Stephen Dobbie was born on 5 December 1982 and is a Scottish former professional footballer.
66 Facts About Stephen Dobbie
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Stephen Dobbie is Queen of the South's second-highest goalscorer of all time and the club's record scorer for a single season.
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Stephen Dobbie's career was revived by a loan spell at Dumbarton in 2006, and he then scored 55 goals in 105 appearances for Queen of the South in his first spell at Palmerston Park, playing in the club's first-ever appearance in the Scottish Cup Final in 2008.
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Stephen Dobbie achieved the same feat with Swansea, winning promotion to the Premier League via the 2011 play-offs.
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Stephen Dobbie was again loaned to Blackpool in 2012, and played in a third successive play-off final, this time as a runner-up.
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Stephen Dobbie had a third spell on loan at Blackpool, and played for Fleetwood Town and Bolton Wanderers, before returning to Scotland in August 2016 to sign for Queen of the South for a second spell.
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Stephen Dobbie was with Hearts at age group level before moving to Rangers when he was twelve years old.
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Stephen Dobbie was then transferred to Hibernian in 2003, having made no league appearances for the Ibrox club.
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On 5 February 2004, in the semi-final of that season's Scottish League Cup at Hampden Park against Rangers, Stephen Dobbie scored the equalising goal in the 79th minute.
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Stephen Dobbie made a total of 33 appearances, scoring six goals that season.
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Stephen Dobbie had eight appearances for the club that season, scoring two goals.
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Stephen Dobbie struggled to hold down a regular place in the first-team, and the following season he was loaned out to Scottish Third Division club Dumbarton, where he found some form, scoring ten goals in seventeen league matches.
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Stephen Dobbie debuted on 19 August 2006 in a single-goal defeat to Queen's Park at Hampden Park.
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Stephen Dobbie had 18 appearances on loan at the Sons, scoring eleven goals.
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Stephen Dobbie started the semi-final at Hampden Park but had to be substituted as half-time approached due to an injury.
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Stephen Dobbie won the First Division Player of the Month award for April 2009.
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On 6 May 2009, Queens announced Stephen Dobbie was moving to Wales to play for Championship club Swansea City.
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On 22 May 2009, Stephen Dobbie passed his medical and signed a three-year deal on a free transfer.
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Stephen Dobbie had scored three goals in six matches for the Swans and he lost his first-team place due to picking up an injury and played only two more matches in 2009.
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Stephen Dobbie scored a crucial goal in the play-off semi final versus Nottingham Forest and this earned the Tangerines a place in the Wembley final.
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From October 2010 until January 2011, Stephen Dobbie was only used as a substitute and failed to score any goals as he was replaced by Middlesbrough loan signing Marvin Emnes and a returning Craig Beattie.
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Stephen Dobbie was getting fewer chances in the first team when Jermaine Easter joined for a month on loan from Milton Keynes Dons.
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On 28 December 2010, in a home match versus Barnsley, Stephen Dobbie was given a rare starting place, alongside Jermaine Easter.
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Easter scored the only goal of the match and Stephen Dobbie impressed in what seemed to be an attacking midfield role.
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Stephen Dobbie scored three goals in the last two games of the season that helped the Swans finish third in the division.
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Stephen Dobbie scored the third goal and set Scott Sinclair up for his goal.
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Stephen Dobbie had seven appearances in the Premier League without scoring a goal.
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Stephen Dobbie's injury kept him out of action for a week until he returned to action versus Manchester United.
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On 22 March 2012, it was confirmed that Stephen Dobbie had finally sealed a loan deal, returning to Blackpool until the end of that season.
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On 19 May 2012, Stephen Dobbie played in the 2012 Football League Championship play-off final at Wembley for the third successive season.
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In January 2013, Stephen Dobbie joined Crystal Palace on an initial loan deal lasting until the end of the season.
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Stephen Dobbie completed a permanent transfer on 1 July 2013, signing a two-year contract.
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On 17 September 2013, Stephen Dobbie returned to Blackpool on a three-month loan deal.
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Stephen Dobbie had a substitute appearance for the Seasiders that night in an away fixture versus Millwall.
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Stephen Dobbie scored two goals in successive matches versus the Brighton and Wigan Athletic during April 2014 to help move the Seasiders above the relegation zone.
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On 7 August 2014, Stephen Dobbie joined League One club Fleetwood Town on loan until the end of that season, when he departed the Eagles.
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On 3 August 2016, Stephen Dobbie returned to Scotland and signed for Queen of the South .
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Stephen Dobbie was appointed the club's vice-captain on 7 January 2017 and scored 26 goals in his first season back in Dumfries.
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Stephen Dobbie was shortlisted for the PFA Scotland Championship player of the season, but lost out to Hibernian midfielder John McGinn.
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Stephen Dobbie was selected in the PFA Scotland Team of the Year for the Scottish Championship.
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Stephen Dobbie was only the fifth player in the club's history to reach this milestone, after Jim Patterson, Bobby Black, Derek Lyle and Andy Thomson.
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On 11 January 2018, Stephen Dobbie was presented with the Ladbrokes Scottish Championship Player of the Month award for December 2017.
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On 13 January 2018, Stephen Dobbie signed an extension to his contract to keep him at Palmerston until May 2019.
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On 19 April 2018, Stephen Dobbie was nominated for the PFA Scotland's Scottish Championship player of the season, alongside Craig Halkett, Lewis Morgan and Cammy Smith.
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Stephen Dobbie scored 27 goals in his second season back in Dumfries.
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Stephen Dobbie was appointed Queens new club captain after John Rankin departed to join Clyde during the 2018 close season.
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Stephen Dobbie then had a penalty saved in the 31st minute by Ayr goalkeeper Ross Doohan.
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Stephen Dobbie scored his fourth goal of the match in the 84th minute.
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On 4 October 2018, Stephen Dobbie was presented with the Ladbrokes Scottish Championship Player of the Month award for September 2018.
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On 9 October 2018, Stephen Dobbie signed an extension to his contract to keep him at the Dumfries club until May 2020.
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Stephen Dobbie scored his goals after 12,27 and 74 minutes, the first being a "looping long-range effort" from 25 yards.
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On 24 April 2019, Stephen Dobbie was nominated for the PFA Scotland's Championship player of the season, for the third consecutive year, alongside Billy Mckay, Lawrence Shankland and Pavol Safranko and on 5 May 2019, Stephen Dobbie won the individual award and was selected in the Championship Team of the Year for the third successive season.
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Stephen Dobbie won the equivalent individual award presented by the SPFL.
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Stephen Dobbie scored his goals after 11,28 and 40 minutes.
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Stephen Dobbie has scored the most goals for the Doonhamers in all competitions in a single season in their 100-year history.
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Stephen Dobbie scored 43 goals in his third season back in Dumfries.
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On 27 July 2019, Stephen Dobbie was not in the squad for the final Scottish League Cup Group E match at Cappielow versus Greenock Morton, as he was injured early in the second half in the previous match away to Dumbarton.
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On 21 December 2019, Stephen Dobbie extended his contract at Queens until 31 May 2021.
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Stephen Dobbie scored 11 goals in his fourth season back in Dumfries.
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Stephen Dobbie had been out of action since 19 December 2020 with a hamstring injury whilst playing at Cappielow versus Greenock Morton.
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Stephen Dobbie scored 4 goals in his fifth and final season at the Doonhamers.
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On 17 June 2021, Stephen Dobbie signed for AFC Fylde, who play in the sixth-tier of English football in the National League North.
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On 27 July 2022, Stephen Dobbie was appointed Senior Professional Development Phase coach at his former club Blackpool.
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When Stephen Dobbie moved from Swansea to Blackpool in February 2010, his wife Susanne was nine months pregnant and already overdue.
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When Stephen Dobbie played in his debut for the Seasiders on 3 February 2010, his wife was five days overdue.
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Stephen Dobbie then started commuting 133 miles to Dumfries several times each week to train and play for Queen of the South.