The Doog: The Incredible Story of Derek Dougan - Football s Most Controversial Figure

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Dougan scored over 120 goals for Wolverhampton Wanderers and was in their victorious 1974 League Cup side. Heartache behind smiles of Wolves legend Derek Dougan's family «Express & Star". Express and Star. 29 June 2013 . Retrieved 28 July 2016.

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I had eight years under him as chairman and he led the PFA, along with my predecessor Cliff Lloyd, all through negotiations in establishing a constitution and a collective bargaining agreement, which have stood the test of time."The Rovers team was in essence an All-Ireland XI and the Northern Ireland governing body Irish Football Association had opposed the staging of the game.

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In spite of the goal being chalked off, as full-time approached it looked as though Millwall would hold on. But in the 89th minute Wolves were awarded a penalty. With regular penalty taker Terry Wharton out, the task fell to Dave Wagstaffe. He was regarded as an outspoken figure, never more so than during his period as PFA chairman, a position he held for most of the 70s. He played a crucial role in the fight for freedom of movement for out-of-contract players. At times, he was a very controversial character, never frightened of taking on authority, which got him into trouble in his playing career and, needless to say, off the field as well," said the current PFA chief executive, Gordon Taylor. Dougan made his Northern Ireland debut against Czechoslovakia during the 1958 World Cup in Sweden and his final international appearance was in 1973. Usually I've plenty of sympathy for players during those days (pre-1961 maximum wage players who were treated closer to chattel than free workers) but to hand in a transfer request on the morning of the club's most important game for over three decades...it was just wrong. Dougan himself expressed some regret I believe in later years. All he had to do was wait one day...I don't see how that act can be defended. In the end he stayed for an extra year at Rovers anyway and didn't move on until 1961. If I remember correctly I believe Dougan also challenged all things in football...he was a fighter...I remember reading about him challenging doctors and physicians. For this he got a reputation as a difficult player. Ultimately though he was the one proved right as he suffered many ailments after retiring. Rather a pyrrhic victory that one.His time there overlapped with former PFA deputy chief executive Brendon Batson, who recalled: "Derek was a great champion of players' rights and conditions and he was integral part of current terms players enjoy now. McNab also remembers the group whiling away the afternoons at the Hendon Hall hotel before their evening broadcasts. ‘We used to play head tennis and nobody wanted to play on Derek’s team because all you had to do was hit it to his right foot and you would win the point.’ In December 2005, he was one of the coffin carriers at George Best's funeral. He was also a representative of the UK Independence party.