Peter Monaghan

Peter Monaghan
Personal information
Full name Peter Monaghan
Date of birth 1917 (1917)
Place of birth Stevenston, Scotland
Date of death (aged 27)
Place of death German-occupied Netherlands
Position Wing half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1936 Ardeer Recreation
1937–1939 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 71 (1)
1939–1940 Dundee United (guest) 2 (0)
Kilmarnock (guest)
Total 73 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

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. He was killed in the Netherlands on 21 January 1945 and was buried in Sittard War Cemetery.

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 Third Division South 33 0 3 0 36 0
1938–39 32 1 3 0 35 1
Total 65 1 6 0 71 1
Dundee United 1939–40 Eastern Regional 2 0 0 0 2 0
Career total 67 1 6 0 73 1

References

  1. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 (Third edition, with revisions ed.). Toton, Nottingham. p. 207. ISBN 978-1-905891-61-0. OCLC 841581272.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. 1 2 3 4 Peter Monaghan at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  3. 1 2 3 "Casualty Details: Peter Monaghan". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  4. ↑ Rippon, Anton (2011). Gas Masks for Goal Posts: Football in Britain During the Second World War. Cheltenham: The History Press. p. 122. ISBN 978-0-7524-7188-4.
  5. ↑ "Peter Monaghan Player Profile". ArabArchive. Retrieved 23 August 2020.