Leicester City In 100 Players: Derek Dougan - The Doog

[davieG]

 

https://www.lcfc.com/news/2540500/leicester-city-in-100-players-derek-dougan

 

Derek Dougan, nicknamed ‘The Doog’, was one of the most popular players ever to wear a Leicester City shirt.

He was a striker who was superb in the air, had an excellent first touch, and possessed a lethal shot. He was tall, agile, had great pace and was technically adroit. He was only at the Club for less than two seasons, but his impact was enormous.

Derek was signed by Leicester City manager Matt Gillies for £25,000 in May 1965 from Third Division side Peterborough United. He was happy to move to Filbert Street and join a well established First Division side, even though it meant taking a pay cut.

Before signing for Peterborough in 1963, he had played for Portsmouth, Blackburn Rovers and Aston Villa. He had also played, as a 19-year-old, for Northern Ireland in the 1958 World Cup finals in Sweden. At Blackburn, he had controversially handed in a transfer request on the day of their FA Cup Final against Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1960. At Villa, he shaved his head, was involved in a car crash and lost form.

The Leicester City player forever associated with ‘the Doog’ was Jackie Sinclair, a right winger from Dunfermline Athletic who also moved to Filbert Street in the summer of 1965.

The two of them formed a lethal goalscoring partnership. In their first season at Leicester, Derek scored 20 goals, and Jackie netted 24 as they helped to propel City to seventh place in the old First Division. Dougan regained his place in the Northern Ireland side and Sinclair was capped by Scotland.

The next season (1966/67) started even more impressively. Dougan scored two goals against Liverpool at Anfield on the opening day of the season. He added 13 goals in his first 10 matches and went on to net 20 goals before Christmas in only 22 games.

Bizarrely, it then changed. He only scored once in his next 13 games and then, in April, to everyone’s surprise, he was transferred.

This followed an incident when the Club was on a training break in Brighton. He was sent home and, two days later, he was sold to Second Division outfit Wolverhampton Wanderers. The fans were nonplussed. They couldn’t believe it.

Derek went on to play for Wolves with great distinction until 1975, but those of us privileged enough to have seen him play while at Leicester will never forget his superb performances which secured for him forever the status of a Filbert Street cult hero.

[davieG]

Fantastic entertaining player along side another favourite of mine Jackie Sinclair,

 

So disappointed when he left especially when he went on to perform so well for Wolves

[Foxdiamond]

1 minute ago, davieG said:

 

Derek Dougan, nicknamed ‘The Doog’, was one of the most popular players ever to wear a Leicester City shirt.

He was a striker who was superb in the air, had an excellent first touch, and possessed a lethal shot. He was tall, agile, had great pace and was technically adroit. He was only at the Club for less than two seasons, but his impact was enormous.

Derek was signed by Leicester City manager Matt Gillies for £25,000 in May 1965 from Third Division side Peterborough United. He was happy to move to Filbert Street and join a well established First Division side, even though it meant taking a pay cut.

Before signing for Peterborough in 1963, he had played for Portsmouth, Blackburn Rovers and Aston Villa. He had also played, as a 19-year-old, for Northern Ireland in the 1958 World Cup finals in Sweden. At Blackburn, he had controversially handed in a transfer request on the day of their FA Cup Final against Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1960. At Villa, he shaved his head, was involved in a car crash and lost form.

The Leicester City player forever associated with ‘the Doog’ was Jackie Sinclair, a right winger from Dunfermline Athletic who also moved to Filbert Street in the summer of 1965.

The two of them formed a lethal goalscoring partnership. In their first season at Leicester, Derek scored 20 goals, and Jackie netted 24 as they helped to propel City to seventh place in the old First Division. Dougan regained his place in the Northern Ireland side and Sinclair was capped by Scotland.

The next season (1966/67) started even more impressively. Dougan scored two goals against Liverpool at Anfield on the opening day of the season. He added 13 goals in his first 10 matches and went on to net 20 goals before Christmas in only 22 games.

Bizarrely, it then changed. He only scored once in his next 13 games and then, in April, to everyone’s surprise, he was transferred.

This followed an incident when the Club was on a training break in Brighton. He was sent home and, two days later, he was sold to Second Division outfit Wolverhampton Wanderers. The fans were nonplussed. They couldn’t believe it.

Derek went on to play for Wolves with great distinction until 1975, but those of us privileged enough to have seen him play while at Leicester will never forget his superb performances which secured for him forever the status of a Filbert Street cult hero.

Seems Matt Gilles fell out with 2 top players the other being Ken Leek before 61 Cup final.  Can only guess how we would have done keeping them 

[davieG]

4 minutes ago, Foxdiamond said:

Seems Matt Gilles fell out with 2 top players the other being Ken Leek before 61 Cup final.  Can only guess how we would have done keeping them 

We'd be struggling to put a team out if he was in charge these day.

 

seems like he was easily upset.

[surrifox]

IIRC Dougan wrote a newspaper article stating that Gillies and his coach tried to get Him to work on a set piece routine whereby Dougan would piggy back on Davie Gibson to gain extra height at corners and free kicks . Dougan  told him he was f****** nuts and wouldn’t do it 

[enmac]

14 minutes ago, surrifox said:

IIRC Dougan wrote a newspaper article stating that Gillies and his coach tried to get Him to work on a set piece routine whereby Dougan would piggy back on Davie Gibson to gain extra height at corners and free kicks . Dougan  told him he was f****** nuts and wouldn’t do it 

One of the 4 on ITV's World Cup panel. Didn't seem like he would suffer fools. 

[BoyJones]

5 hours ago, davieG said:

Fantastic entertaining player along side another favourite of mine Jackie Sinclair,

 

So disappointed when he left especially when he went on to perform so well for Wolves

Not to be disrespectful, but I was a regular during 65-67 and thought DD was well over rated. Jackie Sinclair, apart from Jimmy Greaves was my boy hood hero. Sinclair at that time was the main man.
 

DD was a great bloke etc, but I didn’t miss him when he left us. I know it goes against current thinking etc, but the bloke was bang average at best. Didn’t really rate him.
 

TBF, he did have some good years in the Yam Yam territory, but the hype about him is laughable. 

[enmac]

8 minutes ago, BoyJones said:

Not to be disrespectful, but I was a regular during 65-67 and thought DD was well over rated. Jackie Sinclair, apart from Jimmy Greaves was my boy hood hero. Sinclair at that time was the main man.
 

DD was a great bloke etc, but I didn’t miss him when he left us. I know it goes against current thinking etc, but the bloke was bang average at best. Didn’t really rate him.
 

TBF, he did have some good years in the Yam Yam territory, but the hype about him is laughable. 

I rate Jackie Sinclair highly. One of my all time favourites in fact, but the Doog was a cult hero. Every time he got the ball it seemed the whole crowd would scream "Doog". I can't explain why but the guy had genuine charisma. No one since has come close.Until JV arrived. They definitely had/have similar traits. The Doog will always be a stand out star for me. Sad when he left. 

[surrifox]

Jackie S was a fantastic player . Always seemed to be fit to play and rarely missed a game despite the close attention of the likes of chopper Harries Norman Hunter et al . 

Unlike his contemporary, George Best   , (Despite lacking George’s god given talent ) could be relied on not to be found in a night club at 4am on match days or holed up in some starlets flat on a Saturday afternoon 

[cropstonfox]

43 minutes ago, enmac said:

can't explain why but the guy had genuine charisma. No one since has come close.Until JV arrived. They definitely had/have similar traits. The Doog will always be a stand ou

Frankly Wortho?

[enmac]

2 hours ago, cropstonfox said:

Frankly Wortho?

Of course! The Doog, Wortho and JV are/were one of a kind. Stardust. Thanks for reminding me. 

[Clever Fox]

17 hours ago, davieG said:

We'd be struggling to put a team out if he was in charge these day.

 

seems like he was easily upset.

 He was Mr Gilles to the players and very much old school.

Similar to the Clough, Fergie, style of management.

[Steve Earle]

9 hours ago, enmac said:

Of course! The Doog, Wortho and JV are/were one of a kind. Stardust. Thanks for reminding me.