Steve Melton

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Steve Melton

Personal information
Full name	Steve Melton
Date of birth	(1978-10-03) 3 October 1978
Place of birth	Lincoln, England
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Lincoln United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–2000	Nottingham Forest	3	(0)
2000	Stoke City	5	(0)
2000–2002	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	(3)
2002	→ Hull City	7	(0)
2002–2004	Hull City	23	(0)
2004–2006	Boston United	21	(1)
2005–2006	→ Tamworth (loan)	7	(1)
2006–2008	King's Lynn	45	(5)
2008–2009	Boston United
2009–2011	Lincoln United
2011	Lincoln Moorlands Railway
2011–2012	Grantham Town
2012	Worksop Town
2012–2013	Lincoln United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Steve Melton (born 3 October 1978) is a former English footballer who played as a midfielder.

He played as a professional in the Football League from 1996 until 2006, featuring for Nottingham Forest, Stoke City, Brighton & Hove Albion, Hull City and Boston United. At Non-League level he has represented Tamworth and King's Lynn before re-joining Boston United and then moving on to Lincoln United, Lincoln Moorlands Railway and Grantham Town.

Career

Melton started his career back in 1996 as a trainee with Nottingham Forest. Melton only appeared for Forest on three occasions before moving on to Stoke City in February 2000.

At Stoke, made seven appearances in 1999–2000 and was an used substitute in the 2000 Football League Trophy Final. He joined Brighton & Hove Albion in the summer of 2000. Melton managed to find his way into the starting eleven and played 46 games and managed to find the net three times.

November 2002 saw Melton on the move again. He joined Hull City after spending time on loan with the club.

Although he never scored in a competitive game for Hull City, he was the first player to score at their Kingston Communications Stadium in a friendly against Sunderland to commemorate the stadium's opening on 18 December 2002.

Melton then joined Boston United in March 2004. During his time with The Pilgrims, Melton was sent out on loan to Conference National side Tamworth.

Melton joined King's Lynn in 2006 but returned to Boston in 2008, playing 20 times for the club but was released at the end of the 2008-2009 season.

Melton went on trial with Retford United in July 2009, but subsequently joined Lincoln United alongside former King's Lynn and Boston United teammate Matt O'Halloran.

In February 2011 he signed with Lincoln Moorlands Railway. He joined Grantham Town in the summer.

Career statistics

Club	Season	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Nottingham Forest	1998–99	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	1999–2000	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
Stoke City	1999–2000	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	0
Brighton & Hove Albion	2000–01	28	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	31	1
	2001–02	10	2	0	0	1	0	3	0	14	2
	2002–03	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	0
Hull City	2002–03	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	0
	2003–04	5	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	8	0
Boston United	2003–04	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	0
	2004–05	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	1
	2005–06	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Tamworth	2005–06	7	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	10	1
Career Total		128	5	3	0	6	0	9	0	148	5

A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Football League play-offs, and Football League Trophy.

External links

• Steve Melton career statistics at Soccerbase