Rotherham win at Bromley with goals from Aljofree and Bradshaw

Sonny Aljofree and Tom Bradshaw scored as Rotherham United beat Bromley 2-0 away in the FA Cup first round on Saturday 7 November 2026.

The FA Cup is the oldest knockout competition in English football. Clubs from the top flight down to small non-league sides enter, and every tie is one match. Win and you move on. Lose and your cup run is over.

Aljofree opened the scoring in the first half, in the 45th minute plus one minute of added time. Added time is the extra period the referee adds at the end of each half to make up for stoppages, such as injuries and substitutions. Bradshaw doubled the lead in the 56th minute, shortly after the break, and that was enough to settle it.

According to Irish News, it was Rotherham's first win in 10 games. That is the kind of run that makes a dressing room quiet on the bus home, and a win like this can lift it quickly.

The two clubs have met in competition only twice before this. The first meeting came in an earlier FA Cup first-round tie, which Rotherham won 3-0, according to The FA's match facts. Those facts are compiled by Opta, a data company that tracks the detail of matches. The draw had placed Bromley at home to Rotherham in the first round proper, so the tie was played at Bromley's ground.

For Bromley, the defeat ends their hopes in this year's competition. For Rotherham, the win means a trip into the second round, where they will learn their next opponent in the draw. Cup weekends like this one tend to be decided by one good spell of football, and on this afternoon Rotherham found theirs in the first half and kept hold of it after the interval.