An emotional Paul Warne faced the media after watching his side relegated at CCS after Marlon Pack's 88th minute equalising goal. The game ended 1 - 1 and the point wasn't enough to keep The Millers up. If they had held on it would have been a different story as Derby and Sheff Weds drew 3 - 3 at Pride Park meaning a Rotherham win would have saved them.

‘The dressing room is devastated,' said Warne. I’ve thanked them all for their hard work. I thought the players made it really hard today for an unbelievable Cardiff side and my ‘keeper didn’t have many saves to make today. I can’t ask any more from my team except for maybe to take a chance or two.

‘By conceding so late on it doesn’t allow you to really react. We didn’t clear from a throw-in and it went in, I couldn’t believe it when it went in. I thought our performance was worthy of a win and that’s probably the microcosm of our season where we’ve created plenty of chances and not taken enough.

'If we’d have come away from here with a three-nil drubbing then I’d have thought we aren’t good enough for this standard but I honestly don’t believe that. I wanted the lads to remember this day for the right reasons, leave as heroes but, unfortunately, now they won’t. But that isn’t through lack of effort or determination it’s that little bit of quality we just missed to take a chance or two.

‘I’ve been griping about bad luck for a while and it looked like on the one day we need everything to go our way it felt like it may do.’

‘I’ve enjoyed watching our lads perform, being with my coaches and staff but emotionally. it’s been tough.

'I’m exhausted. I want to manage this football team but I’ve nothing more to give today. We will reconvene next week, lick our wounds look at any contract issues and try and recruit another side and go again’