John Doughty (October 1865 – April 1937) was a Welsh

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who played as a

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. Born in

Bilston Bilston is a market town in the City of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands County, West Midlands, England. It is in the Black Country, south east of Wolverhampton city centre and close to the borders of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough, Sandwell ...

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, to an Irish father and a Welsh mother, Doughty started his football career with

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before joining

Newton Heath Newton Heath is an area of Manchester, England, north-east of Manchester city centre and with a population of 9,883. Historically part of Lancashire, Newton was formerly a farming area, but adopted the factory system following the Industrial ...

in June 1886. He was in the ''Heathens'' team that first joined the

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in the 1889–90 season, and made his debut on 30 October 1886 against Fleetwood Rangers in the

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. He left Newton Heath in 1891. Doughty made his debut for the Wales national team in 1886, in a match against

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. He scored four goals in one match for Wales in a game against Ireland national football team in March 1888, a match in which his brother

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, also a Newton Heath player, scored two goals. In total, Doughty only played eight times for Wales.

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at MUFCInfo.com 1865 births 1937 deaths Footballers from Bilston Welsh men's footballers Wales men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Druids F.C. players Manchester United F.C. players Hyde United F.C. players Fairfield Athletic F.C. players Football Alliance players Welsh people of Irish descent {{Wales-footy-forward-stub

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