Blair Spittal

Blair Spittal
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-12-19) 19 December 1995
Place of birth Erskine, Scotland[1]
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Partick Thistle
Number 7
Youth career
2008–2010 Rangers
2010–2012 Queen's Park
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Queen's Park 52 (9)
2014–2017 Dundee United 82 (9)
2017– Partick Thistle 39 (7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:43, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

Blair Spittal (born 19 December 1995) is a Scottish footballer who plays for Partick Thistle in the Scottish Premiership as a midfielder. He began his career at Queen's Park before joining Dundee United in 2014. He signed for Partick Thistle in 2017.

Early life and career

Spittal began playing for Erskine Boys Club and from there moved to Rangers. He spent two years there before joining Queen's Park's under-17 side.[2] He attended Park Mains High School in Erskine.

Club career

Queen's Park

Aged 16, Spittal made his Queen's Park debut away to Montrose on 17 November 2012.[3] He went on to make a total of 18 appearances that season,[4] scoring his only goal in a 5–3 win away to Elgin.[5]

The following season, he established himself as a first team regular, making 41 appearances and scoring 12 goals in the process.[4] This form saw him pursued by both of Dundee's Scottish Premiership clubs. Having agreed terms with both sides, he opted to join former Queen's Park teammates Aidan Connolly and Andrew Robertson at Dundee United, over city rivals Dundee.[6]

Dundee United

Having spent the first two games of the season as an unused substitute, Spittal made his debut from the bench in the club's third game of the season away to Celtic on 16 August 2014.[7] Spittal played in the United squad that were relegated from the premiership.

Partick Thistle

Spittal joined Scottish Premiership club Partick Thistle on a two-year contract on 15 June 2017.[8] He scored three goals in his first three games for the club, scoring twice against St Mirren in the Scottish League Cup, including a free kick.[9] He then scored in a 2-1 away win against Airdrieonians in the same competition.[10] Spittal marked his league debut for Thistle with 3 assists against Aberdeen in a 4-3 defeat. In his second league appearance for the club, Spittal would score his first league goal away to Ross County in a 1-1 draw. Spittal continued his scintillating form the next week with a goal direct from a free kick and another assist as 10 man Thistle drew 2-2 with Rangers at Firhill , taking his tally to 7 appearances, 5 goals and 4 assists in all competitions thus far.[11] Spittal then carried his form into the next League game opening the scoring in a 1-1 draw with Hearts. Spittal scored his 4th league goal of the campaign with another freekick scoring the opener in a 3-2 home win against Motherwell.[12]

Career statistics

As of match played 23 September 2018 [4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Queen's Park 2012–13[13] Third Division 16100002[lower-alpha 1]0181
2013–14[14] League Two 36834101[lower-alpha 2]04112
Total 5293410305913
Dundee United 2014–15[15] Scottish Premiership 252203000302
2015–16[16] Scottish Premiership 335412100397
2016–17[17] Scottish Championship 24210608[lower-alpha 3]3395
Total 829711118310814
Partick Thistle 2017–18[18] Scottish Premiership 334205320426
2018-19[19] Scottish Championship 63006010133
total 3972011330559
Career total 1672212518114321030
  1. ↑ Appearances in the Second Division play-offs
  2. ↑ Appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  3. ↑ Three appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup, Five appearances and three goals in the Premiership play-offs

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Blair Spittal player profile". Dundee United F.C. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  2. ↑ Stewart, Craig (16 August 2013). "Spittal the latest to shine at Hampden". SPFL. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "Blair Spittal". The Queen's Park Football Club. Archived from the original on 16 August 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 "B. SPITTAL". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "Elgin City 3–5 Queen's Park". BBC Sport. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "Dundee United sign Blair Spittal from Queen's Park". BBC Sport. 12 June 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  7. ↑ Lamont, Alasdair (16 August 2014). "Celtic 6 1 Dundee Utd". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  8. ↑ https://stv.tv/sport/football/1391313-blair-spittal-signs-two-year-deal-with-partick-thistle/
  9. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40691407
  10. ↑ https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/1332010/airdrie-partick-thistle-betfred-cup/
  11. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41196748
  12. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42244873
  13. ↑ "Games played by Blair Spittal in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  14. ↑ "Games played by Blair Spittal in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Blair Spittal in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Blair Spittal in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Blair Spittal in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Blair Spittal in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  19. ↑ "Games played by Blair Spittal in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  20. ↑ "Falkirk and Rangers dominate team of the year voting". BBC Sport. 18 April 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
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