Blair Sturrock

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Blair Sturrock

Full name	Blair Sturrock
Date of birth	August 25, 1981 (1981-08-25) (age 26)
Place of birth	Dundee, Scotland
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Swindon Town
Number	21
Youth clubs
1998-2001	Dundee United
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998-2001 2000-2001 2001-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-	Dundee United → Brechin City (loan) Plymouth Argyle Kidderminster Harriers Rochdale Swindon Town	00 (0) 27 (6) 63 (2) 22 (6) 31 (6) 40 (8)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 1, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Blair Sturrock (b. August 25, 1981 in Dundee) is a Scottish football player currently playing for Swindon Town where his father Paul Sturrock is the former manager. He joined Swindon Town after injuring his knee playing for Rochdale in order to join up with Swindon Town physio Dick Mackey for treatment. He eventually played in the reserves for Swindon in a comeback & earned himself a short term contract with the club.

Sturrock has played for Dundee United, Brechin City (loan), Plymouth Argyle, Kidderminster Harriers and Rochdale

[edit] Career

Dundee United F.C

The young striker started off as a trainee for Dundee United before briefly going on loan to Brechin City in the 2000-2001 season.

Plymouth Argyle F.C

He then moved to Plymouth for 3 years & made 64 appearances for the club during the years 2001-2004 but mostly as a substitute. He scored 2 goals in his time at Plymouth.

Kidderminster Harriers F.C

He the moved to Kidderminster Harriers in 2004 where he spent 9 months playing 22 games & scoring 5 goals.

Rochdale F.C

9 Months after signing for Kidderminster he signed for Rochdale for the 2005-2006 season where he made 33 appearances scoring 6 goals in 15 starts for the club. He later got a knee injury that ended his spell at the club & was released. After being released by Rochdale Blair had a short trial with Wrexham in July.

Swindon Town F.C

In November of 2006 Blair signed for Swindon Town the club his father was the manager of & after overcoming his groin injury he made 25 appearances for the wiltshire club in his first season scoring 5 goals, with 12 starts. Sturrock made his debut as a second half substitute in a 2-1 defeat at Macclesfield Town on 23 December, his first goal coming in mid-January, when he netted within seconds of coming on to wrap up a 3-1 win at Boston. He then later signed a contract extension to take him through to the end of the 2008-2009 season & has so far played 9 games scoring 5 goals.

[edit] Personal Life

Blair Sturrock was born into a family with already a great interest in football, his dad Paul Sturrock was a Scotland international who spent his playing career at Dundee United.

He is known to be a keen golfer & often spends his summer practising his golf with friends & team mates Steve Adams & Hasney Aljofree

Spell	Team	League Apps	League Goals	Cup Apps	Cup Goals
2006-07	Swindon Town	11 (+12)	4	1 (+1)	1
2005-06	Rochdale	15 (+16)	6	1	0
2004-05	Kidderminster Harriers	17 (+5)	6	1 (+3)	0
2001-04	Plymouth Argyle	9 (+54)	2	2 (+6)	1
1999-00	Brechin City (Loan)	20 (+7)	6	3 (+2)	2
1998-01	Dundee United	0	0	0	0