Brough Fletcher | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
9 March 1893 Mealsgate, England |
| Died |
12 May 1972 (aged 79)[1] Bristol, England |
Brough Fletcher (9 March 1893 – 12 May 1972) was a footballer and football manager.[2]
He played for Sheffield Wednesday, Partick Thistle and Barnsley and managed Barnsley, Bristol Rovers and Walsall.[3][4]
He scored the only goal of the game in Barnsley's shock FA Cup first-round victory in 1920 at champions elect West Bromwich Albion.[5]
Personal life[]
Fletcher served as a gunner in the Royal Field Artillery during the First World War.[6]
Honours[]
As a manager[]
Barnsley
- Football League Third Division North: 1933–34[5]
References[]
- Byrne, Stephen; Jay, Mike (2003). Bristol Rovers Football Club – The Definitive History 1883–2003. Stroud: Tempus. ISBN 0-7524-2717-2.
- "Brough Fletcher". The Sheffield Wednesday Archive. http://www.adrianbullock.com/swfc/stats/play0189.htm. Retrieved 23 October 2007.
- ↑ "Brough Fletcher". Tarn Talk. http://www.thefootballnetwork.net/main/s637/st128280.htm. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Joyce, Michael (16 October 2012). Football League Players' Records 1888–1939 (3rd Revised ed.). Tony Brown. p. 100. ISBN 9781905891610.
- ↑ Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
- ↑ "Fletcher Brough Image 3 Barnsley 1922 – Vintage Footballers" (in en-GB). http://vintagefootballers.com/product/fletcher-brough-image-3-barnsley-1922/. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Fletcher Profile – Barnsley Football Club" (in en-gb). https://www.barnsleyfc.co.uk/oakwell-hall-of-fame/the-shortlist/fletcher-profile/. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
- ↑ "Brough Fletcher | Service Record | Football and the First World War" (in en-US). Football and the First World War. https://www.footballandthefirstworldwar.org/brough-fletcher-service-record/. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
External links[]
- B management career statistics at Soccerbase
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