Autographs of Tommy Docherty
Thomas Henderson Docherty (24 April 1928 – 31 December 2020), commonly known as The Doc, was a Scottish football player and manager. Docherty played for several clubs, most notably Preston North End, and represented Scotland 25 times between 1951 and 1959. He then managed a total of 13 clubs between 1961 and 1988, as well as the Scotland national team. Docherty was manager of Manchester United between 1972 and 1977, during which time they were relegated to the Second Division but promoted back to the First Division as champions at the first attempt.
Born in Shettleston Road in Glasgow's east end, Docherty began his playing career when he joined junior football club Shettleston. The turning point in his playing career came in 1946 when he was called up for national service in the Highland Light Infantry. While completing his national service, Docherty represented the British Army at football. On demobilisation, he was offered a contract with Celtic in 1947. Docherty would later say that Jimmy Hogan, the club's coach, was his greatest influence.
In November 1949, after spending over two years with Celtic, he moved to England and joined Preston North End. With them he won the 1951 Second Division title and got to the 1954 FA Cup Final. Altogether Docherty made close to 300 appearances for the club. He left Deepdale in August 1958 to join Arsenal for £28,000 (£826,000 today). With them he made 83 appearances, scoring once. He then went to play for Chelsea where he brought an end to his playing career in 1962.
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The most expensive item with a signature of Tommy Docherty (Autographed! Legendary Leader Tommy Docherty Autobiography "The Doc") was sold in November 2025 for £335.19 while the cheapest item (DOCHERTY - TOMMY DOCHERTY by BRIAN CLARKE - HB BOOK - SIGNED BY DOCHERTY) found a new owner for £0.01 in March 2019. The month with the most items sold (29) was January 2020 with an average selling price of £14.99 for an autographed item of Tommy Docherty. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in March 2022 with £45.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was November 2013. In average, an autographed item from Tommy Docherty is worth £8.00.
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Latest News about Tommy Docherty
Tommy Docherty obituary: Former Chelsea and Manchester United boss was one of a (31/12/2020): MATT BARLOW: Docherty was never afraid of his own opinion and rarely short of confidence. He was quick to joke about his mistakes but he recognised his successes 
Former Manchester United and Scotland manager Tommy Docherty dead (31/12/2020): Docherty managed more than a dozen clubs including Chelsea, Villa and QPR. His four-and-a-half years at United saw him take them back to the old First Division and to successive FA Cup Finals. Louis van Gaal will alienate Manchester United fans if 'boring approach' continu (15/02/2015): Tommy Docherty has warned Louis van Gaal he must start playing the Manchester United way or risk alienating the club’s fans. United were subjected to boos during their 3-1 home win over Burnley and travel to Preston tonight in the FA Cup, where Van Gaal’s approach will come under further scrutiny. Tommy Docherty Rubbishes Manchester United's Chances of Making the Top Four (10/11/2014): Tommy Docherty believes David Moyes was mistreated as he crushes Louis van Gaal's top four chances. Gordon McQueen and Tommy Docherty speak out over possibility of SFA ditching Ham (16/06/2014): Scottish football legends have reacted angrily to any possibility of the SFA ditching Hampden as the national stadium.
Older News Stories about Tommy Docherty
Celtic hotseat: Former Manchester Utd boss David Moyes is the only choice for Pa (05/2014): DOCHERTY played for Celtic and managed Man Utd and believes that Celtic should look no further than the man who has done the same at Parkhead.
