beevers and rifle a cool shot past Burch after Mills set him up with a long ball forward.

Seconds before the break, Taylor almost added a second when he went round Janos Kovacs but was shut out when Beevers and Burch combined to block him out.

And two minutes into the second half, Harrison did well to fire a testing shot that had Burch stretching and, when Reid found the target with a long-range effort, Burch made a comfortable stop.

Lincoln were denied an equaliser after 66 minutes when Stefan Oakes produced a dipping free-kick from 30 yards, but Rotherham keeper Andy Warrington stretched to tip it over the top.

Rotherham United

Lincoln City

Corners

47

Fouls

128

Goal attempts

1516

Shots off target

810

Offsides

36

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