Mills in 2009
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gary Roland Mills | ||
Date of birth | 11 November 1961 | ||
Place of birth | Northampton, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
Playing position | Defender / Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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York City (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
–1978 | Nottingham Forest | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1978–1982 | Nottingham Forest | 58 | (8) |
1982–1983 | Seattle Sounders | 34 | (5) |
1982–1983 | → Derby County (loan) | 18 | (2) |
1983–1987 | Nottingham Forest | 74 | (4) |
1987–1989 | Notts County | 75 | (8) |
1989–1994 | Leicester City | 200 | (15) |
1994–1996 | Notts County | 47 | (0) |
1996–1998 | Grantham Town | 66 | (3) |
1998 | Gresley Rovers | 7 | (0) |
1998–2000 | King's Lynn | 67 | (3) |
2000–2001 | Boston United | 8 | (0) |
2001–2002 | Tamworth | 41 | (2) |
2005 | Glapwell | ||
2005–2007 | Alfreton Town | 24 | (0) |
2007–2010 | Tamworth | 3 | (0) |
Total | 722 | (50) | |
National team | |||
England schools | |||
1978–1979 | England U18 | 2 | (0) |
1981 | England U21 | 2 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
1996–1998 | Grantham Town | ||
1998–2000 | King's Lynn | ||
2001–2002 | Tamworth | ||
2004 | Notts County | ||
2005–2007 | Alfreton Town | ||
2007–2010 | Tamworth | ||
2010–2013 | York City | ||
2013–2015 | Gateshead | ||
2015–2016 | Wrexham | ||
2016– | York City | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Gary Roland Mills (born 11 November 1961) is an English former professional footballer who is the manager of National League club York City.
Mills, who played as a defender and as a midfielder, started his career with First Division club Nottingham Forest. He became the club's youngest league player after making his first-team debut at the age of 16 in 1978. He played in the victorious 1980 European Cup Final, which made him the youngest finalist in European Cup history. He joined North American Soccer League team the Seattle Sounders in 1982 and played for them as they were beaten by the New York Cosmos in Soccer Bowl '82. While with them Mills had a loan at Derby County, making 23 appearances for the Second Division club. He returned to Forest in 1983, and made 168 appearances over two spells at the club. He left for their rivals, Notts County of the Third Division, in 1987. Mills then joined Leicester City in 1989, and after two unsuccessful forays into the First Division play-offs he helped them win promotion to the Premier League in 1994. He soon returned to County, by this time playing in the First Division, after 232 appearances for Leicester. Here Mills earned the last honour of his playing career, winning the Anglo-Italian Cup in 1995. He retired from professional football in 1996 due to an injury, having made 159 appearances for County over two spells.