John Houghton was an

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

player who represented

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. Houghton made his full

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debut as a substitute in a 2–4 loss to New Caledonia on 18 July 1971 and ended his international playing career with 15 A-international caps and 2 goals to his credit, his final cap being an appearance in a 1–1 draw with Australia on 30 March 1977.

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