Neepsend Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 I thought it was brilliant to see Dougie honoured yesterday by taking part in the half time draw. In common with Derek Dooley Dougie lost a leg in the cause of the Club in a horrendous Team Coach Crash near London when he just happened to be standing in the wrong place on the bus and had to be cut free from the wreckage. He was a great young talent and how we would have turned out we sadly never got to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffjohnsonmyhero Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Can remember reading he sang flower of scotland as his leg was being took off ,Brave young man at the time i thought ,and still do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfmanjack Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 (edited) Saw him play in goal, against Kiveton Park FC, AFTER he lost his leg. Must've been in the very early '70s. He came with another team who for one reason or another, had no keeper, so he got hold of a keepers jersey, and a pair of trackie bottoms, and turned out in goal. Edited December 14, 2014 by Wolfmanjack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JoeClash Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Flower of Scotland wasn't written till 1965. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffjohnsonmyhero Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Flower of Scotland wasn't written till 1965. I Did not know Robbie Burns was alive then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie Sewell Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Yes, he was a promising nineteen year old Scottish lad on the verge of the first team, who was taken for experience to the Boxing Day fixture at Arsenal in 1960.The coach crashed on the A1 on the way back, and McMillan was stood at the front with Johnnie Quinn, singing Into the microphone.He was trapped in the stairwell by his leg. By chance, a surgeon was following in his car and he informed McMillan he would have to amputate just below the knee to save his life. The doctor's wife, a nurse, assisted him in the op, with a local anaesthetic, as Quinny comforted him, and as above Mac sang his way through it. After fitba (scottish), he took a post office at Wincobank till he retired a few years ago. On a lighter note, the others doing the half time draw yesterday were Young, Eustace, and the above Mighty Qinnn, three of only what 20 odd? living Owls players to play in an FA Cup Final. I met Quinny a few years ago and he was still rightly proud of that, even though we lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie Sewell Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 I Did not know Robbie Burns was alive thenIt wasn't funny at the time , and it still isn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffjohnsonmyhero Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 It wasn't funny at the time , and it still isn't. My mistake i must have read it wrong ,JOHNNY QUINN climbed under the coach to give him his rosary beads ,He sang to Duggie,And stand corrected ROY williamson lyrics 1965,Still think Duggie was a brave man just like DEREK DOOLEY was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Señor Sam Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Decent golfer, he played at Tankersley, single figure handicap. Russian Warship.... Go fxxk yourselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buxtongent Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Well remember McMillan. It seemed so soon after Dooley's accident, though probably a number of years, and the fact that McMillan looked to have the promise of another Dooley. I remember him to this day, since immediately after the incident my mother obtained a puppy, the first one we'd ever had, and didn't know what to call him. I promptly said 'MIFF', and although the dog was a *****, the name stuck (Miff was McMillan's nickname among the players). For a period, it seemed Wednesday were doomed by major injuries. We lost Dooley and McMillan with similar results (amputation) we also lost a superb winger from the Quigley time - one of a trio of Eddie's on the right flank. We had Gannon at RH, Quigley at IR and a winger with pace - Kilshaw. Kilshaw broke his leg and spent months trying to recuperate by running up to the top of the then uncovered Kop and back. Unfortunately it didn't work. I can also remember with pride and affection 'The Mighty Quinn' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunsbyowl Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 (edited) I have seen a photo somewhere of Derek Dooley visiting him in hospital which is a moving scene. Edited December 18, 2014 by dunsbyowl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunsbyowl Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Testimonial Programme Dooley & McMillan walk on the field together for the testimonial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayzman Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 That was the last time we won at Highbury wasn't it? I included McMillan in an article I wrote for Just Another Wednesday, called the Hillsborough Jinx IIRC. Dougie was in it, plus Ian Knight, Siggi Jonsson, Hirsty Boy Wonder - all had promising careers ended prematurely (or severely restricted) by injury of varying seriousness. There might have been another one, was a long time ago - a winger? Bradshaw? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lincs Owl Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 That was the last time we won at Highbury wasn't it? I included McMillan in an article I wrote for Just Another Wednesday, called the Hillsborough Jinx IIRC. Dougie was in it, plus Ian Knight, Siggi Jonsson, Hirsty Boy Wonder - all had promising careers ended prematurely (or severely restricted) by injury of varying seriousness. There might have been another one, was a long time ago - a winger? Bradshaw? No - we drew 1-1 at Arsenal. We won 2-1 at Arsenal in 62-3. A Bronco Layne double - the last time we won at Arsenal. The coach crash happened near Huntingdon if I remember right. They were about half-way home. I was at his Trust Fund game. Can't remember a great deal about it though - apart from it being my first glimpse of Derek Dooley.... he stepped out with Doug to address the crowd as you can see from the photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hasthagotanycheese Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 He still goes for the odd tipple in The Cow & Calf at Grenoside. His lad Lee used to work down one of the car dealers down Hillsborough opposite the Barracks. Nice people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torryowl Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Testimonial Programme Dooley & McMillan walk on the field together for the testimonial that bloke on the right ....is it ted catlin ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest minsk owl Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 that bloke on the right ....is it ted catlin ? That might just be a fair old shout Torry, Ted would certainly still be in Sheffield at that time, and he also suffered a career threatening injury. My old man knew him, and once took me to the Rose and Crown at Wadsley, to see the famous 1935 medal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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