Sorry everyone I have been offline for a bit, now
catching up on things.
Yes I also saw the Doog at Palace against Wolves a few
times, he was one of the "characters" then. I think we
always give the Irish a bit of licence in the
temperaments stakes. For sure Besty was given a lot of
rope by Busby when I think if he had been English it
would have been different.
The kind of bustling centre-forward that the Doog
represented has really departed from the game
following the more rigid refereeing standards which
came in to "harmonise" our game with that played
elsewhere in the world. Goalkeepers now have a
protected status that they never had even in the early
1970's.
Whether the Doog could have adapted to the current
laws it's difficult to say. Probably best to remember
him as he was.
There will no doubt be many more of his generation who
will be soon commemorated, a sad feature of the sands
of time. Maybe SKY should be prodded to do more to
remember these past heroes.

Bob B
--- Terry Morley <terry@...> wrote:

> Sorry to say this is the first I have heard of this
> sad news. A poor indictment of Sky's so called news
> coverage.
> The Doog was probably the first "Maverick"
> footballer that I was aware of. My Dad used to go on
> about when he shaved all his hair off when he played
> for Villa. [ How times change] I remember his ploy
> as Kettering manager, they were sponsored by
> Kettering Tyres and to circumvent the shirt
> advertising laws they had Kettering T on the front
> of their shirts, which Dougan said stood for
> Kettering Town ! Had the pleasure of seeing him a
> couple of times at Palace for Wolves. One of those
> players who made the game look so easy. Never met
> him but got the impression that he was a genuine
> bloke who was able to say what he wanted without
> really offending anyone, probably the Irish charm
> factor !
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: GEORGE MATTHEWS
> To: sixtiesandseventiessoccer@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 12:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [Sixties and Seventies Soccer] Re:
> Death of Derek Dougan
>
>
> hello all
> hopefully ESPN will gather something appropriate
> like they did with Alan Ball several weeks ago when
> they showed two very rare England matches. There was
> bugger all on Sky Sports worth commenting on but
> there have been some nice eulogies in the press
> today from doyens like Glanville and Miller.
> One of the less appealing but inevitable
> consquences of being a fan of 70-71 Footballers is
> that this sort of event is going to occur more and
> more as our old heroes get older. I could barely
> believe the Doog was 69.
> A great game to show as a tribute would be the All
> Ireland v Brazil game from 1973 which the Doog
> helped to organise. In the political climate of mid
> 70s Ireland, to succeed in bringing together
> something like that is a fitting tribute to his
> imagination and powers of persuasion. It has been a
> grim few months for some of our 70-71 heroes, best
> wishes to his family
>
> Stuart Clapham <stu.clapham@...>
> wrote:
> Hi Bob,
> i only know that it made the BBC's headlines for
> an hour or so, and
> Sky, well the less said the better.
> I never heard it mentioned on SKY and it is not
> even on the headlines
> there today (i think the news that Ince has gone
> to MKD has received
> better coverage. I guess people just don't
> consider him to be that
> noteworthy of so much coverage. I hope that Wolves
> do something in his
> memory, he and John Richards were a joy to watch
> together.
>
> Stuart
>
> --- In sixtiesandseventiessoccer@yahoogroups.com,
> "Bob Dunning"
> <bob.dunning@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Everyone, Just found this out today, I was
> away this weekend, did
> > it make the national news at all? I didn't see
> it where I was. I just
> > think that more of a fuss should have been made.
> He must be in
> > Northern Ireland's top ten most famous players.
> > Bob7071
> >
> >
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