| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Melvyn Machin[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 16 April 1945 | ||
| Place of birth | Newcastle-under-Lyme, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Port Vale | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1962–1966 | Port Vale | 30 | (6) |
| 1966–1970 | Gillingham | 157 | (11) |
| 1970–1974 | AFC Bournemouth | 110 | (7) |
| 1974–1978 | Norwich City | 96 | (4) |
| 1977 | → Seattle Sounders (loan) | 19 | (0) |
| Total | 412 | (28) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1987–1989 | Manchester City | ||
| 1989–1993 | Barnsley | ||
| 1994–2000 | AFC Bournemouth | ||
| 2000–2002 | AFC Bournemouth (Director of football) | ||
| 2003 | Huddersfield Town (caretaker) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Melvyn Machin (born 16 April 1945) is an English former football player and manager.
A midfielder, he started his career at Port Vale in 1962 before he moved on to Gillingham four years later. He made his name at the club from 1966 to 1970 before he transferred to Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic for three years. In 1974, he signed with Norwich City, also playing on loan at American club Seattle Sounders, before he retired in 1978 – he was later voted into Norwich City's Hall of Fame in 2002.
Appointed manager of Manchester City in 1987, he won them promotion out of the Second Division in 1988–89, before he left to take up the reins at Barnsley. In September 1994, he was appointed manager at Bournemouth, where he would remain for the next six years, managing them to a Football League Trophy final in 1998. He later served Bournemouth as Director of football between 2000 and 2002 before briefly managing Huddersfield Town in 2003.