6'0"  12st.12lb.
b. Monaghan Nov 22 1981
 

Debut  Oct 31 2000 (18y 343d) Final Game 21 September 2004 (22y 303d)
First Goal 12 April 2000
CAREER: Clones Town; Monaghan United '93;Glasgow Celtic (trials);Largy Coll,Clones;Blackburn Rovers Feb'00;Chesterfield Mar'03-May'03 (loan)[7-1];Blackpool Aug’03-Nov'03 (loan)[15+1-3];Gillingham Mar'05-May'05 (loan)[10];Leeds United Aug'05-Jun’06 (loan) Aug’06 (£400,000) [130+12-10];Swindon Town July’09 (free)[84+1-1];Brentford Jul’11 (free)[169-17];Ipswich Town Aug’15-Jun'17 (free)[49+10-3].
INTERNATIONALS  Republic of Ireland 2 + 6 apps
‘04 v Pol(s),Nig(s).’07 v Hol(s),Den(s),Cze,SaM(s),Wal.’08 v Swe (s).
SQUAD NUMBER  33 Oct’00 - 29 Aug’01 -26 Aug’03 - 21 Aug’04 - 22 Aug’05.
 

FL/PL   13 + 2 apps  1 gl  - 5 wdn                                              11 ns
FAC        1 + 4 apps           - 1 wdn                                                4 ns
FLC         1 + 2 apps                                                                        2 ns
UEFA                                                                                                4 ns
Total    15 + 8 apps  1 gl    - 6 wdn  +247m -160m et 90m    21 ns
Penalty record (SO) T 1 Sc 1
FAYC  5 apps
 

Douglas grew up in Clones and displayed such promise as a GAA player with Clones and Monaghan that he was tipped as a future great. Instead he decided to play association football . A strongly built midfield player he came back well from horrific ligament damage that threatened his future. A defensive player who always  carried out his instructions to the letter and would tackle all day he played a prominent part in the fight against relegation in 2004, operating on the left hand side of midfield. This led to his inclusion in the Republic of Ireland squad but his breakthrough was short lived and he was once again forced to go on loan in order to experience first team football. Ultimately this resulted in him joining Leeds, where he became captain but failed to prevent the team dropping to the third tier of football.  After retiring he became a football  agent.