MACDOUGALL- 4 SHORT OF A BAKER'S DOZEN

 

No, it's not the Monty Python silly walk, it's Ted Macdougall showing his skills in his West Ham shirt. Born in Inverness, he played for Liverpool in 1966, under Shankly, York FC (84apps/34goals), AFC Bournemouth (1969-72) 146/103goals, Man Utd 1972-3, West Ham (one season), dribs and drabs at Norwich, Southampton, Weymouth, AFC Bournemouth again 1978-80 86/42apps, Blackpool, Salisbury, Poole, AFC Totton, Gosport, Totton again, Andover (1983-4) 

Totaling 535 apps scoring 256 goals in the FLeague, 34th in the professional list. 

He played 7 times for Scotland with 3 goals. He later coached at Portsmouth and in USA for the Atlanta Silverbacks and went to Vancouver dealing in land sales, retired in Canada, still alive at 74.

(Arthur Rowley playing mainly for Leicester City and Shrewsbury Town with 619apps/434goals at a ratio of 0.7 between 1946-65 is top). (Dixie Dean's 379 goals' ratio in his career is runner up 0.87)(Jimmy Greaves 357, rates 0.69 and comes 3rd).

On 20th November 1971, in the FA Cup 1st Rd, AFCB beat Margate 11-0  and Ted scored 9 (yes, a Baker's dozen = 13 (one extra loaf baked in case of a disaster in the oven)

(this is a record for the Proper Rounds of the FA Cup, although in Qualifying Rounds Chris Marron of South Shields and Paul Jackson of Stocksbridge Park Steels (my local higher tier club) have scored 10 in one tie.

Ted retired from playing in 1984 playing four games with Andover and notching 3 goals and ran TM Sports Shop in, Boscombe and Poole Then ran the Mill Arms in  Dunbridge, Hampshire, and ended in Vancouver in land sales. The stand at Bournemouth's Dean Court-now Vitality, was named after Ted-a south coast hero. You must see this..................only a few seconds!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnRyfkt696Q