ACCRINGTON STANLEY VS ROTHERHAM *PLAYER ASSAULTED*

[@s64millersdad]

Don't apologise for the language. The same sort of language was coming from the Rotherham end. The two fans aren't what we are about. We were as annoyed as you. You are right that it was Michael Smith who stopped one of them. Spoke to some of your fans today. Top lads the lot of them. Good luck to Accrington for the rest of the season.

[@liamatkinson675]

Thanks Andrew mate I made sure to cement the fact that those idiots have nothing to do with what Rotherham are about as a club!

[@pault6752]

Rotherham fan here. We certainly didn't boo our players off at half time, I guess when your team is getting all the dubious decisions from the officials, you don't notice how awful they are. Those match officials should be nowhere near a FL game, and the jeers were directed solely at them. The pitch invaders - absolute morons. Swiftly dealt with by the club, I'm hearing both have received lifetime bans for their efforts. Can't argue with your comments about the stewarding. Said to my mate as it was happening, how casual the stewards were in getting them off the pitch, and if it was away fans they'd be all over them instantly. Wasn't aware of an actual incident in the away end but it says it all that they pounce quickly on away fans for next to nowt and its not on. Our clubs have had a lot of respect for each other in recent years for many reasons, today it all fell apart but I hope it doesn't tarnish our clubs' friendship in the future. Good luck for the rest of the season 👍

[@liamatkinson675]

That ref was absolutely appalling for you those 2 yellow cards in under 20 mins were shocking as it was both of the players first challenges. I too also hope that the friendship between both clubs isn't damaged too badly as it would be a real shame. Thanks for watching Paul mate!

[@wafferty1]

Liam, I fully agree with Paul T. Good luck for the rest of the season. Oh by the way, the score board was right behind you 😉...take care.

[@millersrufc0160]

Sorry about what happened with ur player and our fan it was discussing we wish u all the best for the season

[@liamatkinson675]

All the best to you too pal!

[@mauricewolstenholme6912]

Thanks Liam. I don’t think the bad language has offended anyone, certainly not me. It was a reasonably good piece. As a Rotherham fan of many decades I apologise for some of our dickhead fans, that was totally unacceptable and hopefully the culprits are severely punished. However although Pell must have been shaken up, I would hardly call it a physical assault, he hardly touched him. Not making any excuses whatsoever for the incident but the shocking refereeing didn’t help at all. Along with Trevor Kettle, he is one of the worst referees I have ever seen. After warning your keeper of blatant time wasting, it took him until just before half-time to book him. Accrington number 11 was happily falling over himself to get free kicks, with the referee Duly obliging. Apart from the last five minutes I thought Rotherham were the better team and just deserved their win but I can understand the frustration from your side. It was Michael Smith who caught the knob head. Also, the clock was above your heads. Not the ideal spot for away supporters. Keep up with your vlog (or whatever it’s called) and all the best to Accrington Stanley who most Millers fans regard as a great club.

[@liamatkinson675]

Cheers for watching mate I appreciate it, our number 11 has a reputation for diving successfully which in my opinion makes him invaluable for league one regulars such as ourselves as its a big part of the tactics played!

[@calbriggs1074]

Always enjoy watching both sides of fans doing matchday vlogs. Good luck for the rest of the season and as for the pitch invaders I believe they got Arrested and banned from the stadium.

[@liamatkinson675]

Thanks for watching Cal mate!

[@johnrolle3416]

Another great vid Liam..gutted we came away with zilch. I know if I was coach or captain, I would NEVER have let Pell take the spotty after his assault, however he did and the poor bugger must be feeling rotten right now-a real rock under his beach towel. From what I can see on the vid, seems like you may be a little tough on the stewards, but of course I'm restricted in what I can view. 3 points mid week please STANLEY.

[@liamatkinson675]

Cheers for watching John mate and regarding the stewards I think everyone will have a different story based on where they were and looking back on it now everything happened so fast I myself am doubting what I did actually see but speaking to a variety of fans after the game the stewards did everything I mentioned and potentially more but at the end of the day its just one person's word against another's and I have no proof.

[@RotherhamMatchdayVlogs]

Great vlog mate, apologies for the 2 fans

[@liamatkinson675]

Cheers for watching pal I feel sorry for 99.9% of Rotherham fans who are just there to watch the football

[@RotherhamMatchdayVlogs]

@@liamatkinson675 it’s embarrassing

[@philiprawlinson2561]

The score board is above your head behind you mate and it was definately the officials getting the booing at half time. Sorry for the two knob heads who won’t be watching football any time soon. Was really disappointed in your managers after match interview. Really smacked of sour grapes. Good luck for the rest of the season.

[@liamatkinson675]

Cheers for watching mate!

[@vvx105]

As a Rotherham fan the person who ran on the pitch it was unacceptable to not only run onto the pitch but it is summet that happens but to physically assault one of the players it is disgusting. Hope the player is ok

[@liamatkinson675]

Cheers mate the response from the vast majority of TRUE Rotherham fans such as yourself should more than put anyones mind at ease regarding your fans opinions on the incident massive respect for that!

[@danhanks6627]

Hey. Good coverage thanks. Glad for the "bad language" - mainstream commentary would be more engaging if it had a few saucy words thrown in from time to time. Thanks again (from NZ)

[@liamatkinson675]

Cheers Dan mate I appreciate that mate and thanks for watching!

[@johnrolle3416]

Don Hanks-do u support Rotherham or Stanley?-be great if there was another Stanley fan here in NZ.

[@peterwragg5255]

That lunatic fan should have been let loose in the Accrington end after that assault. Good luck for the rest of the season Accies, you have certainly sussed us over 3 games this season. Must say 2 professional teams refereed by a total amateur and embarrassment to all refs, I would love to see the assessor’s report on this goon Great blog dude god bless

[@liamatkinson675]

Cheers for watching Peter mate best of luck and I agree with your comments about the ref completely and not just from an Accrington stand point he was particularly harsh on you lot.

[@LfcArmyTyler]

For anyone advice both Fans that ran onto the pitch we’re arrested and banned for life

[@g3no70]

Good match. Accy deserved something. But fans on pitch shouldn’t happen. Ban them end of. Btw the man in front of you giving it the come on wasn’t cool either. Sit down and leave it.

[@liamatkinson675]

He was giving absue to the lad who'd assaulted Harry Pell I belive as he was being dragged off of the pitch

[@anianoenrique2115]

Has anybody noticed that 'incidents' are occurring more and more often lately ? I guess that's what you get after putting people in a psy op game for two whole years. The longer this nonsense lasts, the more we will see things like this happen.

[@shellyrufc86]

Referee was horrendous yesterday, It’s honestly got to be up there for the worst display I’ve ever seen. He tried everything in his power to stop us winning that game. Your keeper got away with absolute murder. Unlucky though to not come away with a point. Had to take a wonder goal to win it. Just hope that them idiots don’t cost us promotion with a points deduction. Good Luck for the remainder of the Season.

[@liamatkinson675]

Toby Savin without a doubt deserved the yellow and I think only he knows the reason why he did it my guess would be to get a reaction from your fans. The ref I agree was atrocious and especially hard on Rotherham .

[@michaelradford5660]

best team we've played again

[@liamatkinson675]

Cheers for watching pal!

[@FreezinFury]

You deserved fuck all from the game the time wasting faking fouls and general bad play was appalling it was like playing Wycombe again . The 2 bell ends that ran on the pitch have been arrested and banned for life i hope they both get jailed. Spoilt a fantastic win over a team that didn't want to play any football whatsoever .Having said that great vlog the bad language is part off it its a footie game not a bowls match :) Hope you stop up despite the anti footie you club deserve massive respect for trying to do things right with a tiny budget i will smash a like keep vlogging you do a great job.

[@jackberry7143]

First half time wasting yeah but disgusting second half, battered you after you scored and your fans definitely got in the head of Harry Pell, not sure why we didn’t change taker

[@liamatkinson675]

Cheers for watching pal I think when playing top the league the time wasting is be expected and is undeniable but to say we deserved nothing from the game whatsoever is in my opinion a little harsh as we created a few chances in the second half we had one cleared off the line by one of your players hands, we had a penalty and also hit the post as well as forcing some cracking saves from Vickers. If your point is that we deserved nothing due to the time wasting I'd understand the frustration and reasoning completely but for a game that only had one goal in it and the potential for far more I think saying we deserved nothing is harsh.

[@callumrufc]

UP THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE WE GO WHEN WE PROMOTION THIS IS WHAT WE SING WE ARE ROTHERHAM WE ARE ROTHERHAM PAUL WARNE IS OUR KING

[@slurp5136]

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[@wilse14-_-24]

@@slurp5136 up the football league we go when we get promotion this is what we sing WE ARE ROTHERHAM WE ARE ROTHERHAM WARNY is our king

[@gazza1858]

Straight back down you go .

[@slurp5136]

@@gazza1858 ayo chillax

[@slurp5136]

@@gazza1858 who u support

[@rufctiny]

Good Vlog Pal

[@liamatkinson675]

Thanks mate!

[@UFCFightClub524]

Hi

[@liamatkinson675]

👋👍

[@tomdevlin9274]

Language has to be taken in context. Your language was in context. I'd have accepted the result as expected but Accie gave as good as they got and could have had a point. Onward and upward.

[@liamatkinson675]

Absolutely mate on a different day it could have been a very different story!

[@stevenlunn7687]

SWFC fan. Love your posts, always very fair and balanced. This is very serious because those fans affected the ability of Pell to take the penalty. 1 1 and Rotherham down to 10 men, you could have won the game. This cannot be allowed to happen again in any game. The league should take 3 points off Rotherham for this. It is the only detterant.

[@liamatkinson675]

Thanks for watching and enjoying my posts mate I appreciate it! Rotherham could very well get fined or deducted points but I can't say I'm all that bothered because regardless of what disciplinary action is taken we won't directly benefit from it when our player and club is the victim in this.

[@stevenlunn7687]

@@liamatkinson675 Very true mate. You should be given the three points taken off Rotherham . If not three then at least 1.

[@steveclough1279]

@@stevenlunn7687 yeah yeah would love to think you might have a glimmer of catching us

[@Oldmangroundhopping]

@@stevenlunn7687 Sorry to burst the Wednesday fans collective bubbles but did Birmingham get a points deduction when a fan ran on the field & actually punched Grealish? NO. Great video Liam, once again as a Millers fan I apologise for the moron pretending to be a fan & good luck for the rest of the season

[@steveclough1279]

enjoyed your vid from boxing day and this one didn't disappoint few things really it must be frustrating watching your team play like that it certainly was for us i think to be fair had we had a strong ref then a good game of football could have broken out it defiantly needed the goal to stop the time wasting the "assault" wrong would have possibly been amusing distraction if he hadn't made contact with pell i think with hind sight of the Forrest Leicester game assault is a bit ott stupidity of the highest order which they will pay for is more the mark given everything that happened perhaps Pell should have stood aside On to your managers interview that was a bit cringe worthy never seen anything like it in all his life? where was he when Kirkland was assaulted? all deflection tactics to keep you all discussing his teams inability to take points again as for the game being abandoned i am imagining he is cringing this Monday morning at that comment absolutely nothing wrong with the language you used at the time thats what makes it real and conveys the emotion and frustration of being a real fan in the moment watching real football in the lower leagues something far too many lose with their sky armchair season tickets! dont ever stop doing what you do well done mate and all the best for the season UTM.

[@liamatkinson675]

Cheers for kind words and for watching the videos I really appreciate it mate. One of the reasons I love our manager is because he always says what he truly thinks even if he is wrong and opens himself up to a hell of a lot of scrutiny he's always true to himself and even if I don't agree with that he says I'll respect him for it as a lot of manager are too diplomatic especially the further up the leagues you go.

[@adrahc]

It seems its quite a lot of fans who slate AS about their time wasting and shithousery,correct me if I'm wrong but wasnt it Pell who kicked the ball out of the stadium against Ipswich for absolutely nothing...that's football is it???..no wonder Morsey called them amateur

[@liamatkinson675]

I don't feel Morsey has any justifiable reason to complain about us after receiving a 5 game suspension from the FA for punching one of our players in the face 🤷‍♂️

[@ezza9578]

Good luck for the rest of the season, as for the idiots who decided to join the action, thay have already received lifetime bans, unfortunately I think we will see more and more of this type of behaviour at football matches, it's a reflection on society at the moment , up the millers 👍

[@liamatkinson675]

Best of luck to you too mate thanks for watching

[@Towerwatson525]

Who is the laughable oap hardman in front of you in the stand 'the silver top punisher? Is that kind of fan acceptable shouting foul mouth obscenities to the away fans family/kids stand? Firstly, two fans did not a touch him, just one did with the lightest of flicks from his finger tips on to the back of his head.."physically assaulted" is just ridiculous, do you think you may be over egging it? Additionally, the halftime booing was the Accrington's 12 13 and 14th men AKA as the ref and linesman. You ventilate Very selective highlights here, yet again unbelievable time wasting and diving from your lot from the start that you omit to mention; do you always play like that, five mins for each goal kick? All three matches that we has this season you have played the same depressing way twice you fluked a win against the run of play. Now, you seem to want to allude an idiot fan rubbing his hands through Pell's hair is the reason behind your loss, save the time-wasting, diving and general game killing tactics? That 'pen' was a close rang shot that just hit woods and from most people i have spoken too it struck 90% chest and 10% shoulder Maybe if you would have played all the match like when you went behind i would have nicer things to say. you will never get out of this league if you want to play this sly way to try and eck out a point.

[@liamatkinson675]

The bloke in front of me was giving abuse to the lad who was being dragged off the pitch as he exited that way and you talk of us never getting out of this league well I for one am absolutely fine with staying in what I consider the best league in English football because where else can you regularly play teams like Sunderland and fleetwood? For a team that walked away with all 3 points yesterday and remain top of the league I struggle to see your frustration to be honest.

[@Towerwatson525]

@@liamatkinson675 Liam, I believe you may be conflating observation with frustration? Moreover, the reality is the antithesis of what you claim regarding my " frustration". The only reason I posted on here was due to you seemingly feeling aggrieved and disgruntled, even extremely vexed that you did not get anything from this game? My retort to your video was simply pointing out a few home truths that you omitted in your reflection of the game. Put it this way Liam, get 100 normal minded football fans in a room and let them view all three games this season without showing the goals and how many do you think would say Accrington deserved 2 wins to the Millers one? You massively overplay the soft-lad running his finger's through Pell's hair as a reason for the loss, whilst ignoring the fundamental fact that your side time wastes, openly dive and employ game killing tactics to try and plagiarise a point. The physical contact that Pell has during a normal match is on a par with attempted murder if you call that a serious assault! BTW, I was to your right, the 'silver punisher' was mouthing and shouting through out the game ,banter ? Maybe, but your selective outrage at fans behaviour is noted. Are you also seriously suggesting that at Accrington the stewards have the home supports completely penned in and a fan could not run for your stand onto the pitch? You aren't stupid, you know full well away fans always have a lot higher steward numbers than home fans. I do as a football fan acknowledge as you wanted a result but my point is that just like the previous two games, based on the 90 mins the result flattered Accrington . Yes, the idiot fan is not acceptable, but employing him as a patsy for the result when the real reason is coming to the NYS with dodgy tactics that deserve to be beaten on the grounds of football alone is not bona fide and vacuous.

[@liamatkinson675]

@@Towerwatson525 The reason we had a penalty in the first place was because your defender was sent off for stopping a certain goal so our equaliser should have come from that not the penalty. Also in injury time we hit the bar so taking all of that into account as well as the saves we forced from Vickers which is the main reason he was in the team of the week, so yes I do feel like we should have gotten at least something from the game after all there was only one goal to separate the two sides. Our time wasting was apparent and undeniable yes but that's a large part of league one football. In our first season in LG1 we had no idea how to play in the league and week after week we were continously outraged by the diving when our players weren't doing it . But slowly we adapted as you need to if you want to survive in the league. There are 2 types of teams that don't dive the 1st type don't need to due to ability of their players as it won't impact their performance if they are penalised for a player on the opposite team diving i.e Rotherham it won't make a difference and they will still win the game . The second type don't dive because they can't adapt quick enough and get relegated. The point I'm trying to make is we are a regular league one team who has had to fight and adapt to being a league one team and that is how league one teams play. Regarding our stewards at home for the last 15 mins or so the home stewards are crouched behind the barrier in front of the stand and regularly patrol up and down the stand which can be clearly seen in my home vlogs unlike Rotherhams who just seem to stand there watching the game completely oblivious to what fans they are meant to be keeping an eye on are doing as was demonstrated on Saturday. The fact is you'll see the incident regarding Harry Pell differently to me because he's not one of your players I myself would probably do the same if it happened to another team but I assure you that if it was one of your players then you would share the same outrage I do.

[@Towerwatson525]

@@liamatkinson675 Liam, we can all romance about ifs and buts and then add in our personal favourable outcome to those like you do above . Yes Stanley did shoot and some say it hits Wood's arm, most who were 15 foot away said it didn't! I would not agree it did, but willing for the sake of argument to say ok for the point I make below. In what way is that any different from me using the same if and but logic to say if your team did not time wasted and dived we would have scored 2? If and but the Ref and linesman had not been Stanley's 12th man we would have scored 4? You get the general idea , football is over 90 mins not 1 min. Based on the whole game is it not the case that Rotherham deserved to win, indeed I will go one better, based on all three games is it not the case that the Millers deserved to win all three? That is my initial point that possibly I put across poorly, you are moaning about that one incident and that one penalty for costing you a point, when over the three games you have come up trumps on fortune twice already. Sure, we can all remain faithful to incidents that we believe changed the game or robbed us of a point, but you want it all your own way here ! You lucked out twice already and now moan about a deserved Rotherham win over the full 98 mins. Yes, I know know as a fan that it's normal to grasp at what could have been, but football is exactly that, unpredictable. I could bore you all night how it was unfair how the Millers got relegated last season but it it what it is. The reality is Rotherham were the better team over 98 mins ,however Stanley missed a penalty and then hit the bar against 10 men that agreed, could have fluked um another result against us!

[@liamatkinson675]

@@Towerwatson525 You constantly speak about me moaning but the only reason you've commented is quite literally to moan which is quite frankly a bizarre way to celebrate getting 3 points in my opinion. Let's be real here we're just going to go round and round in circles as we disagree on each and every point which is something I believe you knew before commenting I've said all I wanted to say on the matter and I stand by what I said regardless of whether its right or wrong because I give live reactions and I don't get the privilege of seeing replays immediately after something has happened. I would like to thank you for watching the video which is rapidly growing in popularity and I hope you have a pleasant evening.