Ex Files - Blair Sturrock Thursday, 26th Jul 2007 09:05
So we release him from Spotland, and then he goes and wins promotion in the following season with his new club.
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Player Profile: Blair
Sturrock |
| Name |
Blair Sturrock | Position |
Striker | Date of Birth |
25th August 1981 | Born |
Dundee | Height |
6'0 | Weight |
11'1 | Signed for Dale |
Chester City - July 1991 | Fee |
Free Transfer | Debut |
Shrewsbury 0 Dale 1 - 06.08.05 | Other Clubs |
Dundee Utd
Brechin
Plymouth
Kidderminster
Swindon Town |
Left Spotland |
04.05.06 | | | Dale Stats (to July 2007)
| | League | Cup | Total | Season | App | Sub | Goals | App | Sub | Goals | App | Sub | Goals |
2005-2006 |
16 |
16 |
6 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
17 |
19 |
6 |
Total |
16 |
16 |
6 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
17 |
19 |
6 | |
Blair Sturrock signed for Dale in
August 2005, just five days before the start of the 2005-6 season. He joins
Dale after a successful two week trial spell with the club in which he
featured without scoring in games against Forest Green Rovers, Barrow and
Huddersfield Town.
His time at Dale was a moderately successful one. He came to the club as
very much the third choice striker behind Grant Holt and Rickie Lambert,
and had to make do with most appearances being off the bench.
That said, his scoring record with the club was quite good. He managed six
goals whilst with Dale, which was quite good given his position in the
pecking order, and an injury which ruled him out of pretty much the whole
of the second half of the season.
Sturrock is probably best described as a striker who popped up in places at
the right time. He never had the skill of a Lambert or the strength of a
Holt, and he was hardly blessed with pace, but he just had this habit of
being there when it counted. How many other Dale players throughout history
can claim to have scored a winner with his breasts?
Some thought he was unlucky to be released when he was, and had he not
missed so much of the back end of the season through injury could easily
have ended up in double figures for the season.
Before joining Dale, he'd had spells at Plymouth, Kidderminster, Brechin
and Dundee United.Upon his
release by Dale, he eventually signed for Swindon Town who were managed by
his Dad, and he enjoyed promotion to League One in this first season,
scoring three times along the way.
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