Blair Malcolm

Blair Malcolm (born 3 February 1997) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Albion Rovers.

Blair Malcolm
Personal information
Full name Blair Malcolm
Date of birth (1997-02-03) 3 February 1997
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder / Defender
Team information
Current team
 Albion Rovers
Youth career
0000–2015 Partick Thistle
2015–2017 Ross County
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Ross County 1 (0)
2018 → Cowdenbeath (loan) 19 (2)
2018–2019 Cowdenbeath 31 (1)
2019–2021 Alloa Athletic 12 (0)
2021 East Kilbride
2022– Albion Rovers 32 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 02:41, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

Malcolm has previously played for Ross County, Cowdenbeath, Alloa Athletic and East Kilbride.

Career

Early career

Malcolm started his career at Partick Thistle, before moving to Ross County at the start of the 2015–16 season. He extended his contract with Ross County in 2017, after the club won the development league for the first time in their history.[2] On 20 May 2017, Malcolm made his league debut for Ross County against Kilmarnock in a 2–1 victory in which he played the full 90 minutes.

On 17 November 2017, Malcolm signed for Scottish League Two club Cowdenbeath, initially on an emergency loan,[3] which was extended for the remainder of the season in January 2018.

During his loan spell at Cowdenbeath, Malcolm played in both play-off matches against Cove Rangers. Cowdenbeath retained their League 2 status and Malcolm earned a place in the SPFL Team of the Week.[4]

[5]

His contract expired in May 2018 following County's relegation to the Championship.[6]

Cowdenbeath

Malcolm then signed on a permanent basis for Cowdenbeath in June 2018.[7]

Alloa Athletic

On 2 August 2019, Malcolm joined Alloa Athletic on a free transfer.[8] On 31 August, he made his debut for Alloa in a 1–0 win in the Scottish Championship against Queen of the South.[9]

East Kilbride

Malcolm signed with East Kilbride on 19 June 2021.[10]

Albion Rovers

On 3 January 2022, Malcolm signed for Scottish League Two side Albion Rovers on a short-term deal until the end of the 2021–22 season, he was also lucky enough to spend some time working alongside the legend that is George Lennox .[11]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 1 March 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ross County 2016–17[12] Scottish Premiership 1000000010
2017–18[13] Scottish Premiership 0000000000
Total 1000000010
Ross County U20 2019–20 ———1[lower-alpha 1]010
Cowdenbeath (loan) 2017–18[13] Scottish League Two 192000000192
Cowdenbeath 2018–19[14] Scottish League Two 31130401[lower-alpha 1]0391
Alloa Athletic 2019–20[9] Scottish Championship 10000001[lower-alpha 1]0110
2020–21[15] Scottish Championship 2000200040
Total 120002010150
Career total 633306030753
  1. Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup

References
  1. "Blair Malcolm". Alloa Athletic F.C. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  2. "CONTRACT EXTENSION: Development Squad players sign one year extension". Ross County F.C. Archived from the original on 23 October 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  3. "Blair To Blue Brazil". Cowdenbeath F.C. 17 November 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  4. SPFL Team of the Week | SPFL
  5. "Blair Malcolm extends loan spell at Cowdenbeath". Ross County F.C. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  6. "Starting from scratch as Ross County rebuild begins". Press & Journal. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  7. "Blair and Bryan back to the Blue Brazil". Cowdenbeath FC. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  8. "Blair Malcolm signs". www.alloaathletic.co.uk. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  9. "Games played by Blair Malcolm in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  10. FC, East Kilbride. "Blair Malcolm signs on, as summer recruitment continues". eastkilbridefootballclub.co.uk. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  11. McGilvray, Andy (3 January 2022). "Albion Rovers boss delighted to net midfielder as play hunt continues". Daily Record. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  12. "Games played by Blair Malcolm in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  13. "Games played by Blair Malcolm in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  14. "Games played by Blair Malcolm in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  15. "Games played by Blair Malcolm in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
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