Ian Miller (footballer, born 1955)
Ian Miller (born 13 May 1955) is a Scottish former footballer who played his football in England as a winger. He made 660 league and cup appearances in the English Football League over an eighteen-year professional career, scoring 48 goals.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ian Miller | ||
| Date of birth | 13 May 1955 | ||
| Place of birth | Perth, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Right winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Jeanfield Swifts | |||
| Bury | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1973–1975 | Bury | 15 | (0) |
| 1975 | Nottingham Forest | 0 | (0) |
| 1975–1978 | Doncaster Rovers | 124 | (14) |
| 1978–1981 | Swindon Town | 127 | (9) |
| 1981–1989 | Blackburn Rovers | 268 | (16) |
| 1989–1990 | Port Vale | 21 | (1) |
| 1990–1991 | Scunthorpe United | 12 | (0) |
| 1992 | Stafford Rangers | ||
| Total | 567+ | (40+) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He began his career at Bury, helping the club to win promotion out of the Fourth Division in 1973–74. He was then at Nottingham Forest, but did not feature for the first-team before transferring to Doncaster Rovers in 1975. Voted onto the Fourth Division PFA Team of the Year in 1975–76, 1976–77 and 1977–78, he moved on to Swindon Town in 1978. He switched to Blackburn Rovers in 1981, and spent the next eight years with the club, lifting the Full Members Cup in 1987. He then had brief spells with Port Vale and Scunthorpe United, before ending his career with non-League Stafford Rangers. He went into coaching straight after his retirement as a player, and worked behind the scenes at a wide variety of clubs in the Football League.