Michael Dennis Mills MBE was born on 4 January 1949 and is an English former footballer who played for Ipswich Town, Southampton and Stoke City.
18 Facts About Mick Mills
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Mick Mills managed Stoke City, Colchester United and Birmingham City.
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Mick Mills was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1984 New Year Honours, for "services to association football".
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Mick Mills joined Portsmouth as a schoolboy, but the club abandoned its youth system, forcing him to look for a new club to begin his career.
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Mick Mills was the experienced captain of a young side consisting mainly of players brought through the ranks.
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Ipswich, meanwhile, continued to hit high spots, finishing in the top five every year between 1978 and 1982, including a memorable season in 1981 which saw them just miss out on First Division and FA Cup glory, but won the UEFA Cup, which Mick Mills duly collected after victory over AZ 67 Alkmaar in the final.
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Mick Mills made 741 appearances for Ipswich over 17 years, a club record.
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Mick Mills joined Southampton in November 1982 and spent three seasons at The Dell making 123 appearances before leaving in the summer of 1985 to become player-manager at Stoke City.
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At Stoke, Mick Mills played himself 44 times before deciding to retire from playing at the age of 38.
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Mick Mills played at right back, a position which became more familiar to him with England than with Ipswich as his career continued.
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Don Revie had given him a number of games at left back, including the opening qualifiers for the 1978 World Cup but Mick Mills had to cope with much competition for both full back slots.
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Mick Mills started to become a regular in the England set-up in 1978 though some confusion continued over his best position as, of the eight internationals during that year, he played six at left back and two at right back.
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Mick Mills sacrificed his place in the final England game of 1978, against Czechoslovakia, when Nottingham Forest right back Viv Anderson was handed his debut, becoming England's first black player.
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When England beat Hungary at Wembley in their final qualifier to reach their first World Cup in a dozen years, Mick Mills won his 35th cap.
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Still switching flanks for his country when required, Mick Mills played in just two of the preparation matches for the competition, but was named in the team as right back and captain when England played their first game of the tournament against France in Bilbao.
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In 1985, Mick Mills became player-manager of Stoke City with Sammy Chung as his assistant.
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Mick Mills joined Stoke with the club a very poor position having just been relegated from the First Division with a record low points tally and with little money available.
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In 2010, Mick Mills was named a patron of the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation.