Stewart Mell

Stewart Albert Mell (born 15 October 1957) is an English former professional footballer who scored 30 goals from 145 appearances in the Football League, playing for Doncaster Rovers, Halifax Town and Scarborough. He began his football career as a youngster with Hull City, played non-league football for Appleby Frodingham, Burton Albion, Boston United and Goole Town, and was a member of the Scarborough team that won the 1986–87 Football Conference to become the first club automatically promoted to the Football League. While a Burton Albion player, he was capped for England at semi-professional level.

Football career Mell began his football career as an apprentice with Hull City, but never played for the first team. and scoring winning goals against Crystal Palace, Millwall and Fulham that contributed to their avoiding relegation in 1981–82. He spent the 1983–84 season back in the Fourth Division with Halifax Town before moving into the Northern Premier League with Burton Albion. While a Burton player, Mell won his only cap for the England semi-professional representative eleven; he played against Wales in 1985, without scoring. In the 1986 close season, Mell followed Burton manager Neil Warnock to Conference club Scarborough.

Partnered in attack by Phil Walker or Stewart Hamill, Mell was Scarborough's leading scorer with 16 Conference goals (18 in all competitions) as they won the division, six points clear of favourites Barnet, to become the first team to benefit from the introduction of direct promotion and relegation between Conference and League in place of the longstanding re-election system.

Mell scored Scarborough's first goal in the Football League, He finished the season as the club's top scorer for the second year running, with ten goals in all competitions.

He played rarely in Scarborough's second league season. In October 1988, he joined conference club Boston United on a month's loan. He made four appearances and scored once, in his first game for the club, a 5–0 defeat of Barnet. After 79 appearances in League and Conference for Scarborough, Mell finished his football career back in non-League football with Goole Town. and , was still employed in the fire service, based in Hull.