Alex Melbourne

Name:Alex Melbourne

Born:September 2nd, 1989

Position:Midfielder

Joined the club:June 2012

Previous Club(s):Wolverhampton Wanderers, Tamworth, AFC Wulfrunians, Rushall Olympic, Chasetown

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Young right-sided player, a product of the Wolves academy, who rejoined the Pitmen in June 2012 from Rushall Olympic

The Perton-based Melbourne joined Wolves as a teenager, progressing through the club’s academy before signing as a first year professional in the summer of 2008. However he would never make a first team appearance at Molineux and was sent out on loan to Tamworth in December 2008.

After being released by Wolves in the summer of 2009, he went on trial to both Port Vale and Exeter City but eventually returned for football with AFC Wulfrunians where he ended the 2009-10 season. However he would move on to then Evo-Stik Division One South side Rushall Olympic before the 2010-11 season, very quickly establishing himself as a fixture in the side before the Pitmen snapped him up. His hard running down the right quickly endeared him to the fans, with Melbourne weighing in with 2 goals in the run-in.

After signing a new deal for the 2011-2012 season, Melbourne made a surprising u-turn two days before the start of the campaign by announcing he was to join local rivals Chasetown. After just a couple of months with the Scholars, Melbourne made the move back to Rushall, who were flying high in their first season at Evo-Stik Premier League level. Initially, he found it difficult to break into the Pics side that was pushing for a top five finish, but a superb run of form from January onwards saw him cement his place as a first team starter, scoring the winner in Rushall’s 1-0 win over FC United of Manchester in March.

Alex rejoined Hednesford in summer 2012 and played a crucial part in their next season, operating both in midfield and at right-back as they secured league play-off final victory and wins in both the Staffordshire and Birmingham Senior Cups