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James Milner
Personal information
Full name James Philip Milner
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Newcastle United
Number 16
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:58, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

James Philip Milner (born January 4 1986, Wortley, West Yorkshire) is an English footballer who plays as a winger and left-sided midfielder for the English club Newcastle United.

As a child, Milner was recognised as being talented in football, cricket and long-distance running. He represented his school in each of these sports and played football for teams from Rawdon and Horsforth. He supported Leeds United from a young age and was a season ticket holder at the club.

Milner began his career at Leeds United by joining the club's academy in 1996. He was later taken on as a trainee and made his inaugural appearance for the first-team in 2002, aged only 16. He became prominent by becoming the youngest player ever to score in the Premier League.

While at Leeds United, Milner spent time on loan at Swindon Town to gain experience as a first team player. Following his move to Newcastle United, he was loaned to Aston Villa for a season. He has since established himself as a regular starter in the Newcastle first team. His main role on the team is helping to create scoring chances. He has now made over a hundred appearances for them, as well as making a record number of appearances for the England Under-21 side.

Early life

Born in Wortley and raised in Horsforth, Leeds, Milner played most of his football as a child for Westbrook School in Horsforth. Graeme Coulson, a coach from Rawdon, recognised him as a talent and asked who he was. He was able to persuade Milner to come and play for his Rawdon side in several tournaments. This included a tournament in Rawdon Meadows, which Coulson called "prestigious". In Rawdon's victory in the final, Milner scored four goals.[1]

I noted his name and it was one not to be forgotten. He was an outstanding talent scoring lots of goals but he was also very strong.

–Graeme Coulson[1]

Milner was described as a "first class" student at his School in Westbrook and left with 11 GCSEs, as well as an award for his performance in physical education.[1][2] As well as football, Milner also showed talent in cricket, sprinting and long distance runner. He played for the Yorkshire Schools cricket team, was the cross-country champion at his school for three consecutive years and the district champion over 100 metres for two years in row.[1] Milner took just as much interest in watching football, as he did playing it. He supported Leeds United, a professional football club, from a very young age. His earliest memory of them is watching them win the FA Youth Cup in 1993.[3] He and his parents, Peter and Lesley, were Leeds United season ticket holders and Milner even became a ballboy later, because he wanted to get closer to the action.

When Milner was ten he joined the Leeds United Academy after being spotted by a scout, while he was playing for Westbrook Juniors in Horsforth.[1] However, his father insisted that he attend college once a week to keep up with his education.[4] At the academy, Milner played against contemporaries from other clubs in the north, including future Manchester United striker, Wayne Rooney. His role model was Leeds-born and then Leeds striker, Alan Smith. Milner believed the chance to play with Smith worked as a learning curve, because Smith had done what Milner aspired to do — to come through the Academy and play for the first team.[3] Having made good progress at the academy, Milner was taken on as a trainee at the academy after leaving school.[1] Milner remarked he did not want to get excited and think that he "had already made it". He also said he could hardly believe he was playing alongside first team Leeds players such as David Batty and Olivier Dacourt.[2] He continued to improve his skills with the youth team, playing for the Republic of Ireland at Under-14 level and England at Under-15 and Under-17 levels.[1][5] At Under-17 level, he helped England win the 2002 Nationwide summer tournament against Italy, Czech Republic and Brazil, with a goal against Brazil.[6]

Career

Milner has played for four English professional clubs at senior level: Leeds United, Swindon Town (on loan from Leeds), Newcastle United and Aston Villa (on loan from Newcastle). By the age of 21 he had already played under eleven different managers at club level.[7] Over his entire career as of October 2007 he has made over 200 appearances. He is a regular in the England Under-21 side and played in the European Under-21 Football Championship.

Leeds United

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Milner with Leeds during the 2002–03 season

Milner's debut for Leeds United came on 10 November 2002 in a game against West Ham United, when he came on as a substitute for Jason Wilcox for the last six minutes. The appearance made him the second youngest player ever to play in the Premier League, at the age of 16 years and 309 days.[8] On Boxing Day of that year he became the youngest scorer in the history of the Premier League, with a goal in a 2–1 win against Sunderland.[9] He celebrated both this and his debut with a "quiet night in".[2] In a match against Chelsea a month later, Milner scored again using "a beauti[ful]" first touch of the ball and allowed him to avoid a tackle from Chelsea defender, Marcel Desailly. This created a yard of space for him to deliver a shot which curled towards the goal from 18 yards (16 m) away.[10] This goal, his overall performance in the game, desire, ability with both feet and confidence, impressed reporters. Chelsea manager Claudio Ranieri said after the game that he had performed like a much more experienced player.[11] The performance prompted comparisons to England internationals Michael Owen and Wayne Rooney, who had also came to prominence as teenagers.[12][13] The BBC even asked in a poll on their website if he was a better prospect than Rooney.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).

Milner, (in white, playing for England Under-21 side) delivers a cross.

At the start of the 2003–04 season, Milner was sent on a month-long loan to Division Two side Swindon Town to gain experience as a first team player. Prior to this stint, he saw as an experience which would be valuable to him progressing as a player.[3] He spent a month with Swindon, scoring two goals in six games. Milner also continued to develop on the international scene. He represented England at Under-20 level at the 2003 World Youth Championship. Not long after this, Under-21 manager Peter Taylor called him up to the England Under-21 side and Milner made his debut for them against Sweden on March 30 2004.[14]

However, Leeds United's fortunes were different as they struggled in the league. The team received a lot of negative attention from the media and several first team players were sold. Milner believed that experiencing this made him emotionally stronger and taught him how to deal with team problems.[3] Leeds' eventual relegation to the Championship led to speculation over Milner's future at the club. Tottenham Hotspur, Aston Villa and Everton all expressed an interest in signing him.[8] But ultimately, Villa and Everton never actually made offers and Milner rejected an offer from Tottenham because they were based too far from his family home where he lived.[15][16] Leeds insisted that he would not be sold and the chairman of the team at the time even referred to him as "the future of Leeds".[3] Nonetheless, financial problems eventually forced Leeds to sell him to Newcastle United for an initial price of £3,600,000. The final total paid was £5,000,000 after a certain number of appearances for the new club. Although Milner was not happy to be leaving the club he had supported as a child, he wished to do what was "in the club's best interest"[3] and in July 2004, he agreed a five-year deal with Newcastle.[8]

Newcastle United

Milner, warming up before a pre-season friendly match.

Milner made his first appearance for Newcastle United during their pre-season tour of Asia, and scored his first goal for the club in a 1–1 draw against Kitchee, in Hong Kong.[17] During this tour, he took the opportunity to observe how, Newcastle striker Alan Shearer, dealt with attention from fans and media. He said that his association with people like Shearer, gave him a better idea of how to deal with the media.[2]

Milner's first Premier League game for Newcastle came against Middlesbrough on August 18 2004, in which he played on the extreme right of the field, as a winger, despite having featured regularly on the left for Leeds. When asked about this after the game, Milner said he had no preference where on the pitch he played.[18] A month later he made his debut in European competition, when Newcastle played in the UEFA Cup, against Bnei Sakhnin from Israel, after coming on as a substitute for Shola Ameobi.[19] In that same month, he scored his first competitive goal for the club, also as a substitute, in a 3–1 win against West Bromwich Albion.[20] It looked probable he would soon start a game.

However, the situation changed for Milner after Newcastle manager Bobby Robson, whom Milner considered his mentor, was sacked and replaced by Graeme Souness. Under Souness, he started 13 league games, but he did not play his first full Premier League game for Newcastle until April 2005. By the end of the season, he had made 41 appearances in all competitions and scored once. Souness did not make Milner a regular in the Newcastle side and controversially remarked that the club would not win "with a team of James Milners". Milner's response to this statement was reported as "mature". He did however, confirm that he was frustrated at not being used as a starter for most of the season.[21][22] Despite playing less at club level, Milner scored his first goal for the England Under-21 side during the 2004–05 season. The goal came in a qualification game for the 2007 European Under-21 Championship, against Wales. During this game he played in the centre of midfield and set another scoring chance for Darren Bent. England won the game 2–0 win.[23]

At the start of the 2005–06 season, Milner scored in a 3–1 win away against FK ZTS Dubnica in the Intertoto Cup, during which he also set up the third goal for Shearer.[24] His good run of form in this competition continued when he scored in the next round against Deportivo la Coruña. Despite these goals, a clause in Newcastle's purchase of Nolberto Solano from Aston Villa resulted in Milner being loaned to Villa for the rest of the season. Villa manager David O'Leary, who had managed Milner at Leeds, was happy to acquire Milner in this deal, saying that he believed Villa got the better of the deal and that he hoped to improve him as a player.[25][26]

Aston Villa

Milner made his Villa debut on 12 September 2005 in a Premiership match against West Ham and five days later scored his first goal for the club in a 1–1 draw against Tottenham Hotspur. In a League Cup game less than a week later, he helped his side recover from being 3–1 down at half-time, to win 8–3 against Wycombe Wanderers scoring two goals in the second half comeback.[27] Throughout the season, Milner was positive about his team. He remained confident that Villa would recover after making a poor start to the season and praised the quality of the squad as well as its spirit.[28]

Milner was generally seen as a positive signing in a season that Villa were disappointed with.[29] Milner himself also received the loan move positively, saying that he would like to join Villa permanently because of the probability of becoming a regular starter, but admitted that the possibility of this happening was beyond his control.[30] Manager David O'Leary confirmed during the season that he would like Milner to join the club permanently, but doubted he would be given the opportunity to sign him.[31] He even pulled out of signing Robert Huth so that he would have the funds to sign Milner permanently if the opportunity arose.[32] Shortly before the end of his loan spell, negotiations between Villa and Newcastle began.

The newly appointed Newcastle manager Glenn Roeder appeared to appreciate Milner's ability more than Souness and expressed a desire that he remain a Newcastle player. This, the departure of O'Leary and the lack of transfer funds at Villa, meant that a deal to sign Milner permanently, seemed unlikely.[33] It appeared to become even less likely when, in June, Villa rejected an offer of Milner as part of a trade for Gareth Barry.[34] However, when Villa were taken over by American billionaire Randy Lerner and Martin O'Neill was appointed as new Villa manager, the previous deal was resurrected. Villa therefore made an improved offer to Newcastle on 30 August, which was accepted by Newcastle chairman Freddy Shepherd. Media sources quoted the transfer fee as being £4,000,000. A move to Villa appeared to have been agreed, but at the last moment Newcastle recalled Milner and the talks broke down.[35][36]

Return to Newcastle United

Milner takes a free kick during the 2006–07 season.

Newcastle's players and manager Glenn Roeder reacted positively to Milner's return, at the start of the 2006–07 season.[37] Although Roeder highly praised Milner's ability and the way he had handled the failure of the Villa transfer, Roeder himself was criticised for the way he had handled the negotiations with Villa. However, he refused to apologise for this. He also confirmed that he would play Milner in "plenty of games" during the season. This proved to be the case, as Milner was a starter in the Newcastle side for the entire season.[35]

He also continued to impress at international level, as he scored the winning goal for the England Under-21 side, in a 3–2 win over Switzerland. This win secured England a place in the playoff stages of qualification for the Under-21 European Championship.[38] In contrast, Newcastle made a poor start to the season in the Premier League. But in European competition, Milner played a key role in helping them advance through the group stage of the UEFA Cup. Shortly after this, rumours began to spread that he would be sold during the transfer window in January, although both Milner and Roeder dismissed these rumours.[39]

On 1 January 2007 he scored his first goal of the season for Newcastle. The goal came in a 2–2 draw with Manchester United and was a shot, described as "stunning", from 25 yards (23 m) away.[40] He scored two more goals in the next three weeks, against Birmingham City and then against West Ham United. Both of these were scored from at least 20 yards (20 m) away. Later in the season Roeder praised the progress Milner had made during the season and that he believed him to be the hardest training player at the club. Also during the season, Milner displayed his ability to play comfortably anywhere the field by scoring and setting up goals with both feet from both sides.[41] As a result Milner signed a new contract at Newcastle in January, which secured his future at the club until 2011.[42][43] He signed another four-year contract in May 2007, when Sam Allardyce took over as manager of Newcastle.[44] Milner confirmed that he was happy about his future at the club and with the new manager.[45] Allardyce said during the season that Milner was so keen to play, that he was concerned he would "burn out mentally [and] physically". As a result Milner played mainly as a substitute during the season.[46]

In June, Milner competed for England at the European Under-21 Football Championship. He played in all four of England's matches and was booked in the semi-final against the Netherlands, which meant he would have missed the final. The game was decided by a penalty shootout, in which Milner scored twice and England lost 13–12.[47] After Milner's performance in this Championship it was rumoured that he would make his full England debut in a friendly against Germany. But in the end he was not included in the squad for the match.[48] He was however, included in the Under-21 squad for a friendly against Romania, which ended in a 1–1 draw.[49] A month later Milner set an England Under-21 record by making his 30th appearance for the side in a 3–0 win against Montenegro. During thing game, he set up the first goal from a corner.[50] Historically, players with several England Under-21 appearances have not progressed to become regulars in the senior side, which has led some to doubt whether he would be able to successfully make the transition.[51] In October he scored his third goal for the Under-21 side in a 3–0 win over Republic of Ireland.[52] Later that month he scored Newcastle's 500th home Premier League goal in a 3–1 victory over Tottenham Hotspur.[53]

Style of play

Milner has a positive and unselfish approach to football and is regarded is being fairly quick.[4][28][54] Because of this, his main role on the team is as a wide midfielder who creates scoring opportunities as well as taking the ball past defenders. While he does not score many goals, he is good at providing assists. Former teammate Nolberto Solano said that because of his speed, Milner would become an important team player.[55]

Milner has the ability to pass and shoot with both feet, but describes defending as one of his weaknesses.[56] He therefore usually goes forward for set pieces and is often a candidate to take corners and free kicks[57] — this is supported by his ability to produce accurate crosses and play on either side of the field.[58][59] Despite these positive qualities, some commentators criticise his crossing ability.[60]

All my life I've wanted to do what I'm doing now. Now I'm here, and enjoying every minute of it. You've got to make a few sacrifices, but I don't mind that.

–James Milner[4]

Milner has been described as being "a good reader of the game"[61] and his awareness of players around him, as well as his willingness to pass, has been described as mature for a player of his age.[12] It also allows him to pass the ball to teammates making forward runs, from a range of positions on the field. This awareness has given him the confidence to take on defenders.[57]

Milner believes that he is a hard-worker, confident and relaxed,[56] expressing willingness to play as much as possible.[62] His good work ethic in training has been compared to that of Frank Lampard.[41] Milner feels that Wayne Rooney's move to Manchester United and success as a player has taken a lot of pressure off his own career, commenting, "I have been able to concentrate on football and ignore everything else."[21] During his career, Milner has been booked 15 times and has never been sent off.[63][64]

Career statistics

Club performance[63][65]
Club Season Premier League FA Cup League Cup Europe Others Total
App Goals Assists App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
Newcastle United 2007–08 11 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 1
2006–07 35 3 8 2 1 3 0 11 0 2 0 53 4
2005–06 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 6 2
2004–05 25 1 2 4 0 1 0 11 0 0 0 41 1
Subtotal 74 5 11 6 1 5 0 22 0 5 2 112 8
Aston Villa (loan) 2005–06 27 1 9 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 39 3
Club Season Second Division FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Others Total
App Goals Assists App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
Swindon Town (loan) 2003–04 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2
Club Season Premier League FA Cup League Cup Europe Others Total
Leeds United 2003–04 29 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 31 3
2002–03 18 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 2
Subtotal 47 5 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 53 5
Grand total 154 13 20 14 1 9 2 22 0 5 2 210 18

(Statistics correct as of October 23, 2007)

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