Doug Newlands

Doug Newlands

Personal information
Full name	Douglas Haigh Newlands[1]
Date of birth	29 October 1931[1]
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland[1]
Date of death	11 April 2011 (aged 79)
Place of death	Perth, Scotland
Playing position	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. † Appearances (goals)

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

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

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Burnley	1954–55	First Division	1	0	0	0	1	0
	1955–56	First Division	10	2	0	0	10	2
	1956–57	First Division	36	6	5	1	41	7
	1957–58	First Division	41	11	1	1	42	12
	1958–59	First Division	10	2	0	0	10	2
	Total		98	21	6	2	104	23
Stoke City	1959–60	Second Division	32	8	2	0	34	8
	Total		32	8	2	0	34	8
Career Total			130	29	8	2	138	31

References

1. Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
2. "Doug Newlands". Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
3. "Doug Newlands: 1931-2011". Burnley F.C. Archived from the original on 21 April 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2012.

External links

• Doug Newlands career stats at the Post-War Players Database