James Melia was born on 1 November 1937 and is an English former footballer who spent most of his career playing for Liverpool and went on to become a manager.
15 Facts About Jimmy Melia
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Jimmy Melia joined the Reds straight from St Anthony's School as a 15-year-old, when manager Don Welsh saw the potential in the young schoolboy international's feet.
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Jimmy Melia signed professional forms on his 17th birthday, 1 November 1954.
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Jimmy Melia followed this up with a 36 match season scoring 10 goals.
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Jimmy Melia did well in the first Division and played thirty nine times as Liverpool finished in eighth place.
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Jimmy Melia's stay in the Midlands was a short one.
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Beattie decided that Jimmy Melia was not the type of player he wanted and quickly offloaded him to Southampton.
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Jimmy Melia was reluctant to move to the south coast, but when he was eventually persuaded, "Saints' record signing added finesse" to the midfield.
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Jimmy Melia joined Aldershot as player-coach in November 1968, taking the management position in April 1969.
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Jimmy Melia moved on from Aldershot in February 1972 to take up a similar role at Crewe Alexandra; after retiring as a player in May 1972, he took on the managerial role at Gresty Road full-time.
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The run took Melia back to his old stomping ground of Anfield where a goal from another ex-Liverpool player Jimmy Case won the game.
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Jimmy Melia, who had only been appointed as an interim manager, resigned his post on 19 October 1983, reportedly due to his disdain at backroom meddling by first-team coach Chris Cattlin.
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Jimmy Melia went on to spells in charge of Southport, Portuguese side Belenenses and Stockport County.
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In 1989 Jimmy Melia had a stint in youth training when he travelled to Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates where he set up an academy.
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Jimmy Melia had gone to America to coach in the 1970s, as an assistant to Laurie Callaway with the Southern California Lazers in 1978 and head coach of the Cleveland Cobras in 1979.