Rotherham United administration history: every insolvency event since 1986

Rotherham United timeline

1. 13 April 1987 · Third Division · Administration

   Rotherham United Football Club Ltd entered administration on 13 April 1987, during the 1986-87 Third Division season, with Coopers & Lybrand as administrator. A CVA was approved on 15 May 1987, and Ken Booth took over the club. No points deduction applied (the Football League's automatic administration penalty did not exist until 2004-05).

   Outcome: Survived. CVA approved 15 May 1987 and administration discharged 28 July 1987 (Companies House). Ken Booth bought the club in 1987.

   Sources: Companies House: Rotherham United Football Club Limited (The) - Insolvency (Companies House) · The Guardian: Family saga puts Rotherham through the mill

2. 9 May 2006 · League One · CVA · -10 points

   Facing an Inland Revenue winding-up petition, Rotherham United's creditors approved a Company Voluntary Arrangement in May 2006, after the 2005-06 season had ended; the Football League imposed a 10-point sporting sanction from the start of 2006-07 (League One). No administration order was made.

   Owner at the time: Denis Coleman (chairman)

   Outcome: Survived. CVA approved by creditors (Companies House: meeting 9 May 2006; CVA ended 30 Sep 2010). Club avoided liquidation and played 2006-07 in League One with the deduction, and was relegated that season.

   Sources: BBC Sport: Rotherham get 10-point deduction · Companies House: Rotherham United Football Club Limited (The) - insolvency (Companies House) · BBC Sport: Rotherham go into administration

3. 18 March 2008 · League Two · Administration · -27 points

   Rotherham United went into administration on 18 March 2008, two years after their 2006 CVA, owing the Inland Revenue hundreds of thousands of pounds, and were deducted 10 points in League Two. They accepted a 17-point deduction for 2008-09 because no CVA was agreed.

   Owner at the time: Denis Coleman (chairman)

   Outcome: Survived. 10 points in 2007-08 (League Two) and 17 points for 2008-09 for being unable to exit administration via a CVA; League admitted the club under 'exceptional circumstances' on condition it returned to Rotherham within four years (it had left Millmoor for Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield).

   Sources: BBC Sport: Rotherham go into administration · BBC Sport: Rotherham accept points deduction · The Guardian: Troubled League Two clubs on the brink