Derek Dougan Wolves Legend Died Today Aged 69

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Former Northern Ireland and Wolves foreward Derek Dougan died today aged 69. Nicknamed "The Doog" he will be remembered as one of the great characters of the game, as well as being a very effective centre-forward.

Dougan scored over 120 goals for Wolverhampton Wanderers, and was in their victorious 1974 Leauge Cup squad.

He won 43 international caps and before joining Wolves played for Portsmouth, Blackburn Rovers, Aston Villa, Peterborough United and Leicester City.

Dougan was also an outspoken chairman of the Professional Footballer's Association.

Born in Belfast in January 1938, he played for Irish League club Distillery before joining Portsmouth.

He remained at Fratton Park until March 1959 when he transferred to Blackburn Rovers for £15,000.

He spent two-and-a-half years at Ewood Park before signing for Aston Villa in July 1961. Two years later Dougan was off again, this time to Peterborough United.

In the summer of 1966, he switched to another club, Leicester City, before securing his place with Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1967.

In just over eight seasons at the Molineux, Derek made 320 first team appearances for Wolves netting 123 goals.

Dougan made his Northern Ireland debut against Czechoslovakia during the 1958 World Cup in Swedenand his latest international appearance was in 1973.

During his time with Northern Ireland, he struck up a partnership with George Best.

In December 2005, Dougan joined other former Northern Ireland team-mates in carrying the coffin at Best's funeral.

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In a Southern League game against Bath City on January 24, 1976, Kettering became the first British club to play with a sponsor's name emblazoned on their shirts; that of Kettering Tyres. The deal was brokered by Chief Executive and Manager Derek Dougan. Four days later, The Football Association ordered the club to remove the new slogan, despite Dougan's claim that the ruling body's 1972 ban on sponsorship had not been put down in writing. Dougan changed the wording on the shirts to "Kettering T", which he claimed stood for "Town". For a couple of heady months, the team played on in the new shirts.

Eventually the FA ordered them to remove the words "Kettering T" from their strip. The threat of a £1,000 fine was too much and the words were reluctantly removed. Kettering didn't let the matter lie and, with Derby County and Bolton Wanderers, they put forward a proposal to the FA regarding shirt sponsorship. Even though the proposal was accepted on June 3, 1977, Kettering could not find a sponsor for the upcoming season. Meanwhile, Derby players began that season playing in Saab shirts and driving Saab cars. Kettering are also the first ever British team to have their initials on their ground's floodlights. Kettering are now sponsored by A-Line Insurance, A-Line Sports, WaterAid and PalestineAid.