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Fletcher may refer to:

People[link]

• Frank Friday Fletcher, United States Navy admiral in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
• Frank Jack Fletcher, United States Navy admiral during World War II; nephew of Admiral Frank Friday Fletcher
• Fletcher (occupation), someone who attaches stabilisation devices to arrows
• Fletcher (surname)
• Fletcher Christian (1764–1793), seized command of the Bounty on April 28, 1789
• Fletcher Dragge (born 1966), lead guitar player in the band Pennywise

Fictional characters[link]

• Ferb, Lil Fletcher, D-Fletcher, and Lawrence Fletcher, four characters from the Disney Channel series Phineas and Ferb
• Fletcher Tringham, a character in the anime series Fullmetal Alchemist.
• Irwin Maurice "Fletch" Fletcher, the main character in the novel Fletch and subsequent novels by Gregory McDonald
• Fletcher Reede, the main character of the film Liar Liar
• Jamie "Fletch" Fletcher, a character in the British soap opera Hollyoaks
• Jessica Fletcher, the main character of the serial Murder She Wrote
• Mundungus Fletcher, a Harry Potter character
• Norman Stanley Fletcher, the lead character in the British sit-com Porridge
• SJ Fletcher and Sid Fletcher from EastEnders
• Will Fletcher, a character in the ITV television drama series The Bill
• Christian Fletcher, the main antagonist in the Tamil movie Dasavatharam starring Kamal Haasan
• Members of the Fletcher family, Terri, Simon, Paul, Frances, and Nina, in the movie Raise Your Voice
• Morris Fletcher, a recurring character in The X-Files and The Lone Gunmen
• Brigadier General Fletcher, a character in the video game Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance
• Fletcher Renn, a Skulduggery pleasant by Derek Landy

Places[link]

Antarctica

• Fletcher Island
• Fletcher Islands

Australia

• Fletcher, New South Wales, a suburb of Newcastle

Canada

• Fletcher, Ontario
• Fletcher Island (Nunavut)

United States

• Fletcher, California
• Fletcher, Colorado, the original name of Aurora
• Fletcher, Indiana
• Fletcher, North Carolina, a suburb of Asheville
• Fletcher, Oklahoma
• Fletcher, Vermont

Companies[link]

• The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, the graduate school of international relations of Tufts University, located in Medford, Massachusetts
• Fletcher Construction, a major New Zealand construction company

Aviation[link]

• Fletcher Aviation, a US aircraft manufacturer
• PAC Fletcher, the New Zealand Fu24 Fletcher aerial topdressing aircraft

Ships[link]

• Fletcher class, a type of US Navy destroyer
• USS Fletcher (DD-445), named for Admiral Frank Friday Fletcher, was the lead Fletcher-class ship and served during World War II
• USS Fletcher (DD-992), named for Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher, is a Spruance-class destroyer, decommissioned and awaiting transfer into the Pakistani Navy

Other[link]

• Fletcher (typeface), a geometrically constructed blackletter typeface
• Fletcher v. Peck, a Supreme Court ruling that allowed the Court to revoke state laws that did not follow the Constitution
• Fletcher's checksum, an algorithm to check the integrity of data
• Fletcher Challenge, a now defunct New Zealand multinational corporation

See also[link]

• Fletching

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Darren Fletcher

Personal information
Full name	Darren Barr Fletcher[1]
Date of birth	(1984-02-01) 1 February 1984 (age 28)[1]
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Playing position	Centre midfielder
Club information
Current club	Manchester United
Number	24
Youth career
1995–2002	Manchester United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2002–	Manchester United	197	(17)
National team‡
2002	Scotland U20	2	(2)
2002–2003	Scotland U21	4	(0)
2003	Scotland B	1	(0)
2003–	Scotland	58	(5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 November 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 November 2011

Darren Barr Fletcher (born 1 February 1984 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a central midfielder for English Premier League club Manchester United. He is the current captain of Scottish national team. The industrious footballer has also played as a right winger or as an emergency defender. Fletcher is a midfielder whose passing and tackling are exemplary, as is his discipline and commitment to the cause.^[3]

Fletcher came through the ranks of Manchester United's Youth Academy and has won four Premier Leagues, one FA Cup, two League Cups, the UEFA Champions League and the FIFA Club World Cup. Fletcher was included in the PFA Premier League Team of the Year for 2009–10.

Fletcher made his Scotland debut in 2003 and scored his first international goal on his second appearance. After Barry Ferguson was banned from international football because of a breach of regulations, Fletcher was given the captain's armband in August 2009.^[4][5] Fletcher has since gained 58 caps and scored five goals for Scotland.^[6]

In December 2011 he began an extended break from football due to continuing health problems caused by ulcerative colitis.^[7]

Club career[link]

Early career[link]

Fletcher played youth football at Tynecastle Boys Club in Edinburgh near his hometown of Mayfield before being scouted by Manchester United. He has been at United for his whole career coming up from the youth team. He joined Manchester United as a youth player at the age of 11, and was set to become the youngest player ever to appear in the Manchester United first-team when he was selected for the club's final fixture of the 1999–2000 FA Premier League season against Aston Villa on 14 May 2000; however, Premier League rules prohibit players on schoolboy contracts from appearing at the senior level, and Fletcher's debut was delayed.^[8] He subsequently signed a trainee contract in July 2000, before signing his first professional contract on his 17th birthday on 1 February 2001. Meanwhile, he gradually progressed through the club's youth teams, and was part of the reserve team that won the Manchester Senior Cup in 1999–2000.^[9] He was initially seen as a right midfielder in the David Beckham mould and was tipped by many to break into the first-team with ease and stay there for many years to come,^[10] but as he developed came to be viewed more as a central midfielder. Over the next couple of seasons, Fletcher's involvement was limited due to various injuries, including a broken foot; nevertheless, by the 2002–03 season, he had become a regular member of the reserve team, and after several appearances as an unused substitute, he finally made his first-team debut on 12 March 2003 – almost three years behind schedule – starting on the right side of midfield against Basel in the second group stage of the UEFA Champions League.^[11][12] He was substituted for David Beckham after 73 minutes, but a second Champions League appearance followed against Deportivo de La Coruña a week later,^[13] and he was named as a substitute for both legs of the quarter-final tie against Real Madrid.^[14][15] For his performances for the reserve team during the 2002–03 season, Fletcher received the Denzil Haroun Reserve Player of the Year award.

2003–04 season[link]

Fletcher broke into the Manchester United team during the 2003–04 campaign, playing a number of important matches and starting in United's FA Cup Final win over Millwall in May 2004.^[16]

2004–05 season[link]

Despite a slow start to the 2004–05 campaign, in which in the early part of the season he made very few competitive appearances, Fletcher again broke into the United first-team. On 1 January 2005, Fletcher scored his first goal at club level in a 2–0 win over Middlesbrough.^[17]

2005–06 season[link]

Fletcher was one of the players singled out for criticism by club captain Roy Keane in the wake of United's 4–1 defeat to Middlesbrough in October 2005.^[18] Keane reportedly said, "I can't understand why people in Scotland rave about Darren Fletcher." However, Keane later attempted to set the record straight stating, "If you listen to any of my comments over the last two or three years, if I've given any player credit over the years it would be Fletch. Fletch will tell you that himself."^[19] Fletcher went some way towards answering his critics on 6 November 2005, with his performance in the vital league match at home to Chelsea, scoring the only goal of the game with a looping header.^[20] His winning goal ended Chelsea's 40-match unbeaten run in the Premier League.^[20]

2006–07 season[link]

In 2006–07, at the start of the season Fletcher retained a place in the first-team but only on the bench and scored in an away win over Charlton Athletic,^[21] as well as scoring the headed winner in the away game with Middlesbrough in December^[22] and another headed goal in the home win against Charlton in February, making it a double against the club that season.^[23] As the season progressed, Alex Ferguson preferred the midfield quartet of Cristiano Ronaldo, Paul Scholes, Michael Carrick and Ryan Giggs, limiting Fletcher to a few substitute appearances. However, with Scholes absent through suspension, he made a starring appearance in United's 7–1 win over Roma in the Champions League quarter-final.^[24]

2007–08 season[link]

In the 2007–08 season, with the further arrival at the club of fellow central midfielders Owen Hargreaves and Anderson and winger Nani, Fletcher played even less than he did during the previous season. As before, Ferguson preferred Carrick, Scholes, Giggs and Ronaldo to him in midfield, and got even less playing-time than the new arrivals. He did, however, put in some stalwart performances when given the chance, including two goals in the 4–0 defeat of Arsenal at Old Trafford in the FA Cup fourth round.^[25] Fletcher picked up a Champions League winner's medal but was unused in the final.^[26]

2008–09 season[link]

Fletcher playing for Manchester United

In the 2008–09 season, Fletcher started the first two games, due to injuries to Carrick and Ronaldo, and scored against Newcastle United at Old Trafford in United's first Premier League match of the season, forcing a 1–1 draw after Obafemi Martins' goal.^[27] Fletcher notched his second goal of the season opening the scoring from close range against Portsmouth, following a pass from Patrice Evra. He was later shown a yellow card on the 93rd minute before the match ended 1–0.^[28] On 3 October 2008, Fletcher signed a three-year extension to his contract with Man Utd, keeping him at the club until 2012.^[29] Fletcher notched his third goal of the season against Everton on 25 October.^[30] He then scored in the Club World Cup semi-final against Gamba Osaka on 18 December after coming off the bench.^[31]

In the Champions League semi-final second leg against Arsenal on 5 May 2009, Fletcher was shown a red card ruling him out of the Champions League Final.^[32] There were calls for this decision to be overturned,^[33] but apart from mistaken identity, there is no appeal procedure for red cards in UEFA competition.^[34] Manchester United launched an appeal with UEFA to have the semi final red card overturned on 'compassionate' grounds on 7 May 2009,^[35] but this was rejected on 11 May.^[36]

2009–10 season[link]

The 2009–10 season saw Fletcher consolidate his place in the heart of the United midfield, starting all of United's important games. He opened his scoring account for the season with a double in the first Manchester derby of the season, a memorable 4–3 victory for United, twice putting United ahead before Michael Owen scored in the sixth minute of added-time. He was awarded with the Barclays Man of the Match award for his performance.^[37] On 21 November 2009, Fletcher scored his third of the season, hitting a half volley from the edge of the area into the top corner giving United a 1–0 lead against Everton in a 3–0 win.^[38] This season also saw Fletcher and fellow midfielders Michael Carrick and Park Ji-Sung deputise in defence due to an injury crisis that left Patrice Evra being the only fit regular in defence.^[39][40] They still managed to keep a clean sheet against West Ham United^[39] and concede only one goal against Bundesliga champions Wolfsburg in the Champions League.^[41] Fletcher was sent off during the match against Birmingham City on 9 January 2010 after two bookable offences.^[42] On 10 March, he scored the fourth goal in a 4–0 win in the second leg of United's last 16 Champions League tie with AC Milan, making the score 7–2 on aggregate.^[43] This was his first goal in the Champions League.^{[citation needed]} Following this, Fletcher captained United for the first time in the league match against West Ham^{[citation needed]} and was later^[when?] confirmed as United's vice-captain.^{[citation needed]} In April, Fletcher capped a successful season with selection in the PFA Premier League Team of the Year.^[44] On 9 May, the last day of the season, Fletcher scored the first goal of a 4–0 win at home to Stoke City.^[45]

2011–12 season[link]

Fletcher made his first start of the 2011–12 season in United's first group stage match on 14 September 2011 in the Champions League away at Benfica, which ended in a 1–1 draw.^[46][47] This was Fletcher's first start for a number of months after being sidelined towards the end of the 2010–11 season with a virus, revealed in December 2011 to be Ulcerative colitis.^[7] He made his first Premier League appearance of the season four days later in a 3–1 home win against title rivals Chelsea.^[48] Fletcher maintained his place in centre midfield in the following Premier League games against Stoke^[49] and Norwich.^[50] On 23 October, he scored the consolation goal in a 6–1 defeat to local rivals Manchester City,^[51] with a curling shot into the top corner.^[52] Fletcher made his 300th career appearance for Manchester United on 5 November in a 1–0 home win against Sunderland.^[53]

Fletcher scored United's second goal in a 2–2 draw with Benfica on 22 November in the Champions League. He met Patrice Evra's cross at the first attempt, which the goalkeeper got a hand to and he followed it up on the second attempt to score.^[54] He has not played since this match and has announced that he will be taking an extended break from football following medical advice about his ongoing ulcerative colitis.^[7] He is not expected to play again in the 2011–12 season.^[55]

International career[link]

Fletcher has established himself as a regular choice for Scotland and scored his first goal in a 1–0 win over Lithuania, having come off the bench for only his second cap.^[56] His goal took Scotland to the play-offs for Euro 2004 On 26 May 2004, he captained Scotland to a 1–0 friendly win against Estonia in Tallinn. This made him the youngest Scotland captain since John Lambie of Queen's Park led the side that beat Ireland 7–2 on 20 March 1886. Lambie was aged just 17 years and 92 days.^[57][11]

Fletcher's improvement for his national side was capped by a 25-metre strike in an October 2005 World Cup qualifier against Slovenia.^[58] Fletcher was Scotland's vice-captain under Alex McLeish, deputising in the absence of regular captain Barry Ferguson. Fletcher was named as full time captain in November 2009 when Ferguson was banned from international football for misbehaviour.^[59][60]

International goals[link]

Scores and results list (Scotland's goal tally first)

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	11 October 2003	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Lithuania	1–0	1–0	Euro 2004 qualification
2.	30 May 2004	Easter Road, Edinburgh	Trinidad and Tobago	1–0	4–1	Friendly
3.	12 October 2005	Arena Petrol, Celje	Slovenia	1–0	3–0	2006 World Cup qualification
4.	2 September 2006	Celtic Park, Glasgow	Faroe Islands	1–0	6–0	Euro 2008 qualification
5.	3 September 2011	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Czech Republic	2–1	2–2	Euro 2012 qualification

Career statistics[link]

Club[link]

Statistics accurate as of match played 22 November 2011^[61]

International[link]

^[62]

Honours[link]

Club[link]

Manchester United

• Premier League (4): 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11
• FA Cup (1): 2003–04
• Football League Cup (2): 2005–06, 2009–10
• FA Community Shield (4): 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010
• UEFA Champions League (1): 2007–08
• FIFA Club World Cup (1): 2008

International[link]

Scotland

• Kirin Cup (1): 2006

Individual[link]

• PFA Premier League Team of the Year (1): 2009–10

Personal life[link]

Fletcher was born and grew up in Dalkeith, Scotland.^[11][63]

He is the father of twin boys, Jack and Tyler (born 2007) with his wife, Hayley Grice.^[64][65] The couple married in early June 2010.

Fletcher was one of many footballers in the Manchester and Liverpool area whose home was robbed while playing away games when thieves raided his house in February 2009. Grice was held at knifepoint by the thieves.^[66] The incident occurred while Fletcher was in Milan for Manchester United's Champions League fixture against Internazionale.

Fletcher's father was caught speeding in Fletcher's Range Rover on the M6 motorway in Cumbria on 27 November 2008. As the owner of the car, Fletcher was ordered to identify the driver of the car, but he failed to do so and was summoned to Penrith Magistrates' Court in January 2010. After a hearing, Fletcher received six penalty points on his driver's licence, a £650 fine and was ordered to pay £900 in costs.^[67]

Fletcher is involved in a programme to encourage "Deaf Friendly Football" for youngsters. The programme is run by the Manchester United Foundation and the National Deaf Children's Society.^[68]

Notes[link]

1. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the FA Community Shield, UEFA Super Cup, Intercontinental Cup, FIFA Club World Cup

References[link]

External links[link]

• Darren Fletcher Profile Premier League
• Darren Fletcher Profile ESPN.com
• Darren Fletcher Profile ManUtd.com
• Darren Fletcher Profile Scottish FA
• Darren Fletcher Career Stats Soccerbase

Tom Fletcher
Background information
Birth name	Thomas Michael Fletcher
Born	(1985-07-17) 17 July 1985 (age 26) Harrow, London, England
Occupations	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, piano, drums, bass guitar
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Island, Super
Associated acts	McFly, James Bourne, Busted
Website	www.mcfly.com
Notable instruments
Gibson Les Paul Gibson SG Gibson Flying V Fender Stratocaster Music Man Sterling

Thomas Michael "Tom" Fletcher (born 17 July 1985) is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is best known as one of the lead vocalists and guitarists of English pop rock band McFly,^[1] in addition to being the group's founder and principal songwriter. In his nearly ten-year career as a professional songwriter, Fletcher has penned ten UK number one singles and twenty-one top ten singles.

Early life[link]

Fletcher was born in Harrow, London, to a working-class family.^[2] His father, who worked at Kodak and played in local bands, and mother, a special needs teacher, encouraged and supported his love of music from a young age.^[3] He has a younger sister, Carrie Fletcher. When he was 10, Fletcher starred as the main role in Oliver! at the London Palladium alongside Jim Dale as Fagin. He then went on to do a documentary about HIV for schools.

Education[link]

Fletcher attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School, a co-educational independent school in the Marylebone area of the City of Westminster in west London, on a scholarship.^[4][5]

Musical career[link]

At 14, Fletcher began writing music commercially.^[6] He originally auditioned for Busted^[7], but lost out on the place to Charlie Simpson after the record label Island decided the band should be a trio rather than a four-piece; Fletcher states that he was in the band "for approximately 24-hours."^{[citation needed]} Though the record label decided against offering Fletcher a place in Busted, they were intrigued by his songwriting talents and invited him to join Busted member (and already accomplished songwriter) James Bourne on the band's songwriting team. Fletcher has since stated that it was Bourne who taught him how to "properly" structure songs, and how to "come up with good, poppy melodies."^{[citation needed]}

McFly[link]

During the writing project for Busted's second album A Present for Everyone, Fletcher was asked by the record label if he was available to film auditions for a new band, V. It was at this time that he and Danny Jones met for the first time; Jones went to the audition mistaking the band to be a Busted-esque band, rather than the conventional, all-singing, all-dancing, boyband, for which they were intended.^[8] Fletcher was impressed with Jones's style, and so invited him to write with him and Bourne. When writing projects for Busted had come to an end, the two began collaborating for their own (as yet unnamed) band, and, eventually, moved into the InterContinental Hotel in London for 2 months^[9] to concentrate on writing together. Bassist (Dougie Poynter) and drummer (Harry Judd) were subsequently recruited via a classified advertisement in NME magazine.^[7] Fletcher suggested McFly for the band's name due to his love for the American science fiction/comedy trilogy Back to the Future and Michael J. Fox's character Marty McFly.^[10]

In 2004, McFly made it into the Guinness Book of World Records, beating The Beatles's record for "the youngest band to have a début album go straight to number one".^[11] Fletcher has written the majority of McFly's songs with Jones and Poynter, with occasional contributions by Judd; Bourne has also assisted with songwriting on occasions. As of 15 November 2010, McFly have released five studio albums and two compilation albums.

Songwriting[link]

Fletcher has written or co-written ten UK number-one singles: "Crashed The Wedding," "Who's David?," and "Thunderbirds" for Busted; and "Five Colours in Her Hair," "Obviously," "All About You," "I'll Be OK," "Please, Please," "Star Girl," and "Transylvania" for McFly. He co-wrote eight of the songs on A Present for Everyone, as well as all but one ("Not Alone," written by Jones) of the tracks on McFly's debut album, Room on the 3rd Floor. He is the primary writer on the majority of tracks on all five of the band's albums. Of McFly's four members, he has "the most songwriting credits and therefore the most money."^[12]

Tom Fletcher wrote "On a Rainbow," the official song of the 2012 Summer Olympics' mascots Wenlock and Mandeville.^[13] The song features vocals from him and his sister Carrie. He also wrote the song "I Want" for One Direction's new album.^[14]

Other appearances[link]

Other Work[link]

In 2008, Fletcher contributed to the short story anthology, Wow! 366.^[16] Fletcher, along with the rest of McFly, have made a deal with Transworld Publishers to release their memoir in the fall of 2012.^[17] He also is scheduled to be releasing a children's story with Dougie Poynter entitled "The Dinosaur That Pooped Christmas", about a boy who gets a pet dinosaur for Christmas. The book is expected to be released in October 2012.^[18]

Personal life[link]

On 18 April 2011, Fletcher became engaged to his longtime girlfriend Giovanna Falcone. He proposed to Giovanna Falcone at the Sylvia Young Theatre School where they first met.^[19] He currently lives in London with Giovanna and their three cats Marvin, Leia and Aurora.^[20] Fletcher and Falcone were married on 12 May 2012.^[21] They sold the rights to OK! Magazine. The article was published on 22 May 2012.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Tom Fletcher on Twitter
• Official website
• Tom website
• Tom Fletcher at the Internet Movie Database

Justin Fletcher, MBE (born 15 June 1970 in Reading)^[1] is an English children's TV personality in the United Kingdom.

Fletcher is most associated as a presenter and actor on the BBC pre-school television channel CBeebies,^[2] both speaking and performing in various often self-created roles.

Biography[link]

Born in Reading, Berkshire, he is the son of songwriter Guy Fletcher, whose writing credits include the Hollies song "I Can't Tell the Bottom From the Top", as well as various foreign-language songs by Cliff Richard. He has 1 brother and 3 sisters.^[3]

Career[link]

While studying drama at the Guildford School of Acting, in his final year he started to regularly watch Phillip Schofield in the BBC1 broom cupboard with Gordon the Gopher, and decided that a career in children's television was for him.^[4]

Having sketched-out various comedic characters, he put together a show reel called Justin Time, which encompassed two different characters: Anna Conda, a myopic reptile house warden; and Arthur Sleep, a regional newsreader who has difficulty staying awake.^[4] Both characters would later be used for his CBeebies show Gigglebiz.^[4] Sent to various broadcasters and production companies his first show after graduation was Fun Song Factory for CITV, working with Dave Benson Philips.^[5]