Bobby Cairns

Bobby Cairns
Personal information
Full name	Robert Seggie Cairns^[1]
Date of birth	27 May 1929^[1]
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland^[1]
Date of death	1998 (aged 69)
Playing position	Wing half
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1946–1948	Royal Albert
1949–1950	Third Lanark	2	(0)
1950–1953	Ayr United	53	(8)
1954–1961	Stoke City	175	(9)
1961–1963	Macclesfield Town	29	(1)
Total		259	(18)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Robert Seggie "Bobby" Cairns (27 May 1929 – 1998) is a former Scottish who played in the Football League for Stoke City.^[1]

Career

Cairns began playing football with Royal Albert, Third Lanark and Ayr United.^[1] He joined Stoke City along with fellow Ayr United team mate Joe Hutton in 1953.^[1] He became a creative wing half for the "Potters" and was more of a playmaker than a goalscorer.^[1] He made almost 200 League and Cup appearances for Stoke in eight seasons at the Victoria Ground before leaving for non-league Macclesfield Town in 1961.^[1]

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stoke City^[1]	1953–54	Second Division	5	0	0	0	5	0
	1954–55	Second Division	18	0	6	0	24	0
	1955–56	Second Division	33	2	5	0	38	2
	1956–57	Second Division	36	5	1	0	37	5
	1957–58	Second Division	20	0	5	2	25	2
	1958–59	Second Division	29	1	2	0	31	1
	1959–60	Second Division	28	1	2	0	30	1
	1960–61	Second Division	6	0	0	0	6	0
Career Total			175	9	21	2	196	11

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.