Melvyn "Mel" Machin 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 reigns 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. 

April 16th, 1945 in Newcastle-under-Lyme (Age 79)