Jim Melrose

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.

Jim Melrose
Personal information
Full name James Millsopp Melrose[1]
Date of birth (1958-10-07) 7 October 1958
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
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

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
  1. "Jim Melrose". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  2. "Profile". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  3. "Jim Melrose". fitbastats.com. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  4. @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.
  5. "Deal agreed for Stockport buy-out". BBC Sport. 12 June 2009. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  6. "Jim Melrose signs for the association". CCFPA. 2 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.


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