Jimmy MELIA | 1963-1966 | PES Stats Database (Golden Era Backup)

MELIA PES STATS | 1963-1966

electric_trigger Jimmy MELIA | 1963-1966 Club: Liverpool Number: Position: CM, AM Nationality: English Foot: L Side: L Length: 170 Weight: 70 Attack: 78 Defence: 63 Balance: 75 Stamina: 81 Top Speed: 78 Acceleration: 79 Response: 82 Agility: 84 Dribble Accuracy: 85 Dribble Speed: 78 Short Pass Accuracy: 86 Short Pass Speed: 78 Long Pass Accuracy: 86 Long Pass Speed: 78 Shot Accuracy: 73 Shot Power: 80 Shot Technique: 74 Free Kick Accuracy: 82 Curling: 80 Header: 75 Jump: 75 Technique: 82 Aggression: 78 Mentality: 84 Keeper Skills: 50 Team Work: 86 Injury Tolerance: B Condition/Fitness: 6 Weak Foot Accuracy: 6 Weak Foot frequency: 6 *Dribbling *Tactical Dribble *Passing *Playmaking Jimmy Melia (born Liverpool, Merseyside, England on 1 November 1937) was the balding condonctor in Bill shankly's 1st great Liverpool side feeding St.John, Hunt, Callaghan and Thompson with cunningly placed passes. He spent 10 seasons with Liverpool and later went onto manage Brighton in the 1983 FA Cup Final. Shankly liked Melia and used him as part of his plan for Liverpool to rule English football. The first attempt at promotion fell short again by eight points as Cardiff City finished second behind champions Aston Villa. The frustration continued in 1960–61 as, for a fifth straight time, Liverpool finished third, seven points adrift of winners Ipswich Town and six short of Sheffield United. Something had to change to break the third spot hoodoo, so Shankly went north of the border to buy Ian St John from Motherwell and Ron Yeats from Dundee United. These two along with the likes of Alan A'Court, Gerry Byrne, Gordon Milne, Ian Callaghan, Ronnie Moran, Roger Hunt and Melia, who was an ever-present, scoring thirteen goals, would help guide the club to the second Division title by a clear eight points over Leyton Orient. Melia flourished in the first Division and played thirty nine times as Liverpool finished a very respectable eighth place. Unfortunately for the red half of Merseyside Everton won the league and were seventeen points better. During this spell Jimmy caught the eye of England manager Alf Ramsey who gave him his debut on 6 April 1963 in the 2–1 British Championship loss at Wembley to Scotland. Melia's one and only goal came in his second and final appearance for his country, on 5 June 1963 at St. Jakob Park, Basel as England beat Switzerland 8–1. The next season Liverpool won the championship by four points from Manchester United. Melia, now aged 27, could add a championship medal to the second division title medal he already owned. By this time, however, he had joined Wolves, moving in the March, but had played enough games for Liverpool to get the medal. Wolverhampton Wanderers His stay in the Midlands was a short one. While he had a good run in the first team, this came to an abrupt end when manager Stan Cullis was sacked and replaced by Andy Beattie. Beattie decided that Melia was not the type of player he wanted and quickly offloaded him to Southampton. Southampton In December 1964, Melia was signed for a fee of £30000 by Southampton's manager Ted Bates ''who was keen to acquire his scheming visionary skills''. Melia was reluctant to move to the south coast, but when he was eventually persuaded, ''Saints' (then) record signing added finesse'' to the midfield. Although Saints missed out on promotion at the end of the 1964–65 season, Melia linked up well with Terry Paine and Martin Chivers in the following season, helping them to promotion from Division 2, finishing five points behind champions Manchester City. He remained an ever-present for Southampton in their first season in Division 1, as they narrowly hung on to their place in the top flight, with Melia's crosses helping Ron Davies and Martin Chivers score 37 and 14 goals respectively, adding four for himself, the best being a header in a 2–1 victory over Arsenal on 27 December 1966. He continued to make a valuable contribution to the team but lost his place to Mick Channon and in November 1968 he moved on to Aldershot for a £10000 fee and the player managers job. In his four years at The Dell he made a total of 152 appearances, scoring twelve goals Jimmy MELIA | 1963-1966 | PES Stats Database (Golden Era Backup)