Video: Rotherham United bound for New York Stadium

The club made the announcement today and will return to play in the town from the start of the 2012/13 season.

The £20m landmark venue is currently being built on the old Guest and Chrimes Foundry site in the town.

The name New York links Rothertham’s past to their future. For the Guest and Chrimes Foundry made the distinctive fire hydrants which are dotted around the famous American city.

It is a name bound to polarise opinion not only among Millers fans, but also the traditionally-minded football fraternity.

But Rotherham chairman Tony Stewart said: “The new stadium name is strongly rooted in more than 150 years of Rotherham’s proud history of industry and enterprise, linking the old and the new eras, and, I believe, it befits such a fantastic new stadium right at the heart of Rotherham.

“I have had many letters, emails and calls from fans with their suggestions.

“But, over the past few weeks, the support for New York really started to gather momentum.”

For more on this story read Tuesday’s Yorkshire Post.