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Jim Melrose

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For me a Charlton legend, scored a hattrick in my first ever match. Scored that mad goal against West Ham. His goals helped keep us up in the 80s and took us to our first Wembley final in about 40 years.

Did you know his grandfather played for Scotland?
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  • SheffieldRedSheffieldRed

    Who was his grandfather?
  • ShootersHillGuruShootersHillGuru
    Proper striker
  • SwisdomSwisdom
    Rudders22 said:
    Was the hat trick versus Everton at Selhurst Park? 
    It was.  Sheedy got a brace for them.  Cracking game
  • Rudders22Rudders22
    I was at that game..... I was allowed to stand right by the advertising boards (being very small) and thanks to to a copper going past me at that precise moment I missed his 3rd goal but heard the roar. ...... Those eyes.
  • SporadicAddickSporadicAddick
    Remember a great goal at The Dell - the ball sat up and he struck it superbly.
  • ElfsborgAddickElfsborgAddick
    Think he ended up as an agent.
  • Todds_right_hookTodds_right_hook
    SheffieldRed said:

    Who was his grandfather?
    His nans husband 
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  • LargeAddickLargeAddick
    This thread is just up @jimmymelrose’s street ...
  • DaarrzzetbumDaarrzzetbum
    Remember that Hat Trick well, the game Steve Thompson got an elbow with a resulting huge black eye from Graham Sharp early doors, Sharp hid for the rest of the game. 

    Wasn’t  Melrose diagnosed as having grass cuttings related Asthma when he played for us?
  • jimmymelrosejimmymelrose
    LargeAddick said:
    This thread is just up @jimmymelrose’s street ...
    No, I prefer to stay out of the limelight.
    It is nice to get so much appreciation though, and it's good to have something to read whilst in the waiting room to see my psychologist about my dissociative identity disorder.
  • Cafc43v3rCafc43v3r
    PopIcon said:
    For me a Charlton legend, scored a hattrick in my first ever match. Scored that mad goal against West Ham. His goals helped keep us up in the 80s and took us to our first Wembley final in about 40 years.

    Did you know his grandfather played for Scotland?
    It was my 1st game as well :-) 
  • jimmymelrosejimmymelrose
    I was also a famous Australian aviator.
  • mascot88mascot88
    Loved Jim... my first proper Charlton hero ... 
  • Richard JRichard J
    He never played at the Valley for Charlton although I think he featured for Manchester City against us in 1984. 
  • sillav nitramsillav nitram
    Great player
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    SheffieldRed said:

    Who was his grandfather?
    I'm not sure, but he told me this himself. I'll try and find out, great bloke.
  • SimonsenSimonsen
    Richard J said:
    He never played at the Valley for Charlton although I think he featured for Manchester City against us in 1984. 
    He may have also played for Wolves in the 3-3 in 1983? 
  • Athletico CharltonAthletico Charlton
    Rudders22 said:
    I was at that game..... I was allowed to stand right by the advertising boards (being very small) and thanks to to a copper going past me at that precise moment I missed his 3rd goal but heard the roar. ...... Those eyes.
    I was there, 10 years old but watching the video clip it all came back to me.
  • LordflashheartLordflashheart
    Scored our fastest ever goal at Upton Park I recall - good player - I felt he underachieved and could have done more in his career though
  • EveshamAddickEveshamAddick
    I was at that one. Great to see that footage.
  • SimonsenSimonsen
    Melrose scored a great header against us for Man City in 85. He really could score all sorts of different goals including quite a few long range efforts (Man City, Everton away, Southampton away). 
  • SimonsenSimonsen
    Richard J said:
    He never played at the Valley for Charlton although I think he featured for Manchester City against us in 1984. 
    Yes, scored the 3rd goal when they beat us 3-1. 
  • 19051905
    Rudders22 said:
    I was at that game..... I was allowed to stand right by the advertising boards (being very small) and thanks to to a copper going past me at that precise moment I missed his 3rd goal but heard the roar. ...... Those eyes.
    I got thrown out of the game when Melrose got his third.  Apparently I over celebrated the goal - jumping forward instead of up and down.  I have seen and experienced some shit policing at football, but 30 years on I still don't understand what was going through that particular Plods head on that day.  
  • LargeAddickLargeAddick
    days like that made the eight hour journey back home to Bexley a lot more bearable ….
  • Todds_right_hookTodds_right_hook
    It was my second or third game.  Was this before or after a 3-1 home defeat to Southampton.

    my dad never paid for me to go to the games at that dump. He told the turnstile operator that my mum was ill and can he lift me over.

    everton were champions at the time? And drew a larger than normal crowd which meant I had to sit on my dads lap. He jumped up when the third went in and I ended up three rows in front.
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