Matt and Joseph Mills: ‘Our parents can drive to the same ground now’ | Ben Fisher

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Brothers Matt and Joseph Mills have had long careers. This season – for the first time – they are on the same side at Forest Green Rovers, who meet Bournemouth in the Carabao Cup

As kids, with toy cars for goalposts and a washing line that doubled up as a makeshift crossbar, Matt and Joseph Mills duelled with their elder brothers Jonathan and Jamie in the back garden of the family home in west Swindon. These days, things have come somewhat full circle, with the pair back on the same team at Forest Green Rovers. They shared a room growing up and lived together when their paths crossed in the north-west a few years ago but until the start of this month, they had never played together professionally.

“We grew up playing two v two,” says Joseph, 29, the club captain, sitting alongside Matt, 33, a player-coach, fresh from devouring a vegan – in line with the League Two club’s sustainable ethos – red Thai curry. “We always had a close bond. We room together now on away trips and it feels like we have gone back in time. When I’m speaking to family or my other brothers and they’ll be like: ‘Who are you with?’ And I’ll just flip my camera [around] and be like: ‘This guy again.’ It just feels familiar rolling back the years. It’s nice.”

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from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/aug/27/matt-joseph-mills-forest-green-rovers-interview-bournemouth-carabao-cup

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