Dougie Wood
Scottish footballer and manager
| 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) |
| 1967 | → Boston 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 1961-1972 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
He attended Musselburgh Grammar School.[2]
Career
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.
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Shamrock Rovers F.C. – managers
- Dunne (1937–42)
- Fullam (1942–45)
- Dunne (1947–49)
- Coad (1949–60)
- Murphy (1960–61)
- Thomas (1961–64)
- Tuohy (1964–69)
- Fitzsimons (1969)
- F. O'Neill (1969–71)
- Young (1971–71)
- Ambrose (a.i.) (1971–72)
- Tuohy (1972–73)
- Keogh (1973)
- Wood (a.i.) (1973–74)
- Meagan (1974–76)
- Thomas (1976–77)
- Giles (1977–1983)
- Campbell (1983)
- McLaughlin (1983–86)
- Keely (1986–88)
- King (1988–92)
- Treacy (1992–96)
- A. O'Neill/Eviston (1996)
- P. Byrne (1996–97)
- M. Byrne (1997–99)
- Richardson (1999–02)
- Buckley (2002–04)
- Synnott (2004)
- Collins (2004–05)
- A. O'Neill (a.i.) (2005)
- Scully (2006–08)
- Crawford (a.i.) (2008)
- M. O'Neill (2009–11)
- Kenny (2012)
- Glass (2012)
- Laws (2012)
- Croly (2012–14)
- Fenlon (2014–16)
- Bradley (2016–)
