Rotherham United 0-0 Birmingham City

Neil Warnock had a spell with Rotherham United as a player between 1969 and 1971

Rotherham United ended with nine men as Neil Warnock's first game in charge of the Millers finished goalless against Birmingham City.

Richard Wood was dismissed for fouling Clayton Donaldson, while Joe Mattock saw red for time-wasting.

Jacques Maghoma almost put Blues ahead from range but striker Donaldson failed to latch on to his wide shot.

For the hosts, Kirk Broadfoot headed Joe Newell's corner wide before Tomasz Kuszczak saved Matt Derbyshire's shot.

The result means Rotherham remain in 22nd place in the Championship and five points adrift of safety, while Birmingham rise a place to seventh and are three points from a play-off spot.

Warnock, who had been without a managerial role since a four-game spell as temporary boss of Queens Park Rangers late in 2015, was appointed Rotherham United manager until the end of the season following Neil Redfearn's dismissal.

The new Millers boss has not lost in his first game in charge of a club since losing 2-1 to Bradford City as manager of Oldham Athletic in February 1997.

Rotherham manager Neil Warnock:

"I thought they were excellent and on another day, we could have took the points but it wasn't to be.

"In the situation we are in we just have to make sure we get 100 percent out of the players and that's what they did today.

"The lads fought to the end, I have nothing but praise for them. They can only do what they did, we need more points.

"We have to win games we are not expected to. It'll be good to see what these lads can do."

Birmingham manager Gary Rowett:

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Rowett on Rotherham v Birmingham

"You always know it is going to be difficult to prepare for a game when a team changes manager close to the game. It did affect our preparations.

"In the sense that we have not done enough to win the game in the final third, it was a fair result.

"The players are disappointed, they look like they have lost the game and then you read the results and we have actually clawed a point back and we are only three points off the top six.

"So we can't be too displeased with a draw away from home and a clean sheet."

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Line-ups

Rotherham

• 1Camp
• 16Richardson
• 5Broadfoot
• 6WoodBooked at 79mins
• 3MattockBooked at 90mins
• 14BurkeSubstituted forWardat 78'minutes
• 11Green
• 33Smallwood
• 22NewellSubstituted forHalfordat 78'minutes
• 27DerbyshireSubstituted forClarke-Harrisat 64'minutes
• 9Ward

Substitutes

• 2Buxton
• 4Collins
• 13Cairns
• 15Halford
• 17Ward
• 19Clarke-Harris
• 39Yates

Birmingham

• 29Kuszczak
• 32Shotton
• 28Morrison
• 4Robinson
• 3Grounds
• 8GleesonBooked at 90mins
• 6KieftenbeldBooked at 55mins
• 30BuckleySubstituted forCotterillat 84'minutes
• 20ToralSubstituted forFabbriniat 82'minutes
• 19MaghomaSubstituted forSolomon-Otaborat 78'minutes
• 9Donaldson

Substitutes

• 1Legzdins
• 7Fabbrini
• 11Cotterill
• 17Solomon-Otabor
• 23Spector
• 26Davis
• 31Caddis

Referee:

Richard Clark

Attendance:

11,018

Match Stats

Home TeamRotherhamAway TeamBirmingham

Possession

Home47%

Away53%

Shots

Home10

Away10

Shots on Target

Home2

Away3

Corners

Home7

Away2

Fouls

Home13

Away5

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, Rotherham United 0, Birmingham City 0.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+6'

Second Half ends, Rotherham United 0, Birmingham City 0.

Dismissal

Posted at 90'+5'

Second yellow card to Joe Mattock (Rotherham United).

Posted at 90'+2'

Corner, Rotherham United. Conceded by Paul Robinson.

Posted at 90'+1'

Foul by Clayton Donaldson (Birmingham City).

Posted at 90'+1'

Paul Green (Rotherham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 90'+1'

Offside, Rotherham United. Kirk Broadfoot tries a through ball, but Kirk Broadfoot is caught offside.

Posted at 90'

Foul by Paul Robinson (Birmingham City).

Posted at 90'

Jonson Clarke-Harris (Rotherham United) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Booking

Posted at 90'

Stephen Gleeson (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.

Posted at 89'

Offside, Birmingham City. Jonathan Grounds tries a through ball, but Michael Morrison is caught offside.

Posted at 89'

Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Greg Halford.

Posted at 89'

David Cotterill (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at 89'

Foul by Richard Smallwood (Rotherham United).

Posted at 88'

Stephen Gleeson (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 88'

Foul by Grant Ward (Rotherham United).

Substitution

Posted at 84'

Substitution, Birmingham City. David Cotterill replaces William Buckley.

Posted at 84'

Diego Fabbrini (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 84'

Foul by Frazer Richardson (Rotherham United).

Posted at 83'

Corner, Rotherham United. Conceded by Ryan Shotton.

Posted at 82'

Corner, Rotherham United. Conceded by Ryan Shotton.

Substitution

Posted at 82'

Substitution, Birmingham City. Diego Fabbrini replaces Jon-Miquel Toral.

Posted at 80'

Clayton Donaldson (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 80'

Foul by Kirk Broadfoot (Rotherham United).

Posted at 80'

Attempt blocked. Stephen Gleeson (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

Dismissal

Posted at 79'

Second yellow card to Richard Wood (Rotherham United) for a bad foul.

Posted at 79'

Clayton Donaldson (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 79'

Foul by Richard Wood (Rotherham United).

Substitution

Posted at 78'

Substitution, Rotherham United. Grant Ward replaces Chris Burke.

Substitution

Posted at 78'

Substitution, Rotherham United. Greg Halford replaces Joe Newell.

Substitution

Posted at 78'

Substitution, Birmingham City. Viv Solomon-Otabor replaces Jacques Maghoma.

Posted at 77'

Attempt missed. Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by William Buckley.

Posted at 75'

Attempt saved. Jacques Maghoma (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jon-Miquel Toral.

Posted at 75'

Attempt saved. Clayton Donaldson (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jonathan Grounds.

Posted at 72'

Attempt missed. Danny Ward (Rotherham United) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Joe Newell.

Posted at 66'

Attempt missed. Kirk Broadfoot (Rotherham United) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Richard Smallwood with a cross following a corner.

Posted at 66'

Corner, Rotherham United. Conceded by Ryan Shotton.

Posted at 65'

Attempt missed. Danny Ward (Rotherham United) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Joe Newell with a cross.

Posted at 65'

Attempt blocked. Danny Ward (Rotherham United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jonson Clarke-Harris.

Substitution

Posted at 64'

Substitution, Rotherham United. Jonson Clarke-Harris replaces Matt Derbyshire.

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