Angus Douglas
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Angus Douglas[1] | ||
Date of birth | 1 January 1889 | ||
Place of birth | Lochmaben, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 14 December 1918[2] | (aged 29)||
Place of death | Castle Ward, England[3] | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.74 m)[4] | ||
Position(s) | Outside right | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Lochmaben | |||
–1906 | Vale of Dryfe | ||
1906–1908 | Dumfries | ||
1906 | → Kilmarnock (loan) | ||
1908 | → Raith Rovers (loan) | ||
1908–1913 | Chelsea | 96 | (11) |
1913–1918 | Newcastle United | 49 | (2) |
International career | |||
1911 | Scotland | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Angus Douglas (1 January 1889 – 14 December 1918) was a Scottish professional footballer who made over 140 appearances in the Football League for Chelsea and Newcastle United as an outside right. He was capped by Scotland at international level.
Club career
[edit]A "tricky" outside right,[5] Douglas began his career in Scotland with local clubs Lochmaben and Vale of Dryfe.[6][7] He transferred to Dumfries in 1906.[6] In May 1908, Douglas moved to England to join First Division club Chelsea.[4] He made 103 appearances and scored 11 goals in 4+1⁄2 years at Stamford Bridge and was a part of the club's 1911–12 Second Division promotion-winning team.[8][9][10] After failing to appear at all during the early months of the 1913–14 season,[8] Douglas transferred to First Division club Newcastle United for a fee "a shade under £2,000" in November 1913.[4] He made 56 appearances and scored two goals for the club before the cessation of competitive football due to the outbreak of the First World War.[9]
International career
[edit]Douglas won one cap for Scotland, in a 2–0 British Home Championship victory over Ireland in March 1911.[5]
Personal life
[edit]While a footballer for Newcastle United, Douglas lived in Gosforth.[4] He worked as a shell machinist for the Elswick Ordnance Company in Newcastle upon Tyne during the First World War.[4] Douglas began a relationship with local girl Nancy Thompson and their daughter Betty was born on 3 April 1918.[4] Both died of Spanish flu, within three days of each other, in December 1918,[4] one month after the Armistice.[2] Their daughter Betty, then an orphan, was raised by a maternal aunt.[4]
Career statistics
[edit]Club | Season | League | National Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Chelsea | 1908–09[9] | First Division | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
1909–10[9] | First Division | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | |
1910–11[9] | Second Division | 24 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 6 | |
1911–12[9] | Second Division | 35 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 2 | |
1912–13[9] | First Division | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | |
Total | 96 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 103 | 11 | ||
Newcastle United | 1913–14[9] | First Division | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
1914–15[9] | First Division | 27 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 1 | |
Total | 49 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 56 | 2 | ||
Career total | 145 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 159 | 13 |
Honours
[edit]Chelsea
- Football League Second Division second-place promotion: 1911–12[9][10]
References
[edit]- ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 84. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ a b "To The Glory of God". Newcastle United Football Club. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- ^ "Players Appearances Dj-Dz". Retrieved 29 September 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Glanvill, Rick. "Long Read: Chelsea in the time of Spanish 'Flu – part two". www.chelseafc.com. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ a b Angus Douglas at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ a b Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
- ^ "Dumfries player for Chelsea". Edinburgh Evening News: 6. 23 May 1908.
- ^ a b "Angus Douglas Player Profile". Stamford-Bridge.com. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Angus Douglas". 11v11.com. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- ^ a b Chelsea F.C. at the Football Club History Database
External links
[edit]- 1889 births
- 1918 deaths
- Footballers from Dumfries and Galloway
- Scottish men's footballers
- Scotland men's international footballers
- Chelsea F.C. players
- Newcastle United F.C. players
- Men's association football outside forwards
- English Football League players
- Kilmarnock F.C. players
- Raith Rovers F.C. players
- Deaths from the Spanish flu pandemic in England