Ryan Blair (footballer)

Ryan Dominic Blair (born 23 February 1996) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for East Fife.

Ryan Blair
Personal information
Full name Ryan Dominic Blair[1]
Date of birth (1996-02-23) 23 February 1996
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 East Fife
Youth career
0000–2014 Falkirk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Falkirk 15 (1)
2016–2019 Swansea City 0 (0)
2018 → Falkirk (loan) 7 (1)
2019 → Dunfermline Athletic (loan) 13 (1)
2019–2021 Stenhousemuir 35 (3)
2021 East Kilbride 12 (4)
2022– East Fife 15 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:00, 5 March 2022 (UTC)

Career

Falkirk

Born in Glasgow, Blair began his career at Falkirk, and made his professional debut for the club on 6 September 2014 against Stranraer in the Scottish Challenge Cup.[2]

In the 2015–16 season he made seven appearances for the side in the Scottish Championship, one appearance in the Scottish League Cup, and one appearance in the Scottish Cup.

Swansea City

Blair moved to Swansea City in January 2016 for an undisclosed fee,[3] signing a three-and-a-half year contract and joining up with their under-21 squad.[3]

Blair returned to Falkirk on loan in January 2018,[4] where he played eight times and scored once. In January 2019, he signed for Falkirk's derby rivals Dunfermline Athletic on a short-term loan deal until the end of the 2018–19 season.[5]

He was released by the club in July 2019.[6]

Stenhousemuir

Blair returned to Scotland on a permanent basis, joining Stenhousemuir on 29 November 2019.[7] Blair was among 18 players released by the club in May 2021.[8]

East Kilbride

Blair joined Lowland League side East Kilbride in October 2021 and left for league 1 side East Fife three months later in 2022.[9]

East Fife

After leaving East Kilbride after only 3/4 months, Blair joined Methil side East Fife on 2nd January 2022.[10]

Career statistics


Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Falkirk 2014–15[11] Scottish Championship 0000001[lower-alpha 1]010
2015–16[12] 7010100090
Total 70101010100
Swansea City U23s 2016–17[13] Premier League 2 - Div 2 ———5[lower-alpha 2]050
2017–18[14] Premier League 2 - Div 1 ———2[lower-alpha 2]020
2018–19[15] ———2[lower-alpha 2]020
Total ———9090
Falkirk (loan) 2017–18[14] Scottish Championship 7110000081
Dunfermline Athletic (loan) 2018–19[15] 111000000111
Career total 2522010100382
  1. Appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  2. Appearances in the EFL Trophy

References
  1. "Updated squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  2. "Stranraer 1-0 Falkirk". BBC Sport. BBC. 6 September 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  3. "Ryan Blair: Falkirk midfielder joins Swansea City U21s". BBC Sport. BBC. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  4. "Falkirk take Ryan Blair back on loan from Swansea City". BBC Sport. BBC. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  5. Hart, Ross (1 February 2019). "Dunfermline sign Bruce Anderson and Ryan Blair on loan". Dunfermline Press. Newsquest. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  6. "Swans reveal retained list | Swansea". www.swanseacity.com. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  7. Nov 29, Jamie Swinney |; Featured, 2019 |; News | 0, First Team (29 November 2019). "Ryan Blair joins the Warriors". Stenhousemuir FC. Retrieved 16 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. "Updated: Defender Jonathan Tiffoney among 18 players leaving Stenhousemuir as part of squad rejig". www.falkirkherald.co.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  9. McGilvray, Andy (12 October 2021). "East Kilbride boss Chris Aitken: Focus on climbing Lowland League". Daily Record. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  10. Temple, Alan (2 January 2022). "East Fife sign former Dunfermline and Swansea midfielder as Stevie Crawford begins rebuild". the courier.co.uk. Newsquest. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  11. "Games played by Ryan Blair in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  12. "Games played by Ryan Blair in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  13. "Games played by Ryan Blair in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  14. "Games played by Ryan Blair in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  15. "Games played by Ryan Blair in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
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