Russell Milton

Russell Milton (born 12 January 1969) is an English former professional footballer, born in Folkestone, who played as a midfielder in the Hong Kong First Division League for Instant-Dict and in The J League alongside Brazilian legends Socrates and Serginho. He scored 14 goals from 117 games in the Football League for Cheltenham Town and played over 200 times for them in total. .[1][2] He began his football career at Arsenal,where he stayed until the age of 21 being a first team squad member for 3 years. He also played non-league football for Dover Athletic[3] and Bath City, for whom he made 51 appearances (40 in the league) and scored 8 goals.[4]

Russell Milton
Personal information
Date of birth (1969-01-12) 12 January 1969
Place of birth Folkestone, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1989 Arsenal 0 (0)
1989 Hitachi
1990–1993 Double Flower FA / Instant-Dict
1993–1997 Dover Athletic
1997–2003 Cheltenham Town 118 (14)
2003–2005 Bath City
National team
1994 England C 2 (0)
Teams managed
2015 Cheltenham Town
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Milton is a qualified PE teacher and previously took a degree in sports science, ran a football coaching school with Arsenal FC, commentated on Cheltenham Town matches for local BBC radio and lectured at the University of Gloucestershire.He has also worked for the Press Association, Opta and is currently the Premier League correspondent for Radio Sport National Australia.[3]

On 13 February 2015, he was named as caretaker-manager of Cheltenham Town and is currently assistant manager with 3 stints as caretaker boss and a win ratio of over 35% in over 25 games.[5]

References
  1. "Russell Milton". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
  2. "Russell Milton". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
  3. Jefferies, Roger (9 June 2006). "Russell Milton". Dover Athletic F.C. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
  4. "Past Players: M". I Love Bath City. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  5. "The Manager". www.ctfc.com. Retrieved 26 February 2015.


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