Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Holte Enders in the Sky => Topic started by: Brian Homer on June 24, 2007, 01:12:56 PM
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Derek Dougan has gone. He didn't play us for very long but I remember him well. 61 - 63 right when I was first down the Villa. He was like an early Andy Gray - if the ball was more than 6 inches off the ground he'd head it!
He was a good 'un.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wolverhampton_wanderers/6234726.stm
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Shame, R.I.P.
Was always confusin him with Derek Dooley though! They don't call em like that anymore.
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We must be of a similar age Brian. I was at junior school when the Doog began his Villa career and, as you say he would put his head in where many wouldn't swing a boot! A good pro over the years and a legend among followers of Midlands football.
RIP Doog and thank you.
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RIP Derek.
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RIP
I saw his debut for the Villa, he was our replacement for Gerry Hitchins I think. I can't remember if it was that game or later but he has stayed in the memory because he had shaved his head, very unusual in those days.
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RIP big man, even though i'm villa through and through my old fella is wolves and used to take me to the games when i was 6 up till the age of 10 (until i saw the light) but i used to go when the likes of Dougan & co where in their prime.
=D> =D> =D> =D> =D>
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Derek RIP.
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RIP
I saw his debut for the Villa, he was our replacement for Gerry Hitchins I think. I can't remember if it was that game or later but he has stayed in the memory because he had shaved his head, very unusual in those days.
I believe he had it cut due to a car accident.
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RIP!
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A sad loss. Read through for his thoughts on the weight of tradition at 60s Villa Park.
http://football.guardian.co.uk/obituary/0,,2110429,00.html
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He was a cult figure at Villa Park and it has suprised me that he was with us for only two seasons. He always gave the refs a hard time and i suppose for his time he was considered a bit of a rebel. Sorry to hear of the Doogs passing.
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One of the great iconic photos of the Villa is of 'The Doog', hair cut to a very severe crew cut, leading the line in the early 60's.
RIP Derek Dougan
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Sad, sad news.
RIP
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One of the most opinionated footballers of his generation, Dougan always came across as an adroit, perceptive thinker on the game, my memories of him are at Wolves, where he formed a great partnership with John Richards.
Also I remember him on the World Cup 1970 ITV panel with Malcolm Allison and Bob McNab, he always had an view that was different to the other guy.
RIP Doog, a great character.
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Sorry Garyfouroaks, just seen your thread. Could someone merge please.
Ta.
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One of the few players who did better at Wolves than Villa, but a kind, generous and always pleasant man, who never forgot his times at Villa.
One of my childhood heroes with his strange hair styles and attitude to refs, an ideal replacement for my all time hero Gerry Hitches, its a pity he didn't have the players around him, that perhaps, his talents deserved.
A friend to many a Villa fan, as the various memories will no doubt show.
Its always a sad day when someone you remember so fondly joins those others transferred from us, at least he'll have his mate Besty to help him along. A sad loss
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'Character' best sums him up.
He'll always be remembered as a Wolves player, and in all honesty his Villa career was overshadowed by his coming between Gerry Hitchens and Tony Hateley.
In retirement he was a bit of a rogue but you couldn't help liking him.
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RIP Derek
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RIP Doog.
Only saw him last week in his home village of Tettenhall. Great pleasant guy who always had time for people, especially if they wanted to talk football.
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Never saw him play for us but did meet him at a book signing one Saturday morning down at Six Ways.
Seemed a real gent and even though I never bought his book, was keen to talk to me and sign an autograph. Certainly made the cycle ride well worth the effort.
Great quote from the Doog in that Guardian article:
"When I arrived at Aston Villa," he would later write, "it was like joining a Guards Regiment. At first the atmosphere was overpowering. I was with a great club and it's not easy to live up to such greatness. At the same time I enjoyed the stimulus and the challenge. It wasn't until much later, after I had left Villa, that I realised the peril of leaning too much on tradition. Villa were so mesmerised by past glories that they could not see what was happening to them until it was too late. Tradition was romanticised - a fatal mistake."
Sums us up pretty well. Let's hope Randy takes note of the Doog's insight.
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Saw George Best remembered on Biography last night and The Doog ruffling the hair of George Best after one of his mazy runs whilst playing for Northern Ireland.
So sad that both of them are now gone.