PLAYER PROFILE - mike FLeTCHER

• KNOWN AS: MICK OR FLETCH
• BORN: HALIFAX      YEAR; 1953
• POSITION PLAYED: EVERYWHERE INC. GOALIE THOUGH MAINLY BECAUSE I HAD A DECENT LEFT FOOT FOR A RIGHT FOOTED PLAYER. 
• OTHER CLUBS PLAYED FOR:  ILLINGWORTH COLTS (JUNIOR U16), ST. MARYS AFC (SATURDAY'S), NORTH LEEDS CRICKET CLUB FC (SUNDAYS AFTER LEAVING HOGS) 
• REPRESENTATIVE: HALIFAX U17 MINOR CUP 1969 (FULLBACK), HALIFAX & DIST. SATURDAY LEAGUE 1972 EASTER TOUR (CENTRE FORWARD) . ALSO  RE-PRESENTED HALIFAX AT CRICKET AT U18, U24 & OPEN AGE LEVELS.

LIFETIME HALIFAX TOWN SUPPORTER & INVOLVED WITH YOUTH DEV. FROM 86 TO 91. LOVE WATCHING & PLAYING SPORTS, PLAYING GOLF (WHS 14.6) & CRICKET. TRAVELLING THE GLOBE AND SPENDING TIME IN OUR SPANISH HOME. HAVING REPLACED BOTH KNEES AND OTHER OPS, FEEL VERY FORTUNATE WITH MY HEALTH & LIFESTYLE. "i'M SO LUCKY" SAYS MY WIFE ELEANOR. ENJOY TIME WITH MY 3 CHILDREN & 1 GRANDCHILD, NOAH

• WIFE'S NAME : ELEANOR PARNELL-SMITH
• CHILDREN'S NAME: RICHARD, JACK & GEORGINA
• WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW : BRAMLEY, NORTH HAMPSHIRE 

• FIRST: MISSING 1ST GAME IN 1ST SEASON AS MY DAD INSISTED SUNDAY MORNING WAS FOR CHURCH, STEVE BEDFORD TOOK GREAT PLEASURE IN REMINDING ME THAT "FLETCH COULDN'T BE RELIED UPON" MY DAD HAD MADE HIS POINT & ALLOWED  ME TO PLAY THEREAFTER, SO I PLAYED UP FRONT ON LEFT WING WITH BOB ON RIGHT AND ALF IN THE MIDDLE.
• BEST: THERE WAS SO MANY, BUT STRANGELY AFTER A DISAPPOINTING DEFEAT IN SEMI-FINAL IN HARROGATE, ALAN BARKER TOOK US TO A CAFE FOR OUR AFTER MATCH MEAL ONLY TO PULL A CURTAIN BACK, WHICH REVEALED A BAR!! WE RETURNED TO THE TAVERN AT 6PM, AND SUTTY GOT HIS DAD TO OPEN UP. TO SEE THE FACES OF THE REGULARS  WHEN THEY WALKED IN AT 7PM AND SAW BODIES ALL OVER THE PLACE, SPECIAL - A GOOD TIME WAS HAD BY ALL.
• WORST: 3 OF US PLAYED FOR THE CRICKET , FOOTBALL CLUB & WORKED BEHIND THE BAR, ALL 3 BROKE OUR LEGS, MINE IN APRIL 73 FOR ST. MARYS, STEVE LAMBERT IN OCT 73 (2 WEEKS BEFORE CLUB TRIP TO MAJORCA) THEN SUTTY THE FOLLOWING SPRING AT NATTY LANE! IT ALWAYS COMES IN 3'S

• BEST FOOTBALL MEMORY: THREE SPECIAL ONES - 1). REPLACING JOHN CONNELLY  (66 WORLD CUP PLAYER) AT THE SHAY PLAYING FOR BURNLEY BABES AGAINST THE WORTHINGTONS. 2). HX TOWN U.19  BEATING LEEDS UTD (INC. DAVID BATTY!) 4 NIL TO WIN LEAGUE WHEN ASST. YTH . DEV .OFF., DAY AFTER MY SON JACK WAS BORN. 3).THEN, THE UNBELIEVEABLE HAPPENED, WATCHING TOWN WIN FA TROPHY AT WEMBLEY - THERE WAS TEARS OF JOY!!
• FAVOURITE FOOTBALL TEAM: HALIFAX TOWN AFC / FC HALIFAX TOWN
• FAVOURITE ALL TIME PLAYER: BOBBY MOORE
• FAVOURITE CURRENT PLAYER: JAMIE VARDY

• FILM: NOT A MOVIE GOER!
• TV SHOW: PHOENIX NIGHTS
• BAND / SINGER:  PAUL CARRACK OF MIKE & THE MECHANICS
• ALL TIME SONG: THE LIVING YEARS
• MEAL: HADDOCK, CHIPS & MUSHY PEAS

• TABLE FOR FOUR: MIKE HARDING, PETER KAY & TOMMY COOPER
• I DRIVE A: AUDI Q7
• BEST COMPANY WORKED FOR: ANDREAS STIHL LTD (23 YEARS)
• FAVOURITE HOLIDAY DESTINATION: CASA WINDLENOOK
• BEST COUNTRY VISITED: AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND
• WORST COUNTRY VISITED: RUSSIA
• HOBBIES: CRICKET, GOLF, CYCLING AND WORKING ON MY MODEL RAILWAY IN THE LOFT

• OTHER LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENTS: "YOUR  PROFESSIONALISM AND YOUR ENGAGEMENT ARE OUTSTANDING. YOU WERE THE UNDISPUTED MOTOR OF THE CLEANER BUSINESS, WHICH CARRIES YOUR HANDWRITING" THE HEAD OF SALES & MARKETING  FOR STIHL WORLDWIDE WRITING ABOUT MY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMPANY IN 2012. CAPTAIN OF LOCAL CRICKET  CLUB IN EARLY 90'S AND CLUB CAPTAIN AT DUMMER GOLF CLUB AT THE TENDER AGE OF 45 IN 1998.
• ANY OTHER COMMENTS YOU WISH TO BE KNOWN PUBLICALLY:  BEING INVOLVED IN BOTH BRADSHAW CRICKET & FOOTBALL CLUBS IN THE 70'S WAS VERY SPECIAL. THIS COINCIDES WITH MY TIME AS A MOBILE DJ, THAT WAS FUN! TOO! BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, FINDING MY WIFE WHEN SHE MOVED IN NEXT DOOR BUT ONE TO ME AND BECAME NOT ONLY MY WIFE, BUT ALSO MY BEST FRIEND AS WELL! (SHE TELLS ME IT WAS 26 YEARS AGO!!!!)

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