Stuart Keith Wakley Fleetwood was born on 23 April 1986 and is an English football manager and former professional footballer who is head coach at Southern League Premier Division South club Swindon Supermarine.
35 Facts About Stuart Fleetwood
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Stuart Fleetwood qualifies to play for Wales due to his father Keith, who was born in St Mellons, Cardiff.
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Stuart Fleetwood started his career at Cardiff City at the age of 12 when he joined the club's youth programme, and eventually made one first team appearance in two and a half seasons as a professional.
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On 3 October 2005 Stuart Fleetwood was involved in a car accident on his way back from a Cardiff reserve match against Hereford United along with fellow players Nicky Fish, Lloyd Jenkins and Anthony Taylor.
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Stuart Fleetwood signed for Hereford United in January 2006, who beat off competition from Hamilton Academical, and made a good start, scoring four goals in five league games.
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Stuart Fleetwood featured as a substitute in the Conference play-off final win over Halifax Town, and subsequently signed a new one-year contract.
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Stuart Fleetwood made a promising start to the season by scoring Hereford's first Football League goal since 1997 and a further goal against Chester.
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Stuart Fleetwood made just three first team appearances after the turn of the year for the Bulls, and was released at the end of the season.
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In June 2007 Stuart Fleetwood signed a one-year deal at Conference side Forest Green Rovers.
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Stuart Fleetwood started the season in good form for Forest Green and started to attract interest from league scouts after just three months but he quickly moved to quash speculation by saying that he would be happy to see out his contract at the Gloucestershire club.
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Stuart Fleetwood's form saw him linked with, among others, Championship sides Charlton Athletic and Crystal Palace.
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Stuart Fleetwood was offered a new contract at the end of the season, but decided to leave.
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Stuart Fleetwood joined Charlton Athletic on a three-year deal in June 2008.
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Stuart Fleetwood joined Cheltenham despite confessing to being a lifelong Gloucester City AFC supporter, Cheltenham's biggest rivals.
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Stuart Fleetwood returned to Charlton on 30 January 2009 having scored 2 goals in 11 league appearances.
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On 1 September 2009 on transfer deadline day, Stuart Fleetwood returned to Exeter City on a season-long loan deal.
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On 2 July 2010 it was announced that Stuart Fleetwood had re-joined Hereford United on a two-year contract for an undisclosed fee.
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Stuart Fleetwood finished the season as the Bulls top scorer with 18 goals, helping the club to survive relegation from the Football League.
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On 16 May 2011 Stuart Fleetwood met with the chairman of local Herefordshire outfit Woolhope Allstars, who play their football in league 2 of the Herefordshire Sunday League.
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Stuart Fleetwood has taken on an assistant manager post but will continue to play professional football.
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Stuart Fleetwood signed a two-year contract after the two clubs agreed an undisclosed fee.
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Stuart Fleetwood began to struggle to score on a regular basis in the league, but when Luton manager Gary Brabin gave him an extended run in the FA Trophy, he struck three times in four matches, including scoring the winner against Kidderminster Harriers in the Third Round.
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Stuart Fleetwood went on to score seven further goals during the season, but was dropped following a change in management as Buckle was replaced by John Still.
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On 28 March 2013, Still confirmed that Stuart Fleetwood would be released at the end of the season.
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Stuart Fleetwood signed a one-year contract with Conference South club Eastleigh on 18 July 2013.
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Stuart Fleetwood helped Forest Green to the Conference National play-offs however, after making 17 appearances for the club, his departure was confirmed on 4 May 2015.
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On 17 June 2015, it was announced that Stuart Fleetwood had signed a two-year deal at Sutton United.
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Stuart Fleetwood scored his only goal for the club on 9 February 2016 in an FA Trophy extra time replay defeat against Bognor Regis Town.
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On 7 June 2016, Stuart Fleetwood was announced as a new signing for Bath City.
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On 19 May 2017, Stuart Fleetwood signed for Southern Football League side Merthyr Town.
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On 20 November 2017, Stuart Fleetwood joined fellow Southern Football League side Redditch United.
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Stuart Fleetwood has won several caps for the Wales under-21 side, making his debut in 2004 against Latvia U21.
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Stuart Fleetwood's last call up was at Hereford although manager Graham Turner criticised the Welsh FA over the handling of the call up as Hereford did not find out he would be playing for the under-21 side until Fleetwood was already travelling to join the squad and was therefore unavailable for their clash with Rochdale.
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Stuart Fleetwood has played for Wales at various other youth levels.
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Stuart Fleetwood initially joined Gloucester City as the club's Head of Academy in March 2023, before additionally taking on the role of first team coach later that year.