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{{Short description|English footballer (born 1949)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Mick Mills <br /> <small>[[Order of the British Empire|MBE]]</small>
| image          = Mick Mills.jpg
| image_size     = 150
| fullname       = Michael Dennis Mills<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/>
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1949|1|4|df=y}}<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/>
| birth_place    = [[Godalming]], [[Surrey]], England<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/>
| height         = {{convert|1.71|m|ftin|order=flip}}<ref>{{NFT player|18170|accessdate=12 January 2020}}</ref>
| youthyears1    = 1964–1966 | youthclubs1    = [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]]
| youthyears2    = 1966–1967 | youthclubs2    = [[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]]
| position       = [[Defender (association football)|Full back]]
| years1         = 1966–1982|clubs1 = [[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]]|caps1 = 591 |goals1 = 22
| years2         = 1982–1985|clubs2 = [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]]  |caps2 = 103 |goals2 = 3
| years3         = 1985–1987|clubs3 = [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]]    |caps3 = 38  |goals3 = 0
| totalcaps  = 732| totalgoals = 25
| nationalyears1 = 1967 | nationalteam1 = [[England national under-18 football team|England Youth]] | nationalcaps1 = 6 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 1970–1972 | nationalteam2 = [[England national under-23 football team|England U23]] | nationalcaps2 = 5 | nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 1972–1982 | nationalteam3 = [[England national football team|England]] | nationalcaps3 = 42 | nationalgoals3= 0
| manageryears1  = 1985–1989 | managerclubs1  = [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]]
| manageryears2  = 1990      | managerclubs2  = [[Colchester United F.C.|Colchester United]]
| manageryears3  = 2001      | managerclubs3  = [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]] (joint caretaker)
}}

'''Michael Dennis Mills''' [[Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|MBE]] (born 4 January 1949) is an English former [[association football|footballer]] who played for [[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]], [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] and [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]]. He managed Stoke City, [[Colchester United F.C.|Colchester United]] and [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]]. During his career he achieved Ipswich Town's record number of appearances and [[List of England national football team captains|captained]] [[England national football team|England]] at the [[1982 World Cup]].<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City">{{cite book|last=Matthews|first=Tony|title=The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City|year=1994|publisher=Lion Press|isbn=0-9524151-0-0}}</ref>. He is 7th on the list of all-time appearances in the top-flight of English football (First Division and Premier League) with 658 league appearances, and fourth for outfield players<ref>{{cite web |title=Premier League + 1. Division » All-time appearances |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/alltime_top_player/eng-premier-league/1/ |access-date=3 June 2025}}</ref>.

He was appointed [[Order of the British Empire|Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in the [[1984 New Year Honours]], for "services to association football".<ref>United Kingdom list: {{London Gazette |issue=49583 |date=30 December 1983 |pages=15  |supp=y |nolink=yes}}</ref>

==Club career==
Mills joined [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]] as a schoolboy, but the club abandoned its youth system, forcing him to look for a new club to begin his career.<ref name="Mick Mills">{{cite web|title=Mick Mills|url=http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football/ipswich-town-fc/mick-mills-8986/brief-biography_a11952/|work=Sporting Heroes|access-date=21 February 2013}}</ref> [[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]] took him on and he made his debut for the first team in 1966, aged just 17, in a 5–2 victory against [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]].<ref name="Mick Mills"/> A full back who could play on either side but was more frequently used on the left, Mills spent his late teens in and out of the Ipswich first team but became an established regular in 1969, the year after the club achieved promotion to the [[Football League First Division|First Division]].<ref name="Mick Mills"/> It was also the year that [[Bobby Robson]] arrived as manager.<ref name="Mick Mills"/> 
[[File:Mick Mills (1978).jpg|thumb|left|Mick Mills in 1978]]
Robson appointed Mills as team captain in 1971 and so began a close working relationship between coach and skipper which was at the forefront of Ipswich's rise to the top of the game for a decade. In 1973, Ipswich finished fourth in the First Division, won the [[Texaco Cup]] and qualified for the [[UEFA Cup]].<ref name="Mick Mills"/> Ipswich began to finish in the top sector of the First Division with some regularity and played in numerous European competitions, but actual success seemed to elude them. Mills was the experienced captain of a young side consisting mainly of players brought through the ranks. They achieved third place in the First Division in 1977 and expected to go better than that the following year.<ref name="Mick Mills"/>
However, that subsequent season in the First Division for Ipswich was disappointing as they struggled to find any consistency and finished a lowly 16th. There was a tremendous bonus for them in the [[FA Cup]], however, as they reached the final where they beat favourites [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] 1–0 at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley]].<ref name="Mick Mills"/> Mills, as captain, lifted the trophy – Ipswich's first major honour for 16 years. Ipswich, meanwhile, continued to hit high spots, finishing in the top five every year between 1978 and 1982, including a memorable season in 1981 which saw them just miss out on First Division and FA Cup glory, but won the UEFA Cup, which Mills duly collected after victory over [[AZ Alkmaar|AZ 67 Alkmaar]] in the final.<ref name="Mick Mills"/>

In the same year, Robson had told a 33-year-old Mills that his contract at Ipswich would not be renewed. Mills joined [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] in November 1982 for £40,000, while Robson became [[Ron Greenwood]]'s replacement as [[England national football team manager|England manager]], thereby ending Mills' international career too.<ref name="Mick Mills"/> He made 741 appearances for Ipswich over 17 years, a club record. In seven seasons he played all 42 league games including four in a row, 72/73 to 75/76. He also played all matches including cupgames in six seasons; 50 in 70/71, 54 (72/73), 57 (73/74), 50 (75/76), 55 (78/79) and finally all 55 matches in 81/82. He had just turned 22 when he became captain 30.01.71 and remained Ipswichcaptain for the rest of his career - a total of 588 matches <ref name="Mick Mills"/>

He joined [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] in November 1982 and spent three seasons at [[The Dell (Southampton)|The Dell]] making 123 appearances before leaving in the summer of 1985 to become player-manager at [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]].<ref name = FATS>{{cite book |last1=Chalk |first1=Gary |last2=Holley |first2=Duncan |last3=Bull |first3 =David |title=All the Saints: A Complete Players' Who's Who of Southampton FC| year=2013| location=Southampton |publisher=Hagiology Publishing|isbn=978-0-9926-8640-6|page=403}}</ref> At Stoke, Mills played himself 44 times before deciding to retire from playing at the age of 38.

==International career==
Mills represented England at [[England national under-18 football team|youth]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/matchrsl/MatchRslTmU18pg2.html |title=Match results under 18 1960–1970 |website=England Football Online |publisher=Chris Goodwin & Glen Isherwood |date=1 September 2024 |access-date=12 October 2024}}</ref> and [[England national under-23 football team|under-23 levels]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eng-u23-intres-det.html |title=England – U-23 International Results– Details |first=Barrie |last=Courtney |publisher=RSSSF |date=27 March 2004 |access-date=12 October 2024}}</ref>

During the 1972–73 season, England manager [[Alf Ramsey]] gave Mills his first international cap in a 1–1 draw with [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]] at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley]]. Mills played at right back, a position which became more familiar to him with England than with Ipswich as his career continued. His second cap came in 1976 against [[Wales national football team|Wales]] and he had eleven by the end of the 1977 campaign.

While his club had finally won a trophy, Mills' international career was in a semi-statuesque state.{{clarify|date=May 2020}} [[Don Revie]] had given him a number of games at left back, including the opening qualifiers for the [[Football World Cup 1978|1978 World Cup]] (a straightforward 4–1 win for England over [[Finland national football team|Finland]], followed by a disappointing 2–0 defeat to [[Italy national football team|Italy]]) but Mills had to cope with much competition for both full back slots. After Revie's departure, successor [[Ron Greenwood]] seemed to prefer [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]'s [[Phil Neal]] at right back and [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]]'s [[Trevor Cherry]] at left back, with Mills as reserve for both. He did not play in any of the remaining qualifying games, and England failed to reach the finals. Mills, however, started to become a regular in the England set-up in 1978 though some confusion continued over his best position as, of the eight internationals during that year, he played six at left back (with Neal on the right) and two at right back (with Cherry down the left). Mills sacrificed his place in the final England game of 1978, against [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]], when [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]] right back [[Viv Anderson]] was handed his debut, becoming England's first black player.

Another young debutant, [[Kenny Sansom]], emerged in 1979 to give Mills food for thought in the other full back slot, but he began to settle in at left back for his country as England qualified for the [[1980 European Football Championship|1980 European Championships]]. Mills was named in Greenwood's squad but by now Sansom was an established option in the left back slot and he got the nod over Mills in England's opening two group games – a draw with [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] and a defeat against hosts Italy – before Mills returned for the final game against [[Spain national football team|Spain]], which, despite an England win, saw their exit from the tournament. Mills played four England matches in 1981 – notably, they were all World Cup qualifiers for the [[Football World Cup 1982|1982 tournament]], with Greenwood happy to use less-experienced players like Anderson and Sansom in the friendly games which preceded them. When England beat [[Hungary national football team|Hungary]] at Wembley in their final qualifier to reach their first World Cup in a dozen years, Mills won his 35th cap.

Still switching flanks for his country when required (but rarely for club – he was almost always the left back), Mills played in just two of the preparation matches for the competition, but was named in the team as right back and captain (squad captain [[Kevin Keegan]] was injured) when England played their first game of the tournament against [[France national football team|France]] in [[Bilbao]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080928015220/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=54257/index.html Mick Mills Statistics] [[FIFA]]. Retrieved 4 February 2010.</ref> England won 3–1 and Mills stayed in the side for the remaining group matches, both of which England also won, although he switched to left back for the final match to allow a run-out for Neal. Greenwood reverted to a Mills-Sansom full back pairing for the second phase, but two goalless draws against [[West Germany national football team|West Germany]] and Spain (the latter of which finally saw Keegan's return to the team) sent England out of the competition.

==Coaching and managerial career==
In 1985, Mills became player-manager of [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]] with [[Sammy Chung]] as his assistant. Mills joined Stoke with the club a very poor position having just been relegated from the First Division with a record low points tally and with little money available.<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/> He set about trying to restore some pride into the support and began well as Stoke beat [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]] 6–2 on the third match of the [[1985–86 Stoke City F.C. season|1985–86]]. Money was still a major problem so the club sold [[Mark Chamberlain]] to [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]] for £300,000 but typical of the financial climate at Stoke the money was used to reduce the club's overdraft.<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/> Results slowly improved and Stoke finished the season in 10th place in what was a season of recovery. More player sales followed in [[1986–87 Stoke City F.C. season|1986–87]] but the arrival of [[Peter Coates]] as chairman allowed for some new players to arrive most notably [[Lee Dixon]], [[Nicky Morgan (footballer)|Nicky Morgan]] and former Ipswich teammate [[Brian Talbot]].<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/> Morale was boosted again thanks to another large win over Leeds United (7–2) as Stoke climbed up the table into the play-offs. However their form could not be maintained and they had to settle for 8th position.<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/>

The [[1987–88 Stoke City F.C. season|1987–88 season]] was frustrating for Stoke as little progress was made culminating in a finish of 11th. Further funds were raised by selling both Lee Dixon and [[Steve Bould]] to Arsenal.<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/> The [[1988–89 Stoke City F.C. season|1988–89 season]] again saw Stoke finish in mid-table which prompted speculation that Mills would not be offered a new contract. In the end he was given a 'final chance' to get Stoke promoted and he was given a £1 million transfer budget by Coates for the [[1989–90 Stoke City F.C. season|1989–90]] season.<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/> He spent it all breaking the club's record transfer of £480,000 for [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]] defender [[Ian Cranson]], £75,000 on [[Derek Statham]] from [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]], £175,000 for [[Ian Scott (footballer, born 1967)|Ian Scott]] and £250,000 for [[Wayne Biggins]] both from [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]].<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/> However, with Cranson only making 19 appearances in 1989–90 missing most of the campaign due to a knee injury, results were poor and with Stoke rock bottom and heading into the third tier for the first time since 1927 he was sacked in November 1989.<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/>

The following year he agreed to become manager of [[Colchester United F.C.|Colchester United]], who were adrift at the bottom of the league. Despite closing the gap Colchester failed to avoid relegation and Mills declined to stay on  for the following season. Mills became chief scout for [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]] and then a coach and Assistant Manager at [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]] – at one point becoming caretaker manager after the dismissal of [[Trevor Francis]].

==Later career==
After a period of time as Technical Director of Galaxy Sports Management<ref>{{cite web|title=Ipswich: Looking back at Ipswich Town's UEFA cup success|url=http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/ipswich_looking_back_at_ipswich_town_s_uefa_cup_success_1_819938|work=Ipswich Star|access-date=21 February 2013}}</ref> Mills is now retired, but continues as a football summariser for [[BBC Radio Suffolk]], which he continues to do to this day on match day live.

In 2010, Mills was named a patron of the [[Sir Bobby Robson Foundation]].<ref name=SBRFoundationBlog23Apr2010MillsPatron>{{cite web|url=http://sirbobbyrobsonfoundation.blogspot.com/2010/04/ipswich-legend-mick-mills-becomes.html |title=Ipswich Legend Mick Mills Becomes Suffolk's Patron of the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation |publisher=Sir Bobby Robson Foundation |date=23 April 2010 |access-date=29 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110827082930/http://sirbobbyrobsonfoundation.blogspot.com/2010/04/ipswich-legend-mick-mills-becomes.html |archive-date=27 August 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Career statistics==

===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref>{{ENFA}}</ref>
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|FA Cup
!colspan="2"|League Cup
!colspan="2"|Europe
!colspan="2"|Other{{efn|Includes [[FA Community Shield|FA Charity Shield]], [[Texaco Cup]] and [[Full Members Cup]].}}
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="19"|[[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]]
|[[1965–66 in English football|1965–66]]
|[[Football League Second Division|Second Division]]
|2||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||2||0
|-
|[[1966–67 in English football|1966–67]]
|Second Division
|22||0||1||0||2||0||0||0||0||0||25||0
|-
|[[1967–68 in English football|1967–68]]
|Second Division
|10||0||1||0||2||0||0||0||0||0||13||0
|-
|[[1968–69 in English football|1968–69]]
|[[Football League First Division|First Division]]
|36||2||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||37||2
|-
|[[1969–70 in English football|1969–70]]
|First Division
|40||3||1||0||3||1||0||0||0||0||44||4
|-
|[[1970–71 in English football|1970–71]]
|First Division
|42||1||6||1||2||0||0||0||0||0||50||2
|-
|[[1971–72 in English football|1971–72]]
|First Division
|35||0||2||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||38||0
|-
|[[1972–73 in English football|1972–73]]
|First Division
|42||0||2||0||2||0||0||0||8||0||54||0
|-
|[[1973–74 in English football|1973–74]]
|First Division
|42||2||3||0||4||1||8||0||0||0||57||2
|-
|[[1974–75 in English football|1974–75]]
|First Division
|42||1||9||1||5||0||0||0||0||0||56||2
|-
|[[1975–76 in English football|1975–76]]
|First Division
|42||1||3||0||1||0||4||0||0||0||50||1
|-
|[[1976–77 in English football|1976–77]]
|First Division
|37||0||3||0||2||0||0||0||0||0||42||0
|-
|[[1977–78 in English football|1977–78]]
|First Division
|34||6||7||2||2||0||5||0||0||0||48||8
|-
|[[1978–79 in English football|1978–79]]
|First Division
|42||2||5||1||1||0||6||0||1||0||55||3
|-
|[[1979–80 in English football|1979–80]]
|First Division
|37||1||4||0||2||0||3||1||0||0||46||2
|-
|[[1980–81 in English football|1980–81]]
|First Division
|33||0||6||0||5||0||10||0||0||0||54||0
|-
|[[1981–82 in English football|1981–82]]
|First Division
|42||3||3||0||8||0||2||0||0||0||55||3
|-
|[[1982–83 in English football|1982–83]]
|First Division
|11||0||0||0||2||0||2||0||0||0||15||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!591!!22!!57!!5!!44!!2!!40!!1!!9!!0!!741!!30
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]]
|[[1982–83 in English football|1982–83]]
|First Division
|27||1||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||28||1
|-
|[[1983–84 in English football|1983–84]]
|First Division
|34||2||6||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||41||2
|-
|[[1984–85 in English football|1984–85]]
|First Division
|42||0||3||0||7||0||2||0||0||0||54||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!103!!3!!10!!0!!8!!0!!2!!0!!0!!0!!123!!3
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]]
|[[1985–86 Stoke City F.C. season|1985–86]]
|Second Division
|31||0||1||0||3||0||0||0||2||0||37||0
|-
|[[1986–87 Stoke City F.C. season|1986–87]]
|Second Division
|6||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||6||0
|-
|[[1987–88 Stoke City F.C. season|1987–88]]
|Second Division
|1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!38!!0!!1!!0!!3!!0!!0!!0!!2!!0!!44!!0
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!730!!25!!68!!5!!60!!2!!42!!1!!11!!0!!911!!33
|}

{{notelist}}

===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref>{{NFT player|18170|name=Mills, Mick}}</ref>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="8"|[[England national football team|England]]
|1972||1||0
|-
|1976||9||0
|-
|1977||3||0
|-
|1978||8||0
|-
|1979||7||0
|-
|1980||3||0
|-
|1981||4||0
|-
|1982||7||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!42!!0
|}

==Managerial statistics==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Managerial record by club and tenure
|-
!rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|From
!rowspan="2"|To
!colspan="5"|Record
|-
!{{abbr|P|Matches played}}!!{{abbr|W|Matches won}}!!{{abbr|D|Matches drawn}}!!{{abbr|L|Matches lost}}!!{{abbr|Win %|Win percentage}}
|-
|align=left|[[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]]
|align=left|24 June 1985
|align=left|7 November 1989
{{WDL|213|72|63|78|decimals=1}}
|-
|align=left|[[Colchester United F.C.|Colchester United]]
|align=left|3 January 1990
|align=left|9 May 1990
{{WDL|24|8|3|13|decimals=1}}
|-
|align=left|[[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]] 
|align=left|15 October 2001
|align=left|12 December 2001
{{WDL|12|5|4|3|decimals=1}}
|-
!colspan="3"|Total<ref>{{cite web|title=Mick Mills|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=952|website=Soccerbase|access-date=2 July 2016}}</ref>
{{WDLtot|249|85|70|94|decimals=1}}
|}

==Honours==
===As a player===
'''Ipswich Town'''
* [[FA Cup]]: [[FA Cup Final 1978|1978]]
* [[UEFA Cup]]: [[UEFA Cup 1980-81#Final|1981]]
* [[Texaco Cup]]: 1973
* [[Football League First Division]] runner-up: [[1980–81 in English football|1980–81]], [[1981–82 in English football|1981–82]]
* [[Football League Second Division]]: [[1967–68 in English football|1967–68]]

'''Southampton'''
* [[Football League First Division]] runner-up: [[1983–84 in English football|1983–84]]

'''Individual'''
* [[Ipswich Town Player of the Year]]: 1977–1978<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thefa.com/England/SeniorTeam/History/Postings/2004/08/England_AllTimeCaps|archive-url=https://archive.today/20071029051823/http://www.thefa.com/England/SeniorTeam/History/Postings/2004/08/England_AllTimeCaps|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 October 2007|title=All time England Caps|publisher=The Football Association|access-date=23 September 2019}}</ref>
*Football League First Division PFA Team of the Year: [[PFA Team of the Year (1970s)#First Division 2|1976–77]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Lynch |title=The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes |page=141}}</ref>
*[[Ipswich Town F.C. Hall of Fame|Ipswich Town Hall of Fame]]: Inducted 2007<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/sport/wark_honoured_to_be_on_hall_of_fame_1_119904 |first=Elvin |last=King |work=Ipswich Star |title=Wark 'honoured' to be on Hall of Fame |date=10 August 2007 |access-date=8 August 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826024829/http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/sport/wark_honoured_to_be_on_hall_of_fame_1_119904 |archive-date=26 August 2016 }}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of footballers with the most official appearances]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Englandstats}}
* {{England Football Online}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20151222080756/http://www.ipswichtowntalk.com/mick-mills.html Mick Mills profile at ''Ipswich Town Talk'']
* {{NeilBrownPlayers|player/mickmills}}
* [http://suffolk.greatbritishlife.co.uk/article/mick-mills-an-ipswich-town-legend-suffolk-england-captain-24896/ Interview with Mick Mills] at ''The East Anglian Daily Times''

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