A player from our history

Jimmy Melia

Born in Liverpool, Melia was a schoolboy international of exceptional promise and clearly destined from an early age to have a long and distinguished football career which he certainly did by playing in over 500 Football League games for five different clubs. Melia was born in the Scotland Road district of Liverpool and had five sisters and five brothers of which he was the only one to pursue a football career. He was chosen captain of the Liverpool Schools side and made the England Schoolboy team starring alongside Bobby Charlton and...

Born:
1 November 1937
Place of Birth:
Liverpool, England
Other Clubs:
Wolverhampton Wanderers (1964), Southampton (1964-68), Aldershot (1968-72), Crewe Alexandra (1972-73)
Signed from:
Local
Joined Liverpool:
Joined 1953 - Professional 01.11.1954
Contract Expiry:
09.03.1964
Debut:
17 Dec 1955
First goal:
17 Dec 1955
Last goal:
26 Oct 1963
Last appearance:
08 Feb 1964
Games/goals ratio:
3.62
Games/assists ratio:
4.54
Win ratio:
53.15% W:152 D:55 L:79
League: Apps / Goals / Assists:
268 / 77 / 60
All Competitions: Apps / Goals / Assists:
286 / 79 / 63
Honours:
Second Division 1961/62; League Championship 1963/64
International debut:
06.04.1963 vs. Scotland
International caps:
2/1 - 05.06.1963
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Season League FA LC Europe Other Total
Totals 268 18 0 0 0 286
1955-1956 4 0 0 0 0 4
1956-1957 26 1 0 0 0 27
1957-1958 34 2 0 0 0 36
1958-1959 39 1 0 0 0 40
1959-1960 34 2 0 0 0 36
1960-1961 26 1 0 0 0 27
1961-1962 42 5 0 0 0 47
1962-1963 39 5 0 0 0 44
1963-1964 24 1 0 0 0 25
Season League FA LC Europe Other Total
Totals 77 2 0 0 0 79
1955-1956 1 0 0 0 0 1
1956-1957 6 0 0 0 0 6
1957-1958 10 0 0 0 0 10
1958-1959 21 0 0 0 0 21
1959-1960 14 0 0 0 0 14
1960-1961 3 0 0 0 0 3
1961-1962 13 0 0 0 0 13
1962-1963 5 2 0 0 0 7
1963-1964 4 0 0 0 0 4

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