Doug Newlands

Douglas Haigh "Doug" Newlands (29 October 1931 – 11 April 2011) was a Scottish professional association footballer who played as a winger.[1][2]

Doug Newlands
Personal information
Full name Douglas Haigh Newlands[1]
Date of birth (1931-10-29)29 October 1931[1]
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland[1]
Date of death 11 April 2011(2011-04-11) (aged 79)
Place of death Perth, Scotland
Playing position(s) Winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1951–1954 Aberdeen 3 (0)
1953–1954 → St Johnstone (loan) 27 (7)
1954–1959 Burnley 98 (21)
1959–1960 Stoke City 32 (8)
1960–1961 St Johnstone 25 (5)
1961–1965 Airdrieonians 76 (18)
1965–1967 Forfar Athletic 22 (12)
Total 261 (71)
Teams managed
1966–1967 Forfar Athletic
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Newlands was born in Edinburgh and began his career with Aberdeen.[1] He had a productive loan spell with St Johnstone which prompted top-flight English club Burnley to sign Newlands in 1954.[1] He had to bide his time to force himself into the starting eleven at Turf Moor with Billy Gray occupying the number 7. He became a regular in 1956–57 and 1957–58 before the emergence of John Connelly signalled the end of Newlands' time at Burnley.[3] He joined Stoke City and made an instant impact scoring on his debut against Sunderland.[1] It was to be just a one-season stay at Stoke for Newlands and after the end of the 1959–60 season he returned to St Johnstone.[1] He later played for Airdrieonians and Forfar Athletic.

Career statistics

Source:[4]

Club Season League FA Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Burnley 1954–55 First Division 100010
1955–56 First Division 10200102
1956–57 First Division 36651417
1957–58 First Division 4111114212
1958–59 First Division 10200102
Total 98216210423
Stoke City 1959–60 Second Division 32820348
Career Total 130298213831

References
  1. Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. "Doug Newlands". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  3. "Doug Newlands: 1931-2011". Burnley F.C. Archived from the original on 3 December 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  4. Doug Newlands at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  • Doug Newlands at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
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