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{{short description|Scottish footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Doug Somner
| fullname = Douglas McKenzie Somner<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/opp/DouglasMcKenzieSomner.htm|title=Douglas McKenzie Somner Record vs Heart of Midlothian|work=London Hearts Supporters Club|access-date=28 December 2011}}</ref>
| image =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|7|4|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Edinburgh]], Scotland
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = [[East Kilbride Thistle F.C.|East Kilbride Thistle]]
| years1 =   1971–1974 
| years2 =   1974–1975 
| years3 =   1974–1979 
| years4 =   1979–1983 
| years5 =   1983–1984 
| years6 =   1984–1986
| clubs1 =   [[Falkirk F.C.|Falkirk]] 
| clubs2 =   [[Ayr United F.C.|Ayr United]] 
| clubs3 =   [[Partick Thistle F.C.|Partick Thistle]] 
| clubs4 =   [[St Mirren F.C.|St Mirren]] 
| clubs5 =   [[Hamilton Academical F.C.|Hamilton Academical]] 
| clubs6 =   [[Montrose F.C.|Montrose]]
| caps1 =     45  
| caps2 =    5   
| caps3 =  144  
| caps4 =   99  
| caps5 =   36   
| caps6 =   66  
| goals1 =  12  
| goals2 =  1  
| goals3 =  61<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/partick/partick.html |title=
PARTICK THISTLE : 1946/47 - 2013/14 |date= |website=neilbrown.newcastlefans.com}}</ref>  
| goals4 =  45  
| goals5 =  9  
| goals6 =  15 
| nationalyears1 =   1978–1980
| nationalteam1 =   [[Scottish Football League XI]]
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 2
}}

'''Douglas McKenzie Somner''' (born 4 July 1951 in [[Edinburgh]]) is a Scottish former [[association football|footballer]], who played for clubs including [[Partick Thistle F.C.|Partick Thistle]] and [[St Mirren F.C.|St Mirren]].<ref>{{NeilBrownPlayers|player/dougsomner}}</ref> He was the first player ever to score for St Mirren in European competition.<ref>[http://www.stmirren.info/Players/Doug%20Somner.htm StMirren.info profile] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725081226/http://www.stmirren.info/Players/Doug%20Somner.htm |date=25 July 2008 }}</ref> He finished as the top scorer in the [[Scottish Football League Premier Division]] in the [[1979–80 in Scottish football|1979–80]] season.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/scottops.html RSSSF]</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Scottish First Division top scorers}}
{{Partick Thistle F.C. Hall of Fame}}
{{St Mirren F.C. Hall of Fame}}

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[[Category:1951 births]]
[[Category:Ayr United F.C. players]]
[[Category:East Kilbride Thistle F.C. players]]
[[Category:Falkirk F.C. players]]
[[Category:Hamilton Academical F.C. players]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Montrose F.C. players]]
[[Category:Partick Thistle F.C. players]]
[[Category:Scottish Football League players]]
[[Category:Scottish Football League representative players]]
[[Category:Scottish men's footballers]]
[[Category:Scottish Junior Football Association players]]
[[Category:Footballers from Edinburgh]]
[[Category:St Mirren F.C. players]]
[[Category:Scottish league football top scorers]]
[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]
[[Category:20th-century Scottish sportsmen]]


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