Cecil McCaughey
{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name= Cecil McCaughey
| image =
| fullname = Cecil McCaughey{{Cite book | title = The Who's Who of Cardiff City | first = Dean | last = Hayes | publisher = Breedon Books | year = 2006 | page=122 | location=Derby | isbn= 1-85983-462-0}}
| birth_date = 1909
| birth_place = Bootle, England
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| height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}{{cite news |url=https://playupliverpool.com/1935/05/22/cecil-mccaughey-transferred-to-coventry-city/ |title=Cecil McCaughey transferred to Coventry City |newspaper=Coventry Herald |date=24 May 1935 |accessdate=10 October 2018 |via=Play Up Liverpool}}
| currentclub =
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| position = Right half
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| years1 = 1933
| clubs1 = Liverpool
| caps1 = 0
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1933
| clubs2 = Burscough Rangers
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| years3 = 1933–1935
| clubs3 = Blackburn Rovers
| caps3 = 0
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 1935–1937
| clubs4 = Coventry City
| caps4 = 35
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 1937–1939
| clubs5 = Cardiff City
| caps5 = 66
| goals5 = 5
| years6 = 1939
| clubs6 = Southport
| caps6 = 0
| goals6 = 0
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Cecil McCaughey (1909 – after 1939) was an English professional footballer who played as a right half. During his career, he made over 100 appearances in the Football League during spells with Coventry City and Cardiff City.
Career
Born in Bootle, McCaughey began his career playing local amateur football in the Lancashire League and was briefly signed to Liverpool without appearing for their first team. After a spell with Burscough Rangers, he returned to the Football League by joined Blackburn Rovers, originally playing as a central defender.{{cite news |url=https://playupliverpool.com/1939/05/18/cecil-mccaughey-transferred-to-southport/
|title=Cecil McCaughey transferred to Southport |newspaper=Liverpool Daily Post |date=18 May 1939 |accessdate=10 October 2018 |via=Play Up Liverpool}} However, he again made no professional appearances, playing only for the club's reserve side in The Central League.
In May 1935, he joined Coventry City after over two years with Blackburn making his professional debut in a 2–0 victory over Watford on 5 October 1935.{{cite web |url=https://www.11v11.com/players/cecil-mccaughey-46567/ |title=Cecil McCaughey |website=11vs11.com |publisher=AFS Enterprises |accessdate=10 October 2018}} In his first season with the club, he helped them win promotion after finishing as champions of the Third Division South.
He left Coventry in 1937 to join Cardiff City, making his debut on the opening day of the 1937–38 season in a 1–1 draw with Clapton Orient. In his first season, he missed only one league match for the side but fell out of favour in his second following the arrival of Bill Corkhill.{{Cite book | title=The Definitive: Cardiff City F.C. | first=Richard | last=Shepherd | publisher=SoccerData Publications | year=2002 | pages=39–40 | location=Nottingham | isbn=1-899-46817-X}} He moved to Southport in 1939, however the outbreak of World War II brought an end to his playing career.
Honours
Coventry City
References
{{Reflist}}
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Category:Year of death missing
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Liverpool F.C. players
Category:Coventry City F.C. players
Category:Cardiff City F.C. players
Category:Southport F.C. players
Category:English Football League players