A photograph shows the Doog smiling as the man approached, with Waggy, Dave Woodfield, Dave Burnside and John Farrington looking on.

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there was a drop in attendance at Ewood the next season and we have never again reached the attendance levels of 1959/60.

They qualified for the UEFA Cup, and Dougan scored a hat-trick in a first round 7–1 aggregate victory over Portuguese side Académica. In August 1982, he fronted a consortium – funded by Saudi brothers Mahmud and Mohammad Bhatti of the company Allied Properties – that took Wolverhampton Wanderers out of liquidation, beating a rival bid from Doug Ellis. He was not at full fitness in the final itself, and had a quiet game as Blackburn lost 3–0 to Wolverhampton Wanderers.

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Hill took issue with Alf Ramsey’s substitution of Bobby Charlton against West Germany in the quarter-final with England 2–1 up, after which the opposition went on to win 3–2 after extra time. On Monday morning 'Doog' suffered a massive heart-attack and attempts to resuscitate the former Northern Ireland International failed before the ambulance crew arrived. His funeral was held on 5 July at St Peter's Collegiate Church, and the service was transmitted to a crowd of mourners outside the church with loudspeakers. However, as I've stated before he became increasingly unhappy during the latter time at Ewood, especially as the club were training part-time on two evenings a week.The following season, Rovers surged to the FA Cup Final, only to lose 0-3 to Wolves after pre-final rumours of players selling tickets and Dougan tabling a transfer request on the morning of the final. Clive Corbett’s 2007 book Those Were The Days let us in on the intimidating scene, in particular through the comments of Phil Parkes. In fairness I can see where you are coming from, but I was sure that the best attacking side was prior to this date.

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Eight years earlier, he had written: "One wonders what some businesses would be like if they were run on the same haphazard lines as most football clubs still are. The thug, disguised with a Wolves scarf, ran towards The Doog, who had just scored a dramatic equaliser, before kicking him in the groin. I had eight years under him as chairman and he led the PFA, along with my predecessor Cliff Lloyd, all through negotiations in establishing a constitution and a collective bargaining agreement, which have stood the test of time. Teammate Peter McParland later commented that "when Derek came to us at Aston Villa I think it was at a time when he was not taking the game particularly seriously". He twisted his knee midway through the 1962–63 campaign after slipping in the street, and ended the season with 14 goals from 33 games.The man responsible was John Bromley, then head of ITV sport, who asked Moore to stay at home, teaming him as usual with Jimmy Hill. Nevertheless, Dougan's form remained good, and he finished the 1968–69 season with 14 goals from 44 games as Wolves posted a 16th-place finish. A photo of Wolves on the attack at Millwall in April, 1967……as taken from a fan’s old footage of the game. In attendance were Noel Brotherston's parents as they were part of the VIP party along with Billy Bingham, Gerry Armstrong, Norman Whiteside and John McClelland amongst others, with them all speaking highly of him. Apologies for getting a tad defensive here, but I'm only going on what my opinions are and also on what I believe to be true in my own mind.