 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Mellor ndiye mwanakomana weaimbova mutambi weManchester City, Norwich City, Sheffield Wednesday uye Brighton uye Hove Albion Ian Mellor. Ane simba, ane muviri, wepakati kumberi, Mellor ndiye akahwina zvibodzwa muLiverpool kuenda kuFA Youth Cup semi-fainari mumwaka wa2000-01 achihwina zvibodzwa zvisere mumitambo mina. Akanga ariwo mutambi wepamusoro wechikwata chepasi pe-19 uye Joe Corrigans reserves mumwaka wa2001-02 uye akawana zvibodzwa makumi mana nezvitanhatu 46 kusanganisira hushamwari. Mellor akafambira mberi kuburikidza nematanho kuLiverpool uye mumwaka wa2002-03 akarova zvibodzwa makumi maviri kuchikwata chekuchengetedza. Akaita mutambo wake wekutanga wechikwata mumwaka mumwe chete uye akatamba mitambo mitanhatu uye akarova mumutambo weLigi Cup semi-fainari vachipesana naSheffield United. Kunyange zvazvo Reds yakarasikirwa nemutambo 21, Mellor akaratidza kuvimbisa uye akabhadharwa muna March 2003 nechibvumirano chitsva chemakore matatu kusvika muna 2006. Pasinei nechinangwa chake akasiyiwa kunze kwechikwata chevakakunda 2003 Football League Cup Final. 