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Gary Taylor-Fletcher
Gary Taylor-Fletcher (né Fletcher; born 4 June 1981) is an English football manager and former professional player who manages AFC Crewe. Prior to marrying his wife in June 2004 he was known as Gary Fletcher, adopting the surname Taylor-Fletcher in football terms from the beginning of the 2004–05 season.
As a player he was a forward and has scored in each of the top five divisions of English football. He notably played in the Premier League for Blackpool and Leicester City, as well as in the Football League for Hull City, Leyton Orient, Lincoln City, Huddersfield Town, Sheffield Wednesday, Millwall, Tranmere Rovers and Accrington Stanley. He initially began his career in non-league football with Northwich Victoria and saw further spells on loan in semi-professional football with Grays Athletic and Dagenham & Redbridge.
Taylor-Fletcher moved into management after a brief spell as a player with Bangor City where he would have two spells as player-manager. He held a similar role with Llandudno before being appointed as joint-manager of Nantwich Town in 2022. He was appointed as manager of AFC Crewe in March 2023 a Fan-owned football team who play in the premier division of the Staffordshire County Senior League.
Taylor-Fletcher was a roofer by trade and it was during this time he was spotted by scouts of Conference National club Northwich Victoria while playing a charity friendly against a local team made up of labourers. He began his career playing semi-professional football (as Gary Fletcher) with Northwich Victoria in 1999, with whom he scored eighteen goals in 43 appearances. On 16 March 2001, he went on loan to Hull City who were then in the Third Division, the fourth tier of the Football League, where he made five appearances in two months at the club.
On 8 June 2001, Fletcher was signed by another Third Division club, Leyton Orient from Northwich for a fee of £50,000 as he had scored twice against them. Later that year he was sent out on loan to Grays Athletic who were then in the Isthmian League. Fletcher scored three goals in four league games in a loan spell that lasted from 21 December 2001 to 1 March 2002. In October, he spent a month on loan at Conference National club Dagenham & Redbridge, before returning for a second loan spell in December, staying until March 2003.
On 14 August 2003, Fletcher signed for Lincoln City on a free transfer, where he was reunited with former Northwich Victoria coach Keith Alexander. In two years with the Imps Taylor-Fletcher made 90 appearances scoring thirty goals. At the start of the 2004–05 season he equalled a 106-year-old club record when he scored in all six opening games. He also won the Supporters Player of the Year award for the 2003–04 season and played for them in the Football League Two play-off final in May 2005, which they lost to Southend United.
Taylor-Fletcher was acquired by Huddersfield Town on a free transfer from Lincoln City on 14 June 2005. He scored a hat-trick against Chesterfield in the League Cup.
During October and November, Taylor-Fletcher was consistently competing with strikers Paweł Abbott and Andy Booth for a place in the starting 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.
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Gary Taylor-Fletcher
Gary Taylor-Fletcher (né Fletcher; born 4 June 1981) is an English football manager and former professional player who manages AFC Crewe. Prior to marrying his wife in June 2004 he was known as Gary Fletcher, adopting the surname Taylor-Fletcher in football terms from the beginning of the 2004–05 season.
As a player he was a forward and has scored in each of the top five divisions of English football. He notably played in the Premier League for Blackpool and Leicester City, as well as in the Football League for Hull City, Leyton Orient, Lincoln City, Huddersfield Town, Sheffield Wednesday, Millwall, Tranmere Rovers and Accrington Stanley. He initially began his career in non-league football with Northwich Victoria and saw further spells on loan in semi-professional football with Grays Athletic and Dagenham & Redbridge.
Taylor-Fletcher moved into management after a brief spell as a player with Bangor City where he would have two spells as player-manager. He held a similar role with Llandudno before being appointed as joint-manager of Nantwich Town in 2022. He was appointed as manager of AFC Crewe in March 2023 a Fan-owned football team who play in the premier division of the Staffordshire County Senior League.
Taylor-Fletcher was a roofer by trade and it was during this time he was spotted by scouts of Conference National club Northwich Victoria while playing a charity friendly against a local team made up of labourers. He began his career playing semi-professional football (as Gary Fletcher) with Northwich Victoria in 1999, with whom he scored eighteen goals in 43 appearances. On 16 March 2001, he went on loan to Hull City who were then in the Third Division, the fourth tier of the Football League, where he made five appearances in two months at the club.
On 8 June 2001, Fletcher was signed by another Third Division club, Leyton Orient from Northwich for a fee of £50,000 as he had scored twice against them. Later that year he was sent out on loan to Grays Athletic who were then in the Isthmian League. Fletcher scored three goals in four league games in a loan spell that lasted from 21 December 2001 to 1 March 2002. In October, he spent a month on loan at Conference National club Dagenham & Redbridge, before returning for a second loan spell in December, staying until March 2003.
On 14 August 2003, Fletcher signed for Lincoln City on a free transfer, where he was reunited with former Northwich Victoria coach Keith Alexander. In two years with the Imps Taylor-Fletcher made 90 appearances scoring thirty goals. At the start of the 2004–05 season he equalled a 106-year-old club record when he scored in all six opening games. He also won the Supporters Player of the Year award for the 2003–04 season and played for them in the Football League Two play-off final in May 2005, which they lost to Southend United.
Taylor-Fletcher was acquired by Huddersfield Town on a free transfer from Lincoln City on 14 June 2005. He scored a hat-trick against Chesterfield in the League Cup.
During October and November, Taylor-Fletcher was consistently competing with strikers Paweł Abbott and Andy Booth for a place in the starting 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.