The Rotherham United Courier
Player ratings15 May 2028
Ajay Matthews scores twice — 8.71
Two goals and a mark of 8.71 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Market15 May 2028
George Maris hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Rotherham United can pretend not to have heard.
Squad15 May 2028
Sean Steur is the real thing at 20
A season average of 7.15 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Rotherham United know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
Squad15 May 2028
Words exchanged at Rotherham United
Willy Boly and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Market15 May 2028
Tom Finch has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Rotherham United they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad15 May 2028
Benjamin Bennett stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Benjamin Bennett and Rotherham United agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match13 May 2028
Ajay Matthews’s goal not enough for Rotherham United
Ajay Matthews scored, and precious little else went right: 2‑3 to Wycombe Wanderers, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Squad15 May 2028
Words at Rotherham United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Josh Benson is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The terraces15 May 2028
One of their own: Ajay Matthews
He is 21 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
In brief
- Player ratings Ar'jany Martha beats them one at a time
- The dugout Jason Matthews answers for it
- The dugout Omari Benjamin gets it from the manager