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Greg Mills (footballer)

Gregory Adam Mills (born 18 September 1990) is an English footballer who plays as a winger for Racing Club Warwick. He previously played in the Football League for Derby County and Macclesfield Town and in non-league football for at least a dozen clubs.

Greg Mills
Personal information
Full name Gregory Adam Mills[1]
Date of birth (1990-09-18) 18 September 1990 (age 34)[1]
Place of birth Leicester, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Racing Club Warwick
Youth career
Derby County
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Derby County 2 (0)
2009 → Solihull Moors (loan) 2 (2)
2009–2010 → Solihull Moors (loan) 4 (1)
2010 → Macclesfield Town (loan) 1 (0)
2010–2011 → AFC Telford United (loan) 36 (8)
2011–2012 AFC Telford United 16 (2)
2012–2013 Worcester City 46 (5)
2013 Boston United 6 (1)
2013–2014 Barrow 8 (0)
2013 → King's Lynn Town (loan) 5 (1)
2013 → Corby Town (loan) 7 (2)
2014–2016 Corby Town 106 (44)
2016–2017 Tamworth 23 (3)
2017 Nuneaton Town 23 (5)
2017–2018 Darlington 15 (1)
2018–2019 Stourbridge 48 (24)
2019–2020 Bromsgrove Sporting 23 (8)
2020–2023 Stourbridge 9 (3)
2023 Halesowen Town 0 (0)
2023–2024 Melton Town
2024 Corby Town 10 (2)
2024– Racing Club Warwick 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:16, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

Playing career

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Mills was born in Leicester, Leicestershire.[1] He progressed through the ranks at Derby County and was a regular member of the reserve team in the 2009–10 pre-season. After playing in a 4–0 win away to Shrewsbury Town's reserves in the Central League Division One Central Section in August 2009,[3] Mills moved to Conference North club Solihull Moors on loan for a month. He scored four goals in four matches, and the loan was extended for a second month,[4] but was cut short due to an injury crisis at Derby, and he was named amongst the substitutes for the first team's visit to Leicester City in the Championship on 18 October 2009. He remained unused on that occasion,[5] but did make his debut three days later, as a 79th-minute replacement for Gary Teale in a 2–0 defeat away to Middlesbrough.[6] He returned to Solihull for six weeks on 19 November,[7] and on 29 January 2010 joined Macclesfield Town of League Two on a month's loan.[5] He made only one appearance for the club, as a substitute in a 2–1 away defeat against Bury.[8]

After impressing in a pre-season fixture for AFC Telford United against Hednesford Town, which Telford won 2–0, Mills joined the Conference North club in August on a month's loan.[9] After hitting three goals in his first six games, the loan was extended until January 2011.[10] He returned to Derby for two weeks before rejoining Telford on 31 January for the remainder of the campaign.[11] Four days after Derby confirmed that Mills would be released at the end of the season,[12] he played for an hour in the Conference North play-off final in the 3–2 victory over Guiseley that brought Telford promotion to the Conference National.[13] On 15 August, Mills rejoined AFC Telford United on a one-year contract.[14] Mills scored on his second debut for Telford and his first Conference National match; entering the game as a 67th-minute substitute, he produced a stoppage-time consolation goal in a 2–1 defeat against Lincoln City.[15] He was released by Telford in January 2012.[16]

Mills signed for Worcester City of the Conference South until the end of the season. He was unable to find a Conference Premier club, so rejoined Worcester for 2012–13.[17] In March 2013 he moved on to Conference North Boston United,[18] and agreed to stay on for 2013–14, but work commitments took him to the Manchester area and he signed for Barrow, also of the Conference North.[19] He made eight appearances for Barrow,[20] then spent a month on loan with King's Lynn Town of the Northern Premier League Premier Division[21] before joining Southern League club Corby Town, initially on loan.[22] After 46 goals from 113 appearances in league competition,[23] and helping his team gain promotion to the National League North as 2014–15 Southern League champions, he left the club following their relegation after one season at that level.[24]

Mills spent the first few months of the 2016–17 season with Tamworth of the National League North before moving on in January 2017 to Nuneaton Town where he was reunited with his former manager at Corby Town, Tommy Wright.[25] After Wright took over as manager of yet another National North club, Darlington, Mills followed him in November 2017.[26] He made 16 appearances in all competitions, and was released at the end of the season.[27][28]

He signed for Southern League Premier Central club Stourbridge in May 2018,[29] and went on to score freely for them, but after a "difference of opinion" with the manager about his role, he left Stourbridge in October 2019 for divisional rivals Bromsgrove Sporting.[30] He scored ten goals from 27 appearances in all competitions,[31] before returning to Stourbridge in 2020.[32][23] In January 2023, Mills signed for Halesowen Town.[33]

In March 2023, Mills signed for Melton Town.[34]

In February 2024, Mills joined Corby Town where he remained for the remainder of the 2023–24 season.[35] In June 2024, he joined Racing Club Warwick.[36]

Career statistics

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As of end of 2017–18 season
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup[a] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Derby County 2009–10[37] Championship 2 0 0 0 — — 2 0
2010–11[38] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Total 2 0 0 0 0 0 — 2 0
Solihull Moors (loan) 2009–10[20][39] Conference North 6 3 2 2 — 3[b] 1 11 6
Macclesfield Town (loan) 2009–10[37] League Two 1 0 — — — 1 0
AFC Telford United (loan) 2010–11[20][40] Conference North 36 8 3 1 — 6[c] 0 45 9
AFC Telford United 2011–12[20] Conference Premier 16 2 1 0 — 0 0 17 2
Total 52 10 4 1 — 6 0 62 11
Worcester City 2011–12[20] Conference North 15 2 — — 0 0 15 2
2012–13[20][41] Conference North 31 3 4 0 — 2[d] 0 37 3
Total 46 5 4 0 — 2 0 52 5
Boston United 2012–13[20] Conference North 6 1 — — — 6 1
Barrow 2013–14[20][42] Conference North 8 0 1 1 — 0 0 9 1
King's Lynn Town 2013–14[43] Northern Premier League (NPL)
Premier Division 		5 1 — 1 0 1[e] 0 7 1
Corby Town 2013–14[23] Southern League (SFL)
Premier Division 		30 11 — — 1[f] 0 31 11
2014–15[23] SFL Premier Division 43 19 2 0 6 1 3[g] 2 54 22
2015–16[23] National League North 40 16 0 0 — 1[h] 2 41 18
Total 113 46 2 0 6 1 5 4 126 51
Tamworth 2016–17[20][44] National League North 23 3 1 0 — 0 0 24 3
Nuneaton Town 2016–17[20] National League North 18 5 — — 1[h] 0 19 5
2017–18[20][45] National League North 5 0 2 1 — — 7 1
Total 23 5 2 1 — 1 0 26 6
Darlington 2017–18[20][46] National League North 15 1 — — 1[h] 0 16 1
Stourbridge 2018–19[23] SFL Premier Division Central 40 23 2 0 2 1 4[i] 1 48 25
2019–20[23] SFL Premier Division Central 8 1 1 1 1 0 — 10 2
Total 48 24 3 1 3 1 4 1 58 27
Bromsgrove Sporting 2019–20[31] SFL Premier Division Central 23 8 — 1 1 3[j] 1 27 10
Stourbridge 2020–21[23] SFL Premier Division Central 7 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 4
2021–22[23] SFL Premier Division Central 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total 9 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 4
Career total 380 110 20 7 11 3 26 7 437 127
  1. ^ Includes Football League Cup, Northern Premier League Challenge Cup and Southern League Cup
  2. ^ One appearance in Birmingham Senior Cup, two appearances and one goal in FA Trophy
  3. ^ Three appearances in Conference North play-offs, three in FA Trophy
  4. ^ One appearance in FA Trophy, one in Worcestershire Senior Cup
  5. ^ Appearance in Norfolk Senior Cup
  6. ^ Appearance in Northamptonshire Senior Cup
  7. ^ One appearance in FA Trophy, two appearances and two goals in Northamptonshire Senior Cup
  8. ^ a b c Appearances in FA Trophy
  9. ^ One appearance in FA Trophy, two in Birmingham Senior Cup, one appearance and one goal in Southern League play-offs
  10. ^ One appearance in FA Trophy, two appearances and one goal in Worcestershire Senior Cup

References

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