Mel Machin
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Melvyn Machin | ||
| Date of birth | 16 April 1945 | ||
| Place of birth | Newcastle-under-Lyme, England | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Port Vale | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1962–1966 | Port Vale | 30 | (6) |
| 1966–1971 | Gillingham | 157 | (11) |
| 1971–1974 | Bournemouth | 110 | (7) |
| 1974–1978 | Norwich City | 96 | (4) |
| 1977 | → Seattle Sounders (loan) | 19 | (0) |
| Total | 412 | (28) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1987–1989 | Manchester City | ||
| 1989–1993 | Barnsley | ||
| 1994–2000 | Bournemouth | ||
| 2000–2002 | Bournemouth (Director of football) | ||
| 2003 | Huddersfield Town (caretaker manager) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Melvyn Machin (born 16 April 1945) is an English former footballer and manager.
A midfielder, he started his career at Port Vale in 1962, before he moved on to Gillingham four years later. He made his name at the club from 1966 to 1971, before he transferred to Bournemouth for a three-year spell. In 1974 he signed with Norwich City, also playing on loan at American club Seattle Sounders, before he retired in 1978 – he was later voted into Norwich City's Hall of Fame in 2002.
Appointed manager of Manchester City in 1987, he won them promotion out of the Second Division in 1988–89, before he left to take up the reins at Barnsley. In September 1994 he was appointed manager at Bournemouth, where he would remain for the next six years, managing them to a Football League Trophy final in 1998. He later served Bournemouth as Director of football between 2000 and 2002, before briefly managing Huddersfield Town in 2003.
Despite being a Stoke City fan, Machin started his playing career at nearby Port Vale, signing professional forms in July 1962. He made the odd appearance from October 1962 and 1964, after which point he started to appear rather more frequently. He was not a favourite with Stanley Matthews or trainer Lol Hamlett as he had a habit of talking back to the pair, so he put in a transfer request in 1966. In all competitions he made 32 appearances, scoring 6 goals, being utilised mostly as an inside-forward.
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