Russell Milton (born 12 January 1969) is an English former professional

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, born in

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, who played as a

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in the

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for Instant-Dict and in The J League alongside Brazilian legends Socrates and Serginho. He scored 14 goals from 117 games in

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for

Cheltenham Town Cheltenham Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. The team competes in EFL League Two, the fourth level of the English football league system. Founded in 1887, ...

and played over 200 times for them in total. He began his football career at

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, where he stayed until the age of 21 being a first team squad member for 3 years. He also played

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for Dover Athletic and Bath City, for whom he made 51 appearances (40 in the league) and scored 8 goals. 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 The University of Gloucestershire is a public university based in Gloucestershire, England. It is located over five campuses, three in Cheltenham and two in Gloucester. The university is the successor of a large number of merged, name-changed ...

. He has also worked for the Press Association, Opta and is currently the Premier League correspondent for Radio Sport National Australia. 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.

Playing Honours

Cheltenham Town

FA Trophy The Football Association Challenge Trophy, also known as the Isuzu FA Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is a men's football knockout cup competition run by and named after The Football Association (the FA) and competed by mainly National League ...

winners: 1997–98 *

Football Conference The National League of English Football Clubs is a professional Association football, football league in England that consists of 72 teams, divided equally between the National League (division), National League North and National League South ...

runners-up: 1997–98 *

winners: 1998–99 * Third Division play-off winners: 2001–02

Coaching Honours

Cheltenham Town

Vanarama National League The National League of English Football Clubs is a professional football league in England that consists of 72 teams, divided equally between the National League (division), National League North and National League South. The National League ...

Winners: 2015-16 * League Two Champions: 2020-21

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* * 1969 births Living people Footballers from Folkestone English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Arsenal F.C. players Double Flower FA players Dover Athletic F.C. players Cheltenham Town F.C. players Bath City F.C. players Hong Kong First Division League players English Football League players National League (English football) players England men's semi-pro international footballers Cheltenham Town F.C. non-playing staff Expatriate men's footballers in Hong Kong Southern Football League players English football managers English Football League managers Cheltenham Town F.C. managers Kashiwa Reysol players English expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong English expatriate men's footballers English expatriate sportspeople in Japan {{England-footy-midfielder-1960s-stub