Mel Blyth is pictured playing for Crystal Palace during their 0-0 draw
with Leicester City.
Club Career:
213 League games (+3 as sub), 9 goals.
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| Scunthorpe: |
1967-1968 |
Played |
27 |
Scored |
3 |
goals |
(Division 3) |
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| Transferred in July 1968 |
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| Crystal Palace: |
1968-1969 |
Played |
29 |
Scored |
1 |
goal |
(Division 2) |
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1969-1970 |
Played |
33 |
Scored |
2 |
goals |
(Division 1) |
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1970-1971 |
Played |
38 |
Scored |
3 |
goals |
(Division 1) |
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1971-1972 |
Played |
41 |
Scored |
2 |
goals |
(Division 1) |
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1972-1973 |
Played |
39 |
Scored |
0 |
goals |
(Division 1) |
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1973-1974 |
Played |
29 |
Scored |
0 |
goals |
(Division 2) |
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1974-1975 |
Played |
4 |
Scored |
1 |
goal |
(Division 3) |
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| Transferred to Southampton in September 1974 |
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1974–1978 Southampton 105 (6) FA Cup winner 1976.
1977–1978 Crystal Palace (loan) 6 (0)
1978 Cape Town City
1978 Margate
1978–1981 Millwall 75 (0)
1980 Houston Hurricane (summer)
1981 Bulova (Hong Kong)
1982 Andover
Although he was an electrician by trade, Blyth later became a driving instructor
but by November 1990 he was running his own building firm in South London.
In 2003 he was a director of a building company and a part-time coach
in Crystal Palace’s schoolboy academy. Mel Blyth died 0n 11th Janaury 2024
aged 79.
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