Ted MacDougall
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Edward John "Ted" MacDougall (born 8 January 1947 in Inverness
) is a retired Scottish
footballer who is currently coaching with Atlanta Silverbacks
in the USA.
MacDougall was a prolific goalscorer who played for eight teams, scoring 256 goals in 535 League
appearances and winning seven full international caps for Scotland
.
In an FA Cup tie for Bournemouth
, in November 1971, he scored nine goals in an 11–0 win against Margate
. He formed a successful striking partnership with Phil Boyer
at four of his clubs.
, moving to Widnes
, Cheshire
, with his parents shortly after his 12th birthday. He subsequently played in local men's amateur league, and worked as a trainee compositor
on a local newspaper.
as a trainee in 1964 and, on the day he turned 19, he was offered a professional contract at Anfield
by manager Bill Shankly
. However, MacDougall did not make it at Liverpool, where Ian St. John
, Roger Hunt
and Tony Hateley
shared the goal-scoring duties, and he only made one first-team appearance, as a substitute in a UEFA Cup match.
for £5,000.
He quickly established himself as a prolific centre-forward. He scored on his debut against Workington, and went on to finish with 15 goals in his first season at Bootham Crescent.
In the following season MacDougall linked up for the first time with Phil Boyer
, who helped him score 19 times despite the fact that York were struggling near the bottom of the table.
Despite MacDougall's efforts – 40 goals in two seasons – York twice had to apply for re-election during his two seasons at the club
brought in three new strikers at Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic (which was later named AFC Bournemouth, in an attempt to make the club seem more go ahead and "continental"). One of the new strikers, MacDougall, was to become known as "SuperMac". £10,000 was paid to the Minstermen for MacDougall's signature.
Despite MacDougall's signing, and the 21 league goals he contributed, the Cherries were relegated to the 4th Division in 1970 and Freddie Cox was sacked by the then chairman Harold Walker.
In came John Bond
, who, at first, didn't rate MacDougall. By October, however, he had netted 16 goals, helping the team to climb to the top of the table. That season also saw the club record for the number of goals scored in a game smashed as MacDougall put six past Oxford City
in an FA Cup replay that eventually finished 8–1.
In December 1970, on MacDougall’s recommendation, Bond snapped up Phil Boyer from York City to be re-united with MacDougall. The pairing helped Bournemouth and Boscombe to promotion in second place, with MacDougall scoring 42 league goals.
On their return to Division 3 in the 1971–72 season, and with the new name change to A.F.C Bournemouth implemented, Bournemouth finished in third place in Division 3, narrowly missing a second successive promotion at a time when only two clubs went up.
On 20 November 1971, Ted MacDougall netted nine goals in Bournemouth's 11–0 victory over Margate
in the first round of the FA Cup. MacDougall scored five in the first half – at which point the Margate boss jokingly asked Bond to substitute their tormentor – and another four after the interval. This is still the largest-ever individual haul of goals by any player in a FA Cup match.
MacDougall was becoming hot property with 35 league goals to his name. Aside from his Margate exploits, he also hit the headlines in February of that season for his spectacular flying header away to Aston Villa
in front of a 48,000 crowd and the Match of the Day
cameras.
Wolves
, West Ham
, Coventry
and Crystal Palace
were all chasing the striker over the summer of 1972. MacDougall stayed and pledged his loyalty to Bournemouth, but in September 1972, John Bond accepted an offer of £200,000 from Manchester United. This was a Third Division transfer record at the time.
After 126 goals in just 165 appearances for the Cherries, one of the club’s most prolific strikers packed his bags and headed for Lancashire.
Whilst at Bournemouth, MacDougall started his own business – a sports shop in Boscombe called "Ted MacDougall Sports", with another branch opened in Poole later on. The Boscombe branch was given a grand opening by Geoff Hurst
.
At Dean Court, couples can be married in the Fitness First Stadium's "MacDougall Suite", opened in honour of the Scot.
after Manchester United
offered Bournemouth £200,000 for his services.
At this time, United were struggling to replace their manager Matt Busby
, who had passed control over to Wilf McGuinness
, who had then returned before handing over to Frank O'Farrell
, the man who actually signed MacDougall. United were facing similar problems on the pitch, trying to replace players such as Denis Law
and Bobby Charlton
.
MacDougall stepped into the turmoil. Within weeks of his arrival, O'Farrell had left the club to be replaced by Tommy Docherty
.
MacDougall scored on his debut at Old Trafford against Birmingham City.
Before the season was over, MacDougall had left Old Trafford, transferred to West Ham United
, as Docherty set out to fashion a new United. In his brief time at United he scored five goals in only eighteen games.
following a 5–1 defeat at the hands of Leeds
curtailed his stint at the London club.
, who had managed him at Bournemouth, together with several of his former Dean Court colleagues. He also linked up again with Phil Boyer
, who had played alongside MacDougall at both Bournemouth and York.
At the end of the 1973–74 season, the Canaries were relegated to the Second Division, although in the following season they not only regained their First Division status but also reached the final of the League Cup
.
In the semi-final, Norwich defeated MacDougall's former club Manchester United (who were also spending a season in the Second Division). The final against Aston Villa
was a tense, scrappy affair in which MacDougall had few scoring opportunities, with Villa winning by a single goal. It would be MacDougall's only cup final appearance.
At the end of the 1974–75 season, MacDougall was given his only run in the Scottish national side
. He made a scoring debut against Sweden
, and managed three goals in seven games before being passed over as competition for places in the Scottish team was fairly intense at this time.
In the 1975–76 season, Norwich were able to maintain their First Division place, with MacDougall contributing 23 goals, making him the division's top scorer. Highlights include two hat-tricks in the space of four games.
Despite this, however, in the autumn of 1976 MacDougall moved on to Second Division Southampton
to work with manager Lawrie McMenemy
, who was in the process of rebuilding the side, for £50,000. Kevin Reeves
was signed for the same sum from Bournemouth to replace him.
and Peter Osgood
, although they were unable to gain promotion to Division One.
In the 1976–77 season, MacDougall had his only taste of European football as the Saints progressed to the quarter-finals of the Cup Winners Cup before losing to Belgian team Anderlecht
, although MacDougall did score the winner in a 2–1 victory in the second leg at The Dell
.
In the following season, 1977–78, Southampton were finally promoted back to Division One. By now MacDougall had once again renewed his partnership with Phil Boyer, with the pair scoring an astonishing 31 of the team's 70 league goals.
Once Southampton had secured their place back in the First Division, MacMenemy deemed MacDougall "surplus to requirements" – rumoured to have been encouraged to do so by MacDougall himself, who was finding himself a tad "off the pace" as his career progressed towards its culmination, and he was transferred back to his "happy hunting ground", Dean Court.
, on a free transfer from Southampton. Benson was soon replaced by Alec Stock
and things were on the up after his first game, in which the Cherries thumped Doncaster
7–1, but the good fortune did not continue as Bournemouth finished in 18th place. MacDougall's second spell at Bournemouth was not as prolific as his first (16 goals in 50 appearances).
for the various clubs where they teamed up.
as player-coach until October 1980 and thereafter was restricted to occasional matches in non-League football
at Salisbury City
, Poole Town
and Gosport Borough
.
He was for a period the landlord of the Mill Arms public house at Dunbridge
, Hampshire.
When he had finished playing at non-League level, he went to live in Vancouver
, Canada
, where he became a successful property developer.
In June 1998 he rejoined Alan Ball as reserve-team coach at Portsmouth
, but was sacked with Ball on 14 December 1999.
MacDougall is now based in Atlanta, United States
, where he was youth Director of Coaching with the Atlanta Silverbacks
. In 2009, he created his own club, Atlanta Spurs FC, alongside Paul Smith, who also played in England with Nottingham Forest. One of MacDougall's youth teams, the U14 boys, won the State Cup and made it to Regionals but lost in the quarter-finals.
Inverness
Inverness is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for the Highland council area, and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands of Scotland...
) is a retired Scottish
Scottish people
The Scottish people , or Scots, are a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland. Historically they emerged from an amalgamation of the Picts and Gaels, incorporating neighbouring Britons to the south as well as invading Germanic peoples such as the Anglo-Saxons and the Norse.In modern use,...
footballer who is currently coaching with Atlanta Silverbacks
Atlanta Silverbacks
Atlanta Silverbacks is an American professional soccer team based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1995, the team plays in the North American Soccer League , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, having previously sat out the 2009 and 2010 seasons while the ownership...
in the USA.
MacDougall was a prolific goalscorer who played for eight teams, scoring 256 goals in 535 League
The Football League
The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...
appearances and winning seven full international caps for Scotland
Scotland national football team
The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. Scotland are the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside England, whom they played in the world's first international football match in 1872...
.
In an FA Cup tie for Bournemouth
A.F.C. Bournemouth
A.F.C. Bournemouth is an English football club currently playing in Football League One. The club plays at Dean Court in Kings Park, Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset and have been in existence since 1899....
, in November 1971, he scored nine goals in an 11–0 win against Margate
Margate F.C.
Margate Football Club is an English football team based in the seaside resort of Margate, Kent, currently playing in the Isthmian League Premier Division. The club was known for a number of years during the 1980s as Thanet United....
. He formed a successful striking partnership with Phil Boyer
Phil Boyer
Philip John "Phil" Boyer is an English former footballer who played for various clubs during his career, including Southampton, Norwich City, Bournemouth and Manchester City. He has the rare distinction of having played over 100 league games for four different clubs...
at four of his clubs.
Playing career
MacDougall was raised in InvernessInverness
Inverness is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for the Highland council area, and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands of Scotland...
, moving to Widnes
Widnes
Widnes is an industrial town within the borough of Halton, in Cheshire, England, with an urban area population of 57,663 in 2004. It is located on the northern bank of the River Mersey where the estuary narrows to form the Runcorn Gap. Directly to the south across the Mersey is the town of Runcorn...
, Cheshire
Cheshire
Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow...
, with his parents shortly after his 12th birthday. He subsequently played in local men's amateur league, and worked as a trainee compositor
Compositing
Compositing is the combining of visual elements from separate sources into single images, often to create the illusion that all those elements are parts of the same scene. Live-action shooting for compositing is variously called "chroma key", "blue screen", "green screen" and other names. Today,...
on a local newspaper.
Liverpool
MacDougall joined LiverpoolLiverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
as a trainee in 1964 and, on the day he turned 19, he was offered a professional contract at Anfield
Anfield
Anfield is an association football stadium in the district of Anfield, Liverpool, England, with a seating capacity of 45,522. It has been the home of Liverpool F.C. since their formation in 1892 and was originally the home of Everton F.C. from 1884 to 1892, before they moved to Goodison Park...
by manager Bill Shankly
Bill Shankly
William "Bill" Shankly, OBE was a Scottish football player and manager, most noted for managing Liverpool between 1959 and 1974. One of Britain's most successful and respected football managers, Shankly was also a fine player whose career was interrupted by the Second World War...
. However, MacDougall did not make it at Liverpool, where Ian St. John
Ian St. John
Ian St. John is a former Scottish footballer, who played for Scotland 21 times. He later became a manager and pundit...
, Roger Hunt
Roger Hunt
Roger Hunt, MBE is an English former footballer. He was a member of the England team which won the 1966 World Cup.-Club career:...
and Tony Hateley
Tony Hateley
Tony Hateley is a former footballer who played for numerous English clubs as a striker. He is also the father of former England footballer Mark Hateley and grandfather of Motherwell footballer Tom Hateley....
shared the goal-scoring duties, and he only made one first-team appearance, as a substitute in a UEFA Cup match.
York City
In 1967 MacDougall left Liverpool to join Fourth Division York CityYork City F.C.
York City Football Club is an English football club based in York, North Yorkshire. The club participates in the Conference National, the fifth tier of English football. Founded in 1922, they joined the Football League in 1929, and have spent most of their history in the lower divisions...
for £5,000.
He quickly established himself as a prolific centre-forward. He scored on his debut against Workington, and went on to finish with 15 goals in his first season at Bootham Crescent.
In the following season MacDougall linked up for the first time with Phil Boyer
Phil Boyer
Philip John "Phil" Boyer is an English former footballer who played for various clubs during his career, including Southampton, Norwich City, Bournemouth and Manchester City. He has the rare distinction of having played over 100 league games for four different clubs...
, who helped him score 19 times despite the fact that York were struggling near the bottom of the table.
Despite MacDougall's efforts – 40 goals in two seasons – York twice had to apply for re-election during his two seasons at the club
Bournemouth
In the summer of 1969, manager Freddie CoxFreddie Cox
Frederick James Arthur "Freddie" Cox DFC was an English football player and manager.Born in Reading, Berkshire, Cox signed as an 18-year-old for Tottenham Hotspur in 1938. A tricky and talented winger who usually played on the right, he made his Spurs debut in a Second Division match against...
brought in three new strikers at Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic (which was later named AFC Bournemouth, in an attempt to make the club seem more go ahead and "continental"). One of the new strikers, MacDougall, was to become known as "SuperMac". £10,000 was paid to the Minstermen for MacDougall's signature.
Despite MacDougall's signing, and the 21 league goals he contributed, the Cherries were relegated to the 4th Division in 1970 and Freddie Cox was sacked by the then chairman Harold Walker.
In came John Bond
John Bond (footballer)
John Frederick Bond is an English former professional football player and manager. His son Kevin Bond is also a former footballer.-Playing career:...
, who, at first, didn't rate MacDougall. By October, however, he had netted 16 goals, helping the team to climb to the top of the table. That season also saw the club record for the number of goals scored in a game smashed as MacDougall put six past Oxford City
Oxford City F.C.
Oxford City Football Club is an English football club, currently playing in the Southern Football League Premier Division after gaining promotion via the Division One South & West playoffs...
in an FA Cup replay that eventually finished 8–1.
In December 1970, on MacDougall’s recommendation, Bond snapped up Phil Boyer from York City to be re-united with MacDougall. The pairing helped Bournemouth and Boscombe to promotion in second place, with MacDougall scoring 42 league goals.
On their return to Division 3 in the 1971–72 season, and with the new name change to A.F.C Bournemouth implemented, Bournemouth finished in third place in Division 3, narrowly missing a second successive promotion at a time when only two clubs went up.
On 20 November 1971, Ted MacDougall netted nine goals in Bournemouth's 11–0 victory over Margate
Margate F.C.
Margate Football Club is an English football team based in the seaside resort of Margate, Kent, currently playing in the Isthmian League Premier Division. The club was known for a number of years during the 1980s as Thanet United....
in the first round of the FA Cup. MacDougall scored five in the first half – at which point the Margate boss jokingly asked Bond to substitute their tormentor – and another four after the interval. This is still the largest-ever individual haul of goals by any player in a FA Cup match.
MacDougall was becoming hot property with 35 league goals to his name. Aside from his Margate exploits, he also hit the headlines in February of that season for his spectacular flying header away to Aston Villa
Aston Villa F.C.
Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...
in front of a 48,000 crowd and the Match of the Day
Match of the Day
Match of the Day is the BBC's main football television programme. Typically, it is shown on BBC One on Saturday evenings during the English football season, showing highlights of the day's matches in English football's top division, the Premier League...
cameras.
Wolves
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...
, West Ham
West Ham United F.C.
West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...
, Coventry
Coventry City F.C.
Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, are a professional English Football league club based in Coventry...
and Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace F.C.
Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in...
were all chasing the striker over the summer of 1972. MacDougall stayed and pledged his loyalty to Bournemouth, but in September 1972, John Bond accepted an offer of £200,000 from Manchester United. This was a Third Division transfer record at the time.
After 126 goals in just 165 appearances for the Cherries, one of the club’s most prolific strikers packed his bags and headed for Lancashire.
Whilst at Bournemouth, MacDougall started his own business – a sports shop in Boscombe called "Ted MacDougall Sports", with another branch opened in Poole later on. The Boscombe branch was given a grand opening by Geoff Hurst
Geoff Hurst
Sir Geoffrey Charles Hurst MBE is a retired England footballer best remembered for his years with West Ham. He made his mark in World Cup history as the only player to have scored a hat-trick in a World Cup final. His three goals came in the 1966 final for England in their 4–2 win over West...
.
At Dean Court, couples can be married in the Fitness First Stadium's "MacDougall Suite", opened in honour of the Scot.
Manchester United
In 1972, MacDougall moved to Old TraffordOld Trafford
Old Trafford commonly refers to two sporting arenas:* Old Trafford, home of Manchester United F.C.* Old Trafford Cricket Ground, home of Lancashire County Cricket ClubOld Trafford can also refer to:...
after Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...
offered Bournemouth £200,000 for his services.
At this time, United were struggling to replace their manager Matt Busby
Matt Busby
Sir Alexander Matthew "Matt" Busby, CBE, KCSG was a Scottish football player and manager, most noted for managing Manchester United between 1945 and 1969 and again for the second half of the 1970–1971 season...
, who had passed control over to Wilf McGuinness
Wilf McGuinness
Wilfred "Wilf" McGuinness is a former English football player and manager, who played twice for England. He is best known for taking over from Matt Busby as manager of Manchester United...
, who had then returned before handing over to Frank O'Farrell
Frank O'Farrell
Francis 'Frank' O'Farrell is an Irish former football player and manager.-Early:Frank O'Farrell started his playing career with Cork United, but followed his former Cork teammate, Tommy Moroney to West Ham United in January 1948. A quietly spoken, but nonetheless determined and talented wing-half,...
, the man who actually signed MacDougall. United were facing similar problems on the pitch, trying to replace players such as Denis Law
Denis Law
Denis Law is a retired Scottish football player, who enjoyed a long and successful career as a striker from the 1950s to the 1970s....
and Bobby Charlton
Bobby Charlton
Sir Robert "Bobby" Charlton CBE is an English former professional football player, a member of the England team who won the World Cup and Ballon d'Or for European Footballer of the Year in 1966...
.
MacDougall stepped into the turmoil. Within weeks of his arrival, O'Farrell had left the club to be replaced by Tommy Docherty
Tommy Docherty
Thomas Henderson "Tommy" Docherty , commonly known as "The Doc", is a Scottish former footballer and football manager.-Playing career:...
.
MacDougall scored on his debut at Old Trafford against Birmingham City.
Before the season was over, MacDougall had left Old Trafford, transferred to West Ham United
West Ham United F.C.
West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...
, as Docherty set out to fashion a new United. In his brief time at United he scored five goals in only eighteen games.
West Ham United
MacDougall stay at West Ham was short. A dressing-room punch-up with Billy BondsBilly Bonds
William Arthur "Billy" Bonds MBE is a former professional footballer and manager, who is most often associated with West Ham United with whom he spent 27 years as player and manager...
following a 5–1 defeat at the hands of Leeds
Leeds United A.F.C.
Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system...
curtailed his stint at the London club.
Norwich City
In 1973, MacDougall moved to Norwich City, where he was reunited with John BondJohn Bond (footballer)
John Frederick Bond is an English former professional football player and manager. His son Kevin Bond is also a former footballer.-Playing career:...
, who had managed him at Bournemouth, together with several of his former Dean Court colleagues. He also linked up again with Phil Boyer
Phil Boyer
Philip John "Phil" Boyer is an English former footballer who played for various clubs during his career, including Southampton, Norwich City, Bournemouth and Manchester City. He has the rare distinction of having played over 100 league games for four different clubs...
, who had played alongside MacDougall at both Bournemouth and York.
At the end of the 1973–74 season, the Canaries were relegated to the Second Division, although in the following season they not only regained their First Division status but also reached the final of the League Cup
Football League Cup
The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis...
.
In the semi-final, Norwich defeated MacDougall's former club Manchester United (who were also spending a season in the Second Division). The final against Aston Villa
Aston Villa F.C.
Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...
was a tense, scrappy affair in which MacDougall had few scoring opportunities, with Villa winning by a single goal. It would be MacDougall's only cup final appearance.
At the end of the 1974–75 season, MacDougall was given his only run in the Scottish national side
Scotland national football team
The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. Scotland are the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside England, whom they played in the world's first international football match in 1872...
. He made a scoring debut against Sweden
Sweden national football team
The Swedish national football team represents Sweden in association football and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association, the governing body for Football in Sweden. Sweden's home ground is Råsunda Stadium in Stockholms län and their head coach is Erik Hamrén. Sweden made their first...
, and managed three goals in seven games before being passed over as competition for places in the Scottish team was fairly intense at this time.
In the 1975–76 season, Norwich were able to maintain their First Division place, with MacDougall contributing 23 goals, making him the division's top scorer. Highlights include two hat-tricks in the space of four games.
Despite this, however, in the autumn of 1976 MacDougall moved on to Second Division Southampton
Southampton F.C.
Southampton Football Club is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints, based in the city of Southampton, Hampshire. The club gained promotion to the Championship from League One in the 2010–2011 season after being relegated in 2009. Their home ground is the St Mary's Stadium, where the club...
to work with manager Lawrie McMenemy
Lawrie McMenemy
Lawrie McMenemy MBE is a retired English football coach, best known for his spell as manager of Southampton Football Club...
, who was in the process of rebuilding the side, for £50,000. Kevin Reeves
Kevin Reeves
Kevin Philip Reeves is an English football forward, born in Burley, Hampshire, who scored 103 goals from 333 appearances in the Football League playing for Bournemouth, Norwich City, Manchester City and Burnley, and was capped twice by England at full international level.-Career:Reeves started his...
was signed for the same sum from Bournemouth to replace him.
Southampton
At Southampton, he scored 23 league goals in his first season, playing alongside players such as Mick ChannonMick Channon
Michael Roger "Mick" Channon is a sportsman who enjoyed a career as a striker with Southampton and England in the 1970s and later became a hugely successful racehorse trainer.-Southampton:...
and Peter Osgood
Peter Osgood
Peter Leslie Osgood was an English footballer who was active during the 1960s and 1970s. He is best remembered for representing Chelsea and Southampton at club level, and was also capped four times by England in the early 1970s.-Chelsea:Born in a small road named Kentons Lane in Windsor, Osgood...
, although they were unable to gain promotion to Division One.
In the 1976–77 season, MacDougall had his only taste of European football as the Saints progressed to the quarter-finals of the Cup Winners Cup before losing to Belgian team Anderlecht
R.S.C. Anderlecht
Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht, usually known as Anderlecht or RSCA , is a Belgian professional football club based in Anderlecht in the Brussels Capital Region. Anderlecht plays in the Belgian Pro League and is the most successful Belgian football team in European competitions as well as in the...
, although MacDougall did score the winner in a 2–1 victory in the second leg at The Dell
The Dell (Southampton F.C.)
The Dell in Milton Road, Southampton, England was the home ground of Southampton Football Club, between 1898 and 2001.-New stadium:Since 1896, Southampton had been tenants of Hampshire County Cricket Club at the County Ground, having vacated the Antelope Ground in the summer of 1896...
.
In the following season, 1977–78, Southampton were finally promoted back to Division One. By now MacDougall had once again renewed his partnership with Phil Boyer, with the pair scoring an astonishing 31 of the team's 70 league goals.
Once Southampton had secured their place back in the First Division, MacMenemy deemed MacDougall "surplus to requirements" – rumoured to have been encouraged to do so by MacDougall himself, who was finding himself a tad "off the pace" as his career progressed towards its culmination, and he was transferred back to his "happy hunting ground", Dean Court.
Back to Bournemouth
In November 1978, six years after departing, MacDougall rejoined the Cherries, under manager John BensonJohn Benson (footballer)
John Harvey Benson was a Scottish football player and manager. Born in Arbroath, Benson started his career as an apprentice at Manchester City. He turned professional in 1961, and made 44 league appearances over the next three seasons before being sold to Fourth Division side Torquay United in 1964...
, on a free transfer from Southampton. Benson was soon replaced by Alec Stock
Alec Stock
Alec William Alfred Stock was an English footballer and manager.-Career:Alec Stock was born in Peasedown St John and played as an inside-forward for Tottenham Hotspur, Charlton Athletic and QPR before the Second World War and guested for several other clubs during the hostilities...
and things were on the up after his first game, in which the Cherries thumped Doncaster
Doncaster Rovers F.C.
Doncaster Rovers Football Club is an English football club, based at the Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. The team currently competes in the Football League Championship, after being promoted via the League One play-offs in 2008, and have remained there since.The club was founded in...
7–1, but the good fortune did not continue as Bournemouth finished in 18th place. MacDougall's second spell at Bournemouth was not as prolific as his first (16 goals in 50 appearances).
Partnership with Phil Boyer
This table shows the importance of MacDougall and his strike partner Phil BoyerPhil Boyer
Philip John "Phil" Boyer is an English former footballer who played for various clubs during his career, including Southampton, Norwich City, Bournemouth and Manchester City. He has the rare distinction of having played over 100 league games for four different clubs...
for the various clubs where they teamed up.
| Season | Team | Division | Boyer goals | MacDougall goals | Joint total goals | Total team goals | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968–69 | York City York City F.C. York City Football Club is an English football club based in York, North Yorkshire. The club participates in the Conference National, the fifth tier of English football. Founded in 1922, they joined the Football League in 1929, and have spent most of their history in the lower divisions... |
4 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 53 | 52.83 |
| 1970–71 | Bournemouth A.F.C. Bournemouth A.F.C. Bournemouth is an English football club currently playing in Football League One. The club plays at Dean Court in Kings Park, Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset and have been in existence since 1899.... |
4 | 11 | 42 | 53 | 81 | 65.43 |
| 1971–72 | Bournemouth A.F.C. Bournemouth A.F.C. Bournemouth is an English football club currently playing in Football League One. The club plays at Dean Court in Kings Park, Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset and have been in existence since 1899.... |
3 | 15 | 35 | 50 | 73 | 68.49 |
| 1974–75 | Norwich City Norwich City F.C. Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. As of the 2011–12 season, Norwich City are again playing in the Premier League after a six-year absence, having finished as runner up in the Championship in 2010–11 and winning automatic promotion.The... |
2 | 16 | 17 | 33 | 54 | 61.11 |
| 1977–78 | Southampton Southampton F.C. Southampton Football Club is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints, based in the city of Southampton, Hampshire. The club gained promotion to the Championship from League One in the 2010–2011 season after being relegated in 2009. Their home ground is the St Mary's Stadium, where the club... |
2 | 17 | 14 | 31 | 70 | 44.29 |
Coaching career
In February 1980, MacDougall left Bournemouth to join Alan Ball's BlackpoolBlackpool F.C.
Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the...
as player-coach until October 1980 and thereafter was restricted to occasional matches in non-League football
Non-league football
Non-League football is football in England played at a level below that of the Premier League and The Football League. The term non-League was commonly used well before 1992 when the top football clubs in England all belonged to The Football League; all clubs who were not a part of The Football...
at Salisbury City
Salisbury City F.C.
Salisbury City Football Club is an English football club based in Salisbury, Wiltshire currently playing in the Conference South. They were formed in 1947 and play at The Raymond McEnhill Stadium...
, Poole Town
Poole Town F.C.
Poole Town F.C. is a football club based in Poole, England. They were established in 1890 and joined the Western League Division Two in 1930. They won the Western League title in 1957 and reached the First Round Proper of the FA Cup four times in their history. They are currently members of the...
and Gosport Borough
Gosport Borough F.C.
Gosport Borough Football Club are a semi-professional football club based in Gosport, England currently playing in the Southern League Division One South and West...
.
He was for a period the landlord of the Mill Arms public house at Dunbridge
Dunbridge railway station
Mottisfont & Dunbridge railway station is a small station in the village of Dunbridge, Hampshire situated on the Wessex Main Line.It is the closest railway station to Mottisfont Abbey and the village of Mottisfont, and the station was renamed Mottisfont & Dunbridge in 2006 to reflect this. It was...
, Hampshire.
When he had finished playing at non-League level, he went to live in Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, where he became a successful property developer.
In June 1998 he rejoined Alan Ball as reserve-team coach at Portsmouth
Portsmouth F.C.
Portsmouth Football Club is an English football club based in the city of Portsmouth. The club is nicknamed Pompey. Portsmouth's home matches have been played at Fratton Park since the club's formation in 1898. The team currently play in the Football League Championship after being relegated from...
, but was sacked with Ball on 14 December 1999.
MacDougall is now based in Atlanta, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, where he was youth Director of Coaching with the Atlanta Silverbacks
Atlanta Silverbacks
Atlanta Silverbacks is an American professional soccer team based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1995, the team plays in the North American Soccer League , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, having previously sat out the 2009 and 2010 seasons while the ownership...
. In 2009, he created his own club, Atlanta Spurs FC, alongside Paul Smith, who also played in England with Nottingham Forest. One of MacDougall's youth teams, the U14 boys, won the State Cup and made it to Regionals but lost in the quarter-finals.