Gary Taylor-Fletcher
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Gary Taylor-Fletcher is an English footballer. He plays for Blackpool
and is a midfielder
who can also play as a forward. He is the only player to have scored at least once in all of the top six divisions of English football.
He has been known as Gary Taylor-Fletcher since his marriage to Viv Taylor in June 2004.
, Taylor-Fletcher pursued a successful career in roofing
working for his uncle in the Liverpool
and Manchester
areas. It was during this time he was spotted by Northwich Victoria scouts while playing a charity friendly against a local team made up of labourers.
club Northwich Victoria
in 1999, with whom he scored eleven 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.
from Northwich for a fee of £50,000. 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 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
.
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
.
In the New Year, Town manager, Peter Jackson
used him as a right winger, and he scored the majority of the team's goals in the 2006–07 season. On 8 August 2006, Taylor-Fletcher scored the 500,000th goal in The Football League
, with a 25-yard drive into the top-left corner, to lead the Terriers to a 3–0 home victory over Rotherham United.
In January 2006, he scored against Chelsea
in an FA Cup
third-round match at Stamford Bridge
, which, for seven minutes, put Town on level terms with the Premier League champions.
Towards the end of the season
, he scored some more crucial goals against Barnsley
and Bournemouth
, before scoring Town's only goal in the first leg of the play-offs against Barnsley at Oakwell
.
for an undisclosed fee in a two-year deal, ahead of the Seasiders first season back in the second tier of English football since 1978. He made his debut in the Championship
in the club's first league match of the 2007–08 season, a 1–0 win over Leicester City
at the Walkers Stadium
on 11 August 2007. He scored his first goal for the club two weeks later, on 25 August, in a 2–1 defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers
at the Molineux Stadium
, and went on to score six goals that season. On 20 September 2008 he scored at St Andrew's as Blackpool beat Birmingham City
1–0. In doing so, he became the first player to score against the Blues in the League at St Andrew's in the 2008–09
season and also help Blackpool become the first club to beat them at home since Chelsea in the Premier League in January.
In his first league start since 20 October 2009, Taylor-Fletcher scored twice in a 3–0 win over Middlesbrough
at the Riverside Stadium
on 8 December. His 100th league appearance for Blackpool came on 9 February 2010, in a 2–0 defeat to Sheffield Wednesday
at Hillsborough
.
Taylor-Fletcher scored in the 39th minute of the 2010 Football League Championship play-off Final
against Cardiff City
on 22 May 2010. Blackpool were the victors, thus completing Taylor-Fletcher's journey from non-League football
to the Premier League since the turn of the millennium.
On 14 August 2010, he scored Blackpool's first-ever Premier League goal, in a 4–0 win over Wigan Athletic
on the opening day of the 2010–11 season at the DW Stadium. Twelve months later, Taylor-Fletcher also scored the first goal (for Blackpool and in all) of the 2011–12
Football League season, in a single-goal victory against Hull City
at the KC Stadium
.
|1999–2000||rowspan="2"|Northwich Victoria
||rowspan="2"|Conference National
||19||3||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||19||3
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|2000–01||24||8||4||3||colspan="2"|-||30||13
|-
|2000–01||Hull City
(loan)||rowspan="2"|Third Division
||5||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||5||0
|-
|2001–02||Leyton Orient
||9||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||9||0
|-
|2001–02||Grays Athletic
(loan)||Isthmian League
||4||3||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||4||3
|-
|2002–03||Leyton Orient
||Third Division
||12||1||2||0||1||1||15||2
|-
|2002–03||Dagenham & Redbridge
(loan)||Conference National
||8||1||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||9||1
|-
|2003–04||rowspan="2"|Lincoln City
||rowspan="2"|League Two
||42||16||2||0||colspan="2"|-||48||19
|-
|2004–05||38||10||1||0||2||1||45||11
|-
|2005–06||rowspan="2"|Huddersfield Town
||rowspan="2"|League One
||43||10||3||1||2||3||51||15
|-
|2006–07||39||11||1||0||1||0||41||11
|-
|2007–08||rowspan="4"|Blackpool
||rowspan="3"|Championship
||42||6||1||0||3||0||46||6
|-
|2008–09
||38||5||colspan="2"|-||1||0||39||5
|-
|2009–10
||32||6||1||0||2||1||38||8
|-
|2010–11||rowspan="1"|Premier League||22||5||||||1||0||23||5
|-
362||83||15||4||13||6||407||100
Notes:
a. All Football League Trophy
results are included in totals
b. 2 Conference Trophy appearances included in 2000–01 totals
c. 2 Play-off appearances for Lincoln City in 2004 included in 2003–04 totals
d. 3 Play-off appearances for Lincoln City in 2005 included in 2004–05 totals
e. 2 Play-off appearances for Huddersfield Town in 2006 included in 2005–06 totals
f. 2 Play-off appearances for Blackpool in 2010 included in 2009–10 totals
Blackpool F.C.
Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the...
and is a midfielder
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...
who can also play as a forward. He is the only player to have scored at least once in all of the top six divisions of English football.
He has been known as Gary Taylor-Fletcher since his marriage to Viv Taylor in June 2004.
Roofing
Born in LiverpoolLiverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
, Taylor-Fletcher pursued a successful career in roofing
Roofer
A roofer specializes in roof construction, concentrating on the application of materials that water proof and / or weather proof buildings,designed material—as a substrate for the roofing materials to be installed on. The rafters, beams, and trusses are the frame or skeleton for the roof to be...
working for his uncle in the Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
and Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
areas. It was during this time he was spotted by Northwich Victoria scouts while playing a charity friendly against a local team made up of labourers.
Northwich Victoria
He began his career playing semi-pro football (as Gary Fletcher) with Conference NationalConference National
Conference National is the top division of the Football Conference in England. It is the highest level of the National League System and fifth highest of the overall English football league system...
club Northwich Victoria
Northwich Victoria F.C.
Northwich Victoria Football Club are an English football club who play at the Victoria Stadium in Wincham, Northwich, Cheshire in the Northern Premier League Premier Division, the seventh tier of the English football league system.Northwich are an old club, founded in 1874 and named in honour of...
in 1999, with whom he scored eleven goals in 43 appearances. On 16 March 2001 he went on loan to Hull City
Hull City A.F.C.
Hull City Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, founded in 1904. The club participates in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football...
who were then in the Third Division
Football League Third Division
The Football League Third Division was the 3 tier of English Football from 1920 until 1992 when after the formation of the Football Association Premier League saw the league renamed The Football League Division Two...
, the fourth tier of the Football League, where he made five appearances in two months at the club.
Leyton Orient
On 8 June 2001 Fletcher was signed by another Third Division club, Leyton OrientLeyton Orient F.C.
Leyton Orient F.C. are an English professional football club in East London. They currently play in Football League One and are known to their fans as the O's.Leyton Orient have spent one season in the top flight of English football, in 1962–63...
from Northwich for a fee of £50,000. Later that year he was sent out on loan to Grays Athletic
Grays Athletic F.C.
Grays Athletic Football Club is an English football club currently based in Corringham, Essex after leaving the New Recreation Ground in Grays at the end of the 2009–10 season...
who were then in the Isthmian League
Isthmian League
The Isthmian League is a regional football league covering London and South East England featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs. It is sponsored by Ryman, and therefore officially known as the Ryman League. It was founded in 1905 by amateur clubs in the London area...
. 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
Dagenham & Redbridge F.C.
Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club , informally known as Daggers, is an English association football club based in Dagenham, in the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham, East London. It was formed in 1992 after a merger between Redbridge Forest and Dagenham...
, before returning for a second loan spell in December, staying until March 2003.
Lincoln City
On 14 August 2003 he signed for Lincoln CityLincoln City F.C.
Lincoln City Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Lincoln, Lincolnshire. The club are currently members of the Conference National in 2011–12 following relegation from the Football League....
on a free transfer, where he was reunited with former Northwich Victoria coach Keith Alexander
Keith Alexander (footballer)
Keith Alexander was a Saint Lucian footballer and manager. Born in Nottingham, England, he was the manager of League Two side Macclesfield Town at the time of his death, in a career that included international appearances for Saint Lucia. Alexander played for a whole host of lower league football...
. 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
Football League Two
Football League Two is the third-highest division of The Football League and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system....
play-off final in May 2005, which they lost to Southend United
Southend United F.C.
Southend United Football Club is an English football club based at Roots Hall Stadium, Prittlewell, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, who play in Football League Two. Their home ground is Roots Hall, and the club plan to move into a new 22,000-seater stadium located at Fossetts Farm.-Stadium:The club has had...
.
Huddersfield Town
Taylor-Fletcher was acquired by Huddersfield TownHuddersfield Town F.C.
Huddersfield Town Football Club is an English football club formed in 1908 and based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. They currently play in League One...
on a free transfer from Lincoln City on 14 June 2005. He scored a hat-trick against Chesterfield
Chesterfield F.C.
Chesterfield Football Club is an English football club based in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. The club currently plays in Football League One, the third tier of English football. Despite being the fourth oldest Football League club in England, they have spent most of their existence in the lower...
in the League Cup
Football League Cup
The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis...
.
During October and November, Taylor-Fletcher was consistently competing with strikers Paweł Abbott and Andy Booth
Andy Booth
Andrew David "Andy" Booth is a retired professional footballer. Whilst at Huddersfield he announced his retirement on 22 April 2009, but remains at the club as an ambassador.-Huddersfield Town:...
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
Rotherham United F.C.
Rotherham United Football Club are an English professional football club based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, who compete in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. The club's colours have traditionally been red and white, although these have evolved through history...
and Barnsley
Barnsley F.C.
Barnsley Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Nicknamed the Tykes, they were founded in 1887 under the name Barnsley St. Peter's...
.
In the New Year, Town manager, Peter Jackson
Peter Jackson
Sir Peter Robert Jackson, KNZM is a New Zealand film director, producer, actor, and screenwriter, known for his The Lord of the Rings film trilogy , adapted from the novel by J. R. R...
used him as a right winger, and he scored the majority of the team's goals in the 2006–07 season. On 8 August 2006, Taylor-Fletcher scored the 500,000th goal in The Football League
The Football League
The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...
, with a 25-yard drive into the top-left corner, to lead the Terriers to a 3–0 home victory over Rotherham United.
In January 2006, he scored against Chelsea
Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...
in an FA Cup
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...
third-round match at Stamford Bridge
Stamford Bridge (stadium)
Stamford Bridge is a football stadium in Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, West London, and is the home of Chelsea Football Club. The stadium is located within the Moore Park Estate also known as Walham Green and is often referred to as simply The Bridge...
, which, for seven minutes, put Town on level terms with the Premier League champions.
Towards the end of the season
2005-06 in English football
The 2005–06 season was the 126th season of competitive football in England.-Overview:*The rebuilt Wembley Stadium was due to open in time for the FA Cup final in May. However, in August 2005, The Football Association reserved the Millennium Stadium as a backup, as there was some doubt whether...
, he scored some more crucial goals against Barnsley
Barnsley F.C.
Barnsley Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Nicknamed the Tykes, they were founded in 1887 under the name Barnsley St. Peter's...
and Bournemouth
A.F.C. Bournemouth
A.F.C. Bournemouth is an English football club currently playing in Football League One. The club plays at Dean Court in Kings Park, Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset and have been in existence since 1899....
, before scoring Town's only goal in the first leg of the play-offs against Barnsley at Oakwell
Oakwell Stadium
Oakwell is a multi-purpose sports development in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England used primarily by Barnsley Football Club for playing their home fixtures, and those of their reserves....
.
Blackpool
On 9 July 2007, Taylor-Fletcher signed for BlackpoolBlackpool F.C.
Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the...
for an undisclosed fee in a two-year deal, ahead of the Seasiders first season back in the second tier of English football since 1978. He made his debut in the Championship
Football League Championship
The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...
in the club's first league match of the 2007–08 season, a 1–0 win over Leicester City
Leicester City F.C.
Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...
at the Walkers Stadium
Walkers Stadium
The King Power Stadium is a football stadium which hosts home matches of English football club Leicester City. The all-seater stadium, inaugurated in July 2002, holds 32,500 and has the 19th largest stadium capacity in England. The stadium is named after King Power, a company owned by club owner...
on 11 August 2007. He scored his first goal for the club two weeks later, on 25 August, in a 2–1 defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...
at the Molineux Stadium
Molineux stadium
Molineux Stadium is a Premier League football stadium situated in Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton, England. It has been the home ground of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club since 1889, and has a long and illustrious history as the first 'new build' stadium in Football League history, one of the...
, and went on to score six goals that season. On 20 September 2008 he scored at St Andrew's as Blackpool beat Birmingham City
Birmingham City F.C.
Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...
1–0. In doing so, he became the first player to score against the Blues in the League at St Andrew's in the 2008–09
Blackpool F.C. season 2008–09
The 2008-09 season was Blackpool F.C.s 102nd season in the Football League. It was also their second consecutive season in The Championship, the second tier of English football. They finished sixteenth.D. J...
season and also help Blackpool become the first club to beat them at home since Chelsea in the Premier League in January.
In his first league start since 20 October 2009, Taylor-Fletcher scored twice in a 3–0 win over Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough F.C.
Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Football League Championship. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August 1995, their third ground since turning professional in 1889...
at the Riverside Stadium
Riverside Stadium
The Riverside Stadium is a football stadium in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, which has been the home of Middlesbrough F.C. since it opened in 1995...
on 8 December. His 100th league appearance for Blackpool came on 9 February 2010, in a 2–0 defeat to Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday F.C.
Sheffield Wednesday Football Club are a football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, who are currently competing in the Football League One in the 2011-12 season, in England. Sheffield Wednesday are one of the oldest professional clubs in the world and the fourth oldest in the...
at Hillsborough
Hillsborough Stadium
Hillsborough Stadium is the home of Sheffield Wednesday football club, Sheffield, England. Football has been played at the ground since it was opened on 2 September 1899, when Wednesday moved from their original ground at Olive Grove. Today it is a 39,812 capacity all-seater stadium, making it the...
.
Taylor-Fletcher scored in the 39th minute of the 2010 Football League Championship play-off Final
2010 Football League Championship play-off Final
The 2010 Football League Championship play-off Final was a football match played at Wembley Stadium in London on 22 May 2010 to decide the third team to be promoted from The Championship to the Premier League for the 2010–11 season....
against Cardiff City
Cardiff City F.C.
Cardiff City Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Cardiff, Wales. The club competes in the English football pyramid and is currently playing in the Football League Championship. Cardiff City is the best supported football club in Wales, averaging approximately 22,500 for...
on 22 May 2010. Blackpool were the victors, thus completing Taylor-Fletcher's journey from non-League football
Non-league football
Non-League football is football in England played at a level below that of the Premier League and The Football League. The term non-League was commonly used well before 1992 when the top football clubs in England all belonged to The Football League; all clubs who were not a part of The Football...
to the Premier League since the turn of the millennium.
On 14 August 2010, he scored Blackpool's first-ever Premier League goal, in a 4–0 win over Wigan Athletic
Wigan Athletic F.C.
Wigan Athletic Football Club is an English Premier League Association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, having been promoted from the Championship in 2005. Wigan's current spell in the Premier League is the only top flight run in the club's history.They have played at the DW...
on the opening day of the 2010–11 season at the DW Stadium. Twelve months later, Taylor-Fletcher also scored the first goal (for Blackpool and in all) of the 2011–12
2011–12 in English football
The 2011–12 season is the 132nd season of competitive football in England.The season began on 5 August 2011 for the Football Leagues, with the Premier starting eight days later, League Football Conference Starting one day before Premier League starts.The Championship, League One, and League Two...
Football League season, in a single-goal victory against Hull City
Hull City A.F.C.
Hull City Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, founded in 1904. The club participates in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football...
at the KC Stadium
KC Stadium
The KC Stadium, often shortened to the KC, is a multi-purpose facility in the city of Kingston upon Hull , England. Conceived as early as the late 1990s, it was completed in 2002 at a cost of approximately £44 million. It is named after the stadium's sponsors, telecommunications provider KC,...
.
Career statistics
|-|1999–2000||rowspan="2"|Northwich Victoria
Northwich Victoria F.C.
Northwich Victoria Football Club are an English football club who play at the Victoria Stadium in Wincham, Northwich, Cheshire in the Northern Premier League Premier Division, the seventh tier of the English football league system.Northwich are an old club, founded in 1874 and named in honour of...
||rowspan="2"|Conference National
Conference National
Conference National is the top division of the Football Conference in England. It is the highest level of the National League System and fifth highest of the overall English football league system...
||19||3||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||19||3
|-
|2000–01||24||8||4||3||colspan="2"|-||30||13
|-
|2000–01||Hull City
Hull City A.F.C.
Hull City Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, founded in 1904. The club participates in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football...
(loan)||rowspan="2"|Third Division
Football League Third Division
The Football League Third Division was the 3 tier of English Football from 1920 until 1992 when after the formation of the Football Association Premier League saw the league renamed The Football League Division Two...
||5||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||5||0
|-
|2001–02||Leyton Orient
Leyton Orient F.C.
Leyton Orient F.C. are an English professional football club in East London. They currently play in Football League One and are known to their fans as the O's.Leyton Orient have spent one season in the top flight of English football, in 1962–63...
||9||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||9||0
|-
|2001–02||Grays Athletic
Grays Athletic F.C.
Grays Athletic Football Club is an English football club currently based in Corringham, Essex after leaving the New Recreation Ground in Grays at the end of the 2009–10 season...
(loan)||Isthmian League
Isthmian League
The Isthmian League is a regional football league covering London and South East England featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs. It is sponsored by Ryman, and therefore officially known as the Ryman League. It was founded in 1905 by amateur clubs in the London area...
||4||3||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||4||3
|-
|2002–03||Leyton Orient
Leyton Orient F.C.
Leyton Orient F.C. are an English professional football club in East London. They currently play in Football League One and are known to their fans as the O's.Leyton Orient have spent one season in the top flight of English football, in 1962–63...
||Third Division
Football League Third Division
The Football League Third Division was the 3 tier of English Football from 1920 until 1992 when after the formation of the Football Association Premier League saw the league renamed The Football League Division Two...
||12||1||2||0||1||1||15||2
|-
|2002–03||Dagenham & Redbridge
Dagenham & Redbridge F.C.
Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club , informally known as Daggers, is an English association football club based in Dagenham, in the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham, East London. It was formed in 1992 after a merger between Redbridge Forest and Dagenham...
(loan)||Conference National
Conference National
Conference National is the top division of the Football Conference in England. It is the highest level of the National League System and fifth highest of the overall English football league system...
||8||1||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||9||1
|-
|2003–04||rowspan="2"|Lincoln City
Lincoln City F.C.
Lincoln City Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Lincoln, Lincolnshire. The club are currently members of the Conference National in 2011–12 following relegation from the Football League....
||rowspan="2"|League Two
Football League Two
Football League Two is the third-highest division of The Football League and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system....
||42||16||2||0||colspan="2"|-||48||19
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|2004–05||38||10||1||0||2||1||45||11
|-
|2005–06||rowspan="2"|Huddersfield Town
Huddersfield Town F.C.
Huddersfield Town Football Club is an English football club formed in 1908 and based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. They currently play in League One...
||rowspan="2"|League One
Football League One
Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....
||43||10||3||1||2||3||51||15
|-
|2006–07||39||11||1||0||1||0||41||11
|-
|2007–08||rowspan="4"|Blackpool
Blackpool F.C.
Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the...
||rowspan="3"|Championship
Football League Championship
The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...
||42||6||1||0||3||0||46||6
|-
|2008–09
Blackpool F.C. season 2008–09
The 2008-09 season was Blackpool F.C.s 102nd season in the Football League. It was also their second consecutive season in The Championship, the second tier of English football. They finished sixteenth.D. J...
||38||5||colspan="2"|-||1||0||39||5
|-
|2009–10
Blackpool F.C. season 2009–10
The 2009–10 season was Blackpool F.C.s 103rd season in the Football League. It was also their third consecutive season in The Championship, the second tier of English football. The club won promotion, via the play-offs, to the Premier League for the first time, their 28th overall season in the top...
||32||6||1||0||2||1||38||8
|-
|2010–11||rowspan="1"|Premier League||22||5||||||1||0||23||5
|-
362||83||15||4||13||6||407||100
Notes:
a. All Football League Trophy
Football League Trophy
The Football League Trophy, currently known as the Johnstone's Paint Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is an annual English association football knock-out competition open to the 48 clubs in Football League One and Football League Two, the bottom two divisions in the four fully professional top...
results are included in totals
b. 2 Conference Trophy appearances included in 2000–01 totals
c. 2 Play-off appearances for Lincoln City in 2004 included in 2003–04 totals
d. 3 Play-off appearances for Lincoln City in 2005 included in 2004–05 totals
e. 2 Play-off appearances for Huddersfield Town in 2006 included in 2005–06 totals
f. 2 Play-off appearances for Blackpool in 2010 included in 2009–10 totals
Honours
Blackpool- ChampionshipFootball League ChampionshipThe Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...
play-off final winner: 2009–10
External links
- Gary Taylor-Fletcher player profile at blackpoolfc.co.uk