Jim Melrose

Jim Melrose
Personal information
Full name James Millsopp Melrose[1]
Date of birth (1958-10-07) 7 October 1958 (age 66)
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.

  1. ^ "Jim Melrose". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  2. ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 118. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.