Blair Spittal

Blair Spittal (born 19 December 1995) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Scottish Premiership club Ross County. He began his career at Queen's Park before joining Dundee United in 2014. He signed for Partick Thistle in 2017.

Club Career

Queen's Park

Aged 16, Spittal made his Queen's Park debut away to Montrose on 17 November 2012. He went on to make a total of 18 appearances that season, scoring his only goal in a 5–3 win away to Elgin.

The following season, he established himself as a first team regular, making 41 appearances and scoring 12 goals in the process. This form saw him pursued by both of Dundee's Scottish Premiership clubs. Having agreed terms with both sides, he opted to join former Queen's Park teammates Aidan Connolly and Andrew Robertson at Dundee United, over city rivals Dundee.

Dundee United

Having spent the first two games of the season as an unused substitute, Spittal made his debut from the bench in the club's third game of the season away to Celtic on 16 August 2014. Spittal played in the United squad that was relegated from the Premiership in 2016. He was part of the side that won the 2016–17 Scottish Challenge Cup as he played in the earlier third and fourth rounds plus the quarter-final, He was injured for the semi-finals and final however.

Partick Thistle

Spittal joined Scottish Premiership club Partick Thistle on a two-year contract on 15 June 2017. He scored three goals in his first three games for the club, scoring twice against St Mirren in the Scottish League Cup, including a free kick. He then scored in a 2-1 away win against Airdrieonians in the same competition. Spittal marked his league debut for Thistle with 3 assists against Aberdeen in a 4-3 defeat. In his second league appearance for the club, he scored his first league goal away to Ross County in a 1–1 draw. Spittal continued his form the next week with a goal direct from a free kick an