Club Career
Mills joined Derby County as a 14-year-old, turning professional at 18. In the early stages of his career he played at full back for Derby. Mills went on to appear in 64 first team games in league and cup for the Rams and during this time had loan spells at Milton Keynes Dons and Walsall. He joined Rotherham United during the summer of 2006, adding strength to the centre of defence.
Mills allegedly returned to training for the 2007–08 season three stone overweight and was loaned out to Crawley Town of the Conference National on 24 August 2007 to regain his fitness. His loan was extended until the end of October, and he scored one goal for Crawley mainly playing in the centre of midfield.
Mills returned to the Rotherham squad after his loan spell ended and signed a new two-year deal at Millmoor in May 2008. Mills was also appointed club captain by manager Mark Robins, for the 2008–09 campaign. In a match against Brentford on 9 March 2009, Mills was involved in a challenge with Nathan Elder which left Elder suffered a double fracture of the cheekbone and a fractured eye socket and was out for the rest of the season. Manager of Brentford Andy Scott was very unhappy with the challenge and wanted the FA to take action. Mills says he was sick after the challenge and insisted there was no malice in the challenge. But Mills will not be charged by the FA and has been cleared of any wrongdoing.
Mills was released by Rotherham after the League Two Play-off Final defeat at Wembley in May 2010. He re-signed for Crawley on 6 July. He was named Man of the Match in Crawley's FA Cup fifth round loss to Manchester United at Old Trafford, on 19 February 2011. He was named in the Conference Team of the Year for the 2010–11 season after Crawley won the title and were promoted to League Two.
Mills was released by Crawley on 8 May 2012. Mills described his release as 'amicable' and wished the club well for the future. Mills was linked with his former club Rotherham United.
In July 2012, Mills was linked with French Ligue 2 side Boulogne after the club invited Mills for negotiations. However, Mills rejected a chance to move to France after deciding to stay in the UK for family reasons. In August 2012, Mills joined conference side Macclesfield Town.
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