Angus Douglas

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography Angus Douglas (1 January 1889 – 14 December 1918) was a Scottish professional footballer who made over 140 appearances in the Football League for Chelsea and Newcastle United as an outside right. He was capped by Scotland at international level.

Club career

A "tricky" outside right,[1] Douglas began his career in Scotland with local clubs Lochmaben and Vale of Dryfe.[2][3] He transferred to Dumfries in 1906.[2] In May 1908, Douglas moved to England to join First Division club Chelsea.[4] He made 103 appearances and scored 11 goals in <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />4+1⁄2 years at Stamford Bridge and was a part of the club's 1911–12 Second Division promotion-winning team.[5][6][7] After failing to appear at all during the early months of the 1913–14 season,[5] Douglas transferred to First Division club Newcastle United for a fee "a shade under £2,000" in November 1913.[4] He made 56 appearances and scored two goals for the club before the cessation of competitive football due to the outbreak of the First World War.[6]

International career

Douglas won one cap for Scotland, in a 2–0 British Home Championship victory over Ireland in March 1911.[1]

Personal life

While a footballer for Newcastle United, Douglas lived in Gosforth.[4] He worked as a shell machinist for the Elswick Ordnance Company in Newcastle upon Tyne during the First World War.[4] Douglas began a relationship with local girl Nancy Thompson and their daughter Betty was born on 3 April 1918.[4] Both died of Spanish flu, within three days of each other, in December 1918,[4] one month after the Armistice.[8] Their daughter Betty, then an orphan, was raised by a maternal aunt.[4]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Chelsea 1908–09[6] First Division 7 1 0 0 7 1
1909–10[6] First Division 14 2 0 0 14 2
1910–11[6] Second Division 24 6 6 0 30 6
1911–12[6] Second Division 35 2 1 0 36 2
1912–13[6] First Division 16 1 0 0 16 1
Total 96 11 7 0 103 11
Newcastle United 1913–14[6] First Division 22 1 1 0 23 1
1914–15[6] First Division 27 1 6 0 33 1
Total 49 2 7 0 56 2
Career total 145 13 14 0 159 13

Honours

Chelsea

References

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