Jim Melrose
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Millsopp Melrose[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 7 October 1958 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Eastercraigs | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1975–1980 | Partick Thistle | 122 | (31) |
| 1980–1982 | Leicester City | 72 | (21) |
| 1982–1983 | Coventry City | 24 | (8) |
| 1983–1984 | Celtic | 30 | (7) |
| 1984 | → Wolves (loan) | 7 | (2) |
| 1984–1985 | Manchester City | 34 | (8) |
| 1985–1987 | Charlton Athletic | 48 | (19) |
| 1987 | Leeds United | 4 | (0) |
| 1987–1990 | Shrewsbury Town | 49 | (3) |
| 1990 | Macclesfield Town | 6 | (0) |
| Total | 405 | (99) | |
| International career | |||
| 1977–1980 | Scotland U21 | 8 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
James Millsopp Melrose (born 7 October 1958) is a Scottish retired professional footballer who played as a striker. Melrose made nearly 400 appearances in the Scottish and English Football Leagues between 1975 and 1990, scoring nearly 100 goals.
Playing career
[edit]Born in Glasgow, Melrose played for Eastercraigs, Partick Thistle, Leicester City, Coventry City, Celtic, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Manchester City, Charlton Athletic, Leeds United, Shrewsbury Town and Macclesfield Town.[3] He made eight appearances for the Scotland under-21 team, scoring two goals.[4]
Melrose joined Partick Thistle at the age of 12 as a schoolboy and made his debut for at the age of 16.[5]
He joined Leicester City in 1980 and was a regular at Filbert Street until an injury at Leyton Orient.[6][7]
After two seasons he moved to Coventry City, later playing for Celtic, Wolves and Manchester City. At Manchester City he helped the team to promotion during the 1984–85 season, but was released at the end of the season.[8]
Melrose moved to Charlton Athletic, where he holds the record for scoring their fastest ever goal.[9][10]
Later career
[edit]After hanging up his boots, Melrose stayed within football and worked as a player agent, helping facilitate moves for Steve Lomas to West Ham United, Paul Lambert to Borussia Dortmund and Neil Lennon to Leicester City.[8]
On 12 June 2009, it was announced that a consortium headed by Melrose was interested in buying Stockport County.[11]
As of December 2014, Melrose was working as the Chief Scout for Bolton Wanderers.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "Jim Melrose". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 118. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
- ^ "Profile". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- ^ "Jim Melrose". fitbastats.com. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
- ^ "Jim Melrose - The Thistle Archive". www.thethistlearchive.net. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ "Former Player Remembers: Jim Melrose". www.lcfc.com. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ Development, PodBean. "Jim Melrose - 'The Loan Ranger' | The Wolf Whistle Podcast". wolfwhistle.podbean.com. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ a b Development, PodBean. "Search : Melrose | The Wolf Whistle Podcast". wolfwhistle.podbean.com. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ @CAFCofficial (25 October 2017). "Jim Melrose wrote his name into the history books 31 years ago today by scoring our fastest ever goal 🙌 #cafc" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Jim Melrose, 9 second goal for Charlton Athletic. 25/10/86. Retrieved 16 April 2024 – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ "Deal agreed for Stockport buy-out". BBC Sport. 12 June 2009. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- ^ "Jim Melrose signs for the association". CCFPA. 2 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
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- Macclesfield Town F.C. players
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