Peter Monaghan (1917 – 21 January 1945) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Football League for Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic as a wing half.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Peter Monaghan[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1917[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Stevenston, Scotland[2] | ||
| Date of death | (aged 27)[3] | ||
| Place of death | German-occupied Netherlands | ||
| Position(s) | Wing half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1936 | Ardeer Recreation | ||
| 1937–1939 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 71 | (1) |
| 1939–1940 | Dundee United (guest) | 2 | (0) |
| Kilmarnock (guest) | |||
| Total | 73 | (1) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Personal life
editMonaghan was married and served as a private in the Glasgow Highlanders of the Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) during the Second World War.[3] He was killed in the Netherlands on 21 January 1945 and was buried in Sittard War Cemetery.[3][4]
Career statistics
edit| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 1937–38[2] | Third Division South | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| 1938–39[2] | 32 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 1 | ||
| Bournemouth career total | 65 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 71 | 1 | ||
| Dundee United | 1939–40[5] | Eastern Regional | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Career total | 67 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 73 | 1 | ||
References
edit- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 (Third edition, with revisions ed.). Toton, Nottingham. p. 207. ISBN 978-1-905891-61-0. OCLC 841581272.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b c d Peter Monaghan at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
- ^ a b c "Casualty Details: Peter Monaghan". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ^ Rippon, Anton (2011). Gas Masks for Goal Posts: Football in Britain During the Second World War. Cheltenham: The History Press. p. 122. ISBN 978-0-7524-7188-4.
- ^ "Peter Monaghan Player Profile". ArabArchive. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
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