Miles Addison
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| Miles Addison | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Miles Vivien Esifi Addison | |
| Date of birth | January 7, 1989 | |
| Place of birth | Newham, England | |
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | |
| Playing position | Defender/Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Derby County | |
| Number | 24 | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2005– | Derby County | 31 (1) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Miles Vivien Esifi Addison (born 7 January 1989 in Newham, England) is an English footballer, playing for Derby County in the Coca Cola Championship. He can play as both a central defender or a central midfielder. [1]
[edit] Career
Though born in London, Addison moved to Nottingham at the age of 3[1], where he was spotted by Derby.
Addison was handed his first team debut by interim manager Terry Westley, who he had worked closely with in the youth and reserve teams, towards the end of the 2005–06 season, in the 1-1 Championship draw with Hull City on 17 April 2007[1], where he played in the centreback position alongside side another academy graduate Lewin Nyatanga. He kept his place for the following match, a 2-0 defeat away to Ipswich 5 days later.
With the appointment of Billy Davies as Derby manager, Addison found himself frozen out of the first team at Derby and didn't appear in the starting eleven again until Davies' successor, Paul Jewell, gave him a surprise start, again at centreback, in a 3-1 defeat away to Blackburn in the penultimate game of the 2007–08 Premier League season.[1]
Derby's poor start to the 2008-09 season saw Addison given a chance to cement a place in the first team and he was given his first start of the campaign in the 1-0 Carling Cup win at Preston on August 26, 2008. Starting in his preferred position of central midfield for the first time, Addison impressed enough to retain his place for the subsequent match away to Barnsley. This was the start of a run of 15 consecutive appearances in the first team, which was only ended when suspension for reaching five yellow cards ruled him out of the League Cup 4th round tie against Leeds United. Addison formed a formidable midfield partnership with Paul Green during this time as the Rams embarked on a run of only 2 defeats in 13 matches and moved from the bottom of the table to the fringes of the playoff places. Addison's form earned high praise from Jewell as an example to the club's other academy players[2] and saw him sign a new three-and-a-half year deal with the club on September 2 to keep him at the club until 2011.[3]
November saw Addison linked with a £2 Million move to Premier League Stoke[4]. However, Jewell denied this, saying "I spoke to Tony (Pulis, Stoke manager) about another matter and he never mentioned it. We are not going to sell Miles Addison. He won't be getting sold. Everybody has their price I guess, but we have worked too hard over the past year and gone through too many tortures to now start selling our best players".[5]
Addison was denied his first goal for the club in the controversial East Midlands derby on November 2, 2008 when Stuart Attwell incorrectly [6] ruled two late Addison headers which would have given Derby a 2-1 win, with the match instead finishing 1-1.[7] but eventually got his first professional goal with the second in a 3-0 home win over Sheffield Wednesday on November 15, 2008.[8]. On the 20th of December 2008 he captained the winning side against Watford. Miles said "it was a dream to captain the side who I support". Addison also scored a goal against manchester united on the 15th of february 2009, the only goal that derby scored during the game. Addison was substituted during Derby's 4-1 win over Blackpool F.C., an injury which was later diagnosed to be a stress fracture of his foot, which ruled him out for the rest of the 2008-09 season. [9] Despite missing the latter part of the campaign Addison's form was such that he won the Sammy Crooks Trophy - Derby County's Young Player of the Season award - for the 2008/09 season.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d "Addison: I feared I'd missed my chance with the Rams". dcfc.co.uk. http://therams.co.uk/stories/addison-i-feared-id-miss-my-chance-with-the-rams. Retrieved on September 2 2008.
- ^ "Jewell pleased with Addison effort". bbc.co.uk. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/derby_county/7596066.stm. Retrieved on September 3 2008.
- ^ "Addison signs new deal with Rams". bbc.co.uk. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/derby_county/7593285.stm. Retrieved on September 2 2008.
- ^ "Wednesday's gossip column". bbc.co.uk. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/gossip_and_transfers/7710088.stm. Retrieved on November 5 2008.
- ^ "Jewell: Addison won't be sold". Skysports.co.uk. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_4469038,00.html. Retrieved on November 8 2008.
- ^ "Jewell: Referees rang to say late Miles goals was OK". bbc.co.uk. http://therams.co.uk/stories/jewell-referees-official-rang-to-say-late-miles-goal-was-ok. Retrieved on November 11 2008.
- ^ "Rams were robbed of win: Jewell". bbc.co.uk. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/derby_county/7705741.stm. Retrieved on November 3 2008.
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/7711448.stm
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/derby_county/7922879.stm
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