Brough Fletcher

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

Brough Fletcher
Personal information
Full name Brough Fletcher[1]
Date of birth (1893-03-09)9 March 1893
Place of birth Mealsgate, England
Date of death 12 May 1972(1972-05-12) (aged 79)[2]
Place of death Bristol, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s) Inside right, right half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1912–1913 Chilton Colliery Recreation Athletic
1913–1914 Shildon Athletic
1913–1926 Barnsley 249 (51)
1917 → Partick Thistle (guest) 10 (0)
1926 Sheffield Wednesday 2 (0)
1926–1929 Barnsley 62 (21)
Teams managed
1930–1937 Barnsley
1938–1950 Bristol Rovers
1952–1953 Walsall
Eastville
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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