Background
Cuggy was born in Walker, Northumberland and played youth football with Willington Athletic, where he was spotted by scouts from Sunderland.
Cuggy was born in Walker, Northumberland and played youth football with Willington Athletic, where he was spotted by scouts from Sunderland.
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. Both his appearances for England came against Ireland. Although Buchan scored early in the game, England went down 2–1.
The match was played at Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough and England were defeated 3–0.
This was the first time that England had been beaten by Ireland on home soil. 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 1919-1920 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.
Later career He spent two years with Wallsend before, in November 1923, he accepted a five-year contract to coach Celta Vigo. When his involvement in football came to an end he worked in the shipyards on Wearside. In 2002, the shirt that he wore in the 1913 Final was auctioned at Christie"s in London.
The shirt sold for £5,875, far exceeding the estimate of £1,000–1,500.
Sunderland The Football League champions: 1912-1913 finalist: 1913 Celta Vigo Galician Championship: 1923.