Peter Doherty (5 June 1913-6 April 1990) was a legendary inside-left for Manchester City, Derby County and Ireland. A swift, elusive forward with tremendous stamina, Peter Doherty was known for skilful ability with the ball, with it even claimed that the phrase 'the beautiful game' was coined in appreciation of Doherty's supreme ability. Form Magherafelt, County Londonderry, he played for Coleraine and Glentoran (with who he won the  Irish Cup in 1933), he was signed at the age of 19 by Blackpool in November 1933.  Manchester City paid a club record £10,000 for him in February 1936, and he was top scorer the following season when Manchester City won the League Championship. Doherty joined the RAF during the Second World War, but he remained a City player. During the war he also guested for no fewer than 16 teams, including a remarkable partnership with the great Stanley Matthews in the Service side which thrilled fans up and down the country. At the end of the War he transferred to Derby County, once again commanding a £10,000 transfer fee, and scored in the 1946 FA Cup Final in which County defeated Charlton Athletic. He moved on to Huddersfield Town later in the year and in April 1949,  was appointed player-manager of Doncaster Rovers. Dohertywas also top-scorer as the club won the Third Division North title during the 1949–50 season. He managed Northern Ireland from 1951 until 1962 and during that time guided the team to the the quarter finals of the 1958 World Cup in Sweden. Doherty later scouted for Liverpool 'spotting' a young Kevin Keegan, then playing for Scunthorpe United. He was in the first group of 22 players to be inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame. In his autobiography Len Shackleton wrote of him: Peter Dohetry was surely the genius among geniuses.  Possessor of the most baffling body swerve in football, able to perform all the tricks with the ball, owing a shot like the kick of a mule, and, with all this, having such tremendous enthusiasm for the game that he would work like a horse for ninety minutes. to stroll through a game smoking that pipe-and still make the other twenty-one players appear second-raters. But of course Peter never strolled through anything. His energy had to be seen to be appreciated.”