Ronnie's Song

Rotherham v Bury, New York Stadium, Sat Sept 9th, 3-2

When a player endears himself to the fans he may get his own song. Many songs are recycled as players come and go. For instance 'Oh Michael O'Connor' morphed into 'Oh Johnson Clarke Harris' with narry an eyelid batted. On occasion, if the player is beloved enough, his song is so connected to him that it is all but retired. Ronnie Moore, goal scorer, manager, Rotherham United legend, has such a song.

Ronnie Moore, Ronnie Moore, Ronnie, Ronnie Moore.

When he gets the ball, he's bound to score

Ronnie, Ronnie Moore.

The morning had seen heavy rain so we decided to park at Ian's office to shorten the walk, and to layer up deciding winter was coming. We should have known better. The New York stadium must be the hottest stadium in the country. The sun beat down on us as we took our seats. Even OMOTE took his coat off. Keith on the row in front was there, greeting his many, many friends. I never noticed before how many people he knows. I managed to get a name from the row behind too. One of them is Chris. A small number of Bury fans had made the trip.

Paul Warne had kept the same side as Portsmouth, except for the keeper. O'Donell was out, Rodak was in. Prior to kick off we tried a new manoeuvre I like to call the double starfish. The players huddled together then shot out to the points of an eleven sided star. Then repeated it. Some kind of new satanic ritual maybe? There was also an unwanted (for me anyway) first. The oxymoron that is a woman linesman. We all know women can't handle the offside rule.

The sun beat down as we started like a house on fire. The Bury keeper was also, unfortunately, on fire. Making save after save. Luckily for us, we have a red hot player of our own. A defence splitting will vaulkes pass was plucked out of the air by Moore who slotted home. 1-0 the Millers. As much as I like him I was disturbed by what came next.

Keiffer Moore, Keiffer Moore, Keiffer, Keiffer Moore

When he gets the ball he's bound to score

Keiffer, keiffer Moore

Rang out around the ground. Ronnies song.

We were so on top there was only one thing that could happen next. You guessed it, Bury scored with their first attempt. 1-1 and we had it all to do again in the second half as the score stayed that way at the break.

The second half went much the same way as the first, with us well on top and their keeper inspired. But soon Jon Taylor annoyed ian and the guy behind by whipping a cross in right onto Keiffer Moores head. Ronnie who?

Keiffer Moore, Keiffer Moore, Keiffer, Keiffer Moore

When he gets the ball he's bound to score

Keiffer, Keiffer Moore

The clouds had descended on the Bury fans

Clearly Keiffer was too hot to handle as two Bury Players took him down, leaving him with a bleeding head wound. Blood is not allowed so he had to leave the field for 10 minutes for stitches. He returned to the field to a heros welcome, but worryingly minus 'The Bandage'. We were absolutely bossing the game at this point, so naturally Bury went down the other end and levelled it. 2-2.

Last season we would have thrown in the towel at this point. We did this season too, in the form of new signing Ritchie Towell. With time ticking on and us still hugely on top, he found himself on the edge of the area and made no mistake. A debut goal on 90 mins. 3-2 the Millers.