Keith Waugh

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2017}}

{{Use British English|date=August 2017}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Keith Waugh

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| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|10|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Sunderland, England

| death_date =

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| position = Goalkeeper

| youthyears1 = 1971–1973

| youthyears2 =

| youthclubs1 = Sunderland

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| years1 = 1973–1976

| years2 = 1976–1981

| years3 = 1981–1985

| years4 = 1984

| years5 = 1984–1985

| years6 = 1985–1989

| years7 = 1989–1991

| years8 = 1990–1991

| years9 = 1991–1993

| clubs1 = Sunderland

| clubs2 = Peterborough United

| clubs3 = Sheffield United

| clubs4 = → Cambridge United (loan)

| clubs5 = → Bristol City (loan)

| clubs6 = Bristol City

| clubs7 = Coventry City

| clubs8 = → Watford (loan)

| clubs9 = Watford

| caps1 = 0

| caps2 = 195

| caps3 = 99

| caps5 = 3

| caps4 = 4

| caps6 = 167

| caps7 = 1

| caps8 = 0

| caps9 = 7

| goals1 = 0

| goals2 = 0

| goals3 = 0

| goals4 = 0

| goals5 = 0

| goals6 = 0

| goals7 = 0

| goals8 = 0

| goals9 = 0

| totalcaps = 476 | totalgoals = 0

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Keith Waugh (born 27 October 1956{{cite book |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1993-94 |editor-last=Rollin |editor-first=Jack |year=1993 |publisher=Headline |isbn=0-7472-7895-4 }}

) is an English-born footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League between the 1970s and 1990s, most notably with Peterborough United, Sheffield United and Bristol City.

He started as a trainee with Sunderland, but did not play any League games with them, and he moved to Peterborough United, first playing a league game for them in 1976–77. He went on to make 195 League appearances for The Posh.{{cite web|title=Keith Waugh|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player5/keithwaugh.html|work=Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database|publisher=Neil Brown|access-date=8 November 2011}}

He moved to Sheffield United in 1981 for a fee of £100,000,{{cite web|url=http://thetwounfortunates.blogspot.com/2011/02/great-football-league-teams-12.html|title=Great Football League Teams 12: Sheffield United, 1981-2|last=Ian Rands|date=4 February 2011|publisher=the two unfortunates|access-date=8 November 2011}} and made 99 League appearances for the club

He moved to Bristol City in the mid-1980s, although he had loan spells at Bristol City and Cambridge United during the 1984–85 season before his permanent move to The Robins.

Waugh was to make 167 League appearances for the Ashton Gate club (including appearing in the 1986 Football League Trophy Final[http://www.bcfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10327~832395,00.html Bristol City Wembley 20th anniversary 24/5/06] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100116192209/http://www.bcfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10327~832395%2C00.html |date=16 January 2010 }}) before a brief spell at Coventry City in the late 1980s. He then moved to Watford and made a total of 7 league appearances for them. On 23 March 1993 he was recalled to the Watford team for the first time in 14 months against Newcastle United, and put in an excellent performance in Watford's 1–0 victory.[https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-lame-newcastle-beaten-by-furlong-1499598.html Watford v Newcastle match report in Independent, 24/03/93] His final Football League appearance came against Charlton Athletic on 6 April 1993. After his playing career finished he remained at Watford as youth team coach.{{cite book|last=Jones|first=Trefor|year=1996|page=237|title=Watford Football Club Illustrated Who's Who|isbn=0-9527458-0-1}}

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