Jim Melrose
| Jim Melrose |
 James Millsopp Melrose was born on Tuesday, 7th October, 1958, in Glasgow. The 5' 8Β½ (9st 0lbs) forward signed for Bertie Auld's Thistle on Tuesday, 8th July, 1975, having most recently been with Eastercraigs. Aged 16, he made his debut appearance on Wednesday, 30th July, 1975, in a 4-0 friendly win away to Ross County. Jim scored his first goal for Thistle on Saturday, 13th March, 1976, in a 5-0 win at home to Meadowbank Thistle in the Spring Cup. He scored the last of his 65 goals on Wednesday, 7th May, 1980, in a 1-1 draw at home to Aberdeen in the SFL Premier Division. That turned out to be his last game for the club, having clocked up 188 appearances as a Jag. Jim's club-list included Eastercraigs, Partick Thistle, Leicester City, Coventry City, Celtic, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Manchester City, Charlton Athletic, Leeds United, Shrewsbury Town, Macclesfield Town, Curzon Ashton and Halesowen Harriers. |
| compiled from our All Games criteria. |
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| 17y, 5m, 6d | |
13.03.1976 Meadowbank Thistle [h] W5-0 (Spring Cup Section 3 - game 2) |
| 17y, 5m, 13d | |
20.03.1976 St Mirren [a] W2-1 (Spring Cup Section 3 - game 3) |
| 17y, 9m, 27d | |
03.08.1976 Manchester City [n] L1-4 (Tennent Caledonian Cup 3rd Place Play-Off) |
| 17y, 10m, 18d | |
25.08.1976 Heart of Midlothian [a] D3-3 (League Cup Section 1 - game 4) |
| 17y, 11m, 11d | |
18.09.1976 Motherwell [h] W2-0 (SFL Premier Division - game 3) |
| 18y, 3m, 5d | |
12.01.1977 Aberdeen [a] D1-1 (SFL Premier Division - game 17) |
| 18y, 3m, 29d | |
05.02.1977 Aberdeen [h] W2-1 (SFL Premier Division - game 18) |
| 18y, 5m, 8d | |
15.03.1977 Rangers [h] W4-3 (SFL Premier Division - game 26) |
| 18y, 6m, 13d | |
20.04.1977 Kilmarnock [a] W3-1 (SFL Premier Division - game 34) |
| 18y, 6m, 23d | |
30.04.1977 Hibernian [h] W1-0 (SFL Premier Division - game 36) |
| 18y, 9m, 27d | |
03.08.1977 Caledonian [a] W6-1 (Friendly) |
| 18y, 10m, 1d | |
08.08.1977 Clydebank [h] W3-0 (Anglo-Scottish Cup Preliminary Round, 1st leg) |
| 18y, 10m, 3d | |
10.08.1977 Clydebank [a] D1-1 (Anglo-Scottish Cup Preliminary Round, 2nd leg) agg: W4-1 |
| 18y, 11m, 3d | |
10.09.1977 Clydebank [a] W4-0 (SFL Premier Division - game 4) |
| 18y, 11m, 6d | |
13.09.1977 Bristol City [h] W2-0 (Anglo-Scottish Cup Quarter Final, 1st leg) |
| 19y, 0m, 8d | |
15.10.1977 Dundee United [h] W2-1 (SFL Premier Division - game 9) |
| 19y, 0m, 29d | |
05.11.1977 Rangers [a] D3-3 (SFL Premier Division - game 12) |
| 19y, 5m, 0d | |
07.03.1978 Hibernian [h] W2-1 (Scottish Cup 4th Round replay) |
| 19y, 6m, 5d | |
12.04.1978 Aberdeen [n] L2-4 (Scottish Cup Semi Final) |
| 19y, 6m, 19d | |
26.04.1978 St Mirren [h] W5-0 (SFL Premier Division - game 35) |
| 19y, 9m, 26d | |
02.08.1978 Lossiemouth [a] W3-0 (Friendly) |
| 19y, 9m, 28d | |
04.08.1978 Buckie Thistle [a] W3-1 (Friendly) |
| 19y, 10m, 9d | |
16.08.1978 Heart of Midlothian [h] W2-1 (Anglo-Scottish Cup Preliminary Round, 1st leg) |
| 19y, 11m, 2d | |
09.09.1978 Heart of Midlothian [h] W3-2 (SFL Premier Division - game 4) |
| 19y, 11m, 6d | |
13.09.1978 Mansfield Town [h] W1-0 (Anglo-Scottish Cup Quarter Final, 1st leg) |
| 19y, 11m, 16d | |
23.09.1978 Celtic [h] L2-3 (SFL Premier Division - game 6) |
| 19y, 11m, 26d | |
03.10.1978 Mansfield Town [a] L2-3 (Anglo-Scottish Cup Quarter Final, 2nd leg) aet; agg: 3-3; L1-3 pens |
| 20y, 1m, 11d | |
18.11.1978 St Mirren [h] W2-1 (SFL Premier Division - game 14) |
| 20y, 4m, 3d | |
10.02.1979 Girvan Amateurs [a] W6-0 (Friendly) |
| 20y, 4m, 12d | |
19.02.1979 Stirling Albion [a] W2-0 (Scottish Cup 3rd Round) |
| 20y, 4m, 26d | |
05.03.1979 Queen's Park [a] W3-0 (Glasgow Cup Quarter Final) |
| 20y, 5m, 17d | |
24.03.1979 Rangers [a] L*3-3 (Glasgow Cup Semi Final) * L3-4 pens |
| 20y, 5m, 21d | |
28.03.1979 Dundee United [h] L1-2 (SFL Premier Division - game 24) |
| 20y, 5m, 24d | |
31.03.1979 St Mirren [h] W3-1 (SFL Premier Division - game 25) |
| 20y, 6m, 18d | |
25.04.1979 Hibernian [h] W6-1 (SFL Premier Division - game 30) |
| 20y, 6m, 28d | |
05.05.1979 Heart of Midlothian [h] W2-0 (SFL Premier Division - game 33) |
| 20y, 9m, 12d | |
19.07.1979 Scotia Olympics [a] W6-0 (Gathering of the Clans Tournament - game 1) |
| 20y, 9m, 14d | |
21.07.1979 Metro Selects [a] W4-0 (Gathering of the Clans Tournament - game 2) |
| 20y, 9m, 15d | |
22.07.1979 Canada National Students [a] W2-0 (Gathering of the Clans Tournament - game 3) |
| 20y, 9m, 25d | |
01.08.1979 Dunfermline Athletic [h] D1-1 (Anglo-Scottish Cup Preliminary Round, 1st leg) |
| 20y, 10m, 18d | |
25.08.1979 Rangers [h] W2-1 (SFL Premier Division - game 3) |
| 20y, 10m, 22d | |
29.08.1979 Albion Rovers [h] D2-2 (League Cup 2nd Round, 1st leg) |
| 20y, 11m, 22d | |
29.09.1979 Hibernian [h] W2-1 (SFL Premier Division - game 7) |
| 21y, 1m, 17d | |
24.11.1979 Raith Rovers [h] W2-0 (Friendly) |
| 21y, 2m, 22d | |
29.12.1979 Morton [a] W3-1 (SFL Premier Division - game 18) |
| 21y, 4m, 2d | |
09.02.1980 Celtic [h] D1-1 (SFL Premier Division - game 21) |
| 21y, 4m, 9d | |
16.02.1980 Queen of the South [a] W3-1 (Scottish Cup 4th Round) |
| 21y, 4m, 23d | |
01.03.1980 Aberdeen [a] D1-1 (SFL Premier Division - game 23) |
| 21y, 6m, 6d | |
13.04.1980 Dundee [h] W3-0 (SFL Premier Division - game 30) |
| 21y, 6m, 19d | |
26.04.1980 Celtic [a] L1-2 (SFL Premier Division - game 33) |
| 21y, 7m, 0d | |
07.05.1980 Aberdeen [h] D1-1 (SFL Premier Division - game 36) |
