Dougie Arnott

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Dougie Arnott
Personal information
Full name Douglas Arnott
Date of birth (1964-08-05) 5 August 1964 (age 59)
Place of birth Lanark, Scotland
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1985–1986 Pollok
1986–1998 Motherwell 240 (59)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Douglas Arnott (born 5 August 1964 in Lanark) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a striker. Arnott's career began at Pollok at the Scottish Junior level, before spending his entire senior football career at Motherwell, spending twelve seasons with the Fir Park club before retiring due to an injury in 1998. In 1990–91, Arnott was part of Motherwell's Scottish Cup-winning side, which was his only senior honour.

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On 11 September 2008, Arnott's belated testimonial match went ahead against an Old Firm select. [1] Other players lined up for Arnott's side included former goalkeeper Sieb Dijkstra and defenders Chris McCart and Fraser Wishart, while the Old Firm team included Ally McCoist and Gordon Durie. [2] The Old Firm side won 5–4, in a game which saw Arnott score the first of the match, and Ally McCoist net a hat-trick. [3]

Retirement

Since retiring from football, Arnott has purchased a number of pubs, including "The Wee Thackit" in Carluke. [4]

Honours

1990–91

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References

  1. ↑ Waddell, Gordon (24 August 2008). "Dougie Arnott: Big guns not a danger to Well". Sunday Mail. Retrieved 3 September 2008.
  2. ↑ "Boyd back at Fir park for Dougie's big night". Motherwell Times. 20 August 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2008.
  3. ↑ Dougie Arnott stats Archived 6 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "Carluke Pubwatch initiative is relaunched". carlukegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 15 January 2021.


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