Matt Lawlor’s side, who will host Premier League champions Arsenal in the Carabao Cup at the end of the month, controlled large parts of the game and were good value for all three points.

In a largely uneventful first half, the hosts had the better of the chances.

Attacking midfielder Mark Helm stung the palms of visiting goalkeeper Julian Eyestone from close range before the stopper was again called to the rescue to get down low and stop a rasping volley from Harrison Neal.

It then took just over 40 seconds of the second period for the Cod Army to take the lead.

A neatly worked corner routine found Finley Potter in the middle of the area and he deftly backheeled the ball into the path of Shaun Rooney, who slotted home coolly at the far post.

In a bid to reverse the scoreline, Rotherham boss Alex Bruce made a quadruple substitution just before the hour mark and it almost led to them going level.

One of the four men introduced, Klaidi Lolos, narrowly missed the target with a header from just outside the six-yard box.

With 10 minutes left of normal time, Fleetwood then made sure of all three points through top scorer Ronan Coughlan’s header from Crispin McLean’s cross.