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
Dundee United
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– Dundee United 66 (7)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:36, 22 November 2016 (UTC).


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

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 team-mates 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]

Career statistics

As of 22 November 2016[4][8]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Queen's Park 2012–13 Third Division 161000020181
2013–14 League Two 3683410104112
Total 5293410305913
Dundee United 2014–15 Scottish Premiership 252203000302
2015–16 Scottish Premiership 335412100397
2016–17 Scottish Championship 80006030170
Total 6676111130869
Career total 11816951216014522

Honours

Individual

See also

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. 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. "Falkirk and Rangers dominate team of the year voting". BBC Sport. 18 April 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
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