Alan Miller

Alan John Miller was born on 29 March 1970 in Epping, Essex, and attended Epping Forest High School at nearby Loughton. He was selected for the Football Association's School of Excellence at Lilleshall as an Arsenal-associated schoolboy in 1984, and was capped by England at schoolboy and under-16 level. He signed for Arsenal as a trainee ahead of the 1986–87 season, and was a member of their FA Youth Cup-winning team of 1988. He made four appearances for the England under-21 team. He turned professional in 1988, but with John Lukic and then David Seaman on the staff, first-team opportunities were rare. He had loan spells with Plymouth Argyle, West Bromwich Albion and Birmingham City, whom he helped gain promotion from the Third Division in 1991–92. He finally made his Arsenal debut on 21 November 1992 away to Leeds United, replacing the injured Seaman to become the first Arsenal goalkeeper to come on as a substitute, and made another seven appearances over the next two seasons. He won FA Cup and League Cup winners' medals in 1992–93 and a European Cup Winners' Cup medal in 1993–94, each time as an unused substitute. In August 1994, wanting first-team football, Miller signed for Middlesbrough; a Football League tribunal set the fee at an initial £325,000, plus £100,000 in the event of his 50th appearance. winning a First Division winners' medal in his first season. However, he lost his place to Gary Walsh through injury in September 1995 and played only three more…

Arsenal

FA Youth Cup: 1987–88 FA Charity Shield: 1991 (shared) FA Cup: 1992–93 Football League Cup: 1992–93 European Cup Winners' Cup: 1993–94 Middlesbrough

First Division: 1994–95 Blackburn Rovers

Football League Cup: 2001–02 Individual

PFA Team of the Year: 1997–98 First Division