Steve Mildenhall

Stephen James Mildenhall (born 13 May 1978) is an English

Steve Mildenhall
former professional footballer who is goalkeeping coach at
Swindon Town.

As a player he was a goalkeeper, he made almost 500

appearances in the Football League and over 500 games in total
including cup games between 1995 and 2017. He began his
career at Swindon Town youth academy and was added to the
club's first team in 1995. While with Swindon he was loaned out
to non-league sides Gloucester City and Salisbury City before
moving on to Notts County in 2001, Oldham Athletic in 2004
and Grimsby Town a year later. In 2006, he signed with Yeovil
Town where he spent two years before signing with Southend
United in 2008 and Millwall in 2010. In May 2013, he signed
for Bristol Rovers where he remained for four years.

Playing career

Early career Mildenhall playing for Bristol Rovers, 2014

Mildenhall's professional career started at Swindon Town where Personal information
he made 38 appearances, including one as a centre forward Full name Stephen James Mildenhall
away at Tranmere Rovers. While at Swindon he was named Date of birth 13 May 1978
young player and player of the year before securing a £150,000 Place of birth Swindon, Wiltshire, England
transfer to Notts County. Mildenhall played 91 games for the Height 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)[1]
Magpies, scoring one goal (a free-kick against Mansfield Town Position(s) Goalkeeper
in a League Cup tie) which later appeared as a 'What happened
Team information
next' slot on an episode of A Question of Sport. A falling out
with manager Gary Mills prompted a move to Oldham Athletic Current team Swindon Town
(goalkeeping coach)
in December 2004. He made six appearances for the club before
Senior career*
breaking his finger, and he subsequently lost his place in the
team. Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–2001 Swindon Town 33 (0)
1996 → Gloucester City (loan)
Grimsby Town 1997 → Salisbury City (loan)
In the summer of 2005, Mildenhall moved to Grimsby Town 2001–2004 Notts County 76 (0)
replacing Anthony Williams as the club's number 1 keeper, and 2004–2005 Oldham Athletic 6 (0)
was ever present in his only season at Blundell Park. During the 2005–2006 Grimsby Town 46 (0)
season Grimsby and Mildenhall notched up a mini run in the 2006–2008 Yeovil Town 75 (0)
League Cup by defeating Derby County and Tottenham Hotspur. 2008–2010 Southend United 78 (0)
Grimsby had remained in the automatic promotion places in 2010–2013 Millwall 10 (0)
League Two for the majority of the seasons but fell into the 2012 → Scunthorpe United (loan) 9 (0)
play-off places with two games remaining, meaning they would 2013 → Bristol Rovers (loan) 22 (0)
have to face local rivals Lincoln City in the semi-final. The 2013–2017 Bristol Rovers 105 (0)
Mariners secured a 3–1 aggregate victory but failed to achieve 2022 Swindon Town 0 (0)
promotion after being defeated in the League Two play-off final Total 460 (0)
at the Millennium Stadium by Cheltenham Town. This would Managerial career
eventually spell the end for manager Russell Slade who rejected 2023 Swindon Town (joint-interim)
a new contract and decided leave the club for Yeovil Town 2023 Swindon Town (joint-interim)
taking both Mildenhall and Jean-Paul Kalala with him. *Club domestic league appearances and goals

Yeovil Town
During his time at The Glovers Mildenhall established himself as the club's first choice keeper and became popular
among their fans being named player of the year as the side reached the 2006–07 League One play-off final at Wembley
which they lost to Blackpool However, his second season at Yeovil was disturbed through injury. In mid-September he
injured a muscle around his hip against Leyton Orient, which saw him out of action for more than a month. On his return
to the first team in late October he was unable to help Yeovil as they succumbed to a 2–1 home defeat to Swansea City
and Mildenhall was on the sidelines again after injuring his knee ligaments after a clash with Tommy Mooney in the 2–0
away defeat to Walsall in early February. Mildenhall was voted BBC south-west footballer of the year for 2007.

Southend United
It was announced on 6 June 2008 that he signed a 3-year contract at Southend United. Mildenhall put in a man of the
match performance in Southend United's third round FA cup game against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge with a string of
fine saves including a stunning save in the fourth minute of added time to keep out Franco Di Santo's header.[2]

Mildenhall made 89 appearances for Southend United in all competitions.

Millwall
On 13 July 2010, Mildenhall had his contract cancelled by mutual consent and signed a 12-month contract with
Championship side Millwall the same day. He signed a new 2-year contract in the summer of 2011 which keeps him at
the club until the end of the 2013 season. To date Mildenhall has made over 400 appearances in all competitions. He made
his league debut for Millwall on 20 August 2011, in an away defeat to Southampton.

On 5 November 2012, Mildenhall signed for Scunthorpe United on loan until 8 December 2012 after the home game
against AFC Bournemouth.[3]

Bristol Rovers
On 31 December 2012 Mildenhall was loaned out to Bristol Rovers and was given the number 13 shirt.[4] He made his
debut for Rovers on 1 January 2013 against Plymouth Argyle in a 2–1 victory, playing the full 90 minutes[5] and went on
to appear in all but one of Bristol Rovers' remaining games during the 2012–13 season, keeping seven clean sheets and
helping the club steer well clear of relegation.

On 30 May 2013, it was announced that Mildenhall had agreed a two-year deal to join Bristol Rovers on a permanent
basis, with the option of a further year.[6]

On 3 May 2014, Mildenhall played the duration of a 1–0 home defeat to Mansfield Town, Colin Daniel's first-half goal
condemning Rovers to relegation out of the Football League for the first time in 94 years.[7] Mildenhall remained at the
club for the 2014–15 season, battling for the number one shirt with Will Puddy. On 17 May 2015, Mildenhall replaced
Puddy in the 121st minute of the play-off final for the subsequent penalty shoot-out after a 1–1 draw with Grimsby Town.
Although he did not save a penalty, Jon-Paul Pittman's miss meant that Rovers returned to the Football League at the first
time of asking.[8] Back-to-back promotions was achieved the following season with a 92nd-minute winner from Lee
Brown in the final match securing Rovers a third-placed position and automatic promotion.[9]

Having played his last game for Rovers in the 3–2 defeat to Chelsea in the EFL Cup, he retired at the end of the 2016–17
season and stayed at the club to become a goalkeeper coach with the first team and U23 team.[10]
Coaching career
On 24 July 2018, he returned to home-town club Swindon Town as the goalkeeper coach following the departure of Dean
Thornton to the Chinese Taipei national team.[11]

On 7 January 2022, due to a goalkeeping shortage, Mildenhall was named as substitute for Swindon's 4–1 defeat against
Premier League side Manchester City in the FA Cup.[12]

In 2023, he was appointed joint-interim head coach, alongside Gavin Gunning, after Scott Lindsey left Swindon Town for
Crawley Town.[13] He and Gunning were appointed again for the final match of the season following the sacking of Jody
Morris.[14]
Career statistics
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

League FA Cup League Cup Other Total

Club Season
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals

1995– Second
0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
96[15][16] Division

1996–
First Division 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
97[17][16]

1997–
First Division 4 0 0 0 0 0 — 4 0
98[18][16]
Swindon
1998–
Town First Division 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
99[19][16]
1999–
First Division 5 0 1 0 0 0 — 6 0
2000[20][16]
2000– Second
23 0 1 0 0 0 1[a] 0 25 0
01[21][16] Division

Total 33 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 38 0

2001– Second
26 0 3 0 2 1 1[a] 0 32 1
02[22] Division

2002– Second
21 0 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 22 0
03[23] Division
Notts
2003– Second
County 28 0 3 0 3 0 1[a] 0 35 0
04[24] Division

2004–
League Two 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
05[25]
Total 76 0 6 0 5 1 3 0 90 1

Oldham 2004–
League One 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Athletic 05[25]

Grimsby 2005–
League Two 46 0 1 0 3 0 4[b] 0 54 0
Town 06[26]
2006–
League One 46 0 1 0 1 0 4[c] 0 52 0
07[27]
Yeovil
2007–
Town League One 29 0 1 0 1 0 2[a] 0 33 0
08[28]

Total 75 0 2 0 2 0 6 0 85 0
2008–
League One 34 0 5 0 1 0 1[a] 0 41 0
09[29]
Southend
2009–
United League One 44 0 1 0 2 0 1[a] 0 48 0
10[30]
Total 78 0 6 0 3 0 2 0 89 0

2010–
Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
11[31]

2011–
Championship 10 0 2 0 3 0 — 15 0
Millwall 12[32]
2012–
Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
13[33]
Total 10 0 2 0 3 0 — 15 0
 Scunthorpe 2012–
United League One 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
(loan) 13[33]

Bristol
2012–
Rovers League Two 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0
(loan) 13[33]

2013–
League Two 46 0 5 0 1 0 1[a] 0 53 0
14[34]
2014– Conference
29 0 2 0 — 1[d] 0 32 0
15[35] Premier
Bristol
2015–
Rovers League Two 26 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 27 0
16[36]
2016–
League One 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 0
17[37]

Total 105 0 7 0 4 0 2 0 118 0

Swindon 2021–
League Two 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Town 22[38][16]
Career total 460 0 24 0 22 1 18 0 524 1

a. Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy

b. One appearance in Football League Trophy, three appearances in League Two play-offs
c. One appearance in Football League Trophy, three appearances in League One play-offs
d. Appearance in Conference Premier play-offs

Honours
Bristol Rovers

Football League Two third-placed promotion: 2015–16[9]

National League play-offs: 2015[8]
BBC West Country Sports Personality of the Year 2007
Swindon Town

Football League Two Champions: 2019–20

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External links
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