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Robert Linn (born 10 October 1985) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a striker, he plays for Scottish Championship club Arbroath. Linn started his career with Dundee before signing for Peterhead. He then moved to Greenock Morton, from whom he joined East Fife, initially on loan. After spending a year in the Juniors with Ballingry Rovers, Linn signed for Arbroath in June 2013.

Bobby Linn

Personal information
Full name	Robert Linn
Date of birth	(1985-10-10) 10 October 1985 (age 37)
Place of birth	Dundee, Scotland
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s)	Striker Right Winger
Club information
Current team	Arbroath
Number	11
Youth career
–	Dundee
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2004	Dundee	13	(0)
2004–2007	Peterhead	83	(28)
2007–2008	Greenock Morton	19	(2)
2007	→ East Fife (loan)	10	(3)
2008–2012	East Fife	155	(35)
2012–2013	Ballingry Rovers
2013–	Arbroath	273	(70)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:00, 27 August 2022 (UTC)

Career

Linn began his career with Dundee, making his debut as a substitute for Fabián Caballero in a 1–0 win against Partick Thistle in the Scottish Premier League on 18 October 2003,[1][2] with his first goal coming on 3 December 2003, the winning goal in extra-time in a 1–0 win against Hearts in the Scottish League Cup.[3] On 22 September 2004, Linn left Dundee after having his contract terminated by mutual consent.[4]

Linn then signed for Peterhead of the Scottish Third Division in October 2004.[5] In Peterhead's match against Stranraer on 15 September 2006, he scored four goals in a 5–2 victory,[6] and went on to win the Scottish Football League Player of the Month award for September.[7]

On 6 January 2007, Linn signed for Grenock Morton on a two-and-a-half-year contract.[8] He made his debut from the bench, at home to Alloa Athletic on 13 January 2007.[9]

In October 2007, having not featured regularly for Morton in the early matches of the season, Linn was loaned to East Fife for the remainder of the season,[10] although it was then discovered that the rules only allowed the loan to last for three months.[11] He scored on his debut as a substitute in a 4–0 win against Albion Rovers.[11] Linn signed permanently for East Fife on 2 January 2008.[12]

Ahead of the 2012–13 season, Linn dropped down to the Junior Leagues signing for Ballingry Rovers.[13]

In June 2013, Arbroath manager Paul Sheerin signed Linn on a one-year contract and he was rewarded for his early season form with a new two-year deal halfway through the 2013–14 season.[14] Linn was named SPFL Player of the Year and PFA Scotland Players' Player of the Year in Scottish League One for the 2018–2019 season after scoring 23 goals, helping Arbroath clinch the League One title.[15][16]

Personal life

Linn works as a refuse collector.[17]

Career statistics

As of 30 August 2022

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
Dundee	2003–04[18]	Scottish Premier League	13	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	16	1
	2004–05[19]	Scottish Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		13	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	16	1
Peterhead	2004–05[19][20]	Scottish Third Division	27	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	28	6
	2005–06[21]	Scottish Second Division	36	12	2	1	2	1	5[lower-alpha 1]	0	45	14
	2006–07[22][23][24]	Scottish Second Division	20	10	1	0	2	1	1[lower-alpha 2]	0	24	11
	Total		83	28	4	1	4	2	6	0	97	31
Greenock Morton	2006–07[22]	Scottish Second Division	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	2
	2007–08[25][26]	Scottish First Division	3	0	0	0	0	0	4[lower-alpha 2]	1	7	1
	Total		19	2	0	0	0	0	4	1	23	3
East Fife (loan)	2007–08[25][27]	Scottish Third Division	10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	13	3
East Fife	2007–08[25]	Scottish Third Division	18	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	3
	2008–09[28][29]	Scottish Second Division	34	6	3	1	0	0	1[lower-alpha 2]	0	38	7
	2009–10[30][31]	Scottish Second Division	33	6	1	0	1	1	1[lower-alpha 2]	0	36	7
	2010–11[32][31]	Scottish Second Division	35	13	2	0	1	1	3[lower-alpha 2]	1	41	15
	2011–12[33][31]	Scottish Second Division	35	7	2	1	4	1	3[lower-alpha 2]	1	44	10
	Total		155	35	8	2	6	3	8	2	177	42
Arbroath	2013–14[34]	Scottish League One	36	6	1	0	1	0	1[lower-alpha 2]	1	39	7
	2014–15[35]	Scottish League Two	36	13	5	0	1	0	3[lower-alpha 3]	0	45	13
	2015–16[36]	Scottish League Two	33	11	3	2	1	0	1[lower-alpha 2]	0	38	13
	2016–17[37]	Scottish League Two	36	5	2	1	4	0	2[lower-alpha 2]	0	44	6
	2017–18[38]	Scottish League One	30	6	2	0	3	0	3[lower-alpha 4]	1	38	7
	2018–19[39]	Scottish League One	32	21	1	0	2	1	3[lower-alpha 2]	1	38	23
	2019–20[40]	Scottish Championship	23	6	3	1	4	1	2[lower-alpha 2]	0	32	8
	2020–21[41]	Scottish Championship	19	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	25	1
	2021–22[42]	Scottish Championship	23	1	2	0	5	0	1[lower-alpha 5]	0	31	1
	2022–23[43]	Scottish Championship	5	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	10	2
	Total		273	70	20	4	31	4	16	3	340	81
Career total			553	138	36	7	43	10	34	6	666	161

Honours

Greenock Morton

• Scottish League Second Division: 2006–07[22][44]

East Fife

• Scottish League Third Division: 2007–08[25][45]

Arbroath

• Scottish League Two: 2016–17[37][46]
• Scottish League One: 2018–19[39][46]

Individual

• Scottish Football League Young Player of the Month: October 2005[47]
• Scottish Football League Player of the Month: September 2006[7]
• Scottish League Two Player of the Month: September 2015[48]
• Scottish League One Player of the Month: September 2018[49]
• SPFL Scottish League One Player of the Year: 2018–19[16]
• PFA Scotland Scottish League Two Players' Player of the Year: 2014–15[50]
• PFA Scotland Scottish League One Players' Player of the Year: 2018–19[15]
• PFA Scotland Scottish League Two Team of the Year: 2014–15,[51] 2015–16,[52] 2016–17[53]
• PFA Scotland Scottish League One Team of the Year: 2018–19[54]

References

External links

• Bobby Linn at Soccerbase

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