Charlie Fletcher (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Charles Alfred Fletcher[1] | ||
Date of birth | 28 October 1905 | ||
Place of birth | Homerton, England | ||
Date of death | 22 August 1980[2] | (aged 74)||
Place of death | Hither Green, England[2] | ||
Position(s) | Outside left | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
–1927 | Clapton Orient | 0 | (0) |
1927–1929 | Crystal Palace | 7 | (0) |
1929–1930 | Merthyr Town | 24 | (1) |
1930–1933 | Clapton Orient | 120 | (32) |
1933–1936 | Brentford | 103 | (24) |
1936–1937 | Burnley | 62 | (21) |
1937–1938 | Plymouth Argyle | 23 | (6) |
1938–1945 | Ipswich Town | 29 | (9) |
1945 | Leyton Orient | ||
Total | 321 | (93) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Charles Alfred Fletcher (28 October 1905 – 22 August 1980) was an English professional football outside left, best remembered for his spells with Clapton Orient and Brentford in the Football League.
Career
A outside left, Fletcher began his career at Clapton Orient and failed trials with Football League clubs Aston Villa and Plymouth Argyle,[3] before signing with Third Division South club Crystal Palace in October 1927.[2] He made a handful of appearances in two seasons before moving to division rivals Merthyr Town in August 1929.[2] He returned to Clapton Orient, then having been relegated to the basement division, in 1930.[1] He became a regular at the Lea Bridge Stadium, scoring 32 goals in 120 league matches to earn the nickname "Thunderboots", before moving across London to sign for newly-promoted Second Division club Brentford in a swap deal for Percy Whipp in August 1933.[4]
Fletcher was an ever-present for the Bees during the 1933–34 and 1934–35 seasons and won promotion to the First Division with the club.[4] He fell out with manager Harry Curtis in November 1935 and dropped to the Second Division to sign for Burnley in February 1936 and then Plymouth Argyle in November 1937.[2][4][5] He joined Ipswich Town in November 1938 during the club's debut league season and remained registered at Portman Road during the Second World War.[6] After the war, Fletcher returned to the now-renamed Leyton Orient in December 1945,[2] but at age 40, failed to make an appearance.[1]
Personal life
Fletcher attended Colegrave School and Stratford School in London.[2]
Honours
Brentford
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Brentford | 1933–34[7] | Second Division | 41 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 10 |
1934–35[7] | 42 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 9 | ||
1935–36[7] | First Division | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5 | |
Total | 103 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 105 | 24 | ||
Plymouth Argyle | 1937–38[6] | Second Division | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5 |
1938–39[6] | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
Total | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 6 | ||
Ipswich Town | 1938–39[2] | Third Division South | 29 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 10 |
Career total | 155 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 163 | 40 |
References
- ^ a b c Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 100. ISBN 190589161X.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Pride of Anglia – Ipswich Town Football Club". prideofanglia.com. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
- ^ "Fletcher Charlie Image 1 Ipswich Town 1939". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ a b c Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 58. ISBN 0955294916.
- ^ "Brentford FC Moment in time: Sheffield United". Archived from the original on 4 August 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
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timestamp mismatch; 6 August 2017 suggested (help) - ^ a b c "Greens on Screen Database". www.greensonscreen.co.uk. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
- ^ a b c d White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 372–373. ISBN 0951526200.
- 1905 births
- 1980 deaths
- Footballers from the London Borough of Hackney
- English footballers
- Crystal Palace F.C. players
- Merthyr Town F.C. players
- Leyton Orient F.C. players
- Brentford F.C. players
- Burnley F.C. players
- Plymouth Argyle F.C. players
- Ipswich Town F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Association football outside forwards
- English football midfielder, 1900s birth stubs