Chelsea FC Profile: Tommy Docherty

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Full Name: Thomas Henderson Docherty

Nickname(s): The Doc

Born: Tuesday, 24th April 1928
Place of birth: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Height: 5' 9"
Died: Thursday, 31st December 2020 (aged 92)
Place of death: Marple, Cheshire, England

Involvement with Chelsea:

Men's 1st Team Player from 1961 to 1961
Manager from 1961 to 1967

Playing Career:

Shettleston Juniors
Celtic
Preston North End
Arsenal
Chelsea (Sep 1961 to Dec 1961) - cost: unknown

Chelsea First-Team Career Summary

Competitive Debut: Saturday, 9th September 1961, Chelsea 6 - 1 Sheffield United

Age on debut: 33 years 4 months 16 days

Last Competitive First-Team Appearance: Saturday, 23rd September 1961, Chelsea 1 - 1 Blackburn Rovers

Appearances Season League F.A. Cup Lg Cup Europe Oth* Ttl 1961 / 62 4 0 0 0 0 4 Total 4 0 0 0 0 4

Goals Season League F.A. Cup Lg Cup Europe Oth* Ttl Total 0 0 0 0 0 0

* oth = other competitive matches such as Full Members Cup, Charity/Community Shield, Fifa World Club Cup.
Figures in ( ) are substitute appearances and are also included in the totals.
i.e. Tommy Docherty made 4 appearances for Chelsea, of which 0 were as a substitute.

Competitive Matches Played

Comp	Date	Home			Away	Att
League	9th Sep 1961	Chelsea	6	1	Sheffield United	22,066
League	16th Sep 1961	West Ham United	2	1	Chelsea	27,530
League	20th Sep 1961	Chelsea	2	3	Cardiff City	15,804
League	23rd Sep 1961	Chelsea	1	1	Blackburn Rovers	23,301

Non-Competitive First-Team Appearances Season Appearances Total 0

Non-Competitive First-Team Goals Season Goals Total 0

Figures in ( ) are substitute appearances and are also included in the totals.
i.e. Tommy Docherty made 0 appearances for Chelsea, of which 0 were as a substitute.

Non-Competitive First-Team Matches Played

Comp	Date	Home			Away	Att
Friendly	26th May 1965	Tasmania	0	12	Chelsea	3,000	(1 Pen)

Non-First-Team Appearances Season Appearances Total 0

Non-First-Team Goals Season Goals Total 0

Figures in ( ) are substitute appearances and are also included in the totals.
i.e. Tommy Docherty made 0 appearances for Chelsea, of which 0 were as a substitute.

Non-First-Team Matches Played

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Away

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Chelsea Manager Career Summary

Manager from: September, 1961 Manager until: October, 1967
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Win % Goals / Game League 252 114 54 84 432 365 45.24% 1.71 F.A. Cup 26 16 4 6 50 28 61.54% 1.92 League Cup 14 7 4 3 29 20 50% 2.07 Europe 12 5 3 4 15 15 41.67% 1.25 Total 304 142 65 97 526 428 46.71% 1.73
Players In Date Name Amount Nov 1961 Allan Young £6,000 Nov 1961 Andy Malcolm £12,000 Nov 1961 Ron Harris From Juniors Dec 1961 Errol McNally £5,000 Dec 1961 Graham Moore £35,000 Feb 1962 John Dunn From Juniors Feb 1962 Ian Watson From Juniors Mar 1962 Dennis Sorrell £10,000 Apr 1962 John O'Rourke unknown Apr 1962 Mike Pinner unknown May 1962 Eddie McCreadie £5,000 Jun 1962 Tommy Knox £5,000 Jun 1962 Dennis Brown From Juniors Sep 1962 Joe Fascione unknown Sep 1962 Tommy Harmer £3,500 Oct 1962 James Mulholland £8,000 Dec 1962 Peter Houseman From Juniors Mar 1963 Derek Kevan £45,000 Jul 1963 John Hollins From Juniors Aug 1963 Marvin Hinton £30,000 Sep 1963 Jim McCalliog unknown Jun 1964 George Graham £5,000 Aug 1964 John Boyle From Juniors Sep 1964 Billy Sinclair unknown Sep 1964 Peter Osgood From Juniors Dec 1964 Roger Wosahlo From Juniors Jan 1965 Jimmy Smart unknown Jan 1965 Jim Thomson unknown Apr 1965 Jim Barron £5,000 Nov 1965 Tommy Robson £30,000 Feb 1966 Barry Lloyd From Juniors Mar 1966 Joe Kirkup £35,000 Apr 1966 Charlie Cooke £72,000 May 1966 Allan Harris £45,000 May 1966 Alex Stepney £50,000 Jul 1966 Tommy Hughes unknown Jul 1966 Chico Hamilton From Juniors Jul 1966 Kingsley Whiffen unknown Sep 1966 Tommy Baldwin unknown Oct 1966 Tony Hateley £100,000 Mar 1967 George Luke unknown Jun 1967 Colin Waldron £25,000 Aug 1967 Stewart Houston unknown Aug 1967 Paul McMillan unknown Sep 1967 Geoff Butler £57,000	Players Out Date Name Sep 1961 Johnny Brooks Oct 1961 Sylvan Anderton Oct 1961 Reg Matthews Nov 1961 Ron Tindall Dec 1961 Tommy Docherty Jan 1962 Micky Block Mar 1962 Mel Scott Mar 1962 Gordon Bolland Apr 1962 Mike Pinner Apr 1962 John Sillett Jun 1962 Peter Sillett Jun 1962 David Cliss Sep 1962 Mike Harrison Sep 1962 Terry Bradbury Oct 1962 Andy Malcolm Oct 1962 Peter Brabrook Jun 1963 Dennis Butler Aug 1963 Colin Shaw Aug 1963 Derek Kevan Nov 1963 Graham Moore Dec 1963 John O'Rourke Jun 1964 Frank Blunstone Jun 1964 Errol McNally Sep 1964 Dennis Sorrell Sep 1964 James Mulholland Nov 1964 Dennis Brown Nov 1964 Allan Harris Feb 1965 Tommy Knox Jul 1965 Ian Watson Sep 1965 Frank Upton Sep 1965 John Mortimore Oct 1965 Jim McCalliog Jan 1966 Ken Shellito Mar 1966 Billy Sinclair Mar 1966 Jim Barron Mar 1966 Jimmy Smart May 1966 Terry Venables May 1966 Barry Bridges Aug 1966 Bert Murray Sep 1966 Alex Stepney Sep 1966 George Graham Oct 1966 John Dunn Dec 1966 Tommy Robson Apr 1967 Roger Wosahlo Jun 1967 Tommy Harmer Jun 1967 Kingsley Whiffen Jul 1967 Tony Hateley Jul 1967 Allan Harris

Chelsea Graves Society Info & External Research Links:

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Games Won:	1
Win Percentage:	25%
Total Bookings:	1
Times Sent Off:	0

Teammates

During his Chelsea first-team career of 4 appearances, Tommy Docherty played alongside the following 12 players (number of appearances together in the same match-day squad in brackets)

Sylvan Anderton (1)
Frank Blunstone (4)
Peter Bonetti (4)
Peter Brabrook (4)
Barry Bridges (3)
Allan Harris (4)
Mike Harrison (4)
John Mortimore (3)
Mel Scott (4)
John Sillett (4)
Bobby Tambling (4)
Ron Tindall (1)