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Football player Tommy Docherty

Thomas Henderson Docherty

Tommy Docherty

Born on 24 April 1928, Glasgow
Died on 31 December 2020 (aged 92)

National team appearances of Tommy Docherty

Team	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
Scotland	1951 - 1959	25	8			1		0.040
Total:		25	8			1		0.040

managing career of the player

Player stats by club

Clubs of footballer	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
Preston North End FC, Preston	14 Nov 1951 - 19 Apr 1958	22	8			1		0.045
Arsenal FC, London	18 Oct 1958 - 11 Apr 1959	3

Player stats by competition

Competition

Played

Capt.

Goals

Goals/ Caps

British Championship (BC)

0.091

World Cup qualifiers (QW)

World Cup final tournament (WC)

Friendly matches and other tournaments

Total:

0.040

Career highlights

Match date	Opponent team	Event	Age
14 Nov 1951	Wales	debut	23 years 6 months 21 days
5 May 1954	Norway	first cap as captain	26 years 11 days
2 Apr 1955	England	first goal	26 years 11 months 9 days
11 Apr 1959	England	last appearance	30 years 11 months 18 days

Record of Tommy Docherty's goals by opponent team

Opponent team	Goals	Pen.	Matches with goals	Matches by goals in a match				Goals/Matches with goals	Caps	Goals/Caps
Opponent team	Goals	Pen.	Matches with goals	1	2	3	>3	Goals/Matches with goals	Caps	Goals/Caps
England	1		1	1				1.000	5	0.200
(+) other teams									20
Total:	1		1	1	0	0	0	1.000	25	0.040

Record of national team matches played by Tommy Docherty

National team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Winning Percentage
Scotland national football team	25	9	5	11	38	50	46.0

Tommy Docherty's international caps

as player of Preston North End FC, Preston:

debut age - 23 years 6 months 21 days

14 Nov 1951 14:30

Glasgow, Hampden Park

0-1

Scotland vs Wales

British Championship 1951-1952

18 Apr 1953 15:00

Wembley, British Empire Exhibition Stadium

2-2

England vs Scotland

British Championship 1952-1953

06 May 1953 18:30 (+1:00)

Glasgow, Hampden Park

1-2

Scotland vs Sweden

Friendly International

05 May 1954 18:30 (+1:00)

Glasgow, Hampden Park

1-0

Scotland vs Norway

Friendly International

19 May 1954 19:00 (+1:00)

Oslo, Ullevaal Stadion

1-1

Norway vs Scotland

Friendly International

16 Jun 1954 18:00 (+1:00)

Zurich, Hardturm

1-0

Austria vs Scotland

1954 FIFA World Cup Final Tournament, Group 3

19 Jun 1954 17:00 (+1:00)

Basel, St. Jakob Stadion

7-0

Uruguay vs Scotland

1954 FIFA World Cup Final Tournament, Group 3

16 Oct 1954 15:00

Cardiff, Ninian Park

0-1

Wales vs Scotland

British Championship 1954-1955

08 Dec 1954 14:15

Glasgow, Hampden Park

2-4

Scotland vs Hungary

Friendly International

age when scoring first goal - 26 years 11 months 9 days

02 Apr 1955 15:00

Wembley, British Empire Exhibition Stadium

7-2

England vs Scotland

British Championship 1954-1955

1х

19 May 1955 17:00 (+1:00)

Vienna, Praterstadion (Wiener Stadion)

1-4

Austria vs Scotland

Friendly International

29 May 1955 18:00 (+2:00)

Budapest, Népstadion

3-1

Hungary vs Scotland

Friendly International

21 Nov 1956 14:30

Glasgow, Hampden Park

2-0

Scotland vs Yugoslavia

Friendly International

06 Apr 1957 15:00

Wembley, British Empire Exhibition Stadium

2-1

England vs Scotland

British Championship 1956-1957

08 May 1957 18:45 (+1:00)

Glasgow, Hampden Park

4-2

Scotland vs Spain

1958 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 9

19 May 1957 15:00 (+1:00)

Basel, St. Jakob Stadion

1-2

Switzerland vs Scotland

1958 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 9

22 May 1957 17:00 (+1:00)

Stuttgart, Neckarstadion

1-3

West Germany vs Scotland

Friendly International

26 May 1957 17:30 (+1:00)

Madrid, Estadio Santiago Bernabéu

4-1

Spain vs Scotland

1958 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 9

05 Oct 1957 15:00 (+1:00)

Belfast, Windsor Park

1-1

Northern Ireland vs Scotland

British Championship 1957-1958

06 Nov 1957 14:30

Glasgow, Hampden Park

3-2

Scotland vs Switzerland

1958 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 9

13 Nov 1957 14:30

Glasgow, Hampden Park

1-1

Scotland vs Wales

British Championship 1957-1958

19 Apr 1958 15:00

Glasgow, Hampden Park

0-4

Scotland vs England

British Championship 1957-1958

as player of Arsenal FC, London:

18 Oct 1958 15:00

Cardiff, Ninian Park

0-3

Wales vs Scotland

British Championship 1958-1959

05 Nov 1958 14:45

Glasgow, Hampden Park

2-2

Scotland vs Northern Ireland

British Championship 1958-1959

11 Apr 1959 15:00

Wembley, British Empire Exhibition Stadium

1-0

England vs Scotland

British Championship 1958-1959

Comments

pieterkooijman Netherlands - Other notes posted on 6 May 2011 at 11:15:01

Born: 24-04-1928 (link:

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slash23 Austria - Additional information posted on 2 April 2013 at 14:44:47

Thomas Henderson "Tommy" Docherty (link:

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Soproni Démon Hungary - Other notes posted on 4 December 2014 at 21:56:22

Nick name:
The Doc
(link:

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herman Belgium - Additional information posted on 31 December 2020 at 22:56:58

he died on 31 December 2020 (link:

)

Scotland upcoming fixtures

Friendly International

Gibraltar vs Scotland

Loulé, Monday 3 June 2024

Friendly International

Scotland vs Finland

Glasgow, Friday 7 June 2024

UEFA Euro 2024

Germany vs Scotland

Munich, Friday 14 June 2024

UEFA Euro 2024

Scotland vs Switzerland

Cologne, Wednesday 19 June 2024

Scotland football fixtures

Tommy Docherty's most often teammates

Bobby Collins (1955 - 1959) - 13 games
Tommy Younger (1955 - 1958) - 12 games
Tommy Ring (1953 - 1957) - 11 games
Bobby Evans (1953 - 1959) - 11 games
Eric Caldow (1957 - 1959) - 11 games

Scotland players born on 18 April

Archie Gray (1877) - 1 cap
Phil McCloy (1896) - 2 caps
Eamonn Bannon (1958) - 11 caps, 1 goal