'Matthew Claude Mills (born July 14, 1986 in Swindon, England) is an English footballer, who had a spell on loan from Manchester City to Doncaster Rovers.The promising England Under-21 defender signed from Southampton on a three-and-a-half-year deal in January 2006. A tall, athletic and composed centre-back, Mills linked up again with City reserve boss Steve Wigley, who worked with the youngster during his spell in charge of Saints' Academy. Mills displayed his potential during a handful of Championship appearances for the south-coast club and he has also enjoyed loan spells at Bournemouth and Coventry City.On 26 January 2007, he joined Colchester United on loan[1] returning in April.On 17 August 2007, Matthew joined Doncaster Rovers on a six month loan deal, linking up with manager Sean O'Driscoll for a second time in his career.He had his loan spell cut short on the 21 November 2007 due to a knee injury and is back in Manchester receiving the necessary treatment.
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