Dougie Arnott Explained

Dougie Arnott
Fullname:Douglas Arnott
Birth Date:5 August 1964
Birth Place:Lanark, Scotland
Position:Striker
Years1:1985–1986
Clubs1:Pollok
Years2:1986–1998
Clubs2:Motherwell
Caps2:240
Goals2:59

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.

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

Notes and References

  1. News: Dougie Arnott: Big guns not a danger to Well. Waddell. Gordon. 24 August 2008. Sunday Mail. 3 September 2008.
  2. News: Boyd back at Fir park for Dougie's big night. 20 August 2008. Motherwell Times. 3 September 2008. 3 August 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090803204520/http://www.bellshillspeaker.co.uk/sport/Boyd-back-at-Fir-park.4410705.jp. dead.
  3. http://www.dougie-arnott.com/matchreport.html Dougie Arnott stats
  4. Web site: Carluke Pubwatch initiative is relaunched. 2021-01-15. carlukegazette.co.uk. en.