Rotherham United are fighting for their lives to remain in the Championship, but despite having games in hand it's going to be very difficult with such a fixture backlog.

COVID issues have ran rife at the Millers this season, forcing the postponement of several matches and they're now four games behind their nearest rivals outside of the drop zone in Birmingham City with just three points separating them.

Paul Warne will need to call on all his experienced players for the run-in with such a busy schedule, but they have just four players aged 30 or above with the majority of the squad in their mid-20's.

You can never beat experienced players though especially in a relegation battle and Rotherham have been in a few of those in their time, and they've also had some iconic ageing players too.

Let's look at the top 10 oldest players to ever feature competitively for the Millers!

Coming in at number 10 for Rotherham is a 69-cap Jamaica international who arrived in Yorkshire in the twilight of his career.

Davis followed manager Steve Evans from Crawley to Rotherham and even though he was in his mid-to-late 30's, the centre-back was still powerful and was influential at the back.

The Jamaican was a part of back-to-back promotions from League Two to the Championship between 2013 and 2014, but his appearances in the 2013/14 campaign were much more sporadic.

His final appearance both for Rotherham and in football was at the age of 35 years, two months and four days when he came on as a substitute in the first leg of the Millers' League One play-off semi-final against his former side Preston North End in May 2014.

Hughes is best known for his iconic spell at Liverpool between 1967 and 1979, where he made 474 league appearances for the Reds and his legacy is so strong that a statue of him was erected in his hometown of Barrow-in-Furness.

But it was Rotherham where the defender ended up a few years after departing Anfield in 1981, and it also meant his first and only foray into management as Hughes was appointed player-manager at Millmoor.

Hughes chose himself regularly to play games and made 56 appearances for the Millers, and although his official last appearance may have been closer to the date he departed the club in March 1983, transfermarkt has his final Rotherham game coming at the age of 35 years, two months and 13 days in November 1982, in a League Cup loss against former club Liverpool.

Price was one of those players that was a back-up goalkeeper for most of his career, only having two seasons at Ipswich Town as a youngster where he resembled anything close to being a regular player.

Price drifted from club to club, mainly on loans, but he spent the last four years of his playing career at Rotherham.

He actually played 17 games in the Championship for the Millers in his first campaign, but then reverted to being a back-up and his final outing came in an EFL Trophy game in 2019 at the age of 35 years, three months and 24 days, and Price leaked three goals in a 3-0 defeat to Lincoln City.

Rotherham fans probably didn't expect an experienced Nigerian international striker to rock up in 2016, but that's exactly what happened as Odemwingie penned a deal with the club.

Having scored goals in the Premier League for West Brom and Stoke, a move to South Yorkshire was probably a bit of a downgrade for the forward but in his 30's he wasn't getting a lot of better offers - and his stint proved why.

Odemwingie made seven appearances for the Millers, his last coming in a 2-1 defeat at home to Burton Albion at the age of 35 years, five months and 14 days and he departed without scoring a goal, informing Paul Warne by text that he wouldn't be staying on.

Collins had a career that took him into his very late 30's, and at his peak he was a solid Premier League centre-back for Sunderland and Stoke City.

Like many though he moved down the leagues as he aged, and he arrived at Rotherham in 2015 after a few years at Nottingham Forest.

Despite only spending a sole season at the New York Stadium, Collins played 26 times and his last outing came at the age of 35 years, seven months and six days in a 3-3 thriller at home to Derby County - he didn't make a matchday squad for the rest of the season following that.

The only Millers player on this list to still be at the club in a playing capacity, Wood is still going strong in the latter stages of his career.

Wood had multi-year stints at Sheffield Wednesday and Coventry City earlier in his career but he joined Rotherham in 2014 and despite having short spells out on loan occasionally, Wood always seems to find a way back into the heart of the defence.

That's never been more truer than this season, and on March 20 at the age of 35 years, eight months and 15 days, Wood scored in a 2-0 away success over Bristol City, proving he's still got something left in the tank.

A stalwart of several Football League clubs, Liddell arrived at Rotherham right at the end of his career, and his arrival in 2009 was pretty unsurprising considering just a month before he had dropped into non-league with Bradford Park Avenue.

The former Sheffield United and Wigan attacker impressed on trial though and was offered a deal at the then-League Two club, but because of injury he made little impact.

His final appearance came not long after the season started - Liddell appeared from the start in a 4-3 League Cup loss to West Brom at the age of 36 years, one month and 29 days.

An experienced 10-year veteran of Norwich City, Fleming joined Rotherham in January 2007 after losing out on game-time at Carrow Road as his age advanced.

Fleming made 17 appearances between his signing and the end of the season, but his arrival couldn't save the Millers from relegation to League Two.

His last match came on the final day of the season in a 1-0 success against Barnet at the age of 36 years, six months and 27 days before he left the club upon the expiry of his contract - Fleming would soon retire after a short spell at non-league King's Lynn.

A man who was a regular feature for not only the Millers but Doncaster Rovers, Warrington joined the club in 2007 after a short stint at Bury - before that he had played 196 times in the league for Donny.

In his advancing years Warrington was still a reliable man to have between the sticks and when Steve Evans brought his own stopper to the club in Scott Shearer in 2012, Warrington's performances meant that he remained as number one in his final season with the club.

Warrington's final Rotherham game would come at the age of 36 years, nine months and six days in March 2013, where the Millers were drubbed 3-0 away at Cheltenham Town - Warrington was released at the end of the season despite being a fan-favourite.

Paul Warne is seen as a Rotherham icon for both his playing exploits with the club in two separate stints and also as a manager - a role he's held since 2016.

Warne had spells with other clubs but Rotherham is synonymous with his name, making 261 league appearances for the club, his last coming at the age of 38 years, 11 months and 27 days in a 1-1 draw with Northampton in May 2012.

He would retire after that game and ever since he has been on the coaching staff at the Millers - Warne was initially a fitness coach but graduated to become the manager in late 2016 and he hasn't looked back ever since.