Francis Cuggy
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 16 June 1889 | ||
Place of birth | Walker, Northumberland, England | ||
Date of death | 27 March 1965 | (aged 75)||
Place of death | Walker, Northumberland, England | ||
Position(s) |
Right-half | ||
Youth career | |||
Willington Athletic | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1909–1921 | Sunderland | 166 | (4) |
1921–1923 | Wallsend | ||
International career | |||
1913–1914 | England | 2 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1921–1923 | Wallsend | ||
1923–1926 |
Celta Vigo | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Francis Cuggy (16 June 1889 – 27 March 1965) was an English
Celta Vigo
.
Playing career
Sunderland
Cuggy was born in
FA Cup final 1–0 to Aston Villa
, who themselves were runners-up in the League.
Both his appearances for
Ireland. The first was on 15 February 1913 at Windsor Park, Belfast and Cuggie was teamed up with his Sunderland colleagues Charlie Buchan and Jackie Mordue. Although Buchan scored early in the game, England went down 2–1.[1] The second international appearance was also against Ireland a year later on 14 February 1914, when he was joined by his Sunderland colleague Henry Martin who was making his solitary England appearance. The match was played at Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough and England were defeated 3–0.[2] This was the first time that England had been beaten by Ireland on home soil.[3]
Thus Cuggy's England career ended with two defeats from two appearances.
The outbreak of the
the 1919–20 season, but he left the club in May 1921 to become player-manager of Wallsend. In his twelve years at Roker Park
, he made a total of 190 appearances in all competitions, with four goals.
Coaching career
Cuggy spent two years with Wallsend before, in November 1923, he accepted a five-year contract to coach Spanish club
Celta Vigo
.
Later life
When his involvement in football came to an end he worked in the shipyards on Wearside.[4]
In 2002, the shirt that he wore in the
1913 FA Cup Final was auctioned at Christie's in London. The shirt sold for £5,875, far exceeding the estimate of £1,000–1,500.[5]
Honours
Sunderland
- 1912–13
- 1913
Celta Vigo
- Galician Championship: 1923