Angus Douglas
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Angus Douglas[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1 January 1889 | ||
| Place of birth | Lochmaben, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 14 December 1918 (aged 29)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Castle Ward, England[3] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1.74 m)[4] | ||
| Position | Outside right | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Lochmaben | |||
| –1906 | Vale of Dryfe | ||
| 1906–1908 | Dumfries | ||
| 1906 | → Kilmarnock (loan) | ||
| 1908 | → Raith Rovers (loan) | ||
| 1908–1913 | Chelsea | 96 | (11) |
| 1913–1918 | Newcastle United | 49 | (2) |
| International career | |||
| 1911 | Scotland | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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.
A "tricky" outside right,[5] Douglas began his career in Scotland with local clubs Lochmaben and Vale of Dryfe.[6][7] He transferred to Dumfries in 1906.[6] In May 1908, Douglas moved to England to join First Division club Chelsea.[4] He made 103 appearances and scored 11 goals in 4+1⁄2 years at Stamford Bridge and was a part of the club's 1911–12 Second Division promotion-winning team.[8][9][10] After failing to appear at all during the early months of the 1913–14 season,[8] 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.[9]
International career
Douglas won one cap for Scotland, in a 2–0 British Home Championship victory over Ireland in March 1911.[5]
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.[2] Their daughter Betty, then an orphan, was raised by a maternal aunt.[4]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Chelsea | 1908–09[9] | First Division | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 1909–10[9] | First Division | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | |
| 1910–11[9] | Second Division | 24 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 6 | |
| 1911–12[9] | Second Division | 35 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 2 | |
| 1912–13[9] | First Division | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | |
| Total | 96 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 103 | 11 | ||
| Newcastle United | 1913–14[9] | First Division | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| 1914–15[9] | First Division | 27 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 1 | |
| Total | 49 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 56 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 145 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 159 | 13 | ||
