Doug Newlands

Scottish footballer
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroScottish footballer
PlacesUnited Kingdom Scotland
wasAthlete Football player Association football player Sports official Association football manager
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth29 October 1931, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Death11 April 2011Perth, United Kingdom (aged 79 years)
Star signScorpio
Sports Teams
Stoke City F.C.
Burnley F.C.
Aberdeen F.C.
St Johnstone F.C.
St Johnstone F.C.
Airdrieonians F.C.
Forfar Athletic F.C.
The details

Biography

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

Career

Newlands was born in Edinburgh and began his career with Aberdeen. He had a productive loan spell with St Johnstone which prompted top-flight English club Burnley to sign Newlands in 1954. 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. He joined Stoke City and made an instant impact scoring on his debut against Sunderland. 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. He later played for Airdrieonians and Forfar Athletic.

Career statistics

Source:

ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Burnley1954–55First Division100010
1955–56First Division10200102
1956–57First Division36651417
1957–58First Division4111114212
1958–59First Division10200102
Total98216210423
Stoke City1959–60Second Division32820348
Career Total130298213831
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