Thomas-Moore leads Millers romp

IAN Thomas-Moore scored a hat-trick as Rotherham United hit Lincoln City for six at Sincil Bank tonight.

The new management team headed up by caretaker boss Andy Liddell saw the Millers win 6-0 to jump back into the League Two play-off zone in style.

Just four days after dad Ronnie Moore’s departure, Thomas-Moore set the Millers on the way to three points by opening the scoring after nine minutes; his first goal for the club.

Danny Harrison scored from 20 yards to double the advantage five minutes later and the one-way traffic continued in the second half, with Thomas-Moore netting soon after the restart and Ryan Taylor making it 4-0.

Thomas-Moore completed his treble from the penalty spot just past the hour mark, with Patrick Kanyuka sent off for commiting the foul.

A 30-yarder from sub Jason Taylor at the death rounded off the Millers’ biggest win of the season and a fantastic night.

Liddell made five changes to the team thrashed 5-0 at Chesterfield in the previous game, including dropping top scorer Adam Le Fondre and skipper Ryan Cresswell to the bench.

Lincoln City: Parish, Kelly, Watts, Kanyuka, Anderson, Fuseni, Kilbey, Carayol, McCallum, Hutchinson, Spencer.

Millers: Warrington, Tonge, Newey, Fenton (Cresswell 46), Mullins, Law, Bradley, Harrison, Marshall, Thomas-Moore (Le Fondre 64), R. Taylor.

Referee: Mike Russell

Attendance: 3,766