02-12-2022, 09:17
December 2:
Peter Fletcher was born on this date in 1953 and is 69 today. He was born in Manchester and started out his career with Manchester United. Playing mostly reserve games, he did make seven first team appearances in 1973/74, the season they got relegated.
Tommy Docherty, the United manager had a big rebuilding job to do and one of the first things he did was to sign Stuart Pearson from Hull City. As part of the deal, Fletch went in the other direction. He had a couple of seasons at Boothferry Park, scoring five times for the Tiggers before moving on again. He went to Stockport County in 1976.
After a couple of seasons there, Tom Johnston signed him for Town, who were at a real low point now, starting our fourth season in the fourth division. He made his debut in a League Cup defeat at home to Preston, playing up front on his own. Old Tom retired soon after and Mick Buxton took over. Mick signed Ian Robins from Bury and soon the Robins/Fletcher partnership got going.
Fletch got 12 goals that season and his partnership with Robins really took off in the next season and he scored 17 goals in the promotion season of 79/80.
Injury forced him out of the entire next season and sadly, after a brief come back, he was forced to retire in 1982 at the age of just 29.
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On this date in 1936, Alf Young the Huddersfield Town centre half played for England against Hungary at Arsenal's Highbury stadium. It was the second of Alf's nine caps, with this one coming four years after his debut. He replaced Everton's Charles Gee in the line up and must've done alright as he retained his place for the next international in the new year.
His defence let in a couple of goals but luckily the strike force was in good form, scoring six up the other end. Ted Drake, the Arsenal legend got three of them. He holds the record for the number of goals scored in a match in the English top flight when he scored seven in a game against Aston Villa, twelve months prior to this match. So the crowd of 36,000 on a cold Wedenesday afternoon would've been well pleased with their boy.
Eric Brook of Man City, Cliff Britton of Everton and Raich Carter who I mentioned the other day when he scored at Leeds Road for England, got the other.
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Peter Fletcher was born on this date in 1953 and is 69 today. He was born in Manchester and started out his career with Manchester United. Playing mostly reserve games, he did make seven first team appearances in 1973/74, the season they got relegated.
Tommy Docherty, the United manager had a big rebuilding job to do and one of the first things he did was to sign Stuart Pearson from Hull City. As part of the deal, Fletch went in the other direction. He had a couple of seasons at Boothferry Park, scoring five times for the Tiggers before moving on again. He went to Stockport County in 1976.
After a couple of seasons there, Tom Johnston signed him for Town, who were at a real low point now, starting our fourth season in the fourth division. He made his debut in a League Cup defeat at home to Preston, playing up front on his own. Old Tom retired soon after and Mick Buxton took over. Mick signed Ian Robins from Bury and soon the Robins/Fletcher partnership got going.
Fletch got 12 goals that season and his partnership with Robins really took off in the next season and he scored 17 goals in the promotion season of 79/80.
Injury forced him out of the entire next season and sadly, after a brief come back, he was forced to retire in 1982 at the age of just 29.
On this date in 1936, Alf Young the Huddersfield Town centre half played for England against Hungary at Arsenal's Highbury stadium. It was the second of Alf's nine caps, with this one coming four years after his debut. He replaced Everton's Charles Gee in the line up and must've done alright as he retained his place for the next international in the new year.
His defence let in a couple of goals but luckily the strike force was in good form, scoring six up the other end. Ted Drake, the Arsenal legend got three of them. He holds the record for the number of goals scored in a match in the English top flight when he scored seven in a game against Aston Villa, twelve months prior to this match. So the crowd of 36,000 on a cold Wedenesday afternoon would've been well pleased with their boy.
Eric Brook of Man City, Cliff Britton of Everton and Raich Carter who I mentioned the other day when he scored at Leeds Road for England, got the other.
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