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Posted by: Knut Anders Fosters Voles, November 27, 2023, 6:04pm
Ex-Town, Lincoln and Scunthorpe striker has sadly passed away.
Rod may have taught a few Fishies at Western, Clee Grammar, Heneage and Humberston.
RIP
Posted by: Squinter, November 27, 2023, 6:07pm; Reply: 1
R.I.P. Mr Fletcher. Good teacher and 100% nice bloke, was manager of my school footy team
Posted by: Gilbertswand, November 27, 2023, 6:37pm; Reply: 2
Yes he was the Deputy head at Humberston when i was there..
Friendly and fair..decent player in his prime by all accounts...
Posted by: The_Laughing_Mariner, November 27, 2023, 6:53pm; Reply: 3
Yep taught me at clee grammar.
Rip Sir
Posted by: tanga_the_indestructible, November 27, 2023, 6:59pm; Reply: 4
He was also at Whitgift at some stage in the early 70s.
Posted by: marinerjase, November 27, 2023, 7:13pm; Reply: 5
RIP Rod..lived next door to him for a few years in the 80’s, Nice fella.
Posted by: grimsby pete, November 27, 2023, 7:27pm; Reply: 6
We paid £20,000 to Lincoln for Rod when he was part time and I think he was part time for us so he could carry on with his teaching.
Posted by: denni266, November 27, 2023, 8:14pm; Reply: 7
Remember him from his time at town RIP
Posted by: Limerick Mariner, November 27, 2023, 9:24pm; Reply: 8
We paid £20,000 to Lincoln for Rod when he was part time and I think he was part time for us so he could carry on with his teaching.
He went to Scunny from Lincoln and helped them to promotion with us in 71/72. Ashman signed him after he took over when Lawrie Mc left. That recruitment combination, replacing Lawrie and Matt Tees, knocked about 3k off our average attendance in a season.
Posted by: Grant Baily, November 27, 2023, 9:36pm; Reply: 9
Was my mentor when I first started teaching. What a bloke and a true gentleman
Posted by: barralad, November 28, 2023, 10:34am; Reply: 10
He went to Scunny from Lincoln and helped them to promotion with us in 71/72. Ashman signed him after he took over when Lawrie Mc left. That recruitment combination, replacing Lawrie and Matt Tees, knocked about 3k off our average attendance in a season.
I always thought Phil Hubbard was the replacement for Sir Matt. Matt hardly played in the 72/73 season. Division 3 was a step too far.
Ashman didn't have Lawrie's charisma but under him in that first post Lawrie season Town's final league position matched the great 72/73 season.
Posted by: Limerick Mariner, November 28, 2023, 1:11pm; Reply: 11
I always thought Phil Hubbard was the replacement for Sir Matt. Matt hardly played in the 72/73 season. Division 3 was a step too far.
Ashman didn't have Lawrie's charisma but under him in that first post Lawrie season Town's final league position matched the great 72/73 season.
Indeed, but my Dad absolutely hated the Ashman appointment and we stopped going regularly. I was only 10, but I had in my mind that the style of football changed - out went the barnstorming attacking style of Lawrie Mc and in came the much more defensive approach of Scunny’s promotion season. But checking the tables we scored more goals in 73/74 than 72/73.
Posted by: forza ivano, November 28, 2023, 2:50pm; Reply: 12
Indeed, but my Dad absolutely hated the Ashman appointment and we stopped going regularly. I was only 10, but I had in my mind that the style of football changed - out went the barnstorming attacking style of Lawrie Mc and in came the much more defensive approach of Scunny’s promotion season. But checking the tables we scored more goals in 73/74 than 72/73.
Wasnt 73-74 Jimmy lumby's break through season? 9 goals in 16 games?
Posted by: barralad, November 28, 2023, 3:27pm; Reply: 13
Wasnt 73-74 Jimmy lumby's break through season? 9 goals in 16 games?
Pretty sure it was Forza.
Guess we'd been spoilt with Lawries attacking you score 2 we'll score 3 attitude.
Posted by: grimps, November 28, 2023, 3:37pm; Reply: 14
My old Deputy Head at Humberston school.
Nice bloke and fair as a teacher , I only wish he’d coached us at football when I was there
Posted by: andypandy04, November 28, 2023, 6:46pm; Reply: 15
Remember him giving me 3 lashes of the cane when he was deputy head at humberston, seemed fair enough at the time
Posted by: lew chaterleys lover, November 28, 2023, 7:31pm; Reply: 16
He was my teacher for a short time at Harold secondary. So was Rod Green for those who remember him.
Talking of Jim Lumby he was a classmate of mine at Harold Street and we played in the same school side, and I also used to play a lot of street football with him in the Victor Street area where we lived.
Jim used to play in goal for Harold Street funnily enough, and I was right back. My only claim to fame is I scored an own goal past him.
Posted by: Squinter, November 28, 2023, 8:54pm; Reply: 17
Remember him giving me 3 lashes of the cane when he was deputy head at humberston, seemed fair enough at the time
Remember him giving me and others a 2 second bollokcing for sneaking out to shop at break, then spending the next ten minutes checking we would all be ok for big game on Saturday and talking tactics 🤣
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