Andrew is a 25 year old keeper originally from Liverpool, England. He grew up in the Liverpool Academy before moving to play at Macclesfield Town, where he signed his first pro contract. Unfortunately, he was released from Macclesfield when his 18 month contract ran out. After that at 18, he thought it was his time to hang up his boots. Eventually he found out about an opportunity in Sweden through the League Football Education program in Sweden. 3 weeks after being released from Macclesfield, he was on a plane to Sweden. He signed a contract in the sixth tier of Swedish football to get the love back for the game. After 3 months with the team, he made a move to Friska Viljor in the fifth tier of Sweden. After helping them to promotion, he made a move to the fourth tier club IFK Östersund. Luckily enough for him, he got an opportunity with the premier league team in the same city (Östersunds FK) to join them for a 1 month loan after one of their keepers’ got injured. He was then named on the bench for several of Östersunds’ Europa League qualifying matches (against clubs like Galatasaray & Arsenal). After impressing on his loan spell, Andrew secures a permanent deal with the club. He went front training 2-3 times per week to being back to full-time. As you will clearly here in the podcast, Andrew talks several times about being ready for the opportunity when it comes, and no matter what League you are in, you need to be training and have the mindset like you are in the first League. As he clearly states, football is a 24/7 job and you can not expect to make big moves if you don’t treat it as such. If you want to get in touch with Andrew; shoot him a message on Instagram @andrewmills2.
Day in the Life of a Pro Goalkeeper in Sweden-Andrew Mills- Ep.36
