Gary Mills (footballer born 1961)
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Gary Mills | ||
Personal information | ||
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Full name | Gary Roland Mills | |
Date of birth | November 11, 1961 | |
Place of birth | Northampton, England | |
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | |
Playing position | Midfielder | |
Club information | ||
Current club | Tamworth | |
Senior clubs1 | ||
Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
1978–1982 1982–1983 1982–1983 1983–1987 1987–1988 1989–1994 1994–1996 1998 1999–2001 2001 2001–2002 2005 |
Nottingham Forest Seattle Sounders → Derby County (loan) Nottingham Forest Notts County Leicester City Notts County Gresley Rovers King's Lynn Boston United Tamworth Glapwell Total |
? (?) 18 (2) 74 (4) 75 (8) 200 (15) 47 (0) 7 (0) ? (?) 8 (0) ? (?) ? (?) 487 (37) |
58 (8)
National team | ||
19??–19?? | England U-21 | 2 (0) |
Teams managed | ||
1997–1998 1998–2000 2001–2002 2004–2005 2005–2007 2007– |
Grantham Town King's Lynn Tamworth Notts County Alfreton Town Tamworth |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
Gary Roland Mills (born November 11, 1961 in Northampton) is a former English footballer and current manager of Conference North side Tamworth.
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[edit] Playing career
[edit] Nottingham Forest
Mills started his long footballing career as a player under Brian Clough at Nottingham Forest. During his time as a Forest player an 18-year-old Gary played in the 1980 European Cup Final, winning against Hamburger SV . After making 58 appearances and scoring 8 goals between 1978 and 1982, Mills left Nottingham to join US team, Seattle Sounders.
[edit] Seattle Sounders & Derby County on loan
After only a few months in the United States, Mills returned back to England to play for his former sides local rivals, Derby County on loan. He played 18 games and scored 2 goals.
[edit] Return to The City Ground
It seems Mills was struggling to adjust to life in America[citation needed] and he decided to return to England and join his former club, Nottingham Forest for a second spell. Like the first time round, Mills was a Forest player for four years, spanning from 1983 until 1987. He made 74 league appearances and scored 4 goals.
[edit] Notts County
After calling time on his Nottingham Forest career, Mills was once again on the move, this time to Forest’s main rivals Notts County. He was only there for just under two seasons before joining Leicester City.
[edit] Leicester City
Mills was part of The Foxes midfield for five years and made 200 league appearances exactly and scored on 15 occasions. He was part of the team that won the Football League First Division play-offs in the 1993/94 season, as well as the runners-up in the 1991/92 and 1992/93 season.
[edit] Meadow Lane again
Upon leaving Filbert Street, Mills made a return to The Magpies. Mills picked up his last winners medal here as he was part of the Anglo-Italian cup winners team. Mills left Notts County for a second time in 1996 to take up the management post at Grantham Town.
[edit] Gresley Rovers
Following his first stint of management, with Grantham Town, Mills returned to the playing field for Gresley Rovers. He was only there briefly before taking the vacant position at Kings Lynn.
[edit] Management career
Mills has achieved limited success as a non-league manager and is also a UEFA A badge level coach. During this time he has usually been assisted by Darron Gee, together at Grantham Town and King's Lynn.
He also had a previous spell with Tamworth but left the Lambs in 2002 to become first team coach at Coventry City.[1]
Mills replaced Bill Dearden as manager of Notts County in January 2004, but despite an improvement in results he could not prevent the club's relegation to League Two.[2] Over the summer of 2004 Mills reorganised the Notts County squad, thanks in part to a relatively large transfer budget. However, the 2004-05 season began disastrously and Mills was sacked in November 2004. [3]
He was appointed manager of Alfreton Town on three-year deal in May 2005.[4]
Mills left the Impact Arena to return as Tamworth manager on January 26, 2007.[5] Mills was unable to keep The Lambs up after returning for a second spell in charge, adding another relegation to his managerial CV. [6]
[edit] Career honours
[edit] Honours as player
[edit] Nottingham Forest
Winner
- 1979/80 European Cup
[edit] Leicester City
Winner
- 1993/94 Football League First Division (Play-Offs)
Runner Up
- 1991/92 Football League First Division (Play-Offs)
- 1992/93 Football League First Division (Play-Offs)
[edit] Notts County
Winner
- 1994/95 Anglo-Italian Cup
[edit] Honours as manager
[edit] Tamworth
Runner Up
- 2001/02 Southern League Premier Division
[edit] Managerial stats
Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
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G | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
Kings Lynn | 1999 | 2001 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ??.??% | |
Tamworth | 2001 | 2002 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ??.??% | |
Notts County | January 7, 2004 | November 4, 2004 | 40 | 10 | 19 | 11 | 25.00% | |
Alfreton Town | May 25, 2005 | January 26, 2007 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ??.??% | |
Tamworth | January 26, 2007 | Present | 34 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 32.35% |
[edit] References
- ^ "New recruit backs McAllister", BBC Sport, 2002-05-24. Retrieved on 2007-09-21.
- ^ "Notts County appoint Mills", BBC Sport, 2002-05-24. Retrieved on 2007-09-22.
- ^ "Magpies relieve Mills of duties", BBC Sport, 2004-11-04. Retrieved on 2007-09-22.
- ^ "Mills named new Alfreton manager", BBC Sport, 2005-05-25. Retrieved on 2007-09-22.
- ^ "Gee in charge as Mills heads for Tamworth", Non League Daily, 2007-01-26. Retrieved on 2007-09-22.
- ^ "Tamworth boss keen to bounce back", BBC Sport, 2007-04-26. Retrieved on 2007-09-22.
[edit] External links
- Gary Mills career stats at Soccerbase
- Gary Mills career stats at Soccerbase
- Gary Mills management career stats at Soccerbase
- Gary Mills career stats at GresleyRovers.com
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