Nantwich Town are very pleased to announce the signing of defender Kelvin Mellor.
It’s a full circle moment for Mellor, as he returns to the club where he started his career in 2007. He played in the 2007-08 season for the Dabbers under Steve Davis before joining Crewe Alex as a 17-year-old.
He was briefly back on loan at Nantwich in 2009, before Davis was reunited again with Mellor at the Alex and it was under Steve that Kelvin had his breakthrough into Crewe’s first team, ending in two pieces of Wembley glory in the League 2 play-offs and the EFL Trophy in 2012 and 2013.
Across two spells at Crewe he made over 130 appearances. He has vast EFL experience across several other clubs including Blackpool, Plymouth Argyle, Bradford City, Morecambe, Carlisle, and Accrington Stanley.
Now 33, Mellor had been working with the club in recent months with our academy tie-in programme with Malbank Sixth Form, and now is back with us as a player.
Dabbers Chairman Jon Gold said:
“I have known Kelvin personally a long time and he made his first team debut for us as a 16 year old back in 2007, before moving to Crewe Alexandra in 2008 and embarking on a hugely successful professional career and we are delighted that he has now decided to return to where it all started for him, despite receiving numerous lucrative offers from clubs higher up the football pyramid and his skills and experience will be a great asset to Paul and the team over the coming season. This is a wonderful story and example of our youth system and the opportunities it provides for young footballers to develop and progress and Kelvin will be a fantastic ambassador for the club and its young players and I am sure that all Dabbers supporters will be delighted to see him back”.
Welcome back to the Dabbers, Kelvin!