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FLETCH LOVING NOT TS REVIVAL

by
The LeaguePaper Team
28 January 2018

By Joe Tanner

ON THE UP: Notts County’s Jon Stead celebrates scoring.
PICTURE: Action Images

Darren Fletcher

Alan Hardy

HAVING put some of football’s biggest stories into words, Darren Fletcher is no stranger to plotlines that take the breath away.
However, Fletcher cannot help but be taken aback at the rapid progress made at Notts County in the first year of the Alan Hardy era.
The 42-year-old Nottinghamborn broadcaster, who has commentated on Champions League finals and World Cups during spells working for BBC Radio Five Live and BT Sport, officially joined the Magpie...

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