Gary Miller (footballer)

Gary Miller (born 15 April 1987) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or defender, currently playing for Falkirk. He has previously played for Livingston, Ross County, St Johnstone, Partick Thistle, Plymouth Argyle and Carlisle United, as well as Ayr United on loan.

Gary Miller

Personal information
Full name	Gary Miller[1]
Date of birth	(1987-04-15) 15 April 1987[2]
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Height	1.84 m (6 ft ^1⁄2 in)[2]
Playing position(s)	Right Back/defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team	Falkirk
Number	6
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2009	Livingston	40	(0)
2006	→ Ayr United (loan)	15	(1)
2007–2008	→ Ross County (loan)	20	(0)
2009–2012	Ross County	99	(1)
2012–2015	St Johnstone	61	(1)
2015–2016	Partick Thistle	21	(1)
2016–2018	Plymouth Argyle	46	(0)
2018–2019	Carlisle United	18	(1)
2019–	Falkirk	16	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:20, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

Career

Livingston

Miller began his career at Livingston, making his debut a substitute on 29 October 2005, in a 1–1 draw away to Falkirk.[3][4] He made 40 league appearances for Livingston during his six-year spell at the club.

On 31 August 2006, Miller moved on loan to Ayr United,[5] where he scored his first career goal on his debut away to Forfar Athletic.[3] He then spent the 2007–08 season on loan at Ross County, helping the club win the Second Division title.[3]

Ross County

On 2 June 2009, Miller returned to Ross County, this time on a permanent basis.[6] In his first season, the club reached the Scottish Cup Final, where Miller played the full ninety minutes, however it ended in defeat as Ross County lost 3–0 to Dundee United at Hampden.[7]

In Miller's second season at Ross County, the club won the 2010–11 Scottish Challenge Cup, with a 2–0 victory against Queen of the South at McDiarmid Park.[8] The following season, he helped Ross County win the 2011–12 Scottish First Division and promotion to the Scottish Premier League.[9]

St Johnstone

In May 2012, Miller signed for St Johnstone,[9][10] spending three years at the club where he was part of the side that competed in successive Europa League qualifiers. In the 2013–14 season, he made it to another Scottish Cup Final, where he was an unused substitute, however this time he collected a winners medal as St Johnstone beat Dundee United 2–0.[11]

Partick Thistle

Miller signed a one-year contract with Scottish Premiership team Partick Thistle on 20 July 2015, after spending the summer on trial with the club.[12] He scored his first goal for the club, a 25-yard volley against his former team St Johnstone in a 2–1 win for Thistle, on 17 October 2015.[13] Miller rejected a new contract offer with Partick Thistle in June 2016 and subsequently left the club.[14]

Plymouth Argyle

Miller signed for Football League Two club Plymouth Argyle on 23 June 2016,[15] where he joined up with manager Derek Adams who had been his teammate at Livingston and Ross County and then his manager at Ross County.[16]

Miller was released by Plymouth at the end of the 2017–18 season.[17]

Carlisle United

Miller signed for Football League Two club Carlisle United on 19 June 2018.[18] At the end of the season, he was released by the club.[19]

Falkirk

On 12 August 2019, Miller signed for Scottish League One club Falkirk on a contract until January 2020.[20]

Career statistics

As of 17 September 2019

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Livingston	2005–06[21]	Scottish Premier League	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	2006–07[22]	Scottish First Division	13	0	1	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	15	0
	2007–08[23]	Scottish First Division	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2008–09[24][25]	Scottish First Division	23	0	1	0	3	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	29	0
	Total		40	0	2	0	3	0	3	0	48	0
Ayr United (loan)	2006–07[22]	Scottish Second Division	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	1
Ross County (loan)	2007–08[26]	Scottish Second Division	20	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	23	0
Ross County	2009–10[27][28]	Scottish First Division	32	0	7	1	2	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	43	1
	2010–11[29][28]	Scottish First Division	31	0	2	1	3	0	5[lower-alpha 1]	0	41	1
	2011–12[30][28]	Scottish First Division	36	1	4	0	3	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	44	1
	Total		99	1	13	2	8	0	8	0	128	3
St Johnstone	2012–13[31]	Scottish Premier League	17	0	0	0	2	0	2[lower-alpha 2]	0	21	0
	2013–14[32]	Scottish Premiership	25	1	1	0	3	0	2[lower-alpha 2]	0	31	1
	2014–15[33]	Scottish Premiership	19	0	1	0	1	0	4[lower-alpha 2]	0	25	0
	Total		61	1	2	0	6	0	8	0	77	1
Partick Thistle	2015–16[34]	Scottish Premiership	21	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	24	1
Plymouth Argyle	2016–17[35]	League Two	31	0	4	0	1	0	2[lower-alpha 3]	0	38	0
	2017–18[36]	League One	15	0	0	0	1	0	2[lower-alpha 3]	0	18	0
	Total		46	0	4	0	2	0	4	0	56	0
Carlisle United	2018–19[37]	League Two	18	1	0	0	3	0	1[lower-alpha 3]	0	22	1
Falkirk	2019–20[38]	Scottish League One	0	0	0	0	0	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	2	0
Career total			320	5	26	2	23	0	26	0	395	7

1. Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
2. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
3. Appearances in the EFL Trophy

Honours

Ross County

• Scottish Second Division: 2007–08[3]
• Scottish Challenge Cup: 2010–11[8]
• Scottish First Division: 2011–12[9]

St Johnstone

• Scottish Cup: 2013–14[11]

References

1. "EFL Released and Retained List 2016-17" (PDF). English Football League. p. 87. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
2. "Gary Miller". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
3. "IT'S MILLER TIME BACK AT LIVINGSTON". Scottish Professional Football League. 25 November 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
4. "Falkirk 1–1 Livingston". BBC Sport. 29 October 2005. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
5. "Ayr sign up Livingston defender". 31 August 2006. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
6. "County sign Livi defender Miller". BBC Sport. 2 June 2009. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
7. McGuigan, Thomas (15 May 2010). "Dundee United 3–0 Ross County". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
8. Miller, Stevie (10 April 2011). "Queen of the South 0–2 Ross County". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
9. "Miller leaves Victoria Park for fellow SPL gig". Rossshire Journal. Scottish Provincial Press. 25 May 2012. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
10. "St Johnstone sign Gary Miller after he leaves Ross County". BBC Sport. BBC. 30 May 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
11. Wilson, Richard (17 May 2014). "St Johnstone 2–0 Dundee United". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
12. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
13. Davie, Scott (17 October 2015). "St Johnstone 1–2 Partick Thistle". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
14. "Partick Thistle: Gary Miller and Paul Gallacher exit Firhill". BBC Sport. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
15. "Gary Miller: Plymouth Argyle sign Partick Thistle right-back". BBC Sport. BBC. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
16. Collin, Iain (3 July 2016). "Gary Miller delighted to link up with ex-Ross County boss for a third time at Plymouth Argyle". Deadline News. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
17. "Gary Sawyer: Plymouth Argyle offer new deal to captain as nine are released". BBC Sport. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
18. "Carlisle United: Gary Miller and Macauley Gillesphey join League Two club". BBC Sport. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
19. "Carlisle United release eight players after League Two season completed". BBC Sport. 6 May 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
20. "GARY MILLER SIGNS!". Falkirk F.C. 12 August 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
21. "Games played by Gary Miller in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
22. "Games played by Gary Miller in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
23. "Games played by Gary Miller in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
24. "Games played by Gary Miller in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
25. "Livingston 0 Partick 2". Sky Sports. 7 September 2008. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
26. "Games played by Gary Miller in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
27. "Games played by Gary Miller in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
28. Gary Miller at Soccerway. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
29. "Games played by Gary Miller in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
30. "Games played by Gary Miller in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
31. "Games played by Gary Miller in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
32. "Games played by Gary Miller in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
33. "Games played by Gary Miller in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
34. "Games played by Gary Miller in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
35. "Games played by Gary Miller in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
36. "Games played by Gary Miller in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
37. "Games played by Gary Miller in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
38. "Games played by Gary Miller in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 August 2019.

External links

• Gary Miller at Soccerbase
• Gary Miller at Soccerbase (2007–08 appearances)