Derek Lyle
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Lyle playing for Hamilton Academical | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 13 February 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Queen of the South | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1999 | Partick Thistle B.C. | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1999–2002 | Partick Thistle | 37 | (4) |
| 2001 | → East Stirlingshire (loan) | 11 | (7) |
| 2002 | → Queen of the South (loan) | 13 | (6) |
| 2002–2006 | Queen of the South | 97 | (16) |
| 2004 | → Stirling Albion (loan) | 19 | (10) |
| 2004 | → Dunfermline Athletic (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | Dundee | 53 | (18) |
| 2008–2011 | Hamilton Academical | 31 | (1) |
| 2011 | Greenock Morton | 20 | (4) |
| 2011–2012 | Hamilton Academical | 9 | (1) |
| 2012 | Cowdenbeath | 18 | (1) |
| 2012– | Queen of the South | 129 | (48) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:00, 23 April 2016. | |||
Derek Lyle (born 13 February 1981) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a striker for Queen of the South.
Playing career
Lyle's career started off at Partick Thistle in 1999 but after struggling to hold down a first team spot Lyle had loan spells at East Stirlingshire and Queens.
Whilst at Palmerston Park the club lifted the Second Division title in season 2001–02 and the Scottish Challenge Cup the following season. Lyle was one of the scorers in the final alongside John O'Neill.[1] A six-goal tally in only 13 games sealed a permanent move to Dumfries, where he went on to make a further 113 appearances and scored 23 goals. Lyle was not always a regular in the team and had loan spells at Stirling Albion and Dunfermline Athletic. After being told by Queens boss Ian McCall that he was not first choice at the club he decided to leave.
Lyle made an instant impact after joining Dundee from Queens in August 2006, scoring on his debut in a 3–0 win over Clyde. In his first season at Dens Park Lyle was the club's top goalscorer with 12 goals in 26 games.[2]
Lyle joined Hamilton Academical in July 2008 after his new team secured promotion to the SPL,[3] having beaten Lyle's previous team to promotion.[4] Lyle suffered a career threatening knee ligament injury in the first minute of the club's 0–0 draw with Falkirk on 19 September 2009 when he was 27 years old.[5][6] He underwent a successful operation a week later [7] but would not play again for the remainder of the 2009–10 season. He signed a short-term contract extension in August 2010 [8] and made his first team return later that month.[9][10]
In January 2011 Lyle signed a short-term contract with Morton which saw him through to the end of the 2010–11 season.[11] Lyle scored his fifth goal for Morton in a 3–1 win at Dunfermline on 5 March 2011.[12] He was released when his contract expired at the end of the season.[13] He returned to Hamilton in July 2011 on a short-term contract.[14] Lyle left the club when his contract expired in January 2012 and went on to join Cowdenbeath.[15]
Lyle signed on at Queens for a second spell on 3 August 2012, at the same time as Derek Young.[16] Lyle was part of the Division Two and Challenge Cup double-winning team and is the only player in the club's history to obtain four winners' medals. Lyle has won two Second Division titles and has also won two Challenge Cups.[1]
References
- 1 2 "QosFC: Club History".
- ↑ "Derek Lyle profile". ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
- ↑ "Hamilton to take Lyle from rivals". BBC Sport. 18 January 2008. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
- ↑ "Reid wants more for Accies squad". BBC Sport. 6 July 2008. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
- ↑ "Hamilton 0–0 Falkirk". BBC Sport. 19 September 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
- ↑ "SPFL Focus: Derek Lyle still young at heart".
- ↑ "Accies' Lyle has knee operation". BBC Sport. 25 September 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
- ↑ "Short-term Hamilton deal for Lyle". BBC Sport. 3 August 2010. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
- ↑ "Raith Rovers 1–0 Hamilton". BBC Sport. 24 August 2010. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
- ↑ "Inverness CT 0–1 Hamilton". BBC Sport. 28 August 2010. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
- ↑ Steele, Russell (14 January 2011). "Morton sign up striker Lyle". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
- ↑ "Dunfermline 1–3 Morton". BBC Sport. 5 March 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
- ↑ Tait, Chris (6 May 2011). "Striker Lyle set to be released". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
- ↑ "Derek Lyle signs". Hamilton Academical F.C. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
- ↑ "Registrations Window Opens". Hamilton Academical F.C. 1 January 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- ↑ "Derek Lyle and Derek Young sign on at Queens".
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