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

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Heartache behind smiles of Wolves legend Derek Dougan's family «Express & Star". Express and Star. 29 June 2013 . Retrieved 28 July 2016. I became a big fan of The Doogs thereafter and i am still collecting memorabilia to this day ,a love afair that has lasted over fifty years. Over half a century later, it’s almost impossible to imagine what it was like to see colour TV for the first time. “When I first caught sight of myself,” recalled Jimmy Hill, “I was quite alarmed. The colours in those days were very garish. I looked like I had terribly high blood pressure. But the ‘wow’ factor of colour was amazing. We wanted our coverage in 1970 to have a carnival feel to it.”

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Dougan was a combative centre-forward who relied on his speed, strength and awareness to score and create goals. [75] Former Peterborough United teammate Peter Deakin said that "his biggest strength was his ability in the air. If enough balls went into the area he would be on the end of 80 per cent of them". [76] He had an excellent left-foot and was described as "streetwise" and "crafty", but was not a great passer of the ball. [77] Opposition defenders did not like playing against him as he was strong and very difficult to defend against. [78] Media career [ edit ] Dougan fails to show for motoring charges. – Free Online Library". Birmingham Post. 11 April 2000 . Retrieved 27 July 2016. Dougan was capped 43 times by Northern Ireland and was a member of the squad that reached the quarter-finals of the 1958 World Cup in Sweden. The president of the Irish Football Association, Jim Boyce, paid tribute to the striker. Dougan always had ambitions that went beyond football, and with the help of a loyal lieutenant he produced various books about the game, including a novel, The Footballer (1974), much of which appeared to recount his feud with the Wolves manager, Bill McGarry.He swagered onto the field like somthing out of a B movie western rather than a footballer sporting a Yul Brynner hair cut (somthing that was not even thought of in the day although very popular with the so called 'stars'of today.

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In just over eight seasons at the Molineux, Dougan made 320 first team appearances for Wolves netting over 120 goals. Dougan made his Northern Ireland debut against Czechoslovakia during the 1958 World Cup in Sweden and his final international appearance was in 1973.O'Connor, Lisa (25 November 2007). "NI soccer star 'Doog' leaves pounds 170k. – Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com . Retrieved 28 July 2016. Rejuvenated, he regained his place in the Northern Ireland side. Then Wolves bought him for double what Leicester had paid at the tail end of 1966-67. He stayed a Wolves player until 1976. Dougan, who had helped organise the game, never played for Northern Ireland again and he later said that he was in favour of an All-Ireland team. But it was with Wolves, his sixth English club, where he really found his home, and he was an integral part of the side that won the 1974 League Cup. Over 34,000 supporters were at Molineux to watch Dougan's final game for the club in 1975. He was awarded a testimonial in October of that year and later had a spell as manager of Kettering Town, before returning to Wolves for a brief time as chief executive.