Dougie Wood | |
Birth Date: | 15 February 1940 |
Birth Place: | Musselburgh, Scotland |
Position: | Left half |
Years1: | 1957–1960 |
Years2: | 1960–1961 |
Years3: | 1961–1967 |
Years4: | 1967 |
Years5: | 1967–1968 |
Years6: | 1968–1972 |
Years7: | 1972–1973 |
Years8: | 1973–1974 |
Years9: | 1974–1975 |
Years10: | 1975–1976 |
Years11: | 1977–1978 |
Clubs4: | → Boston Rovers (loan) |
Clubs5: | Linfield |
Clubs6: | Derry City |
Clubs7: | Athlone Town |
Clubs8: | Shamrock Rovers |
Clubs9: | Athlone Town |
Clubs10: | Sligo Rovers |
Clubs11: | Shelbourne |
Caps1: | 0 |
Caps2: | 1 |
Caps3: | ? |
Caps4: | ? |
Caps5: | ? |
Caps6: | ? |
Caps7: | 31 |
Caps8: | 12 |
Caps9: | 29 |
Caps10: | 13 |
Caps11: | 15 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Goals3: | 3 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Goals5: | ? |
Goals6: | ? |
Goals7: | 0 |
Goals8: | 0 |
Goals9: | 4 |
Goals10: | 0 |
Goals11: | 1 |
Manageryears1: | 1973–1974 |
Managerclubs1: | Shamrock Rovers |
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.
He attended Musselburgh Grammar School.[2]
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.
Dougie died peacefully at home, aged 82, on 3 June 2022.