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Blair Alston (born 23 March 1992) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Kilmarnock. Alston has previously played for Hamilton Academical, St Johnstone and Falkirk. Alston scored the second goal in Kilmarnock's 2-1 win over Arbroath FC, which won the league at Rugby Park securing Kilmarnock's promotion back to the Scottish Premiership.

Blair Alston

Personal information
Full name	Blair Alston
Date of birth	(1992-03-23) 23 March 1992 (age 30)
Place of birth	Falkirk, Scotland[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Kilmarnock
Number	8
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2016	Falkirk	166	(24)
2016–2019	St Johnstone	80	(8)
2019–2020	Hamilton Academical	19	(1)
2020–2021	Falkirk	21	(3)
2021–	Kilmarnock	30	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:07 April 2022 (UTC)

Career

Alston made his first team debut for Falkirk against Partick Thistle in their League Cup match on 24 August 2010. He scored his first goal for the club in their 2–1 win also against Partick Thistle on 12 April 2011.[2] On 1 April 2012, he came on as a late substitute as Falkirk beat Hamilton Academical 1–0 to win the Scottish Challenge Cup.[3]

Alston moved to St Johnstone in May 2016 under freedom of contract.[4]

In June 2019 he signed for Hamilton Academical.[5][6]

In August 2020 he signed for Falkirk on a two-year contract for a second spell at the club.[7]

Alston left Falkirk during the 2021 close season and signed a two-year contract with Kilmarnock. Alston would go on to score the winning goal against Abroath in the 90th minute to secure Kilmarnock’s promotion back to the Scottish Premiership.[8]

Career statistics

As of 3 August 2022 [9]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Scottish Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Falkirk	2010–11[10]	Scottish First Division	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	1
	2011–12[11]		24	5	2	1	3	0	3[lower-alpha 1]	0	32	6
	2012–13[12]		34	2	4	3	2	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	41	5
	2013–14[13]	Scottish Championship	29	3	1	0	3	1	6[lower-alpha 2]	3	39	7
	2014–15[14]		36	3	5	0	3	1	3[lower-alpha 1]	2	47	6
	2015–16[15]		36	10	2	0	3	1	6[lower-alpha 3]	1	47	12
	Total		166	24	14	4	15	3	19	6	214	37
St Johnstone	2016–17[16]	Scottish Premiership	35	2	2	1	5	0	—		42	3
	2017–18[17]		24	2	2	0	1	0	2[lower-alpha 4]	0	29	2
	2018–19[18]		21	4	0	0	5	0	—		26	4
	Total		80	8	4	1	11	0	2	0	91	9
Hamilton Academical	2019–20[19]	Scottish Premiership	19	1	2	0	4	1	—		25	2
Falkirk	2020–21	Scottish League One	21	3	1	0	3	0	0	0	25	3
Kilmarnock	2021–22	Scottish League One	31	3	1	0	5	1	3[lower-alpha 1]	0	40	4
Career total			317	39	22	5	38	5	24	6	401	55

Honours

Falkirk

• Scottish Challenge Cup: 2011–12[3]

Kilmarnock

• Scottish Championship: 2021–22[20]

References

External links

• Blair Alston at Soccerbase

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