Doug Johnson

DOB: 1st January 1970

Position: Midfielder

Season of first appearance: 1974/75

Season of last appearance: 1975/76

Full Appearances: 2

Substitute: 0

Goals: 1

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Player Profile:

Local player who first came to prominence as captain of local club Thanet Press during the 1969/70 campaign. The club were undefeated throughout the season.

After several more years in local football Doug joined Margate for the 1973/74 season and played exclusively for the reserves during the campaign.

Doug continued to be a regular in the reserves during the 1974/75 season and also made a one-off appearance for the first team. He played in a Kent Messenger Trophy tie against Ashford at Hartsdown on 3.4.75 and although Margate lost 3-1 Doug had the distinction of scoring the consolation goal, albeit via a hefty deflection off future Margate player Neil Cugley.

He was a regular in the reserves once more during the 1975/76 season and Doug also made one further first team appearance, playing as a centre-back in a Kent Floodlight Trophy game at Ramsgate on 8.4.76. However he left the club at the end of the campaign when the reserve team was disbanded for financial reasons and dropped back into local football.

Doug was still playing locally during the 1990/91 campaign aged 40. He spent that season with Britannia who were the successors to Thanet Press who he'd first played for over 20 years earlier.