Rotherham 0-2 Town: Match Report

By Aston
August 29 2004

Ipswich Town moved into 3rd in the football league championship after a 2-0 win against Rotherham at Millmoor yesterday.

Rotherham Report

Ipswich Town moved into 3rd in the football league championship after a 2-0 win against Rotherham at Millmoor yesterday.

The first half at Millmoor was dominated by the home side up until the 43rd minute when Shefki Kuqi put Town in front with a right footed volley, which in some parts has been called “good enough to grace the premiership”.

Although Rotherham did have a few attempts in the early going, Paul Shaw and Michael Proctor both having a crack at Kelvin Davis’s goal from long range. Rotherham’s good start forced Ipswich into playing long ball football in order to stem to the Rotherham teams movement.

Kuqi could opened the scoring earlier then the 43rd minute after sending his header wide of the target not troubling Mike Pollitt in the Rotherham goal.

The first half at Millmoor was dominated by the home side up until the 43rd minute when Shefki Kuqi put Town in front with a right footed volley, which in some parts has been called “good enough to grace the premiership”, to give Town a 1-0 lead going into half time.

Two minutes after the break Kuqi doubled Town’s lead after Darren Bent was given the time on the edge of the Rotherham box to feed the ball though to Kuqi who made no mistake with his right foot from six yards.

Rotherham responded to going 2 goals down with a shoot from Richie Barker which failed to trouble Davis and Rotherham found them selves unable to find that extra kick to trouble the Ipswich back line.

Ipswich Town squad: Kelvin Davis, Fabian Wilnis, Jason De Vos, Drissa Diallo, Richard Naylor, Jim Magilton, Tommy Miller, Kevin Horlock, Ian Westlake, Shefki Kuqi, Darren Bent, Tony Dinning, Pablo Couñago, Dean Bowditch, Scott Barron, Lewis Price.

Rotherham squad: Pollitt, Stockdale, Swailes, Gilchrist, Minto, Sedgwick, Mullin, Garner, Shaw, Proctor, Barker, Montgomery, Vernazza, Scott, Warne, McLaren.

Swailes
Mullin

	Rotherham 0	Ipswich Town 2
Yellow cards		Naylor De Vos.
Red Cards	None	None
Goals	None	Kuqi (43, 47)
Substitutions	Scott on for Minto (57) Vernazza on for Garner (67) Warne on for Sedgwick (81)	Bowditch on for Bent (70) Dinning on for Magilton (76)
Attendance: 5,504