Colin Douglas
Colin Francis Douglas "Duggie" (born 9 September 1962) was an
Scottish footballer who played as a centre forward and right back
for Doncaster Rovers and Rotherham United. He holds the record of
most appearances in all competitions for Doncaster.
Colin
attended St Joseph's school in Kilmarnock. He began as wing half
playing for Kilmarnock Colts, then in February 1977 moving to Ayr
United. He was at Bellfield Boys Club before moving to Celtic in
1980.
His first senior club was Celtic, then managed by Billy
McNeil. He only played one game for them on 6 October 1980 in the
semi final of the Glasgow Cup against Queens Park where he scored
his first senior goal in the 76th minute in a 2-0 victory.
In
summer 1981 he was signed by manager Billy Bremner of Doncaster,
coming on as substitute to play his first match on 5 September in a
2-2 draw against Bristol City at Ashton Gate in Division 3. He
scored his first goal 10 days later in a 1-1 draw at Chesterfield in
the League Cup. As a 20 year old, he went on to score 5 goals in 49
appearances that first season. In 1985, he was a member of the
Rovers side that beat then high flying QPR in the third round of the
FA Cup. His time at the club ended after an incident on the team
coach with manager Dave Cusack.
Initially on loan, Douglas
started up front for the Millers, then moved to playing full back
following an injury.
He was brought back to Doncaster in 1988
by manager Dave Mackay. "Duggie" was famed for his "never say die"
attitude, and was named player of the year for the 3rd time in 1991.
He ended his career at Doncaster with a still standing all time
record of 444 appearances in all competitions, being 2nd in total
league appearances to Fred Emery.
He moved to Bridlington
Town who played their Northern Premier League Premier Division home
games that season at Doncaster Rovers Belle Vue ground, and then on
to be player manager of Armthorpe Welfare and Hatfield Main before
returning to Armthorpe as a player in July 2002.
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