Isaac Fletcher (footballer)
{{Short description|English footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Isaac Fletcher
|image =
|image_size =
|caption =
|fullname = Isaac Andrew Fletcher{{Cite web |title=EFL squad list 2021/22 & U21 registered contracted players |url=https://www.efl.com/contentassets/d88a33a7ea89412c81933211703ad287/squad-list-publication-report-2021-22---07.02.2022.pdf |access-date=12 February 2022 |publisher=English Football League}}
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|6|1|df=y}}
|birth_place =
|height = {{height|ft=6|in=4}}
|position = Midfielder
|currentclub = Barrow
|clubnumber = 26
|youthyears1 = 2012–2020
|youthclubs1 = Middlesbrough
|years1 = 2020–2023
|clubs1 = Middlesbrough
|caps1 = 0
|goals1 = 0
|years2 = 2022
|clubs2 = → Hartlepool United (loan)
|caps2 = 14
|goals2 = 1
|years3 = 2022
|clubs3 = → Scunthorpe United (loan)
|caps3 = 3
|goals3 = 0
|years4 = 2024–2025
|clubs4 = Spennymoor Town
|caps4 = 33
|goals4 = 11
|years5 = 2025–
|clubs5 = Barrow
|caps5 = 10
|goals5 = 1
|club-update = 21:17, 26 April 2025 (UTC)
}}
Isaac Andrew Fletcher (born 1 June 2002) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for {{English football updater|Barrow}} club Barrow.
Career
Fletcher began his career with Middlesbrough at under-10 level before turning professional in November 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mfc.co.uk/news/isaac-fletcher-signs-pro-contract|title=Isaac Fletcher Signs Pro Contract | Middlesbrough FC|website=www.mfc.co.uk}} He moved on loan to Hartlepool United in January 2022.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/60144910|title=Hartlepool sign Boro's Fletcher on loan|work=BBC Sport }} In February 2022, Fletcher scored his first professional goal in a 2–1 win at Colchester United.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mfc.co.uk/news/loan-watch-first-pro-goal-for-isaac-fletcher|title=LOAN WATCH: First Pro Goal For Isaac Fletcher|website=www.mfc.co.uk}}
On 26 August 2022, Fletcher signed for National League club Scunthorpe United on loan until January 2023,{{cite web|url=https://www.scunthorpe-united.co.uk/news/2022/august/isaac-fletcher-signs-on-loan-from-middlesbrough/|title=Isaac Fletcher signs on loan from Middlesbrough|website=www.scunthorpe-united.co.uk|date=26 August 2022|accessdate=26 August 2022}} however he was recalled early, on 28 September 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.scunthorpe-united.co.uk/news/2022/september/isaac-fletcher-returns-to-middlesbrough/|title=Isaac Fletcher returns to Middlesbrough|website=www.scunthorpe-united.co.uk|date=28 September 2022|accessdate=26 October 2022}}
He was released by Middlesbrough at the end of 2023 and in February 2024, it was announced Fletcher had signed for National League North side Spennymoor Town.{{cite web |url=https://spennymoortownfc.co.uk/2024/02/27/isaac-fletcher-signs-for-spennymoor-town/ |title=
Isaac Fletcher Signs For Spennymoor Town |publisher=Spennymoor Town FC |date=27 February 2024 |accessdate=27 February 2024}} Fletcher started the 2024–25 season brightly, scoring his tenth goal in all competitions on 5 October 2024 in a 1–1 draw against Kidderminster Harriers.{{cite web |url=https://spennymoortownfc.co.uk/2024/10/05/report-moors-1-kidderminster-harriers-1/ |title=Report: Moors 1 Kidderminster Harriers 1 |publisher=Spennymoor Town FC |date=5 October 2024 |accessdate=6 October 2024}}
On 2 January 2025, Fletcher signed for League Two side Barrow on a two-and-a-half year deal for an undisclosed fee. {{cite web|url=https://www.barrowafc.com/news/2025/january/02/isaac-fletcher-signs/|title=Isaac Fletcher Signs|website=www.barrowafc.com|date=2 January 2025|accessdate=2 January 2025}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c4g3dy14r3lo|title=Isaac Fletcher: Barrow sign Spennymoor Town midfielder|date=2 January 2025|website=BBC Sport}}
Personal life
His father Andy played semi-professionally for Spennymoor. Isaac is also the older brother of Oscar Fletcher who played for Hartlepool's youth team.{{cite web |url=https://www.hartlepoolunited.co.uk/news/2022/january/pools-sign-fletcher/ |title=Pools sign Fletcher |publisher=Hartlepool United FC}}
Honours
Individual
- National League Player of the Month: September 2024{{cite web|url=https://www.thenationalleague.org.uk/septembers-shining-stars-are-honoured-with-player--82848|title=September's Shining Stars Are Honoured With Player Awards!|website=www.thenationalleague.org.uk|date=14 October 2024|accessdate=14 October 2024}}
Career statistics
{{updated|26 April 2025}}
| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan=2|Club
!rowspan=2|Season !colspan=3|League !colspan=2|FA Cup !colspan=2|League Cup !colspan=2|Other !colspan=2|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan=4|Middlesbrough
|2020–21{{soccerbase season|137285|2020|access-date=29 January 2022}} |0{{efn|Soccerbase has wrongly attributed a league appearance to Isaac Fletcher. It was Ashley Fletcher who started in Middlesbrough's 2-1 win against Huddersfield in February 2021 - not Isaac. See [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55990629 BBC] and [https://int.soccerway.com/players/isaac-fletcher/543155/ Soccerway].}} | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021–22{{soccerbase season|137285|2021|access-date=29 January 2022}}
|Championship |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022–23{{soccerbase season|137285|2022|access-date=15 August 2022}}
|Championship |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!0||0||0||0||1||0||0||0||1||0 | ||||||||||
| Hartlepool United (loan)
|14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | |
| Scunthorpe United (loan)
|2022–23{{Soccerway|isaac-fletcher/543155|accessdate=26 October 2022}} |3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| rowspan=3|Spennymoor Town
|11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25
|22 | 11 | 3 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | 1{{efn|name=FAT|Appearance(s) in FA Trophy}} | 0 | 26 | 13 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!33||11||3||2||0||0||1||0||37||13 | ||||||||||
| Barrow
|2024–25{{soccerbase season|137285|2024|access-date=4 January 2025}} |League Two |10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | |
| colspan=3|Career total
!60||13||4||2||1||0||1||0||66||15 |
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References
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{{Barrow A.F.C. squad}}
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Category:English men's footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Middlesbrough F.C. players
Category:Hartlepool United F.C. players
Category:Scunthorpe United F.C. players
Category:Spennymoor Town F.C. players
Category:Barrow A.F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:National League (English football) players
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:21st-century English sportsmen
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