Steve Mildenhall
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stephen James Mildenhall | ||
| Date of birth | 13 May 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Swindon, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Millwall | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1995–2001 | Swindon Town | 38 | (0) |
| 1996 | → Gloucester City (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 1997 | → Salisbury City (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2001–2004 | Notts County | 91 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Oldham Athletic | 6 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Grimsby Town | 49 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | Yeovil Town | 85 | (0) |
| 2008–2010 | Southend United | 89 | (0) |
| 2010– | Millwall | 10 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:49, 4 January 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Stephen James "Steve" Mildenhall (born 13 May 1978 in Swindon, Wiltshire) is an English professional football goalkeeper, currently playing for Millwall in the Championship.
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[edit] Career
Mildenhall's professional career started at Swindon Town F.C. where he made 38 appearances, including one as a centre forward away at Tranmere Rovers. While at Swindon he was named young player and player of the year before securing a £150,000 transfer to Notts County. Mildenhall played 91 games for the Magpies, scoring one goal (a free-kick against Mansfield Town in a League Cup tie) which later appeared as a 'What happened next' slot on an episode of A Question of Sport. A falling out with then manager Gary Mills prompted a move to Oldham Athletic in December 2005. He made six appearances for the club before breaking his finger, and he subsequently lost his place in the team.
In the summer of 2005, Mildenhall moved to Grimsby Town, and was ever present in his only season at Blundell Park. Failure to achieve promotion to League One in the 2005–06 League Two Play-Off Final at the Millennium Stadium saw Grimsby manager Russell Slade leave the club, and Mildenhall also departed, joining his former manager at Yeovil Town F.C.. During his time at The Glovers Mildenhall established himself as the club's first choice keeper and became popular amongst their fans being named player of the year as the side reached the 2006–07 League One Play-Off Final at Wembley which they lost to Blackpool F.C. However, his second season at Yeovil was disturbed through injury. In mid-September he injured a muscle around his hip against Leyton Orient, which saw him out of action for more than a month. On his return to the first team in late October he was unable to help Yeovil as they succumbed to a 2-1 home defeat to Swansea City and Mildenhall was on the sidelines again after injuring his knee ligaments after a clash with Tommy Mooney in the 2-0 away defeat to Walsall in early February.
Mildenhall was voted BBC south-west footballer of the year for 2007.
It was announced on 6 June 2008 that he signed a 3 year contract at Southend United.
Mildenhall put in a man of the match performance in Southend United's third round FA cup game against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge with a string of fine saves including a stunning save in the fourth minute of added time to keep out Franco Di Santo's header.[citation needed]
On 13 July, Mildenhall had his contract cancelled by mutual consent and signed a 12-month contract with Championship side Millwall the same day.
To date Mildenhall has made nearly 400 appearances in all competitions.
Mildenhall made his league debut for Millwall on 20 August 2011, in an away defeat to Southampton by one goal to nil.
[edit] Career statistics
Correct as of 20:34, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
| Club | Season | League | Cup[1] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Swindon Town | 1995–96 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996–97 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1997–98 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1998–99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1999–00 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2000–01 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| All | 33 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Gloucester City (loan) | 1996–97 | 5[2] | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Salisbury City (loan) | 1997–98 | 4[2] | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Notts County | 2001–02 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 2002–03 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2003–04 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2004–05 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| All | 76 | 0 | 15 | 1 | |
| Oldham Athletic | 2004–05 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grimsby Town | 2005–06 | 49 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Yeovil Town | 2006–07 | 49 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2007–08 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| All | 85 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Southend United | 2008–09 | 34 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 2009–10[3] | 44 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| All | 78 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Career totals (Football League Only) | 317 | 0 | 45 | 1 | |
[edit] Honours
- Grimsby Town
- Football League Two Play-off runner up: 2005-06
- Yeovil Town
- Football League One Play-off runner up: 2006-07
- Yeovil Town
[edit] Notes
- ^ Includes FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy
- ^ a b Non-League
- ^ Ongoing
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- 1978 births
- People from Swindon
- Living people
- Association football goalkeepers
- English footballers
- Grimsby Town F.C. players
- Salisbury City F.C. players
- Swindon Town F.C. players
- Gloucester City A.F.C. players
- Notts County F.C. players
- Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players
- Yeovil Town F.C. players
- Southend United F.C. players
- Millwall F.C. players
- The Football League players
- Conference National players
- Association football goalkeepers who have scored
