Peter Monaghan
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 1917[1] | ||
Place of birth | Stevenston, Scotland[1] | ||
Date of death | (aged 27) | ||
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 (wartime guest) | 2 | (0) |
Kilmarnock | |||
Total | 73 | (1) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Peter Monaghan (1917 – 21 January 1945) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a wing half in the Football League for Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic.[1]
Personal life
Monaghan 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.[2] He was killed in the Netherlands on 21 January 1945 and was buried in the Sittard War Cemetery.[2][3]
Career statistics
Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 1937–38 | Third Division South[1] | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
1938–39 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 1 | ||
1939–40 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
Dundee United | 1939–40 | Eastern Regional[4] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Career total | 67 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 73 | 1 |
References
- ^ a b c d Peter Monaghan at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
- ^ a b "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". Arab Archive.
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Categories:
- 1917 births
- 1945 deaths
- Sportspeople from North Ayrshire
- Association football wing halves
- Scottish footballers
- English Football League players
- A.F.C. Bournemouth players
- Dundee United F.C. wartime guest players
- Kilmarnock F.C. players
- British Army personnel of World War II
- Highland Light Infantry soldiers
- British military personnel killed in World War II
- Scottish football midfielder stubs