Craig Fleming

Fleming began his professional career with his hometown club Halifax Town (69 appearances, no goals) where he made his debut aged 16. He also picked up the Barclays Player of the Month award at the same age. In the summer of 1991 he moved to Oldham Athletic, where he made 192 appearances, scoring one goal. His spell at Oldham included three seasons in the top division in the early 1990s. In this period, Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson described Fleming as "the best man-to-man marker in the country" after playing some memorable games against a young Ryan Giggs. In 1993, he was involved in Oldham Athletic's great escape when they narrowly avoided relegation from the Premier League on goal difference. He became captain of the Latics in 1997 which was also the season when he left Boundary Park for Carrow Road, the home of Norwich City for a fee of £600,000. In his first season with the Canaries he suffered some injury setbacks but this was soon behind him and he became a first team regular for nearly ten seasons. In this time he also had spells of captaining his team and was a well-respected member of the squad. In 2003, Fleming was voted into the Norwich City F.C. Hall of Fame. On 23 October 2004, he made his 300th senior appearance for Norwich City in their home match against Everton. Fleming was a key figure in the Norwich side that won the first division championship in the 2003–2004 season, and the supporters recognised his outstanding contribution – not just during…

In 2008, Fleming joined Lowestoft Town as first-team coach guiding them to two successful promotion seasons. In the 2009–10 season they were promoted from Isthmian League Division One North to Isthmian League Premier Division. Subsequently, in 2014 Lowestoft were play off champions and promoted to the Conference league. Fleming has finished studying his UEFA 'A' licence. In March 2015, he left Lowestoft Town and joined the Southampton F.C. Academy as under-18 coach. In 2018, Fleming was appointed First Team Assistant Coach at Premier League club Southampton, before his departure from the club in 2022. In August 2023, Fleming joined the coaching staff at Derby County's academy, taking up the role of Head of Academy Technical Development. In March 2024, Fleming left his role at Derby, taking up a new role as Ralph Hasenhüttl's assistant coach at VfL Wolfsburg.

During his time at Norwich, Fleming became patron of two charities, The Matthew Project and Radio Broadland Kidz. During his testimonial season he held events to raise money for both charities, including a hike 'n' bike around Norfolk in which he raised in excess of £23,000. In January 2009, Fleming became an Ambassador for Sport in Norfolk. In this role he visits schools and other youth organisations to help encourage young people to achieve through hard work and dedication.