Kevin Miller (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 15 March 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Falmouth, Cornwall, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1985–1986 | Falmouth Town | ||
| 1988–1989 | Newquay | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1993 | Exeter City | 163 | (0) |
| 1993–1994 | Birmingham City | 24 | (0) |
| 1994–1997 | Watford | 128 | (0) |
| 1997–1999 | Crystal Palace | 66 | (0) |
| 1999–2002 | Barnsley | 115 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Exeter City | 46 | (0) |
| 2003–2005 | Bristol Rovers | 72 | (0) |
| 2005 | → Derby County (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Southampton | 7 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Torquay United (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2007–2015 | Bodmin Town | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Kevin Miller (born 15 March 1969) is an English retired football goalkeeper who last played for Bodmin Town in the South West Peninsula League.
Born in Falmouth, Cornwall, Miller was a product of the Falmouth Town youth scheme playing mostly in midfield before being persuaded to take up goalkeeping in the Combination League team by then manager Keith Rashleigh as a 15 year old. Miller joined Newquay and enjoyed great success including breaking the South Western League goals conceded record under manager Trevor Mewton.
Miller was then signed by Terry Cooper (ex Leeds and England) for Exeter City where he was a key figure in their Fourth Division Championship winning team, before following Cooper to Birmingham City, Crystal Palace, Barnsley, Bristol Rovers and Derby County (on loan), over an eighteen-year period. During this time he also spent three seasons at Watford, earning the Player of the Season award twice.
His move to Premiership side Crystal Palace from Watford in June 1997 saw the most expensive fee of his career being paid: £1.5million. He had been expected to sign for Nottingham Forest but the East Midlands club failed to agree a fee.
He initially retired from football in August 2005, but in February 2006 he was signed by Southampton manager George Burley, whose side was short on goalkeepers, with Bartosz Białkowski out with an injury. Miller was seen as cover for Paul Smith.
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