Keith Waugh Explained

Keith Waugh
Birth Date:27 October 1956
Birth Place:Sunderland, England
Position:Goalkeeper
Youthyears1:1971–1973
Youthclubs1:Sunderland
Years1:1973–1976
Years2:1976–1981
Years3:1981–1985
Years4:1984
Years5:1984–1985
Years6:1985–1989
Years7:1989–1991
Years8:1990–1991
Years9:1991–1993
Clubs1:Sunderland
Clubs2:Peterborough United
Clubs3:Sheffield United
Clubs4:Cambridge United (loan)
Clubs5:Bristol City (loan)
Clubs6:Bristol City
Clubs7:Coventry City
Clubs8:Watford (loan)
Clubs9:Watford
Caps1:0
Caps2:195
Caps3:99
Caps5:3
Caps4:4
Caps6:167
Caps7:1
Caps8:0
Caps9:7
Goals1:0
Goals2:0
Goals3:0
Goals4:0
Goals5:0
Goals6:0
Goals7:0
Goals8:0
Goals9:0
Totalcaps:476
Totalgoals:0

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.

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]

Honours

Sheffield United

Bristol City

1985–86

Notes and References

  1. Book: Rothmans Football Yearbook 1993-94 . Rollin . Jack . 1993 . Headline . 0-7472-7895-4 .
  2. Web site: Keith Waugh. Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Neil Brown. 8 November 2011.
  3. Web site: Great Football League Teams 12: Sheffield United, 1981-2. Ian Rands. 4 February 2011. the two unfortunates. 8 November 2011.
  4. http://www.bcfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10327~832395,00.html Bristol City Wembley 20th anniversary 24/5/06
  5. https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-lame-newcastle-beaten-by-furlong-1499598.html Watford v Newcastle match report in Independent, 24/03/93
  6. Book: Jones, Trefor. 1996. 237. Watford Football Club Illustrated Who's Who. 0-9527458-0-1.