Curtis Fleming

Lovely bloke, all the best to him I really hope he does well there

Registered No611, he made 317 appearences for the mighty Boro, between 1991 - 2001, scoring 4 goals, probably one of his earliest Boro goal assist, could even have been his 1st, when he played a brilliant pass through to Andy Payton to score on his debut at home to Bristol City

 
Jeez he didn't do many passes like that! One of my favourites when I started following us. A decent, honest, hard working defender who was very uncompromising and difficult to get past.

Good luck to him
 
I saw him in Whitby in the early noughties. I asked if I could call him C-Flem. He said yes.

I called him C-Flem and he said "Who's that?"
 
It's nice to hear such good things said about a player who in all honesty was a good reliable pro for us, but played in a period where we had some very big names wearing the shirt. Him, Pollock, mustoe, Cooper(and several other player from that period). All players who may not have had the name or media attention some of our other signing did but made the club what it was back then for me as a kid who had just started following The Boro and Football in general.
 
Curtis Fleming anecdote time (with 3 relevant photos attached below).
This maybe boring for most, but showed me (and my Dad) how humble a gent Curtis is.

Late-90s I was living in Scotland with a load of Irish and Northern Irish lads. And for my 21st they got me an Irish shirt with ‘Fleming 2 Boro’ on the back. (As a side note: One of the lads told me he found the phone number for the FMTTM offices in one of my fanzines and phoned Rob to ask what shirt number Curtis had with us. I can only imagine what Rob made of this phone from a lad with a very thick Belfast accent!!!)

Fast forward many years and the shirt has made its way to the back of a wardrobe in my folk’s house. My Dad exercised very regularly along Castle Eden Walkway and frequently saw Curtis and nattered with him about all sorts of football and non-football stuff.

Then my Dad had an epiphany and remembered the shirt. He popped it in his car (along with a marker pen) ready for the next time he saw Curtis at Castle Eden. Very quickly the two were chatting again and my Dad asked if he would sign a shirt for his lad (me) who was a big fan, obviously he was very obliging and agreed.

My Dad says that when Curtis saw the shirt he was speechless (he was expecting a Boro top) as he said: “I never expected to ever see an Irish shirt with my name on the back!”. My Dad said you could see how happy it made him and he loved the story behind how I got the shirt as a present.

So, there you have it, you could say I’m a massive admirer of the fella :)

Best of luck at Brizzle and UTB (y)
 

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weemoby said:
Curtis Fleming anecdote time (with 3 relevant photos attached below).
This maybe boring for most, but showed me (and my Dad) how humble a gent Curtis is.

Late-90s I was living in Scotland with a load of Irish and Northern Irish lads. And for my 21st they got me an Irish shirt with ‘Fleming 2 Boro’ on the back. (As a side note: One of the lads told me he found the phone number for the FMTTM offices in one of my fanzines and phoned Rob to ask what shirt number Curtis had with us. I can only imagine what Rob made of this phone from a lad with a very thick Belfast accent!!!)

Fast forward many years and the shirt has made its way to the back of a wardrobe in my folk’s house. My Dad exercised very regularly along Castle Eden Walkway and frequently saw Curtis and nattered with him about all sorts of football and non-football stuff.

Then my Dad had an epiphany and remembered the shirt. He popped it in his car (along with a marker pen) ready for the next time he saw Curtis at Castle Eden. Very quickly the two were chatting again and my Dad asked if he would sign a shirt for his lad (me) who was a big fan, obviously he was very obliging and agreed.

My Dad says that when Curtis saw the shirt he was speechless (he was expecting a Boro top) as he said: “I never expected to ever see an Irish shirt with my name on the back!”. My Dad said you could see how happy it made him and he loved the story behind how I got the shirt as a present.

So, there you have it, you could say I’m a massive admirer of the fella :)

Best of luck at Brizzle and UTB (y)
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Great story . 👍
 
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