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Paul Fletcher aged 17 at BWFC Paul Fletcher at Burnley 1974 Paul Fletcher Goal v Coventry at Turf Paul Fletcher Header at Highfield Road Paul Fletcher Paul Fletcher Paul Fletcher Paul Fletcher Paul Fletcher at Blackpool 1979

Football Career Details

Junior:

  • Bolton Schoolboys
  • Lancashire Schoolboys
  • England Schoolboy trialist

Bolton Wanderers Football Club - 1966 - 1969

  • Made debut aged 17 years old
  • Transferred to 1st Division Burnley Football Club in 1969 for a Club record fee of £66,000.

Burnley Football Club - 1969 - 1979

  • Played 10 years at Burnley as an ever present made 1 reserve team appearance during the 10 years.
  • Loosing F.A. Cup Semi Finalist in 1974
  • 1975 Finished 6th position in Division 1 (Premiership)
  • Gained 4 Under 23 England International Caps
  • Winners Anglo Scottish Cup 1975
  • Scored Burnley's 'Goal of the Decade' at Elland Road in 1974 in a famous 4 - 1 Burnley victory.

Blackpool Football Club - 1979 - 1981

  • Transferred to Blackpool in 1979
  • Retired in 1981 with a serious leg injury.

All Competitions 423 appearances; All competitions 128 goals; missed chances 23,427.

  • Between 1982 - 1990 represented the Professional Footballers Association in helping over 70 ex professional footballers prepare claims for 'Industrial injury benefit', losing only one tribunal over the period.
  • Managing Director of Coventry City Football Club - January 2007 - December 2007.
  • Development Director (Consultant) Burnley Football Club - January 2008 - current

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paul Fletcher

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