Rotherham United chairman Tony Stewart makes bombshell sell-up admission after ‘falling out’ with football, before Steve Evans’ second coming.
ROTHERHAM UNITED chairman Tony Stewart confesses that he ‘lost out with football’ earlier this year after the club’s poor run of play, and has confessed that he could have been persuaded to sell if the right offer came up.
On Saturday, the demoted Millers visit Cardiff City on the final day of the Championship season, bringing an end to one of the most turbulent seasons in club history.
Stewart would have attended earlier this spring out of a sense of obligation, having become demoralised and ashamed by the club’s downfall in 2023-24, as well as assuming personal responsibility for what had happened in the previous year.
Stewart’s enthusiasm has subsequently been reignited by the decision to rehire Steve Evans, with the Millers’ owner – who came to the club’s rescue in 2008 – sure that the Scot will resuscitate Rotherham’s fortunes in League One next season. Stewart stated, “I fell out with football. Honestly, if someone came along and said, ‘Here’s the money for Rotherham United,’ and I thought they were correct, I’d have accepted it.
“It was three months ago just after Christmas. I was getting down and down.
“This was the second manager (Leam Richardson) and I thought ‘the fans must think we’re stupid, what’s happening here.’
“Both guys (Richardson and predecessor Matt Taylor) were intelligent, bright guys who would tell you that they wanted this, that and the other.
“They were saying the appropriate things on the pitch…
“If we hadn’t done anything, I’d still have been at the Birmingham game. I would not have gone to Bristol (City), but I would have unwillingly attended Cardiff’s final game.
“Now I’m not going to miss a match, and Steve knows it.
“Steve is here to impress, (but) when you lead by your chin, you’ve got to back it up or you look like a fool.”
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