Bobby Cairns

Bobby Cairns
Personal information
Full name	Robert Seggie Cairns
Date of birth	27 May 1929
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death	26 June 1998 (aged 69)
Place of death	Stoke-on-Trent, England
Position(s)	Wing half
Senior career*
Years	Team
1946–1948	Royal Albert
1949–1950	Third Lanark
1950–1953	Ayr United
1954–1961	Stoke City
1961–1963	Macclesfield Town
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Career

Cairns began playing football with Royal Albert, Third Lanark and Ayr United.^[2] He joined Stoke City along with fellow Ayr United team mate 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]

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	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
Career Total			175	9	21	2	196	11

^ "Bobby Cairns". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.