Kevin Miller
Personal information
Full name Kevin Miller[1]
Date of birth (1969-03-15) 15 March 1969[1]
Place of birth Falmouth, Cornwall, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Exeter City (goalkeeping coach)
Youth career
1985–1986 Falmouth Town
1988–1989 Newquay
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1993 Exeter City 163 (0)
1993–1994 Birmingham City 24 (0)
1994–1997 Watford 128 (0)
1997–1999 Crystal Palace 66 (0)
1999–2002 Barnsley 115 (0)
2002–2003 Exeter City 46 (0)
2003–2005 Bristol Rovers 72 (0)
2005 → Derby County (loan) 0 (0)
2006–2007 Southampton 7 (0)
2007 → Torquay United (loan) 7 (0)
2007–2016 Bodmin Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kevin Miller (born 15 March 1969) is an English former football goalkeeper who made more than 600 appearances in the Premier League and Football League.

Football career

Born in Falmouth, Cornwall,[3] Miller was a product of the Falmouth Town youth scheme playing mostly in midfield before being persuaded to take up goalkeeping in the Combination League team by then manager Keith Rashleigh as a 15 year old. Miller joined Newquay and enjoyed great success including breaking the South Western League goals conceded record under manager Trevor Mewton.

Miller was then signed by Terry Cooper (ex Leeds and England) for Exeter City where he was a key figure in their Fourth Division Championship winning team, before following Cooper to Birmingham City, Crystal Palace, Barnsley, Bristol Rovers and Derby County (on loan), over an eighteen-year period. During this time he also spent three seasons at Watford, earning the Player of the Season award twice.

His move to Premiership side Crystal Palace from Watford in June 1997 saw the most expensive fee of his career being paid: £1.5million. He had been expected to sign for Nottingham Forest but the East Midlands club failed to agree a fee.[4]

He initially retired from football in August 2005, but in February 2006 he was signed by Southampton manager George Burley, whose side was short on goalkeepers, with Bartosz Białkowski out with an injury, Miller was seen as cover for Paul Smith.[5]

Miller displaced Smith in the first team and played the final seven games of Southampton's 2005–06 season, helping the team to five wins and a draw. This form was appreciated and the club offered him a one-year extension on his contract, which he accepted.

In January 2007, he signed a one-month loan deal with League Two strugglers Torquay United,[6] making his debut on 26 January 2007 in the 4–1 win at home to Grimsby Town, United's first win in 20 league games. He returned to Southampton at the end of the loan spell and was released in May 2007.

Returning to non-league football, Miller joined Bodmin Town in October 2007.[3] He retired from playing at the end of the 2014–15 season, aged 46,[7] then decided to do another season at the club.

Miller was appointed as Exeter City's goalkeeping coach on 9 December 2022, to work under new manager Gary Caldwell.[8]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Exeter City 1988–89[1] Fourth Division 3000000030
1989–90[1] Fourth Division 28040003[lower-alpha 1]0350
1990–91[1] Third Division 46010204[lower-alpha 1]0530
1991–92[1] Third Division 42050104[lower-alpha 1]0520
1992–93[1] Second Division 44020407[lower-alpha 2]0570
Total 1630120701802000
Birmingham City 1993–94[1] First Division 24000402[lower-alpha 3]0300
Watford 1994–95[9] First Division 4404030—510
1995–96[10] First Division 4202030—470
1996–97[11] Second Division 42040403[lower-alpha 2]0530
Total 1280100100301510
Crystal Palace 1997–98[12] Premier League 3804020—440
1998–99[1] First Division 28010102[lower-alpha 4]0320
Total 660503020760
Barnsley 1999–2000[13] First Division 41010403[lower-alpha 5]0490
2000–01[14] First Division 4601050—520
2001–02[15] First Division 2802020—320
Total 115040110301330
Exeter City 2002–03[16] Third Division 46030102[lower-alpha 2]0520
Bristol Rovers 2003–04[17] Third Division 44010101[lower-alpha 2]0470
2004–05[2] League Two 28020204[lower-alpha 2]0360
Total 720303050830
Derby County (loan) 2004–05[2] Championship 00——0000
Southampton 2005–06[18] Championship 700000—70
2006–07[19] Championship 0000000000
Total 7000000070
Torquay United (loan) 2006–07[19] League Two 700000—70
Career total 62803703903507390

Honours

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Player search: Miller, K (Kevin)". English National Football Archive. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "Games played by Kevin Miller in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Kevin Miller". Bodmin Town FC. Archived from the original on 24 November 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
  4. ↑ Nixon, Alan (13 June 1997). "Doubts over the future of Kinnear". The Independent. London. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
  5. ↑ "Saints keeper enjoys shock chance". BBC Sport. 31 March 2006. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
  6. ↑ "Gulls sign Miller and Norwich duo". BBC Sport. 26 January 2007. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
  7. ↑ Marriott, Kevin (27 April 2015). "Brilliant St Austell clinch South West Peninsula League title". Cornish Guardian. Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  8. ↑ Pilnick, Brent (9 December 2022). "Kevin Miller: Exeter City bring in former Premier League player as goalkeeper coach". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  9. ↑ "1994/1995". Watford Football Club Archive. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  10. ↑ "1995/1996". Watford Football Club Archive. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  11. ↑ "1996/1997". Watford Football Club Archive. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  12. ↑ "Games played by Kevin Miller in 1997/1998". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  13. ↑ "Games played by Kevin Miller in 1999/2000". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  14. ↑ "Games played by Kevin Miller in 2000/2001". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Kevin Miller in 2001/2002". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Kevin Miller in 2002/2003". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Kevin Miller in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Kevin Miller in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  19. 1 2 "Games played by Kevin Miller in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  20. ↑ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (1997). The 1997–98 Official PFA Footballers Factfile. Harpenden: Queen Anne Press. p. 317. ISBN 978-1-85291-581-0.
  21. ↑ "Barnsley Player of the Season". Barnsley FC. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
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