Gary Taylor-Fletcher

Football player infobox
playername = Gary Taylor-Fletcher


fullname = Gareth Taylor-Fletcher
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1981|6|4
cityofbirth = Liverpool
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Blackpool
clubnumber = 12
position = Midfielder/Forward
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1999-2001
2001
2001-2003
2001-2002
2002
2002-2003
2003-2005
2005-2007
2007-
clubs = Northwich Victoria
→ Hull City (loan)
Leyton Orient
→ Grays Athletic (loan)
→ Dagenham & Redbridge (loan)
→ Dagenham & Redbridge (loan)
Lincoln City
Huddersfield Town
Blackpool
caps(goals) = 043 (11)
005 0(0)
021 0(1)
004 0(3)
003 0(1)
005 0(0)
080 (26)
082 (21)
052 0(8)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 15:11, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
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Gareth "Gary" Taylor-Fletcher (formerly Gary Fletcher) (born June 4 1981 in Liverpool) is an English professional footballer, currently playing for English club Blackpool. He has been known as "Gary Taylor-Fletcher" since his marriage in 2004, after he compromised with his wife who was the last "Taylor" in her family.

After being acquired by Huddersfield Town on a free transfer from Lincoln City in June 2005, Fletcher scored a hat-trick against Chesterfield in the Carling Cup.

During October and November, Fletcher was consistently fighting Town strikers Paweł Abbott and Andy Booth for a starting place in the line-up, and on most occasions he had to settle for a place on the bench. However, during late December, he came off the bench to score two last-minute equalisers against Rotherham United and Barnsley, but refuted claims that he was just a "super-sub".

In the New Year, Peter Jackson employed him as a right winger, and he scored the majority of the team's goals in the dismal 2006/2007 season including a strike which had all of the Football League reviewing. On 8 August 2006, Taylor-Fletcher scored the 500,000th goal in The Football League, with a 25-yard drive into the top-left corner, to lead the Terriers to a 3-0 home victory over Rotherham United. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/5248238.stm BBC Sport report] ]

In early January, he scored against Chelsea in an FA Cup third-round match at Stamford Bridge, which, for seven minutes, put Town on level terms with the Premiership champions.

Towards the end of the season, he scored some more crucial goals against Barnsley and Bournemouth, before scoring Town's only goal in the first leg of the play-offs against Barnsley at Oakwell.

On 9 July 2007, Taylor-Fletcher signed for Blackpool for an undisclosed fee in a two-year deal.

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References

* [http://www.blackpoolfc.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10432~12400,00.html Gary Taylor-Fletcher profile] at blackpoolfc.co.uk
* [http://www.htafc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10312~12400,00.html Gary Taylor-Fletcher profile] at htafc.co.uk
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