Dougie Wood (born 15 February 1940) is a Scottish former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

, who played for eleven seasons with Derry City from 1961-1972 in the Irish League. He won six inter-league caps for the Irish League between 1964 and 1967, and won the

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in 1963/64, the Irish League championship and the Gold Cup in 1964/65. He was the

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for the 1964/65 season. He also managed the club as player-manager between July 1971 and July 1972. Wood represented the

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in the summer of 1967.Mahon, Eddie (1998). ''Derry City'', "The Scottish Connection" by Kelly, Ritchie, Guildhall Press, p. 64 After Shay Keogh resigned as

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manager in December 1973, Wood (along with Shay Noonan and Dick Giles) took over team affairs for the rest of the 1973/74 season. Dougi
died
peacefully at home, aged 82, on 3 June 2022.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wood, Dougie 1940 births Living people Scottish men's footballers NIFL Premiership players Ulster Footballers of the Year Derry City F.C. players Derry City F.C. managers Athlone Town A.F.C. players League of Ireland players Shamrock Rovers F.C. players Shamrock Rovers F.C. managers United Soccer Association players Boston Shamrock Rovers players Expatriate association football managers in the Republic of Ireland Footballers from Musselburgh Men's association football wing halves Sunderland A.F.C. players Raith Rovers F.C. players Sligo Rovers F.C. players Linfield F.C. players Shelbourne F.C. players Scottish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Scottish expatriate men's footballers Scottish football managers