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Dougie Wood

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Dougie Wood
Personal information
Date of birth (1940-02-15) 15 February 1940 (age 84)
Place of birth Musselburgh, Scotland
Position(s) Left half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1960 Sunderland 0 (0)
1960–1961 Raith Rovers 1 (0)
1961–1967 Derry City ? (3)
1967Boston Rovers (loan) ? (0)
1967–1968 Linfield ? (?)
1968–1972 Derry City ? (?)
1972–1973 Athlone Town 31 (0)
1973–1974 Shamrock Rovers 12 (0)
1974–1975 Athlone Town 29 (4)
1975–1976 Sligo Rovers 13 (0)
1977–1978 Shelbourne 15 (1)
Managerial career
1973–1974 Shamrock Rovers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dougie Wood (born 15 February 1940) is a Scottish former footballer, who played for eleven seasons with Derry City from 1961 to 1972 in the Irish League. He won six inter-league caps for the Irish League between 1964 and 1967, and won the Irish Cup in 1963/64, the Irish League championship and the Gold Cup in 1964/65. He was the Ulster Footballer of the Year for the 1964/65 season.[1] He also managed the club as player-manager between July 1971 and July 1972.

Early life

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He attended Musselburgh Grammar School.[2]

Career

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Wood represented the Boston Rovers in the summer of 1967.[3]

After Shay Keogh resigned as Shamrock Rovers manager in December 1973, Wood (along with Shay Noonan and Dick Giles) took over team affairs for the rest of the 1973/74 season.[citation needed]

Dougie died peacefully at home, aged 82, on 3 June 2022.

References

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  1. ^ Irish League Footballing Greats
  2. ^ Edinburgh Evening News Friday 21 September 1956, page 14
  3. ^ Mahon, Eddie (1998). Derry City, "The Scottish Connection" by Kelly, Ritchie, Guildhall Press, p. 64