Mel Sutton

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Personal information
Mel Sutton
Full name	Melvyn Charles Sutton
Date of birth	February 13, 1946 (1946-02-13) (age 62)
Place of birth	Birmingham, England
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Retired
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1967-1972 1972-1981 1981-1982	Cardiff City Wrexham Crewe Alexandra	138 0(5) 360 (21) 013 0(1)
Teams managed
1981-1982	Wrexham
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Melvyn Charles "Mel" Sutton (born 13 February 1946 in Birmingham) is a former English professional footballer.

[edit] Career

Sutton was an amateur on the books of Aston Villa when Jimmy Scoular brought him to Cardiff City in December 1967. He was made to wait until the 1968-69 season before making his debut, during a 1-0 defeat against Charlton Athletic in August and he went on to miss very few matches over the following years at Ninian Park. He was allowed to leave Cardiff in 1972 to join Wrexham in £15,000, a record fee for the club at the time.^[1]

He made his debut for Wrexham against Southend United, where he scored the only goal of the game. He went on to become one of the clubs all-time greats during a spell of nine years. He took over the role of assistant manager to Arfon Griffiths while still playing in the side and, following Grifiiths departure, he took over as manager but was unable to stop the side being relegated and was released. He joined up with Griffiths again in 1982, this time at Crewe Alexandra where he retired after a short time at the club.

[edit] References

Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-8598-3462-0.

^ "Mel Sutton" Wrexhamdragons.co.uk Retrieved on 7 April 2008

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