Rotherham United 3-2 Fleetwood Town: result and report

League One · Saturday 7 April 2018

Result

Rotherham United 3-2 Fleetwood Town

League One · Saturday 7 April 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Rotherham United 3-2 Fleetwood Town: match report

Rotherham United won against Fleetwood Town 3-2 in the League One on Saturday 7 April 2018. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Ashley Eastham opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Rotherham United's goals came from an own goal by N. Pond (12'), Joe Newell (51') and Richard Wood (77'). Fleetwood Town scored through Ashley Eastham (5') and C. Bolger (54').

Discipline: Rotherham United received no yellow cards; Fleetwood Town received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Rotherham United were 4th on 66 points from 40 and Fleetwood Town 13th on 51 points from 40. Rotherham United went on to finish that season 4th with 84 points, and Fleetwood Town 14th with 57.

Rotherham United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Fleetwood Town in a 3-5-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Rotherham United win, 2 draws and 1 for Fleetwood Town.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Ashley EasthamFleetwood Town · 0-1
  • 12'Own goal · N. PondRotherham United · 1-1
  • 51'Goal · Joe NewellRotherham United · 2-1
  • 54'Goal · C. BolgerFleetwood Town · 2-2
  • 76'Yellow card · C. BolgerFleetwood Town
  • 77'Goal · Richard WoodRotherham United · 3-2

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Rotherham United 1, draws 2, Fleetwood Town 1.

Team news

Rotherham United line-up (4-4-2)

Marek Rodák, Semi Ajayi, Richard Wood, A. Forde, Ben Purrington, Will Vaulks, Matt Palmer, Richie Towell, Joe Newell, David Ball, Michael Smith

Fleetwood Town line-up (3-5-2)

Alex Cairns, Lewie Coyle, Ashley Eastham, Nathan Pond, Cian Bolger, Kyle Dempsey, Toumani Diagouraga, Jack Sowerby, Conor McAleny, Paddy Madden, Ashley Hunter