Tommy Docherty

Thomas Henderson Docherty (24 April 1928 – 31 December 2020), commonly known as The Doc, was a Scottish football player and manager. He played as a right half.

Tommy Docherty

Docherty in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Thomas Henderson Docherty[1]
Date of birth	(1928-04-24)24 April 1928
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death	31 December 2020(2020-12-31) (aged 92)
Place of death	England
Position(s)	Right half
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
–	Shettleston
1947–1949	Celtic	9	(2)
1949–1958	Preston North End	324	(5)
1958–1961	Arsenal	83	(1)
1961–1962	Chelsea	4	(0)
Total		420	(8)
International career
1951–1959	Scotland	25	(1)
1952–1953	Scotland B	2	(0)
1955[2]	Scotland A vs B trial	1	(0)
1958[3]	SFA trial v SFL	1	(0)
Managerial career
1961–1967	Chelsea
1967–1968	Rotherham United
1968	Queens Park Rangers
1968–1970	Aston Villa
1970–1971	Porto
1971	Scotland (caretaker)
1971–1972	Scotland
1972–1977	Manchester United
1977–1979	Derby County
1979–1980	Queens Park Rangers
1981	Sydney Olympic
1981	Preston North End
1982–1983	South Melbourne
1983	Sydney Olympic
1984–1985	Wolverhampton Wanderers
1987–1988	Altrincham
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Life

Docherty was born in Gorbals, Glasgow. He played for Celtic, Preston North End, Arsenal and Chelsea. He also played for Scotland 25 times between 1951 and 1959. He then managed many clubs between 1961 and 1988. He also managed Scotland during that time. He managed Chelsea to the Football League Cup in 1964–65. Docherty was manager of Manchester United between 1972 and 1977. In 1974, the club was relegated to the Second Division but were promoted the next season. He also won the FA Cup with Manchester United in 1976–77.

Docherty died on 31 December 2020, aged 92.^[4]

Honours

Player

Preston North End

• Second Division: 1950–51

Manager

Chelsea^[5]

• Football League Cup: 1964–65
• FA Cup runner-up: 1966–67

Manchester United^[5]

• Second Division: 1974–75
• FA Cup: 1976–77 runner-up: 1975–76

Scotland^[6]

• British Home Championship: 1971–72 (shared)

Individual

• Scottish Football Hall of Fame: 2013^[7]