Kelvin Mellor

Kelvin Mellor (born 25 January 1991) is an English footballer who plays as a defender for League Two club Bradford City.

Kelvin Mellor
Personal information
Full name Kelvin Mellor[1]
Date of birth (1991-01-25) 25 January 1991
Place of birth Crewe, England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2]
Playing position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Bradford City
Number 2
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Nantwich Town 6 (0)
2008–2014 Crewe Alexandra 76 (2)
2009 → Nantwich Town (loan) 3 (0)
2010 → Newcastle Town (loan) 12 (4)
2010 → Stafford Rangers (loan) 7 (0)
2011 → Leek Town (loan) 5 (0)
2011 → ÍBV (loan) 11 (2)
2014–2016 Plymouth Argyle 78 (2)
2016–2018 Blackpool 73 (10)
2018– Bradford City 31 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:52, 3 October 2019 (UTC)

Early life

Mellor was born in Crewe in Cheshire.[3]

Career

Mellor started his career at Nantwich Town, before joining Crewe Alexandra in 2008.

After loan spells at Nantwich Town, Newcastle Town and Stafford Rangers, Mellor made his debut for the Alex on 27 November 2010, in the 2–1 win away at Morecambe at the Globe Arena. He came on as a second-half substitute for Byron Moore.

After several further loan spells away from Crewe at Leek Town and Icelandic team ÍBV, Mellor broke into the first team at Crewe towards the end of the 2011–12 season. He scored his first goal for the club in a 3–0 home win over Bristol Rovers.[4] He then played the full game as Crewe won promotion in the League Two play off final at Wembley with a 2–0 win over Cheltenham Town. He was offered a new contract at the end of the season.[5]

He signed a new two-year contract on 16 July 2012, despite interest from Championship side Derby County, who offered Mellor a three-year contract.[6] Mellor with his father and representatives held talks with Derby after he was initially offered a one-year contract at Crewe,[6] with an angry Derby manager Nigel Clough saying "It must be difficult for him going back to the dressing room after all the things he said to us. And then when everyone was starting back for pre-season he decided to go to Ibiza with his mates for five days."[6]

After leaving Crewe Alexandra in the summer of 2014 he signed for League Two side Plymouth Argyle on a two-year deal.[7] Mellor subsequently left Argyle in July 2016.

In 2016, he signed for Blackpool. He scored his first goal for Blackpool in a 4-2 EFL Cup win against Bolton Wanderers on 9 August 2016.[8]

On 31 July 2018, Kelvin Mellor signed for fellow League One side Bradford City on a two-year deal [9] On 26 May 2020 it was announced that he was one of 10 players who would leave Bradford City when their contract expired on 30 June 2020.[10]

Career statistics
As of match played 28 September 2019
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Crewe Alexandra 2010–11[11] League Two 1000000010
2011–12[12] 12110004[lower-alpha 1]0171
2012–13[13] League One 35010105[lower-alpha 2]0420
2013–14[14] 28120101[lower-alpha 2]0321
Crewe total 7624020100922
ÍBV (loan) 2011[15] Úrvalsdeild 10210——112
Plymouth Argyle 2014–15[16] League Two 37120103[lower-alpha 3]0431
2015–16[17] 41110106[lower-alpha 4]0491
Plymouth total 782302090922
Blackpool 2016–17[18] League Two 44451214[lower-alpha 1]1557
2017–18[19] League One 29610004[lower-alpha 5]1347
Blackpool total 73106121828914
Bradford City 2018–19[20] League One 201210000222
2019–20[21] League Two 111000000111
Bradford total 312210000333
Career total 258181626127231723
  1. One appearance in the Football League Trophy and three in the League Two play-offs
  2. Appearances in the Football League Trophy
  3. One appearance in the Football League Trophy and two in the League Two play-offs
  4. Three appearances in the Football League Trophy and three in the League Two play-offs
  5. Appearance in the EFL Trophy

Honours

Crewe Alexandra

  • Football League Two play-offs: 2012
  • Football League Trophy: 2012–13

Blackpool

Individual

References
  1. "Professional retain list & free transfers 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. 18 May 2013. p. 34. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  2. Barnes, Stuart (2016). Nationwide football annual : soccer's pocket encyclopedia 2016. York: Sportsbooks Ltd. p. 502. ISBN 978-1-907524-52-3. OCLC 950638023.
  3. "Mellor Knows About Promotion From This League". Crewe Alexandra F.C. 23 September 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  4. "Crewe Alexandra | Match | Match Report | 09 April 2012, Crewe 3 – 0 Bristol Rovers". Crewealex.net. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
  5. "BBC Sport – Crewe offer new deals to three young defenders". Bbc.co.uk. 4 June 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
  6. "BBC Sport – Kelvin Mellor rejects Derby County for new Crewe Alexandra deal". Bbc.co.uk. 16 July 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  7. "PAFC.co.uk – It's Mellor Time". pafc.co.uk. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  8. "Blackpool 4-2 Bolton". BBC Sport. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  9. "Kelvin Mellor signs two-year deal with Bantams". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  10. "TEN BANTAMS TO DEPART". www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk.
  11. "Games played by Kelvin Mellor in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  12. "Games played by Kelvin Mellor in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  13. "Games played by Kelvin Mellor in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  14. "Games played by Kelvin Mellor in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  15. "K. Mellor". scoresway.com. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  16. "Games played by Kelvin Mellor in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  17. "Games played by Kelvin Mellor in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  18. "Games played by Kelvin Mellor in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  19. "Games played by Kelvin Mellor in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  20. "Games played by Kelvin Mellor in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  21. "Games played by Kelvin Mellor in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  22. Law, James (28 May 2017). "Blackpool 2–1 Exeter City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  23. "PFA teams of the year: Chelsea and Tottenham dominate Premier League XI". BBC Sport. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
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