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Albert
Fletcher |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC
2 appearances, 0 goals
P 2 W 2 D
0 L 0 F 7: A 2
100% successful
1889-90
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 180 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Albert Thomas Fletcher |
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Born |
1 April 1866 in Lichfield Road, New Invention, Willenhall, Staffordshire [registered in
Wolverhampton, June 1866]. Birthdate confirmed by the 1939
register.
Attended Holy Trinity School and
Short Heath in Willenhall |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1871
census, Albert is the fifth of five children to Abraham and Emma (née
Winford), and they
live at 32 Wolverhampton Road in New Invention in Willenhall. |
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According to the 1881
census, Albert is just one of two children with their parents in
Wolverhampton Road. He is a lock macker. His father is a lock
manufacturer. |
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According to the 1891
census, Albert is now married to Mary with two children, Nellie and
Harriet, and they live at Bloxwich Road in New Invention with Albert's
mother. Albert is not on this census return. |
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According to the 1901
census, Albert now a football trainer, still married, and with four more
children, Lottie, Albert, Wilfred and Richard. They all live at 8 Mitre Fold in Wolverhampton. |
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According to the 1911
census, Albert is still a football trainer and still married to Mary, and
they have four more children. Mary, Alice, Winifred and Olive. They
all live at 12 Edward Street in Wolverhampton. The census reveals that
of their ten children, one had died. This one was their eldest,
Nellie Winifred, who, as a five-year old, died in 1895. |
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According to the 1939 register, Albert is a football
trainer still married to Mary and they are still living at 12 Edward
Street. |
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Married |
to Mary
Williams
[registered in Wolverhampton, September 1886]. |
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Died |
22 December 1940 at 12 Edward Street, Wolverhampton, aged
74 years 265 days
[registered in Wolverhampton, December 1940]. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
10½", 12st.
1lbs [1889]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990], FindMyPast.com,
Patrick Talbot's White Shirt, Black Country [2004] & his obituary
provided by his relative, Mike Rowbotham. |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Began his
career with New Invention Excelsior FC and also played with Lane Head
White Star FC, before he joined Willenhall Pickwick FC. During which he
was turning out for Bloxwich Town FC and Walsall Swifts FC. When he was
with Pickwick, he was approached by Wolverhampton Wanderers FC in
1885 after he played against them in a six-a-side match. He retired because of a knee injury. He had been playing for Wolves
against Aston Villa FC in February 1892, when Villa's centre-forward
McKnight tumbled across his leg, dislocating his knee. It was at least
twelve months before Fletcher could even think about playing again. He
did, once again, for the Wolves Reserves, against Wednesday, and after he was maliciously taken out, he
never played again. |
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Club honours |
Wednesbury Charity Cup winners 1888-89;
Birmingham Senior Cup winners 1888-89;
Staffordshire Senior Cup winners 1888-89;
FA Cup runners-up 1888-89, winners
1892-93 (trainer); |
| Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & Obituary. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of five who became the 152nd
player (152)
to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Right-half |
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First match |
No. 35, 23 February 1889,
England 4 Wales 1, a British Championship match at
Victoria Ground,
Boothen, Stoke-upon-Trent, aged 22 years
328 days. |
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Last match |
No. 38, 15 March 1890,
Wales 1 England 3,
a British Championship match at The Racecourse, Mold Road, Wrexham, aged
23 years 348 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1888-89; |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
"Fletcher's
ability to train and handle a team has been recognised outside his club.
He has had charge of the English League that met the Scottish League for
two seasons, and twice he has had charge of England's team against Wales
[before WWI]." - Sports Argus, December
1916 |
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Beyond England |
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After he retired because of injury,
Fletcher remained with Wolverhampton Wanderers FC as their reserve team trainer,
stepping up to first team trainer in 1907, a post
he held until 1920. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.97. |
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Albert Fletcher - Career Statistics |
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Squads |
Apps |
Comp.
Apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
Goals
Av.min |
Comp.
Goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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2 |
2 |
2 |
180 |
0 |
0
min |
0 |
none |
none |
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Due to the fact that
many matches rarely stuck to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time
for injuries, errors and substitutions. The minutes here
given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only
an approximation. |
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Albert Fletcher
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Type of Match |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
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Home |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
4.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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Away |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
| All
-
British Championship |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
2 |
+5 |
0 |
0 |
3.50 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+2 |
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Albert Fletcher
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
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British Championship Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC 1888-89 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
4.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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BC 1889-90 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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BC
All |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
2 |
+5 |
0 |
0 |
3.50 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+2 |
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All Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
2 |
+5 |
0 |
0 |
3.50 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+2 |
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All |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
2 |
+5 |
0 |
0 |
3.50 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+2 |
Notes
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