- Cummins (65)
- Date:2009-02-28
- Kick-off:15:00
- Venue:Sincil Bank
- Attendance:4336
- Referee:Salisbury, G
Live Commentary
90mins
The ref has blown his whistle for full time.
80mins
Jamie Clarke is replaced by Marc Joseph.
77mins
Lincoln are replacing Anthony Elding with Sam Mullarkey.
77mins
Janos Kovacs is booked for dissent.
68mins
Lincoln are replacing Geoff Horsfield with Ben Wright.
67mins
Rotherham are replacing Reuben Reid with Ryan Taylor.
65mins
Goal!! Rotherham have scored with Michael Cummins putting it in the back of the net.
46mins
The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 0.
45mins
Half time whistle is blown by G Salisbury
31mins
The referee has booked Nick Fenton.
30mins
The referee has booked Geoff Horsfield.
30mins
Paul Green is booked for unsporting behaviour.
0mins
It's 3pm on Saturday, February 28th, the match has kicked off.
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Match Report
Rotherham United completed an easy double over out of form Lincoln City to earn their sixth away League win of the season.
United dominated the game from the start, with Lincoln rarely threatening at all, but in the end the Millers had just one goal despite creating a hatful of chances.
United threatened early on with Mark Hudson finding Michael Cummins with a pass but the midfielder's shot was blocked by a defender.
Cummins then caused problems for Lincoln with a deep cross into the box, but Lincoln keeper Rob Burch collected ahead of two Rotherham strikers.
United's Jamie Clarke went close to breaking the deadlock in the 24th minute when he cut in from the left and fired in a shot which brought a diving save from Burch.
From the resulting corner Clarke had an effort blocked by Scott Kerr. Rotherham kept up the pressure and Reuben Reid sent in a powerful header which flew narrowly wide.
On the half-hour Lincoln's Paul Green laid out Hudson with a bad late challenge and was lucky to escape with a yellow card.
The foul led to a melee and when referee Graham Salisbury finally restored order he also booked Lincoln's Geoff Horsfield and Rotherham's Nick Fenton.
Rotherham stayed on top in the second half and it was no surprise when they grabbed the winner in the 65th minute.
Clarke was the architect, leaving Paul Green for dead inside the box, before firing in a shot which was deflected into the path of Drewe Broughton. The big striker's header was pushed out by Burch, but Cummins followed up to fire home.
Rotherham could have scored more with substitute Ryan Taylor causing plenty of problems down the right.
Taylor broke away ten minutes from time but saw his shot saved by Burch. Then Hudson set up Taylor, but this time the sub shot over the bar.
Jamie Green got clear of the Lincoln defence in stoppage time but blasted his shot against the crossbar.
Lincoln then finally woke up and almost snatched an equaliser when Janos Kovacs beat Andy Warrington with his header, only to be denied by the woodwork.
Lincoln City Team
Rotherham United Team
Lincoln City | Rotherham United |
Corners
| 3 | 6 |
Fouls
| 10 | 11 |
Goal attempts
| 6 | 12 |
Shots off target
| 3 | 4 |
Offsides
| 3 | 4 |