John Fleming (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Joseph Fleming | ||
| Date of birth | 1 July 1953 | ||
| Place of birth | Nottingham, England | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Oxford United | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1971–1975 | Oxford United | 75 | (2) |
| 1975–1980 | Lincoln City | 121 | (17) |
| 1980 | → Port Vale (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 1981–1986 | Wollongong City | 103 | (7) |
| Total | 302 | (26) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| Wollongong Olympic | |||
| 1998–2003 | Kemblawarra | ||
| 2005 | Kemblawarra | ||
| 2006–2009 | Port Kembla | ||
| 2009–2012 | Wollongong United | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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John Joseph Fleming (born 1 July 1953) is an English former footballer who played 199 league games in the Football League in a ten-year professional career throughout the 1970s. He later became a player and coach in Australia.
He began his playing career at Oxford United in 1971, making 75 league appearances in a four-year spell at the club. He spent 1975 to 1980 at Lincoln City, making over 100 appearances for the club. He won the Fourth Division title with the "Imps" in 1975–76. Loaned out to Port Vale in 1980, he emigrated to Australia and signed with Wollongong City. He retired as a player in 1986, and later coached Wollongong Olympic, Kemblawarra (in two spells), Port Kembla, and Wollongong United.
Fleming began his career at Oxford United, who finished 15th in the Second Division in 1971–72 under the stewardship of Gerry Summers. They rose up to eighth in 1972–73, before finishing just two points and two places above the relegation zone in 1973–74. The "U's" finished 11th in 1974–75. Fleming scored two goals in 75 league games during his spell at the Manor Ground. He then transferred to Graham Taylor's Lincoln City, who won the Fourth Division title in 1975–76. The "Imps" then consolidated their Third Division status with a ninth-place finish in 1976–77. They then dropped down to 16th place in 1977–78 under George Kerr and Willie Bell's stewardship. However they struggled under new boss Colin Murphy, and Fleming scored six goals in the 1978–79 relegation season, enough to make him the club's joint top-scorer (along with Glenn Cockerill, Mick Harford, and Gordon Hobson). He was sent on loan to John McGrath's Port Vale in March 1980. His debut game for the "Valiants" came against parent club Lincoln on 15 March; the Vale lost 3–0. He played just a further two games, having failed to impress at Vale Park. He left Sincil Bank at the end of 1979–80 season, having scored 18 goals in 141 league and cup games at the club. Fleming joined Wollongong City in the Australian National Soccer League where he spent the next six years, amassing over a hundred appearances. City finished 11th in 1981, third in 1982, 15th in 1983, 12th (of 12) in the Northern Conference in 1984, tenth in 1985, and eighth in 1986.
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