Skip to main content

"If you want some accessible but informative insight into football then I suggest you couldn't do better than the Political Economy of Football website, which is not only intelligible but comes with the added bonus of being written by Addicks fan Wyn Grant."
Ben Hayes - Charlton Athletic programme

Rotherham United Football Club Limited

Share/Save
Traditional Rotherham United football shirt

The club was founded in 1870 and plays at the Millmoor ground (capacity 7,902). Early in 2006 it was announced that the club was losing £140,000 per month. Since Rotherham did not own their ground (Ken Booth took ownership of Millmoor in return for clearing £3m of debt), and had no tangible assets, administration was not a viable option for them, as it had been for other clubs. Only an intervention by a consortium of local businessmen offering substantial investment and a new business plan averted a possible dissolution of the club (with Dennis Coleman taking over as chairman), although at the cost of a ten-point penalty applied by the FA when starting season 2006/07.

Turnover and pre-tax profit figures are in millions.

Financial Overview

Year
Turnover
Pre-tax profit
Wages / Turnover ratio (%)
Employees

2003/04

2.751

-0.674

 

 

2002/03

2.840

-1.022

 

 

2001/02

2.903

1.734

 

75

2000/01

0.996

-0.334

 

 

1999/00

0.709

-0.424

 

 

1998/99

0.534

-0.507

 

 

1997/98

0.519

-0.282

 

 

1996/97

0.314

-0.478

 

 

1995/96

0.656

-0.171

 

 

1994/95

0.401

-0.504

 

 

1993/94

0.389

-0.294

 

 

Website: 
www.themillers.co.uk

Related Articles

22 Nov 2008
Gap Between Championship And Lower Leagues To Widen

The Championship will get a big boost next season from a new television contract, but the gap between it and the lower divisions of the Football League will widen. This may revive talk of a two division Premiership with no or limited promotion

01 Aug 2008
Rotherham United could be barred from the Football League

Miller's League Place in Doubt - Rotherham United could be barred from the Football League and unable to start the new season if they are unable to provide assurances over their future.  The Football League has written to the League Two club

01 Jan 2005
Fees Paid to Agents by Coca-Cola Championship Clubs in 2004

A list of clubs in the English Coca Cola Championship and their payments to agents and number of player deals in 2004. Leeds United were the biggest spenders and were the only club to outlay more than £1 million. Other clubs spending over a