Smallwood signs in

NEW Rotherham United signing Richie Smallwood is in a race against time to be registered for tonight's Championship clash against Watford at the New York Stadium.
By David Beddows
Published 19th Aug 2014, 14:34 BST
Updated 10th Jan 2017, 14:59 BST

The popular midfielder returns to Steve Evans' squad on an emergency loan deal, subject to Football League ratification.

The 23-year-old arrived in January of last season, scoring a decisive penalty in the play-off final against Leyton Orient and only tasting defeat twice during his 18 game first stint.

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Manager Evans said: "With the absence of Rob Milsom, we needed some cover with some important matches coming up.

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"I have always spoken about my admiration of Richie as a player, and there's no Millers supporter who would not think that he played a massive part in our promotion from League One last season, including a man of the match performance at Wembley.

Kick-off tonight is at 7.45pm, with the Millers looking to follow up Saturday’s win over Wolves.

 

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