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Peter Monaghan
Personal details
Born 1917 (1917)[1]
Stevenston, Scotland[1]
Died (aged 27)[2]
German-occupied Netherlands

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.[3]

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 Sittard War Cemetery.[2][4]

Career statistics[]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 1937–38[1] Third Division South 33 0 3 0 36 0
1938–39[1] 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[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Peter Monaghan at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Casualty Details: Peter Monaghan". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2055351/. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 (Third edition, with revisions ed.). Toton, Nottingham. pp. 207. ISBN 978-1-905891-61-0. OCLC 841581272. 
  4. Rippon, Anton (2011). Gas Masks for Goal Posts: Football in Britain During the Second World War. Cheltenham: The History Press. pp. 122. ISBN 978-0-7524-7188-4. 
  5. "Peter Monaghan Player Profile". https://www.arabarchive.co.uk/player.php?id=1181. 
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