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

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, born in

Folkestone Folkestone ( ) is a port town on the English Channel, in Kent, south-east England. The town lies on the southern edge of the North Downs at a valley between two cliffs. It was an important harbour and shipping port for most of the 19th and 20t ...

, 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. From the 2021–22 season, the club compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league syst ...

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 Dover Athletic Football Club is a semi-professional association football club based in the town of Dover, Kent, England. The club currently competes in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football. The club was formed in 198 ...

and

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, 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 , mottoeng = In Spirit and Truth , established = , type = Public , endowment = £2.4 m (2015) , chancellor = Rennie Fritchie, Baroness Fritchie , vice_chancellor ...

. 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

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winners: 1997–98 *

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runners-up: 1997–98 *

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

Coaching Honours

Cheltenham Town

Vanarama National League The National League (named Vanarama National League for sponsorship reasons) is an association football league in England consisting of three divisions, the National League, National League North, and National League South. It was called the ...

Winners: 2015-16 *

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Champions:

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* * 1969 births Living people Sportspeople 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