Alex Caie

{{short description|Scottish footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Alex Caie

| fullname = Alexander Caie

| image = Alex Caie.jpg

| caption = Caie while with Brentford in 1904

| birth_date = 25 June 1877

| birth_place = Nigg, Scotland

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1914|11|17|1877|6|25}}

| death_place = Massachusetts, United States

| position = Right half, centre forward

| years1 = {{0|0000}}–1897

| clubs1 = Victoria United

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| years2 = 1897

| clubs2 = Woolwich Arsenal

| caps2 = 8

| goals2 = 4

| years3 = 1897–1899

| clubs3 = Bristol City

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| years4 = 1899–1901

| clubs4 = Millwall Athletic

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| years5 = 1901–1903

| clubs5 = Newcastle United

| caps5 = 31

| goals5 = 1

| years6 = 1903–1904

| clubs6 = Brentford

| caps6 = 22

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 1904

| clubs7 = Motherwell

| caps7 = 6

| goals7 = 0

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| clubs8 = Westmount

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| clubs9 = Sons of Scotland

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| clubs10 = Rosedale

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}}

Alexander Caie (25 June 1877 – 17 November 1914), sometimes known as Sandy Caie, was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a right half and centre forward in the Football League for Newcastle United and Woolwich Arsenal.{{Cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=Tony Brown |year=2012 |isbn=978-1905891610 |location=Nottingham |page=49}}{{Cite web |title=Alex 'Sandy' Caie |url=http://citystats.org.uk/playerdetail.asp?id=111&filter=C |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060304185125/http://citystats.org.uk/playerdetail.asp?id=111&filter=C |archive-date=4 March 2006 |access-date=29 May 2017 |website=Bristol City FC :: Citystats – Unofficial archive of results, players and managers}} He also played in Scotland and Canada.{{Cite book |title=100 Years Of Brentford |publisher=Brentford FC |year=1989 |isbn=0951526200 |editor-last=White |editor-first=Eric |page=357}}

Personal life

Caie was killed in a rail accident in Massachusetts, United States on 17 November 1914.{{Cite web |title=Alex Caie |url=https://www.arsenal.com/historic/players/alex-caie |access-date=31 July 2015 |website=Arsenal.com}}

Career statistics

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|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

! rowspan="2" |Club

! rowspan="2" |Season

! colspan="3" |League

! colspan="2" |National cup{{efn|Includes FA Cup, Scottish Cup}}

! colspan="2" |Total

Division

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

Woolwich Arsenal

|1896–97{{Cite web |title=Alex Caie |url=http://www.11v11.com/players/alex-caie-44024/ |access-date=23 December 2016 |website=11v11.com}}

|Second Division

|8

|4

| colspan="2" |—

|8

|4

rowspan="3" |Newcastle United

|1900–01

|First Division

|21

|0

|4

|0

|25

|0

1901–02

|First Division

|10

|1

|0

|0

|10

|1

colspan="2" |Total

!31

!1

!4

!0

!35

!2

Brentford

|1903–04

|Southern League First Division

|22

|0

|3

|0

|25

|0

Motherwell

|1904–05{{Cite book |last=Litster |first=John |title=Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players |publisher=PM Publications |location=Norwich}}

|Scottish League First Division

|6

|0

|0

|0

|6

|0

colspan="3" |Career total

!67

!5

!7

!0

!74

!6

References