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Dale Hilson

Biography

Dale was signed from Forfar Athletic in mid-January 2020 by Dick Campbell, who had previously managed the front man while in charge of the Station Park side. He spent three and a half seasons at Gayfield, featuring regularly as either a starter or an impact substitute, before deciding to leave the club at the end of the 2022-23 campaign and going on to sign for Stirling Albion, a team closer to his home.

Statistics

Apps
60 (44)
Goals
12
Yellow cards
10
Red cards
-
Goals/game
0.12
Minutes
5744
Seasons
4
SeasonAppsGoalsYellow cardsRed cards
2022-2319 (17)560
2021-229 (21)220
2020-2126 (6)410
2019-206110

Club spells

First Spell

Joined: 18 Jan 2020 · Left: 31 May 2023

Other clubs played for

Managers played under

ManagerFirst appearanceMost recent appearanceApps
Dick Campbell21 Jan 20205 May 202360 (44)

Timeline

  1. Born

    Stirling

  2. Signed

  3. First competitive appearance

    Alloa Athletic 2–0 Arbroath

    · Championship · Recreation Park

    The Lichties went down 2-0 to Alloa Athletic on Tuesday evening thanks to a quick fire double by Alloa’s Kevin O’Hara. Dale Hilson was given his Arbroath debut whilst James Murphy also came into the side with Luke Donnelly and Mark Whatley dropping to the…

  8. Recorded contract end

Appearances (104)

DateHomeScoreAwayCompetitionResult
5 May 2023 Arbroath 0–0 Hamilton Accies Championship2022-23 D
29 Apr 2023 Partick Thistle 2–0 Arbroath Championship2022-23 L
22 Apr 2023 Arbroath 0–1 Cove Championship2022-23 L
15 Apr 2023 Raith Rovers 1–1 Arbroath Championship2022-23 D
11 Apr 2023 Inverness CT 2–0 Arbroath Championship2022-23 L
8 Apr 2023 Arbroath 0–0 Dundee Championship2022-23 D
31 Mar 2023 Arbroath 2–0 Ayr Utd Championship2022-23 W
24 Mar 2023 Queen's Park 0–1 Arbroath Championship2022-23 W
17 Mar 2023 Arbroath 1–1 Morton Championship2022-23 D
18 Feb 2023 Cove 1–1 Arbroath Championship2022-23 D
28 Jan 2023 Morton 1–2 Arbroath Championship2022-23 W
21 Jan 2023 Arbroath 0–2 Motherwell Scottish Cup2022-23 L
14 Jan 2023 Ayr Utd 2–2 Arbroath Championship2022-23 D
7 Jan 2023 Arbroath 1–4 Inverness CT Championship2022-23 L
2 Jan 2023 Dundee 2–4 Arbroath Championship2022-23 W
23 Dec 2022 Arbroath 1–4 Queen's Park Championship2022-23 L
17 Dec 2022 Raith Rovers 1–1 Arbroath Championship2022-23 D
19 Nov 2022 Partick Thistle 3–0 Arbroath Championship2022-23 L
12 Nov 2022 Arbroath 1–1 Cove Championship2022-23 D
5 Nov 2022 Inverness CT 1–1 Arbroath Championship2022-23 D
19 Oct 2022 Arbroath 0–1 Raith Rovers Championship2022-23 L
14 Oct 2022 Queen's Park 1–1 Arbroath Championship2022-23 D
8 Oct 2022 Arbroath 1–1 Dundee Championship2022-23 D
1 Oct 2022 Cove 2–0 Arbroath Championship2022-23 L
24 Sep 2022 Arbroath 2–1 East Fife Scottish Challenge Cup2022-23 W
17 Sep 2022 Morton 1–2 Arbroath Championship2022-23 W
3 Sep 2022 Arbroath 0–2 Partick Thistle Championship2022-23 L
30 Aug 2022 Partick Thistle 1–0 Arbroath Scottish League Cup2022-23 L
20 Aug 2022 Arbroath 1–2 Queen's Park Championship2022-23 L
12 Aug 2022 Dundee 4–2 Arbroath Championship2022-23 L

Goals scored (12)

DateHomeScoreAwayCompetitionResultMinute
31 Mar 2023 Arbroath 2–0 Ayr Utd Championship2022-23 W 27′
24 Mar 2023 Queen's Park 0–1 Arbroath Championship2022-23 W 76′
2 Jan 2023 Dundee 2–4 Arbroath Championship2022-23 W 77′
24 Sep 2022 Arbroath 2–1 East Fife Scottish Challenge Cup2022-23 W 12′
17 Sep 2022 Morton 1–2 Arbroath Championship2022-23 W 12′
26 Mar 2022 Arbroath 3–3 Raith Rovers Championship2021-22 D 67′
14 Jul 2021 Arbroath 2–0 East Fife Scottish League Cup2021-22 W 71′
17 Apr 2021 Arbroath 4–0 Ayr Utd Championship2020-21 W 65′
6 Feb 2021 Arbroath 2–0 Dunfermline Championship2020-21 W 36′
28 Nov 2020 Arbroath 1–3 Dunfermline Scottish League Cup2020-21 L 65′
13 Oct 2020 Ross County 2–1 Arbroath Scottish League Cup2020-21 L 49′
15 Feb 2020 Arbroath 2–0 Queen of South Championship2019-20 W 35′