Miles Addison

Miles Vivien Esifi Addison (born 7 January 1989) is an English footballer who plays for side Stratford Town, where he plays as a defender.

Though born in London, Addison moved to Nottingham at the age of three, where he was spotted by scouts from the Derby County youth system when he was playing for Clifton All Whites FC.

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 2006, 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 five 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 Rovers in the penultimate game of the 2007–08 Premier League season.

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 League Cup win at Preston North End on 26 August 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.

Addison was denied his first goal for the club in the controversial East Midlands derby on 2 November 2008 when Stuart Attwell incorrectly ruled two late Addison headers which would have given Derby a 2–1 win, with the match instead finishing 1–1.

but eventually got his first professional goal with the second in a 3–0 home win over Sheffield Wednesday on 15 November 2008.

On 20 December 2008, he captained the side for the whole game against Watford, as the result ended in a 1–0 win.

Addison said "it was a dream to captain the side who I support".

Addison was substituted during Derby's 4–1 win over Blackpool, 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.

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.

Addison had a great start to the 2009–10 season with goals against Peterborough United and Plymouth Argyle, but a succession of foot problems restricted him to just five starts between October 2009 and February 2010 and he underwent specialist surgery in America.

The surgery was successful but he was ruled out for the remainder of Derby's 2009–10 season as well as the entirety of the 2010–11 campaign.

He was pencilled in to play a reserve game against Sheffield Wednesday on 26 October 2010, but was later withdrawn as a precaution after admitting he felt "a bit stiff".

He eventually took to the pitch in a competitive capacity when he came on as an 81st-minute substitute in a 2–0 home win over Portsmouth on 6 November 2010, his first appearance in 10 months, as Derby reached 4th in the table.

However, he suffered another injury after an operation on his foot and was sidelined for six weeks.

Addison's form earned high praise from Jewell as an example to the club's other academy players and saw him sign a new three-and-a-half-year deal with the club on 2 September to keep him at the club until 2011.

November saw Addison linked with a £2 million move to Premier League Stoke.

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".

However, Addison made a quicker than expected recovery, with Clough suggesting he may be back in first team action as early as January 2011.

Then, on 1 January 2011, he returned to the first team, where he came on as a late substitute, in a 2–1 win over Preston North End.

He then scored his first goal of the season on 10 January 2011, in a 2–1 loss against Crawley Town in the third round of the FA Cup.

On 21 June 2011, Addison signed a contract extension, extending his stay at Pride Park until summer 2013.

On 24 June 2011, Addison joined fellow Championship club, Barnsley on six-month loan deal.

He made his Barnsley debut, where he started the whole game, in a 0–0 draw against Nottingham Forest in the opening game of the season.

However, he found himself behind the pecking order in the first team throughout his time at the club.

Despite this, Addison's loan was extended until 28 January 2012.

Addison returned to Derby in January 2012 after making 13 appearances for Barnsley, 11 of which were starts.

After his loan spell finish at Barnsley, Addison found first-team appearances hard to come by at Pride Park due to the form of central defenders Shaun Barker and Jason Shackell.

On 21 February 2012, Addison joined Football League One side AFC Bournemouth on loan until the end of the season.

Following his loan move to Bournemouth, Addison hinted that he would be open to a permanent move and said his calling his treatment by Derby as "strange".

On 25 February 2012, Addison made his first start, where he played 90 minutes for Bournemouth in a 1–0 loss against MK Dons.

On 10 March 2012, Addison scored an own goal to put Sheffield Wednesday, in a 3–0 loss against Sheffield Wednesday.

In a follow-up match against Carlisle United on 17 March 2012, Addison scored his first goal for Bournemouth in the 83rd minute in a 1–1 draw to end a run of five defeats for Bournemouth.

On 13 April 2012, Addison expressed an interest to make his move to Bournemouth permanent.

Addison featured 14 times for Bournemouth, who ended the season 11th as their play-off hopes faded in April.

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 two defeats in 13 matches and moved from the bottom of the table to the fringes of the playoff places.