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Brough Fletcher

Brough Fletcher

English footballer and manager

Brough Fletcher (9 March 1893 – 12 May 1972) was a footballer and football manager.[1]

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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

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. Retrieved 23 October 2007.
  1. [1]
    Joyce, Michael (16 October 2012). Football League Players' Records 1888–1939 (3rd Revised ed.). Tony Brown. p. 100. ISBN 9781905891610.
  2. [2]
    "Brough Fletcher". Tarn Talk. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  3. [3]
    Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
  4. [4]
    "Fletcher Brough Image 3 Barnsley 1922 – Vintage Footballers". vintagefootballers.com. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  5. [5]
    "Fletcher Profile – Barnsley Football Club". www.barnsleyfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 27 November 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  6. [6]
    "Brough Fletcher | Service Record | Football and the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
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