Both his appearances for England came against Ireland. The first was on 15 February 1913 at Windsor Park, Belfast and Cuggie was teamed up with his Sunderland colleagues Charlie Buchan and Jackie Mordue. Although Buchan scored early in the game, England went down 2–1.[1] The second international appearance was also against Ireland a year later on 14 February 1914, when he was joined by his Sunderland colleague Henry Martin who was making his solitary England appearance. The match was played at Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough and England were defeated 3–0.[2] This was the first time that England had been beaten by Ireland on home soil.[3] Thus Cuggy's England career ended with two defeats from two appearances.
The outbreak of the First World War then interrupted his football career. After the war he returned to the side for the 1919–20 season, but he left the club in May 1921 to become player-manager of Wallsend. In his twelve years at Roker Park, he made a total of 190 appearances in all competitions, with four goals.
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Cuggy spent two years with Wallsend before, in November 1923, he accepted a five-year contract to coach Spanish club Celta Vigo.
Later lifeedit
When his involvement in football came to an end he worked in the shipyards on Wearside.[4]
In 2002, the shirt that he wore in the 1913 FA Cup Final was auctioned at Christie's in London. The shirt sold for £5,875, far exceeding the estimate of £1,000–1,500.[5]
francis, cuggy, june, 1889, march, 1965, english, football, player, coach, right, half, football, league, championship, with, sunderland, 1912, made, appearances, england, later, coached, spanish, club, celta, vigo, personal, informationdate, birth, 1889, june. Francis Cuggy 16 June 1889 27 March 1965 was an English football player and coach A right half he won the Football League championship with Sunderland in 1912 13 and made two appearances for England He later coached Spanish club Celta Vigo Francis CuggyPersonal informationDate of birth 1889 06 16 16 June 1889Place of birthWalker Northumberland EnglandDate of death27 March 1965 1965 03 27 aged 75 Place of deathWalker Northumberland EnglandPosition s Right halfYouth careerWillington AthleticSenior career YearsTeamApps Gls 1909 1921Sunderland166 4 1921 1923WallsendInternational career1913 1914England2 0 Managerial career1921 1923Wallsend1923 1926Celta Vigo Club domestic league appearances and goals Contents 1 Playing career 1 1 Sunderland 2 Coaching career 3 Later life 4 Honours 5 References 6 External linksPlaying career editSunderland edit Cuggy was born in Walker Northumberland and played youth football with Willington Athletic where he was spotted by scouts from Sunderland He joined the Roker Park club in March 1909 making his debut in a 3 2 defeat at Aston Villa on 12 February 1913 Sunderland narrowly missed out on the Double losing the FA Cup final 1 0 to Aston Villa who themselves were runners up in the League Both his appearances for England came against Ireland The first was on 15 February 1913 at Windsor Park Belfast and Cuggie was teamed up with his Sunderland colleagues Charlie Buchan and Jackie Mordue Although Buchan scored early in the game England went down 2 1 1 The second international appearance was also against Ireland a year later on 14 February 1914 when he was joined by his Sunderland colleague Henry Martin who was making his solitary England appearance The match was played at Ayresome Park Middlesbrough and England were defeated 3 0 2 This was the first time that England had been beaten by Ireland on home soil 3 Thus Cuggy s England career ended with two defeats from two appearances The outbreak of the First World War then interrupted his football career After the war he returned to the side for the 1919 20 season but he left the club in May 1921 to become player manager of Wallsend In his twelve years at Roker Park he made a total of 190 appearances in all competitions with four goals Coaching career editCuggy spent two years with Wallsend before in November 1923 he accepted a five year contract to coach Spanish club Celta Vigo Later life editWhen his involvement in football came to an end he worked in the shipyards on Wearside 4 In 2002 the shirt that he wore in the 1913 FA Cup Final was auctioned at Christie s in London The shirt sold for 5 875 far exceeding the estimate of 1 000 1 500 5 Honours editSunderland The Football League 1912 13 FA Cup finalist 1913Celta Vigo Galician Championship 1923References edit Ireland 2 England 1 15 February 1913 Match summary England 0 Ireland 3 14 February 1914 Match summary Today s England squad go fourth into history Graham Betts 2006 England Player by player Green Umbrella Publishing p 81 ISBN 1 905009 63 1 Auction detailsExternal links editFrancis Cuggy at Englandstats com nbsp England profile Full details of Sunderland career Profile on Sunderland AFC website Sunderland profile Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Francis Cuggy amp oldid 1215890521, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
