Keith Waugh
Keith Waugh (born 27 October 1956[1]) is an English-born footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League between the 1970s and 1990s, most notably with Peterborough United, Sheffield United and Bristol City.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 27 October 1956 | ||
| Place of birth | Sunderland, England | ||
| Playing position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1971–1973 | Sunderland | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1973–1976 | Sunderland | 0 | (0) |
| 1976–1981 | Peterborough United | 195 | (0) |
| 1981–1985 | Sheffield United | 99 | (0) |
| 1984 | → Cambridge United (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 1984–1985 | → Bristol City (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 1985–1989 | Bristol City | 167 | (0) |
| 1989–1991 | Coventry City | 1 | (0) |
| 1990–1991 | → Watford (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1991–1993 | Watford | 7 | (0) |
| Total | 476 | (0) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
He started as a trainee with Sunderland, 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.[2]
He moved to Sheffield United in 1981 for a fee of £100,000,[3] and made 99 League appearances for the club[2]
He moved to Bristol City 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.[2]
Waugh was to make 167 League appearances for the Ashton Gate club (including appearing in the 1986 Football League Trophy Final[4]) before a brief spell at Coventry City in the late 1980s.[2] He then moved to Watford and made a total of 7 league appearances for them.[2] On 23 March 1993 he was recalled to the Watford team for the first time in 14 months against Newcastle United, and put in an excellent performance in Watford's 1–0 victory.[5] His final Football League appearance came against Charlton Athletic on 6 April 1993.[1] After his playing career finished he remained at Watford as youth team coach.[6]
References
- Rollin (ed), Jack (1993). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1993-94. Headline. ISBN 0-7472-7895-4.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
- "Keith Waugh". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- Ian Rands (4 February 2011). "Great Football League Teams 12: Sheffield United, 1981-2". the two unfortunates. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- Bristol City Wembley 20th anniversary 24/5/06 Archived 16 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- Watford v Newcastle match report in Independent, 24/03/93
- Jones, Trefor (1996). Watford Football Club Illustrated Who's Who. p. 237. ISBN 0-9527458-0-1.