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Steve Melledew
Personal information
Full name Stephen Thomas Melledew[1]
Date of birth (1945-11-28) 28 November 1945 (age 78)
Place of birth Rochdale, England
Position(s) Forward, midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1966 Whipp & Bourne
1966–1969 Rochdale 97 (23)
1969–1971 Everton 0 (0)
1971–1973 Aldershot 92 (27)
1973–1974 Bury 20 (2)
1974–1976 Crewe Alexandra 56 (2)
1975 → Boston Minutemen (loan) 22 (6)
Hillingdon Borough
Managerial career
0000–2002 Thatcham Town (youth team)
2002–2004 Thatcham Town
0000–2009 Newbury
Abingdon United
2011–2012 Newbury
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stephen Thomas Melledew (born 28 November 1945) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a forward and midfielder in the Football League, most notably for Rochdale and Aldershot.[1][2] After his retirement as a player, he became a manager and coach in non-League football.[3][4][5][6][7]

Personal life

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Melledew's son Thomas also became a footballer and played under his father's management in non-League football.[8]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Rochdale 1966–67[9] Fourth Division 23 1 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 24 1
1967–68[9] 38 7 1 0 1 0 5[b] 1 45 8
1968–69[9] 31 12 2 0 1 1 2[a] 0 36 13
1969–70[9] Third Division 5 3 — 1 0 — 6 4
97 23 3 0 3 1 8 1 111 25
Boston Minutemen (loan) 1975[10] North American Soccer League 22 6 — — — 22 6
Career total 119 29 3 0 3 1 8 1 133 31
  1. ^ a b Appearances in Lancashire Senior Cup
  2. ^ 3 appearances in Lancashire Senior Cup, 2 appearances and 1 goal in Northern Floodlit Cup

Honours

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Rochdale

Aldershot

  • Football League Fourth Division fourth-place promotion: 1972–73[12]

Bury

  • Football League Fourth Division fourth-place promotion: 1973–74[13]

Individual

References

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  1. ^ a b "Steve Melledew". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  2. ^ Steve Melledew at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
  3. ^ "Jewson Wessex League: Sacked Baker left stunned by Town's 'committee decision'". Daily Echo. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Goddard set for AFC Totton post". Daily Echo. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Melledew Steps Down at Newbury". Pitchero Non-League. 16 August 2012. Archived from the original on 25 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  6. ^ "English Non League Football News | July 2011". Uhlsport Hellenic Football League. Archived from the original on 25 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  7. ^ "The First team travel to Abingdon United on Tuesday night. – News". Hungerford Town Football Club. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  8. ^ "Sydenhams Wessex League: Strugglers hammer Magpies' title hope". Daily Echo. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  9. ^ a b c d Phillips, Steven (2001). Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001. Yore Publications. ISBN 1874427097.
  10. ^ "Stephen Melledew". NASL Jerseys. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  11. ^ Struthers, Greg (9 October 2005). "Caught in Time: Rochdale win their only promotion, 1969". The Sunday Times. ISSN 0956-1382. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  12. ^ Houldsworth, A; Harris, J. "Steve Melledew to be club guest for Crewe game". Aldershot Town Football Club. Archived from the original on 25 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  13. ^ "Where Are They Now? Bury 1973–74 Division Four promotion winners". The League Paper. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  14. ^ "Shots Players". www.mselliott.plus.com. Retrieved 29 April 2019.


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