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Ian Miller (footballer, born 1955) played for which team from 1989 to 1990?
Ian Miller ( footballer , born 1955 ) Ian Miller ( born 13 May 1955 ) is a Scottish former footballer who played his football in England as a winger . He made 660 league and cup appearances in the English Football League over an eighteen-year professional career , scoring 48 goals . He began his career at Bury , helping the club to win promotion out of the Fourth Division in 1973–74 . He was then at Nottingham Forest , but did not feature for the first team before transferring to Doncaster Rovers in 1975 . Voted onto the Fourth Division PFA Team of the Year in 1975–76 , 1976–77 and 1977–78 , he moved on to Swindon Town in 1978 . He switched to Blackburn Rovers in 1981 , and spent the next eight years with the club , lifting the Full Members Cup in 1987 . He then had brief spells with Port Vale and Scunthorpe United , before ending his career with non-league Stafford Rangers . He went into coaching straight after his retirement as a player , and worked behind the scenes at a wide variety of clubs in the Football League . Playing career . Bury . Miller started his career with Scottish junior club Jeanfield Swifts , before turning professional with English club Bury in 1973 . The Shakers won promotion out of the Fourth Division in 1973–74 , with manager Bobby Smith playing Miller in fifteen league games . Nottingham Forest to Doncaster Rovers . Miller then moved on to Nottingham Forest of the Second Division , then led by Allan Brown . He failed to play a league game for Forest in 1974–75 , and instead moved on to Doncaster Rovers in a player exchange for Micky French in July 1978 , who were in the Fourth Division and managed by Stan Anderson . He provided many assists for strike duo Peter Kitchen and Brendan OCallaghan in the 1975–76 , also scoring nine goals himself , including a hat-trick in a 5–1 win over Newport County in November . He played a total of 139 games for Donny in league and cup competitions , scoring 15 goals , as the side posted mid-table finishes in 1976–77 and 1977–78 . He was voted onto the PFA Team of the Year for the fourth tier in all three of his seasons at Belle Vue as his accurate crosses provided a huge amount of goalscoring chances for Kitchen and OCallaghan , and later Andy Rowland and Alan Mayes . Swindon Town . He transferred to Third Division Swindon Town , in a move that reunited him with manager Bobby Smith . The Robins declined from fifth in 1978–79 to tenth in 1979–80 and then seventeenth in 1980–81 – just one point above the relegation zone . He played 159 games for Swindon in all competitions , scoring 14 goals . Blackburn Rovers . Miller then signed with Second Division Blackburn Rovers , then managed by Bobby Saxton , who authorised a £60,000 fee . He went on to become a popular player with the clubs fans . Rovers finished in the top-half of the table in 1981–82 , 1982–83 and 1983–84 , before missing out on promotion to the First Division by just one point in 1984–85 . However they then plummeted in 1985–86 , avoiding relegation by just three points . Saxton was replaced by Don Mackay halfway through the 1986–87 campaign . Rovers also won the Full Members Cup in 1987 , as they beat Charlton Athletic 1–0 in the Wembley final after Miller set up Colin Hendry for the only goal of the game . He then led them to a play-off finish in 1987–88 , though Rovers lost to Chelsea at the semi-final stage . They then reached the play-off final in 1988–89 , but lost out to Crystal Palace 4–3 over the course of two legs . Later career . Miller departed Ewood Park and joined Second Division Port Vale in June 1989 , as manager John Rudge needed cover for an injured Gary Ford . He began the 1989–90 season as a regular , but lost his place by December and was released in August 1990 , having played 24 games in all competitions , scoring once against Ipswich Town on New Years Day . He moved on to Mick Buxtons Scunthorpe United , and helped them to the Fourth Division play-offs , where they lost to Blackpool at the semi-final stage . Miller then ended his career with Stafford Rangers in the Conference . Style of play . Miller was a pacey right-winger with good dribbling and erratic crossing abilities , as well as a high defensive work rate . Coaching career . Miller remained active in the game after retiring as a player . He returned to Port Vale as the Community Programme leader in August 1991 and became the youth development officer in May 1992 . In November 1994 he left Vale Park to become the reserve team coach at Wolverhampton Wanderers . He later coached at Blackburn Rovers , Blackpool ( assisting Colin Hendry ) , Bury , Leicester City and Manchester City before joining the staff at Leeds United in 2008 . On 1 February 2012 , chairman Ken Bates sacked manager Simon Grayson , his assistant Glynn Snodin , and Miller . He followed Grayson on to Huddersfield Town the next month , and later went with him to Preston North End and Sunderland . He also joined Grayson at Blackpool in July 2019 , marking a return to Bloomfield Road after fourteen years . He left the club , along with Grayson , on 12 February 2020 . Statistics . Source : Honours . - Individual - PFA Fourth Division Team of the Year : 1975–76 , 1976–77 & 1977–78 - Bury - Football League Fourth Division promotion winner : 1973–74 - Blackburn Rovers - Full Members Cup winner : 1987