Today we feature one a select band of past players who have also represented their country, with diminutive striker Chris Duggan having represented England at Amateur International level.
Duggan joined the club from neighbours Bishop’s Stortford at the beginning of the 1972-73 season and signalled his intentions when he scored in all the club’s five pre-season friendly matches.
Duggan struck a fine partnership up front with Eddie Sedgwick and between them they scored 53 league and cup goals in season 1972-73. This was the club’s first (and only) season in the Athenian League Premier Division.The following season Duggan wrote his name into the club’s history books as he netted the club’s first ever Isthmian League goal, when he scored in a 1-1 draw at Horsham. Duggan had departed before the end of that season after manager Roy Thomas resigned and former Spurs favourite Jack Price had taken over at the helm. Price’s rein was short lived and Duggan returned to the club at the start of the 1974-75 season when former defender Gordon Sedgley was named as the new manager. Duggan had been teammates with Gordon in his first season with the club. It was another successful season as he netted 15 league and cup goals, bringing his total goals to 46 in his two and a half years with the club. At the end of that season Duggan again moved on after Gordon Sedgley was appointed the new manager of Walthamstow Avenue and Len Gamblin was installed as the next Harlow boss
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Phil - I remember watching Chris Duggan play. He certainly caught the eye and was a star in that side.
ReplyDeleteA couple of years back, Gordon Sedgley could be seen checking tickets on the WAGN route into Liverpool Street. Have not seen him recently.