Jim Melrose
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Millsopp Melrose[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 7 October 1958 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Bolton Wanderers (Chief Scout) | ||
| 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) | |
| National team | |||
| 1977–1980 | Scotland U21 | 8 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
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[]
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.[2] He made eight appearances for the Scotland under-21 team, scoring two goals.[3]
He holds Charlton Athletic's record for their fastest ever goal.[4]
Later career[]
On 12 June 2009, it was announced that a consortium headed by Melrose was interested in buying Stockport County.[5]
As of December 2014, Melrose was working as the Chief Scout for Bolton Wanderers.[6]
References[]
- ^ "Jim Melrose". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ @CAFCofficial (25 October 2017). "Jim Melrose wrote his name into the history books 31 years ago today by scoring our fastest ever goal