Keith Waugh (born 27 October 1956 ) is an

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-born

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who played as a

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in the

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between the 1970s and 1990s, most notably with

Peterborough United Peterborough United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third level of the English football league system. Peterborough United formed in ...

Sheffield United Sheffield United Football Club is a professional football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The club competes in the Championship, the second tier of English football. They are nicknamed "the Blades" due to Sheffield's history ...

and

Bristol City Bristol City Football Club is a professional football club based in Bristol, England. The team compete in the , the second level of the English football league system. Founded in 1894, the club competed in the Southern League and Western L ...

. He started as a trainee with

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, but did not play any League games with them, and he moved to Peterborough United, first playing a league game for them in 1976–77. He went on to make 195 League appearances for ''The Posh''. He moved to

in 1981 for a fee of £100,000, and made 99 League appearances for the club He moved to

in the mid-1980s, although he had loan spells at Bristol City and Cambridge United during the 1984–85 season before his permanent move to The Robins. Waugh was to make 167 League appearances for the Ashton Gate club (including appearing in the 1986 Football League Trophy Final) before a brief spell at

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in the late 1980s. He then moved to

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and made a total of 7 league appearances for them. On 23 March 1993 he was recalled to the Watford team for the first time in 14 months against

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, and put in an excellent performance in Watford's 1–0 victory.Watford v Newcastle match report in Independent, 24/03/93
/ref> His final Football League appearance came against

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on 6 April 1993. After his playing career finished he remained at Watford as youth team coach.

Honours

Sheffield United * FL Division Two: promotion 1983–84 * FL Division Three: 1981–82 Bristol City *

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: 1985–86

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Waugh, Keith 1956 births English Football League players Peterborough United F.C. players Sheffield United F.C. players Bristol City F.C. players Cambridge United F.C. players Coventry City F.C. players Watford F.C. players Living people Watford F.C. non-playing staff Men's association football goalkeepers English men's footballers Footballers from Sunderland