England Players - Bryan Douglas (2025)

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Bryan Douglas	Blackburn Rovers FC 36 appearances, 11 goals P 36 W 18 D 10 L 8 F 102: A 48 64% successful 1957-63 captain: none minutes played: 3240

Timeline
	Bryan Douglas
Birth	27 May 1934 in Blackburn, Lancashire [registered in Blackburn, June 1934]. Attended St Bartholomew's School and Blakey Moor Secondary Modern, Blackburn
Marriage	to Joyce Wilkinson [registered in Blackburn, September 1955].
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &
Club Career
Club(s)	"Douglas's mother wrote an anonymous letter to Blackburn Football Club in 1950 recommending her son. Blackburn watched him. Then signed him."
Club honours	x
Individual honours	x
Distinctions	x
Height/Weight	5' 3" [1957], 5' 6", or 5' 5", 9st 13lbs [also 1957], 5' 5", 9st 10lbs [1960].
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].
England Career
Player number	One of three who became the 761st players (763) to appear for England.
Position(s)	Outside-right; inside-right
First match	No. 315, 19 October 1957, Wales 0 England 4, a British Championship match at Ninian Park, Sloper Road, Cardiff, aged 23 years 145 days.
Last match	No. 371, 5 June 1963, Switzerland 1 England 8, an end-of-season tour match at Sankt Jakob Stadium, Sankt Jakob, Basel, aged 29 years 9 days.
Major tournaments	World Cup Finals 1958, 1962; British Championship 1957-58, 1958-59, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1962-63;
Team honours	British Championship shared 1957-58, 1958-59, winners 1960-61;
Individual honours	England U23 (two appearances, 1956), England B (four appearances, 1956-57)
Distinctions	x
Beyond England
x. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.x.

The Numbers
parties	Apps	comp. apps	minutes		goals ave.min	comp. goals		captain
-	36	22	3240	11	295 min	5	-	none
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors.

FTS

FAv

AAv

Pts%

W/L

102

+54

2.833

1.333

63.9

+10

Venue Record

Venue	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	FTS	CS	FAv	AAv	Pts%	W/L
Home	15	10	3	2	52	18	+34	0	4	3.467	1.20	76.6	+8
Away	14	7	3	4	41	20	+21	3	4	2.929	1.429	60.7	+3
Neutral	7	1	4	2	9	10	-1	2	2	1.286	1.429	42.9	-1

Shirt Record

Colour

FTS

FAv

AAv

Pts%

W/L

White

+52

2.939

1.364

65.2

+10

Red

1.667

1.00

50.0

Competition Record

Competition	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	FTS	CS	FAv	AAv	Pts%	W/L
*WCP*	4	3	1	0	16	2	+14	0	2	4.00	0.50	87.5	+3
*WCF*	7	1	4	2	9	10	-1	2	2	1.286	1.429	42.9	-1
World Cup	11	4	5	2	25	12	+13	2	4	2.273	1.091	59.1	+2
British Championship	11	6	2	3	33	15	+18	1	3	3.00	1.364	63.6	+3
Friendly	14	8	3	3	44	21	+26	2	3	3.143	1.50	67.9	+5

Tournament Record

World Cup Preliminary Competition
Type	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	FTS	CS	FAv	AAv	Pts%	W/L
WCP 1960-62	4	3	1	0	16	2	+14	0	2	4.00	0.50	87.5	+3
WCP All	4	3	1	0	16	2	+14	0	2	4.00	0.50	87.5	+3
World Cup Final Tournaments
Type	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	FTS	CS	FAv	AAv	Pts%	W/L
WCF 1958	3	0	3	0	4	4	=0	1	1	1.333	1.333	50.0	=0
WCF 1962	4	1	1	2	5	6	-1	1	1	0.50	1.50	37.5	-1
WCF All	7	1	4	2	9	10	-1	2	2	1.286	1.429	42.9	-1
World Cup
Type	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	FTS	CS	FAv	AAv	Pts%	W/L
WC 1957-58	3	0	3	0	4	4	=0	1	1	1.333	1.333	50.0	=0
WC 1961-62	8	4	2	2	21	8	+13	1	3	2.625	1.00	62.5	+2
WC All	11	4	5	2	25	12	+13	2	4	2.273	1.091	59.1	+2

British Championship Competition
Type	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	FTS	CS	FAv	AAv	Pts%	W/L
BC 1957-58	3	2	0	1	10	3	+7	0	2	3.333	1.00	66.7	+1
BC 1958-59	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	0	1	1.00	0.0	100.0	+1
BC 1960-61	3	3	0	0	19	6	+13	0	0	6.33	2.00	100.0	+3
BC 1961-62	3	0	2	1	2	4	-2	1	0	0.667	1.333	33.3	-1
BC 1962-63	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	0	1.00	2.00	0.0	-1
BC All	11	6	2	3	33	15	+18	1	3	3.00	1.364	63.6	+3

All Competition

Type

FTS

FAv

AAv

Pts%

W/L

+13

2.273

1.091

59.1

+18

3.00

1.364

63.6

+21

2.636

1.227

61.4

Match History

Age 21	B
one appearance - Switzerland March 1956

Age 22	under 23
two appearances - Denmark September 1956 & France October 1956
B
two appearances - Bulgaria & Romania May 1957

Age 23
one appearance - Czechoslovakia May 1957

Club:Blackburn Rovers FC - 36 full appearances (3240 min) 11ᵍ

manager: Walter Winterbottom - 33 full appearances (2970 min) 8ᵍx

apps	match	pic	match details	comp	res.	rundown	shirt

Age 24
1	315	19 October 1957 -Wales 0 England 4 Ninian Park, Cardiff	BC	AW		7

one of three who became the 761st player (763) to appear for England.

the 37th Blackburn Rovers player to represent England

2	316	6 November 1957 - England 2 Northern Ireland 3 Empire Stadium, Wembley	BC	HL	80	7
3	317	27 November 1957 - England 4 France 0 Empire Stadium, Wembley	Fr	HW	3 24 84	7
4	318	19 April 1958 - Scotland 0 England 4 Hampden Park, Glasgow	BC	AW	¹ 22 35	7
5	319	7 May 1958 - England 2 Portugal 1 Empire Stadium, Wembley	tour	HW		7
6	320	11 May 1958 - Yugoslavia 5 England 0 Stadion JNA, Beograd		AL		7
7	321	18 May 1958 - USSR 1 England 1 Lenin Stadium, Moskva		AD	45	7

Age 25

			WCF	outside right 7x
8	322	8 June 1958 - USSR 2 England 2 Nya Ullevi Stadion, Göteborg		ND
9	323	11 June 1958 - Brazil 0 England 0 Nya Ullevi Stadion, Göteborg		ND
10	324	15 June 1958 - Austria 2 England 2 Ryavallen Stadion, Borås		ND
325		17 June 1958 - USSR 1 England 0, Nya Ullevi Stadion, Göteborg		NL	party member

11	327	22 October 1958 - England 5 USSR 0 Empire Stadium, Wembley	Fr	HW	45 89 fouled for pen.	7
328		26 November 1958 - England 2 Wales 2, Villa Park, Birmingham	BC	HD	withdrew injured
12	329	11 April 1959 - England 1 Scotland 0 Empire Stadium, Wembley	BC	HW	59	7

Age 26
13	339	11 May 1960 - England 3 Yugoslavia 3 Empire Stadium, Wembley	Fr	HD	² 41	7
340		15 May 1960 - Spain 3 England 0, Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid	tour	AL	reserve
14	341	22 May 1960 - Hungary 2 England 0 Népstadion, Budapest	tour	AL		7

Age 27
15	342	8 October 1960 - Northern Ireland 2 England 5 Windsor Park, Belfast	BC	AW	³ 80	7
16	343	19 October 1960 - Luxembourg 0 England 9 Stade Municipal, Stad Lëtzebuerg	WCP	AW	7	7
17	344	26 October 1960 - England 4 Spain 2 Empire Stadium, Wembley	Fr	HW	⁴40header	7
18	345	23 November 1960 - England 5 Wales 1 Empire Stadium, Wembley	BC	HW		7
Bryan Douglas was an original member of all three of the Winter 1960 get-togethers. AtLilleshall on 12-14 Decemberat Anfield on 6-8 February 1961 (where he withdrew because of injury) and at Upton Park on 13-15 March 1961.
19	346	15 April 1961 - England 9 Scotland 3 Empire Stadium, Wembley	BC	HW	⁵ 56 81	7
20	347	10 May 1961 - England 8 Mexico 0 Empire Stadium, Wembley	Fr	HW	⁶ 44 ⁷ 85	7

21	348	21 May 1961 - Portugal 1 England 1 Estadio Nacional, Oeiras, Lisboa	WCP	AD		7
22	349	24 May 1961 - Italy 2 England 3 Stadio Olimpico, Roma	tour	AW		7

Age 28
23	350	27 May 1961 - Austria 3 England 1 Praterstadion, Wien		AL		7
24	351	28 September 1961 - England 4 Luxembourg 1 Arsenal Stadium, Highbury	WCP	HW		7
25	352	14 October 1961 - Wales 1 England 1 Ninian Park, Cardiff	BC	AD	⁸ 44	7
26	353	25 October 1961 - England 2 Portugal 0 Empire Stadium, Wembley	WCP	HW		8
27	354	22 November 1961 - England 1 Northern Ireland 1 Empire Stadium, Wembley	BC	HD		7
355		4 April 1962 - England 3 Austria 1, Empire Stadium, Wembley	Fr	HW
28	356	14 April 1962 - Scotland 2 England 0 Hampden Park, Glasgow	BC	AL		7
357		9 May 1962 - England 3 Switzerland 1, Empire Stadium, Wembley	Fr	HW
29	358	20 May 1962 - Peru 0 England 4 Estadio Nacional Coloso de José Díaz, Lima	Fr	AW		7

Age 29

			WCF	outside right 17x
30	359	31 May 1962 - Hungary 2 England 1 Estadio Braden Copper Co., Rancagua		NL

31	360	2 June 1962 - Argentina 1 England 3 Estadio Braden Copper Co., Rancagua	NW
32	361	7 June 1962 - Bulgaria 0 England 0 Estadio Braden Copper Co., Rancagua	ND
33	362	10 June 1962 - Brazil 3 England 1 Estadio Municipal, Viña del Mar	NL

manager: Alf Ramsey - three full appearances (270 min) 3ᵍx

34	367	6 April 1963 - England 1 Scotland 2 Empire Stadium, Wembley	BC	HL	⁹ 80	7
35	368	8 May 1963 - England 1 Brazil 1 Empire Stadium, Wembley	tour	HD	¹⁰ 86	7
	369	29 May 1963 - Czechoslovakia 2 England 4, Tehelné pole, Bratislava		AW
	370	2 June 1963 - GDR 1 England 2, Zentralstadion, Leipzig		AW
36	371	5 June 1963 - Switzerland 1 England 8 Sankt Jakob Stadium, Basel		AW	¹¹ 42	7