The Doog: The Incredible Story of Derek Dougan - Football s Most Controversial Figure

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Dougan recovered after three months on the sidelines and ended the 1961–62 season with 12 goals in 27 matches. It wasn't until much later, after I had left Villa, that I realised the peril of leaning too much on tradition. He scored 19 goals in 51 appearances in the 1972–73 campaign, helping the club to a fifth-place league finish and to the semi-finals of the FA Cup and League Cup. In attendance were Noel Brotherston's parents as they were part of the VIP party along with Billy Bingham, Gerry Armstrong, Norman Whiteside and John McClelland amongst others, with them all speaking highly of him. Many thought his best days were behind him when Molineux boss Ronnie Allen signed him but he had seven fine seasons with Wolves.

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In the weeks leading up to the World Cup, the then president, Richard Nixon, expressed hope that, by 2050, the USA might have “sent a man to Mars”, and Rupert Murdoch, who’d recently purchased the News of the World, predicted that the proliferation of satellites in space would revolutionise TV by the end of the 20th century. In spite of the goal being chalked off, as full-time approached it looked as though Millwall would hold on. Northern Ireland team manger Peter Doherty took Dougan to Sweden for the 1958 World Cup finals, giving him his international debut in the opening game, a 1-0 win over Czechoslovakia. However, if you offer a relevant product or service that may interest our readership, we are open to bribery and corruption. He was granted a testimonial game against a Don Revie International XI in October 1975, which ended in a 0–0 draw.He scored 19 goals in 37 league games in the 1965–66 season to help the team to a seventh-place finish. Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.

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As a teenager he spent 18 months working at a toy factory whilst playing amateur football for Cregagh Boys. Although the maximum wage had been abolished, in the 70s clubs still possessed the power to withhold an out-of-contract player's registration, thus preventing him from moving elsewhere. For the first time in the broadcasting of sports events, ITV’s figures regularly matched the BBC, which managed to look safe and staid even with Brian Clough as part of its team. The result was a month of television that was loud, brash, often controversial, sometimes downright insulting and always hugely watchable. The sending off by referee Keith Walker caused upheaval in the stands, occasioning the injury of 84 people.

On Monday morning 'Doog' suffered a massive heart-attack and attempts to resuscitate the former Northern Ireland International failed before the ambulance crew arrived. Though their league campaign petered out to an eventual 17th-place finish, Rovers reached the 1960 FA Cup Final at Wembley after Dougan scored the winning goal past Sheffield Wednesday in the semi-finals. However, he had a difficult relationship with manager Matt Gillies despite being the first choice striker at Filbert Street. A photograph shows the Doog smiling as the man approached, with Waggy, Dave Woodfield, Dave Burnside and John Farrington looking on. Belfast Big Man", as Dougan was nicknamed by Arthur Lee of Love, became a frequent visitor to Ciro's, the Troubadour and the clubs of the Sunset Strip.

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Doesn't mean you are insulting the man however just by stating that the timing of the act was all wrong. He was fiercely and proudly British, and in recent years was a prominent member of the United Kingdom Independence Party. He stood as an independent politician in the Belfast East constituency in 1997, and later became involved in the UK Independence Party.Born in Belfast in January 1938, Dougan played for Irish League club Distillery before joining Portsmouth. The timing of the move was perfect: he joined a Wolves team embroiled in a promotion battle out of the old English Second Division and after making his Molyneux debut with a hat-trick against Hull City, Dougan scored the goals that took Wolves back into England's top flight.