Jamie Milligan
Personal information
Full name	Jamie Milligan
Date of birth	3 January 1980 (1980-01-03) (age 29)
Place of birth	Blackpool, England
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Fleetwood Town
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997-2001 2001-2003 2003 2003 ?-2006 2004 2006-	Everton Blackpool Macclesfield Town Leigh RMI Hyde United → Fleetwood Town (loan) Fleetwood Town	0040 (0) 029 0(1) 00? 0(?) 001 0(0) 00? 0(?) 00? 0(?) 115 (34)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:11, 26 December 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Jamie Milligan (born 3 January 1980 in Blackpool) is a English footballer who plays as a midfielder. He currently plays for Fleetwood Town.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Playing career 1.2 Coaching 2 References 3 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] Playing career

Milligan started his career at Everton where he was a trainee in 1997. He never started a match but made four substitute league appearances before he left for hometown club Blackpool on 21 March 2001 where he stayed until August 2003, scoring one goal in 29 league games. Milligan fractured a foot in training in November 2002, an injury which kept him out for five months, and came as he scored two goals in three games. However, then Blackpool manager, Steve McMahon released Milligan at the end of the 2002-03 season.^[1]

On 5 August 2003 he signed for Macclesfield Town. However, his stay lasted only one month and on 5 September he moved to Leigh RMI. Before moving to Fleetwood Town in 2006, Milligan played for Hyde United where in August 2004 he was sent out on loan to Fleetwood after recovering from cruciate knee ligament damage. ^[2] Toward the end of the 2004-05 season Milligan played for Blackpool's reserve team, making eight appearances, hoping to earn a new deal at the club. However, in May 2005 then Blackpool manager, Colin Hendry confirmed that he would not be offered a contract.^[3]

Milligan is Fleetwood's club captain. He was leading scored in the 2007–08 season with 21 goals as the club won promotion, as champions of the Northern Premier League Premier Division, to the Conference North. He won both the fans Player of the Season and the players' Player of the Season. On 23 May 2008 he signed a new three year contract at the club.^[4] He was also voted as the Premier Division Player of the Year, and he was presented with the "Peter Swales Memorial Trophy" after Fleetwood's match against Bradford Park Avenue.^[5]

[edit] Coaching

In February 2008, Milligan teamed up with Premiership player Gavin McCann who was also born on the Fylde coast, to launch the first football academy on the Fylde coast. The Milligan-McCann Academy is aimed at 8 to 12 year olds and runs at King Edward VII and Queen Mary School in Lytham St Annes. Former Blackpool player, and also Blackpool born, John Hills also coaches.^[6] In October 2008 the academy landed a major sponsorhip deal with Northern Care, with coaching sessions continuing at King Edward VII & Queen Mary School each weekend as well as week-long summer courses. The academy has also received a grant to encourage children to play "park football".^[7]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Jamie Milligan career stats at Soccerbase

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