Derek dougan autobiography sample

Derek "The Doog" Dougan, king of the footballing one-liner, was perhaps the most flamboyant, argumentative, and controversial cult hero in the game's long and lurid history.

As a player he submitted a transfer request on the morning of an FA Cup final, played in the 1958 World Cup, picked up a record suspension for swearing at a linesman, shaved his hair off "to feel fresh," formed part of the famed ITV 1970 World Cup panel which invented football punditry, and smashed in goal after arrogant goal for Portsmouth, Blackburn Rovers, Aston Villa, Peterborough, Leicester City, Wolves, and Northern Ireland, inspiring the earliest known instances of football-related graffiti as his name was daubed across walls in each of those cities in recognition of his status as the crowd's rebellious hero.

At Wolves, following a hat-trick on his debut, he formed a lethal partnership with Dave Wagstaffe and Joh