Brough Fletcher (9 March 1893 – 12 May 1972) was a

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

and football manager. He played for

Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday Football Club is a professional association football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Formed in 1867 as an offshoot ...

, Partick Thistle and Barnsley and managed Barnsley,

Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers Football Club are a professional football club in Bristol, England. They compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They play home matches at the Memorial Stadium in Horfield, they have been ...

and

Walsall Walsall (, or ; locally ) is a market town and administrative centre in the West Midlands County, England. Historically part of Staffordshire, it is located north-west of Birmingham, east of Wolverhampton and from Lichfield. Walsall is th ...

. He scored the only goal of the game in Barnsley's shock

FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ...

first-round victory in 1920 at champions elect

West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion Football Club () is an English professional football club based in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. The club was formed in 1878 and has pl ...

Personal life

Fletcher served as a gunner in the Royal Field Artillery during the

First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

Honours

As a manager

Barnsley *

Football League Third Division North The Third Division North of the Football League was a tier in the English football league system from 1921 to 1958. It ran in parallel with the Third Division South with clubs elected to the League or relegated from a higher division allocated t ...

: 1933–34

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* 1893 births 1972 deaths People from Allerdale Footballers from Cumbria English footballers Chilton Colliery Recreation F.C. players Shildon A.F.C. players Barnsley F.C. players Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players English Football League players English football managers Barnsley F.C. managers Bristol Rovers F.C. managers Walsall F.C. managers Scottish Football League players Partick Thistle F.C. players Association football inside forwards Association football wing halves British Army personnel of World War I Royal Field Artillery soldiers {{England-footy-manager-stub