Team News & Head2Head - Sunderland

The Millers will be giving a debut to new on-loan striker Junior, signed from Derby County on Saturday, he will be with us for an inital month although he will not be allowed to play against Derby next Saturday.

Junior

Junior has been allowed to come to Millmoor in a bid to up his fitness after 7 months out with a knee injury, however he has featured for Derby 11 times this season and was in the squad for thier game at Burnley last Friday night, County boss George Burley told the press "He hasn't been a regular for us this season, he was out for a year with a cruciate operation and this is ideal for the boy because he needs to play games to get back to form."

Ronnie is also pleased to get his man, he told the Rotherham Star, "He's a big lad, 6ft 1in, has pace but also holds the ball up well and would be ideal for us if we can pull it off, He has scored goals at this level previously so we know he can do it."

Junior is pleased to be at Millmoor and has hinted at making the deal permanant "I just to want to play and haven't had the chance to do that much this season," he told the official site, "If things work out, who knows, this could become a permanent move."

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Ronnie is also looking at Charltons Jerome Thomas, a winger who played against us last season in the Carling Cup game at Arsenal.

However one player who won't feature will be Darren Garner, he got a knock on his ankle against Plymouth last week and is out.

Championship Rotherham United v Sunderland 25 October 2004 at 20:00 - Millmoor At Rotherham U. (11) At Sunderland (10) Results Total % Results Total % Rotherham U. 2 18.18 Sunderland 6 60.00 Sunderland 5 45.45 Rotherham U. 1 10.00 Draws 4 36.36 Draws 3 30.00 Goals Total Av.pg Goals Total Av.pg Rotherham U. 13 1.18 Sunderland 17 1.70 Sunderland 26 2.36 Rotherham U. 4 0.40 On Neutral Ground (0) Overall (21 matches) Results Total % Results Total % Rotherham U. 0 0.00 Rotherham U. 3 14.29 Sunderland 0 0.00 Sunderland 11 52.38 Draws 0 0.00 Draws 7 33.33 Goals Total Av.pg Goals Total Av.pg Rotherham U. 0 0.00 Rotherham U. 17 0.81 Sunderland 0 0.00 Sunderland 43 2.05 Records Highest Aggregate 6 Rotherham U. 1 - 5 Sunderland 1997/1998 Highest Rotherham U. score: 4 Rotherham U. 4 - 2 Sunderland 1962/1963 Highest Sunderland score: 5 Rotherham U. 1 - 5 Sunderland 1997/1998 Season Date Home Score Away Competition 2003/2004 Sun 28 Dec Rotherham U. 0 - 2 Sunderland League Division One Tue 21 Oct Sunderland 0 - 0 Rotherham U. League Division One 1997/1998 Sat 03 Jan Rotherham U. 1 - 5 Sunderland F.A. Cup 1987/1988 Sat 07 May Rotherham U. 1 - 4 Sunderland Third Division Sun 20 Dec Sunderland 3 - 0 Rotherham U. Third Division 1981/1982 Mon 18 Jan Sunderland 1 - 0 Rotherham U. F.A. Cup Sat 02 Jan Rotherham U. 1 - 1 Sunderland F.A. Cup Tue 27 Oct Rotherham U. 3 - 3 Sunderland League Cup Sunderland won 5-3 on aggregate Wed 07 Oct Sunderland 2 - 0 Rotherham U. League Cup 1963/1964 Mon 30 Mar Rotherham U. 2 - 2 Sunderland Second Division Fri 27 Mar Sunderland 2 - 0 Rotherham U. Second Division 1962/1963 Tue 11 Sep Rotherham U. 4 - 2 Sunderland Second Division Wed 05 Sep Sunderland 2 - 0 Rotherham U. Second Division 1961/1962 Tue 24 Apr Rotherham U. 0 - 3 Sunderland Second Division Mon 23 Apr Sunderland 4 - 0 Rotherham U. Second Division 1960/1961 Sat 11 Mar Rotherham U. 0 - 0 Sunderland Second Division Sat 22 Oct Sunderland 1 - 1 Rotherham U. Second Division 1959/1960 Sat 19 Mar Rotherham U. 1 - 0 Sunderland Second Division Sat 28 Nov Sunderland 1 - 2 Rotherham U. Second Division 1958/1959 Sat 11 Apr Sunderland 1 - 1 Rotherham U. Second Division Sat 22 Nov Rotherham U. 0 - 4 Sunderland Second Division