Jamie Milligan

Football player infobox


playername= Jamie Milligan
fullname = Jamie Milligan
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1980|1|03
cityofbirth = Blackpool
countryofbirth = England
height = height|ft=5|in=7
currentclub = Fleetwood Town
clubnumber =
position = Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1997-2001
2001-2003
2003
2003
?-2006
2004
2006-
clubs = Everton
Blackpool
Macclesfield Town
Leigh RMI
Hyde United
→Fleetwood Town (loan)
Fleetwood Town
caps(goals) = 4 (0)
29 (1)
? (?)
1 (0)
? (?)
? (?)
? (?)
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pcupdate = 15:20, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

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

Career

Milligan started his career at Everton where he was a trainee in 1997. He never started a match but made four susbstitute 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.cite news
title = I'll prove they were wrong to kick me out, vows Milligan
publisher = Blackpool Gazette
date = 2003-06-06
url = http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/sports-news/I39ll-prove-they-were-wrong.529046.jp
accessdate = 2008-05-23 ]

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.cite news
title = Milligan aims for Pool via Fleetwood
publisher = Blackpool Gazette
date = 2004-08-17
url = http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/sports-news/Milligan-aims-for-Pool-via.840153.jp
accessdate = 2008-05-23 ] 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.cite news
title = Blades date for Pool
publisher = Blackpool Gazette
date = 2005-05-12
url = http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/sports-news/Blades-date-for-Pool.1025140.jp
accessdate = 2008-05-23 ]

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.cite news
last = Simpson
first = Steve
title = Fleetwood star's new deal
publisher = Blackpool Gazette
date = 2008-05-23
url = http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/sports-news/Fleetwood-star39s-new-deal.4114400.jp
accessdate = 2008-05-23 ] 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.cite news
title = Milligan wins top player award
publisher = Blackpool Gazette
date = 2008-05-23
url = http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/sports-news/Milligan-wins-top-player-award.4105592.jp
accessdate = 2008-05-23 ]

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 academy is aimed at 8 to 12 year olds and runs at at King Edward VII and Queen Mary School in Lytham St Annes. Former Blackpool player, and also Blackpool born, John Hills also coaches.cite news
last = Thomas
fist = Cherry
title = Academy for young sports aces
publisher = Blackpool Gazette
date = 2008-02-28
url = http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/lytham-news/Academy-for-young-sports-aces.3817974.jp
accessdate = 2008-05-23 ]

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