Robert Seggie "Bobby" Cairns (27 May 1929 – 26 June 1998) was a former Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke City.[2]

Bobby Cairns
Personal information
Full name Robert Seggie Cairns[1][2]
Date of birth 27 May 1929[2]
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland[2]
Date of death 26 June 1998(1998-06-26) (aged 69)
Place of death Stoke-on-Trent, England
Position(s) 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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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Cairns began playing football with Royal Albert, Third Lanark and Ayr United.[2] He joined Stoke City along with fellow Ayr United teammate Joe Hutton in 1953.[2] He became a creative wing half for the "Potters" and was more of a playmaker than a goalscorer.[2] 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.[2]

Career statistics

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Club Season League FA Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Stoke City[2] 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
Total 175 9 21 2 196 11
Macclesfield Town 1961–62[3] Cheshire League 29 1 2 0 6 0 37 1
1962–63[4] Cheshire League 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
Total 29 1 3 1 6 0 38 2
Career Total 204 10 24 3 6 0 234 13

References

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  1. ^ "Bobby Cairns". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  3. ^ "Cheshire League - 1961-62". Silkmen Archive.
  4. ^ "Cheshire League - 1962-63". Silkmen Archive.
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  • Bobby Cairns at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database