Karl Fletcher
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Karl Roderick Walter Fletcher | ||
| Date of birth | 16 January 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | London, England | ||
| Date of death | 29 May 2005 (aged 33) | ||
| Place of death | Harchester, England | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1986–1991 | Harchester United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–1999 | Harchester United | 323 | (152) |
| 1999–2000 | Real Mallorca | 11 | (5) |
| 2000–2003 | Gujarat Gandoos | 100 | (100) |
| 2003–2004 | Harchester United | 109 | (65) |
| 2004–2005 | Al-Habib | 28 | (25) |
| 2005 | Real Murcia | 11 | (2) |
| 2005 | Harchester United | 38 | (6) |
| Total | 749 | (452) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Karl Fletcher was a character in the Sky1 drama Dream Team played by Terry Kiely. He is the only character to have appeared in every series of the show (and its subsequent spin-off, Dream Team 80's) until the death of the character in the 2004–05 series, at which point he has appeared in a flashback, and most recently, a ghost.
Fletcher has the honour of being the most popular character in the show's history winning every fan poll to decide the most popular character at the end of each season minus season 8 (not counting seasons in which he made limited appearances and was not eligible to receive votes), and in the show's last season, was voted as the most popular character in the show's 10-year run.
He started at Harchester United as a schoolboy, then played in the reserves . He broke into the first team after the club's first season in the Premier League.
At the end of the first season, he was suspended after being found to have taken cocaine.
From then on, he was part of the furniture at Harchester, until the end of the second series, when he was on his best form, helping Harchester to the FA Cup, having defeated Manchester United. His form did not go unnoticed, and in a big move, he joined Real Mallorca.
Karl spent several months in Spain until he realised he wasn't happy there and arranged for a transfer back to Harchester. In this second spell at Harchester, he fell in love with Lynda Block, and they had an on-off affair for several years. At one point he asked her to marry him, but she declined by laughing in his face.
At the end of the fourth series, owner Prasant "Prash" Dettani was found murdered in the board room. In the buildup to this event, Prash had been aggravating Fletch, which to those outside indicated a motive for Fletch killing Prash. To further compound this, Fletch had just been substituted off in the game. Angry at this, he punched the tunnel wall, making his hands bleed.
All of this led to Fletch being accused of Prash's murder, for which he was tried. Following a large campaign by fans, Fletch was bailed to play in possibly his last game for Harchester United & his career. Fletch played as if he were indeed never going to play for Harchester again & finished the game as captain. At the final whistle, an emotional Fletch stayed on the pitch, receiving a standing ovation from the grateful Harchester fans, as he thanked them for the support throughout his trial. He was found guilty of murder, but at that point, Lynda Block admitted that she killed Prash, and Fletch was innocent.
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