Northwich Victoria Taylor-Fletcher was a
roofer by trade and it was during this time he was spotted by scouts of
Conference National club
Northwich Victoria while playing a charity friendly against a local team made up of labourers. He began his career playing semi-professional football (as Gary Fletcher) with Northwich Victoria in 1999, with whom he scored eighteen goals in 43 appearances. On 16 March 2001, he went on loan to
Hull City who were then in the
Third Division, the fourth tier of the
Football League, where he made five appearances in two months at the club.
Leyton Orient On 8 June 2001, Fletcher was signed by another Third Division club,
Leyton Orient from Northwich for a fee of £50,000 as he had scored twice against them. Later that year he was sent out on loan to
Grays Athletic who were then in the
Isthmian League. Fletcher scored three goals in four league games in a loan spell that lasted from 21 December 2001 to 1 March 2002. In October, he spent a month on loan at Conference National club
Dagenham & Redbridge, before returning for a second loan spell in December, staying until March 2003. In two years with
the Imps Taylor-Fletcher made 90 appearances scoring thirty goals. He also won the Supporters
Player of the Year award for the
2003–04 season and played for them in the
Football League Two play-off final in May 2005, which they lost to
Southend United.
Huddersfield Town Taylor-Fletcher was acquired by
Huddersfield Town on a free transfer from Lincoln City on 14 June 2005. In January 2006, he scored against
Chelsea in an
FA Cup third-round match at
Stamford Bridge, which, for seven minutes, put Town on level terms with the
Premier League champions. Towards the end of the
season, he scored some more crucial goals against
Barnsley and
AFC Bournemouth, before scoring Town's only goal in the first leg of the play-offs against Barnsley at
Oakwell.
Blackpool On 9 July 2007, Taylor-Fletcher signed for
Blackpool for an undisclosed fee in a two-year deal, ahead of
the Seasiders first season back in the second tier of English football since 1978. He made his debut in the
Championship in the club's first league match of the
2007–08 season, a 1–0 win over
Leicester City at the
Walkers Stadium on 11 August 2007. He scored his first goal for the club two weeks later, on 25 August, in a 2–1 defeat to
Wolverhampton Wanderers at the
Molineux Stadium, and went on to score six goals that season. On 20 September 2008, he scored at
St Andrew's as Blackpool beat
Birmingham City 1–0. In doing so, he became the first player to score against
the Blues in the League at St Andrew's in the
2008–09 season and also help Blackpool become the first club to beat them at home since Chelsea in the
Premier League in January. Blackpool were the victors, thus completing Taylor-Fletcher's journey from
non-League football to the Premier League since the turn of the millennium. On 14 August 2010, he scored Blackpool's first-ever Premier League goal, in a 4–0 win over
Wigan Athletic on the opening day of the
2010–11 season at the
DW Stadium. Twelve months later, Taylor-Fletcher also scored the first goal (for Blackpool and in all) of the
2011–12 Football League season, in a single-goal victory against
Hull City at the
KC Stadium. He was released in the summer of 2013 after his Blackpool contract expired, his exit coinciding with a downturn in Blackpool's fortunes.
Leicester City On 20 September 2013, Taylor-Fletcher joined
Leicester City on a one-year deal. He made his debut just a day later coming on as a late substitute against his former side Blackpool. He scored his first goal for the Foxes in a 5–3 win over
Bolton Wanderers at the
King Power Stadium. Taylor-Fletcher made 21 appearances in the league (23 in all competitions), scoring three goals, as Leicester were promoted to the Premier League as champions. On 8 May, he extended his contract by a further year. Despite his new contract, Taylor-Fletcher was omitted from Leicester's 25-man squad for the 2014–15 Premier League season. The following February, he joined Championship strugglers Millwall on loan for the rest of the season, signed by his former Blackpool manager
Ian Holloway.
Later career On 17 October 2015, Taylor-Fletcher signed for National League side
Tranmere Rovers on a short-term deal 30 minutes before kick-off against league leaders
Forest Green Rovers. He scored in the fifth minute of his Rovers debut, which Tranmere won 2–0. On 3 October 2016, he signed for
Accrington Stanley on a non-contract deal. He made his debut on 4 October 2016 in the newly revamped
EFL Trophy, scoring a goal in Accrington's 4–1 win over
Chesterfield. He became caretaker player-manager of
Bangor City in March 2017, stepping down to assistant manager when the club appointed Kevin Nicholson in May 2017. The pair led the club to a second-placed finish in the Welsh Premier League during the 2017–18 season but left Bangor in May 2018 after the club was demoted after failing to obtain a tier one licence. He signed for
Llandudno in November 2018, and scored twice on his debut in a 4–2 defeat to
Bala Town. On 27 November 2018, he returned to Bangor as manager. He also played for the club in the
Cymru Alliance. On 7 May 2019, Taylor-Fletcher was appointed manager of Llandudno. Two days later, Taylor-Fletcher resigned due to business commitments. He retired from football in June 2019. ==Coaching career==