Player, coach, joint caretaker manager, manager. Paul Warne's emotional investment in Rotherham is deep and unwavering and how he must be hurting. A year after the heady aroma of play-off success at Wembley, the Millers of South Yorkshire are heading back to League One. Warne had a few words for the players after they were applauded off the pitch by West Brom fans. 'I didn't cry which makes a change,' Warne said. 'I told them I was proud and there were a few tears in the dressing room. I'm not sure what more we could have done. I now feel like a primary school teacher at the end of the year when all the kids go off. I feel a bit heartbroken at that.' West Brom midfielder Rekeem Harper scored the winner for the Baggies at the Hawthorns MATCH FACTS AND LEAGUE TABLE West Brom (4-4-2): Johnstone; Dawson, Bartley, Hegazi, Holgate; Harper, Brunt, Johansen, Gibbs; Rodriguez, Gayle Subs: Robson-Kanu, Phillips, Townsend, Bond, Adarabioyo, Field, Murphy Goals: Rodriguez 77 pen, Harper 79 Rotherham (4-5-1): Rodak; Jones, Ihiekwe, Robertson, Mattock; Ajayi, Forde, Vaulks, Crooks, Newell; Smith Subs: Wood, Taylor, Price, Towell, Vassell, Williams. Goal: Robertson 50 Referee: Robert Jones Season at a glance Live tables Fixtures Scores Championship Premier League Championship League One League Two Scottish Premiership Scottish Div 1 Scottish Div 2 Scottish Div 3 Ligue 1 Serie A La Liga Bundesliga Advertisement Two years ago Rotherham were relegated with 23 points and Warne added: 'Last time we went down it was embarrassing to the club and the fans, but there is no shame in what has happened.' It was always a long shot asking a team with one away win all season to take three points from a top-six side but Rotherham gave it a go. A real go. At the three-quarter point of this match, they were even ahead thanks to Clark Robertson's header and knowing that a win would take the relegation fight to the wire. Joe Newell's cross was met by Robertson and referee Robert Jones judged it to have crossed the line despite a last-ditch attempt to hook the ball to safety by Brunt. Jay Rodriguez and Rekeem Harper rescued three points for West Brom after going behind Warne's wish for a 'Disney' ending looked on the cards. The small knot of Rotherham fans erupted in joy and the dream was on. Albion were increasingly frustrated and Brunt was quick to express his displeasure when Will Vaulks needed lengthy treatment on the pitch. The Rotherham skipper only lasted a few minutes after that, limping out of the action as West Brom went searching for an equaliser. It did not look like coming with Rodak saving from Mason Holgate. Two second-half goals in as many crushing minutes brought a reality check. The first was a penalty by Jay Rodriguez after Dwight Gayle was judged to have been fouled by Michael Smith. It was the equivalent of a hat-pin meeting an inflated balloon on the Rotherham players, who were caught flat-footed by a low shot from Rakeem Harper, his first for the club. The teenager had just been named young player of the season before kick-off so quite the afternoon. Clark Robertson gave the visitors the lead at the Hawthorns on Saturday afternoon West Brom, occupying that strange cocoon of the top six, just needed to keep ticking over, avoid injuries and wrap up the home campaign with the usual lap of thanks. Significantly, the fans booed at half-time and thousands had streamed away before the players paraded. Promotion is the only thing which will do for many of them. Interim manager Jimmy Shan's record is not too shabby with six wins and a draw in nine matches but there was plenty wrong with this performance. 'It was a poor day at the office,' Shan admitted. 'We just didn't get any control or rhythm with the ball. We just didn't get going today. Technically we were loose at times. 'People with experience tell me it's good to win ugly and we have done that today. It's a good record to take into the play offs. Once we got the equalising goal the fans got behind us.' They did, finally. West Brom could also have scored more goals but Gayle was foiled by Rodak, who in the desperate last moments went up for a corner in the desperate and fruitless search for an equaliser. No wonder Warne felt like crying.<doc-sep>West Bromwich Albion’s win against Rotherham United at The Hawthorns on Saturday means that Millwall are safe. Millwall striker Aiden O’Brien has thanked West Bromwich Albion duo Jay Rodriguez and Rekeem Harper on Twitter. Rodriguez and Harper scored for West Brom in their 2-1 victory over Rotherham United at The Hawthorns in the Championship on Saturday afternoon. The win means that Rotherham have been relegated to League One, which means that Millwall are safe from the dreaded top from the Championship. STEVE BRUCE MUST GO Millwall striker O’Brien has taken to Twitter to revel in his side retaining his Championship status for the 2019-20 campaign. The 25-year-old has also thanked Rodriguez and Harper for scoring the goals for the Baggies against Rotherham. This content could not be loaded If anyone see’s these 2 young fine men out and about tonight buy them a drink from me.. GET INNNN!! @MillwallFC pic.twitter.com/RRJsOp5euT — AidenObrien #AOB22 (@AidenObrien22) April 27, 2019 Promotion challenge West Brom are aiming to clinch promotion to the Premier League at the end of the season and will have to do it via the playoffs. The Baggies are fourth in the Championship table at the moment with 80 points from 45 matches. Leeds United, Aston Villa and Derby County are the other three sides in the playoff spots at the moment. In other news, Gary Neville pinpoints the exact ‘minute’ Liverpool lost their Premier League title<doc-sep>Yeovil dropped out of the Football League and Rotherham tumbled back into League One, the big losers on a heart-stopping day of action. Championship Paul Warne’s Rotherham are relegated from the Championship after they let the lead slip at West Brom. Having opened the scoring early in the second half through Clark Robertson’s header, they conceded twice in three minutes – a Jay Rodriguez penalty and a first senior goal for Rekeem Harper – in a 2-1 defeat. This meant fourth-bottom Millwall’s point from a goalless draw at Stoke in the division’s early game was enough to consign the Millers to an immediate return to League One. Sheffield Wednesday’s hopes of remaining in the play-off picture finally evaporated after a 3-3 draw at Preston. Derby had started the day in the final play-off slot, consolidated thanks to goals from Tom Lawrence and Jayden Bogle in a 2-0 victory at Bristol City. City’s mathematical shot at extending their season now requires them to win their remaining two games, and for results to go against both Derby and Middlesbrough. Despite Boro beating Reading 2-1, the Royals’ safety was confirmed by results elsewhere. Swansea were another side starting the day with mathematically possible, though hideously unlikely dreams of making the play-offs, and while results elsewhere went against them, they failed to get the necessary win at home to Hull anyway despite Oli McBurnie’s first-half double, with Jarrod Bowen and Nouha Dicko pegging them back late on as they were held to a 2-2 draw. Nottingham Forest’s Costel Pantilimon saved Nahki Wells’s late penalty to ensure his side won 1-0 away at QPR through Karim Ansarifard’s 55th-minute goal, while Birmingham were held 1-1 by Wigan despite Lukas Jutkiewicz’s second-minute effort – Nick Powell equalised in first-half stoppage time for the visitors. Quick Guide Championship results Show Birmingham 1-1 Wigan Bolton P-P Brentford Bristol City 0-2 Derby Middlesbrough 2-1 Reading Millwall 0-0 Stoke Preston 3-3 Sheffield Wednesday QPR 0-1 Nottingham Forest Swansea City 2-2 Hull City West Brom 2-1 Rotherham Norwich City 2-1 Blackburn Sheffield United 2-0 Ipswich Was this helpful? Thank you for your feedback. League One Luton failed to seal the division title, or even to mathematically secure promotion after letting an early lead slip at Burton, who roared back to take a 2-1 victory thanks to two goals from Lucas Akins. Second-placed Barnsley did the reverse, recovering from an early deficit at home to Blackpool before Cauley Woodrow and defender Liam Lindsay gave them a crucial win that leaves promotion in their hands as they join Luton on 91 points. Portsmouth and Sunderland drew 1-1 to remain third and fourth respectively on 87 and 85 points with two games apiece still to play, while Charlton won and Doncaster drew to consolidate the final two play-off places. They also move clearer of Peterborough, now four points behind – though with a game in hand – after Boro’s shock 3-0 defeat at Walsall, who arrested a dismal run of seven defeats and a draw to win through Andy Cook, a Danny Lafferty own-goal and Jaanai Gordon. Things remain drum-tight at the other end, with Plymouth – who replaced AFC Wimbledon in the bottom four – Walsall and Scunthorpe all realistically still able to catch Southend and find safety. Wimbledon’s 2-1 victory over Wycombe saw them leap two places to 19th, and they enjoy a two-point advantage and goal difference advantage of four over Plymouth. Joe Pigott recovered from seeing his early penalty saved by Ryan Allsop to score twice. Plymouth, now winless in their last eight, and five straight defeats, slumped to a 5-1 loss at Accrington, who were bolstered by a 15-minute hat-trick either side of half-time by Sean McConville. In their final match they face Scunthorpe, who are also without victory in eight. Andy Dawson’s side rallied from going 3-0 down at home to Bradford, but ultimately lost 3-2. Southend, who ended a horrendous sequence of 15 matches without a win at home to Burton last Monday, lost 1-0 away at Rochdale, but a significant goal difference advantage keeps them out of the bottom four. Charlton’s 2-0 away at managerless Gillingham came thanks to goals from Joe Aribo and a first for the club from Josh Cullen. Doncaster both took the lead and came from behind to draw 2-2 at Oxford United, and go into their final game of the season knowing victory will secure the final play-off spot. Elsewhere, Bristol Rovers secured survival with a goalless draw at Fleetwood, while Shrewsbury go into Sunday’s match at Coventry knowing they are now all-but safe thanks to Saturday’s results. Quick Guide League One results Show Accrington 5-1 Plymouth AFC Wimbledon 2-1 Wycombe Barnsley 2-1 Blackpool Burton 2-1 Luton Fleetwood 0-0 Bristol Rovers Gillingham 0-2 Charlton Oxford United 2-2 Doncaster Rochdale 1-0 Southend Scunthorpe 2-3 Bradford Sunderland 1-1 Portsmouth Walsall 3-0 Peterborough Was this helpful? Thank you for your feedback. League Two Yeovil’s 16-year run as a Football League side ended after a breathtaking, topsy-turvy day at the bottom of League Two. At one point the bottom three of Macclesfield, Yeovil and Notts County all sat on 41 points as they sought to avoid the two relegation spots. But as the afternoon progressed, Notts County – who started the day bottom after just two wins from 12 games – took charge against Grimsby and won 2-1, while Macclesfield prevailed 1-0 at Port Vale thanks to David Fitzpatrick’s strike. Yeovil’s 2-0 lead at Northampton – which had looked like taking them clear of the bottom two – evaporated in six second-half minutes, leaving them on 39 points and unable to catch third-bottom Macclesfield, who now have 43. Relegation completed a stunning collapse for The Glovers, who won promotion to the Championship in 2013 after winning the League One play-off final – two successive relegations left them in League Two, and a three-season stay in the division now comes to an end. Northampton celebrate their second goal at home to Yeovil in a match the visitors needed to win to avoid relegation from the Football League. Photograph: Pete Norton/Getty Images Bury, who began the day in second, saw their match at Tranmere called off due to a waterlogged Prenton Park pitch – the two promotion hopefuls now meet at 7.45pm BST on Tuesday. Mansfield missed their chance to move up from third after Stevenage’s Ilias Chair scored in injury-time to complete a 2-1 victory, and Mansfield and MK Dons – who also lost – now both have 76 points with one match remaining. The two sides face off in Milton Keynes next Saturday. Forest Green, safely in the play-off spots, lost 4-3 at Crewe after a stunning late turnaround where Charlie Kirk scored twice in the last four minutes for the hosts to overturn a 3-2 scoreline. Exeter still cling on to the final play-off place following a 1-0 victory at home to Oldham, thanks to Ryan Bowman’s header. Now on 69 points, one more may be enough as they go into next Saturday’s season-closer against Forest Green Rovers, but all of Colchester, Carlisle, Stevenage and Newport have 67 and can still catch them. Colchester hit the ground running in both halves during their in a 2-0 victory over fourth-placed MK Dons. Sammie Szmodics scored after just 95 seconds, while Frankie Kent added a second within three minutes of the second half restart. They go into next weekend’s matches two points behind Exeter and with a goal difference only two worse. The Fiver: sign up and get our daily football email Carlisle went 4-0 up in the first half against Crawley – including a brace from Nathan Thomas in the seventh and ninth minutes, but the visitors refused to lie down and eventually brought the scoreline back to 4-2. Scot Bennett’s seventh-minute strike for Newport gave them a shock 1-0 home win against champions Lincoln to ensure their interests in promotion matters also continued into the final weekend. Though safe, fourth-bottom Cambridge’s poor run now reads one win from their last 10 games – and seven straight home defeats – after a 2-1 home loss to Morecambe. Aaron Collins and Jordan Cranston gave the visitors victory.<doc-sep>
All the action from a crucial day at the top and bottom of the second tier Derby edged closer to the Championship play-offs with a vital 2-0 victory over fellow promotion hopefuls Bristol City. The Rams stay sixth and go four points clear of the Robins thanks to goals from Tom Lawrence and Jayden Bogle. 2 Jayden Bogle celebrates as he scores Derby’s second goal Between the two goals, the Robins were reduced to ten men when Antoine Semenyo was given a straight red card for his challenge on Tom Huddlestone. Middlesborough, however, kept up the pressure on Derby by coming from behind to beat Reading 2-1 at home. Tony Pulis’ side remain level on points with the Rams, who have played a game less and boast a superior goal difference, after Lewis Wing and Britt Assombalonga cancelled out Danny Loader’s surprise opener. LATEST FOOTBALL NEWS GLORY Now Capoue and Foyth have shown Kane what can happen if you leave Tottenham NEWS Woeful De Gea stat, Solskjaer 'not at Man United's level', Rashford abused after final LIVE Transfer news: Poch Tottenham talks, £18m Leicester deal, Bayern sign English defender shameful Marcus Rashford receives 'over 70 racial slurs' and reveals teacher among abusers Finished Solskjaer ‘not Man United standard’ with Conte ideal replacement after final loss INQUIRY Questions will be asked of Solskjaer after 'master' Emery nullified Man United DRAMA Man United stunned by Villarreal as Solskjaer's search for silverware goes on shocker De Gea's commitment doubted as he concedes 36th straight pen and misses in EL final At the bottom of the table, Rotherham became the final team to be relegated after losing 2-1 at West Brom. The visitors couldn’t hold on after Clark Robertson gave them a shock lead – and two strikes in as many minutes sealed their fate. Jay Rodriguez levelled from the spot, before Rekeem Harper sent the Millers down to League One just a year after they were promoted. Sheffield Wednesday hit back from two goals down to draw 3-3 at Preston after playing the final 10 minutes with 10 men . Jayden Stockley’s header and Tom Lees’ own goal put Preston 2-0 up at half-time before Barry Bannan reduced the deficit soon after the restart. getty 2 Frank Lampard celebrates Derby’s victory Alan Browne restored Preston’s two-goal advantage just after the hour-mark, but Fernando Forestieri and Atdhe Nuhiu both struck with headers to haul the Owls level. Wednesday defender Dominic Iorfa was sent off for his tackle on Darnell Fisher in the 80th minute. Nottingham Forest climbed one place to 10th after winning 1-0 at QPR thanks to Iran striker Karim Ansarifard’s solitary striker 10 minutes into the second period. QPR striker Nahki Wells’ late penalty was saved by Forest goalkeeper Costel Pantilimon. Swansea let slip a 2-0 lead as they were held 2-2 by Hull at the Liberty Stadium. Oli McBurnie’s 22nd and 23rd goals of the season put Swansea in control before Hull hit back through Jarrod Bowen and Nouha Dicko, who levelled in the 84th minute. LIVE ON talkSPORT talkSPORT is your home of live football! Here's what's coming up on talkSPORT and talkSPORT 2... Sheffield United vs Ipswich (Saturday, 5:15pm) – talkSPORT 2 Brighton vs Newcastle (Saturday, 5:30pm) – talkSPORT Norwich vs Blackburn (Saturday, 7:30pm) – talkSPORT 2 Leeds United vs Aston Villa (Sunday, 12pm) – talkSPORT 2 Coventry vs Shrewsbury (Sunday, 3pm) – talkSPORT 2 Millwall clinched a vital point in their bid to stave off relegation by drawing 0-0 at home against Stoke, for whom James McClean hit the crossbar in a lunchtime kick-off at the Den. The Lions, who have two games left, are four points ahead of Rotherham and cannot be overhauled. Birmingham were held 1-1 at home by Wigan, who equalised through Nick Powell in first-half stoppage time after Lukas Jutkiewicz’s early opener. Relegated Bolton’s final home game of the season against Brentford was postponed after their players went on strike in protest at unpaid wages.