Rotherham United 4-1 Accrington Stanley: result and report

League Two · Saturday 29 December 2012

Result

Rotherham United 4-1 Accrington Stanley

League Two · Saturday 29 December 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Rotherham United 4-1 Accrington Stanley: match report

Rotherham United defeated Accrington Stanley 4-1 in the League Two on Saturday 29 December 2012. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Rotherham United's goals came from an own goal by Tom Eckersley (15'), Daniel Nardiello (63'), Daniel Nardiello (74') and M. O'Connor (77'). Accrington Stanley scored through C. Lindfield (40').

Discipline: Rotherham United received 2 yellow cards; Accrington Stanley received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Rotherham United were 5th on 37 points from 23 and Accrington Stanley 18th on 27 points from 23. Rotherham United went on to finish that season 2nd with 79 points, and Accrington Stanley 18th with 54.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Rotherham United wins, 2 draws and 2 for Accrington Stanley.

Going into the match Rotherham United's last five read L-W-L-W-W and Accrington Stanley's D-L-L-L-D.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Own goal · Tom EckersleyRotherham United · 1-0
  • 28'Yellow card · Kieran AgardRotherham United
  • 40'Goal · C. LindfieldAccrington Stanley · 1-1
  • 63'Yellow card · C. LindfieldAccrington Stanley
  • 63'Goal · Daniel NardielloRotherham United · 2-1
  • 72'Yellow card · Kayode OdejayiRotherham United
  • 74'Goal · Daniel NardielloRotherham United · 3-1
  • 77'Goal · M. O'ConnorRotherham United · 4-1
  • 78'Yellow card · W. HatfieldAccrington Stanley
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Tom EckersleyAccrington Stanley

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Rotherham United 6, draws 2, Accrington Stanley 2.

Team news

Rotherham United expected line-up

Andy Warrington, A. Revell, Ian Sharps, Daniel Nardiello, Craig Morgan, Dale Tonge, Ben Pringle, Lee Frecklington, Josh Morris, Mark Bradley, Kári Árnason

Accrington Stanley expected line-up

Ian Dunbavin, Lee Molyneux, Michael William Liddle, Dean Winnard, Toto Nsiala, Peter Murphy, Luke Joyce, Roumauld Boco, George Miller, Craig Lindfield, James Beattie