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Andy Melville

Andy Melville, Welsh footballer

Born
November 29, 1968
Age in 2026
58
Zodiac sign
Sagittarius
Birth year
1968

About Andy Melville

Andrew Roger Melville (born 29 November 1968) is a Welsh former international footballer. In the early years of his career, he played in midfield. He was later converted into a central defender. He started his career at Swansea City before earning a move to Oxford United in July 1990 for £275,000. He later went on to play for Sunderland, Bradford City F.C. and Fulham, before finishing his career with short spells at West Ham United and Nottingham Forest. Andy Melville coaches the Oxford Brookes University football club first team and joined Oxford United as a first-team coach on a short-term contract in July 2009. He won 65 caps for the Welsh national team between 1989 and 2004, scoring three times. Swansea City Football League Fourth Division play-offs: 1988 Fulham UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2002 Andy Melville at Soccerbase.

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Career and life highlights

Andy Melville timeline

  1. Swansea City Football League Fourth Division play-offs: 1988 Fulham UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2002 Andy Melville at Soccerbase.
  2. He won 65 caps for the Welsh national team between 1989 and 2004, scoring three times.
  3. Andy Melville coaches the Oxford Brookes University football club first team and joined Oxford United as a first-team coach on a short-term contract in July 2009.

The world when Andy Melville was born

Andy Melville was born in 1968. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1968

  • #1 song"Hey Jude" – The Beatles
  • Top movie2001: A Space Odyssey
  • Top TV showRowan & Martin's Laugh-In
  • Best-selling bookAirport – Arthur Hailey

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentBob Beamon shatters long jump record at Mexico City Olympics
  • Top headlineMLK and RFK assassinated
  • Technology milestoneDouglas Engelbart demonstrates the computer mouse
  • Defining fadTie-dye everything
  • Notable inventionComputer mouse (Douglas Engelbart)
  • World population3.55 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderLyndon B. Johnson
  • Sports championDetroit Tigers (World Series)
  • Also wonBoston Celtics (NBA)
  • U.S. population200.7M

1968 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Andy Melville's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19682026
Gas$0.34$3.45/gal
Average home$15,600$435,000
Average income$10,300$67,500
Minimum wage$1.60$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$1.31$11.95
Postage stamp$0.06$0.73
Population200.7M341 million

Sources and editorial standards

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