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Derek Lyle 
Personal information Full name Derek Lyle 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 club Hamilton Academical 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) 2008–2010 Hamilton Academical 31 (1) 2011 Greenock Morton 20 (4) 2011- Hamilton Academical 9 (1) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 November 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).Derek Lyle (born 13 February 1981, in Glasgow) is a Scottish footballer who is currently playing for Hamilton Academical.
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Playing career
Derek's career started off at Partick Thistle in 1999 but after struggling to hold down a first team spot he went out on loan to East Stirlingshire and then Queen of the South. While there Queens lifted the Scottish Football League Second Division title in 2001/02 and the Scottish Challenge Cup the season after. Lyle was one of the scorers in the final along with John O'Neill.[1][2][3] A six goal tally in only thirteen games sealed a permanent move to Dumfries where he went on to make a further 113 appearances netting 23 goals. The striker was not always a regular in the side and had loan spells at Stirling Albion and Dunfermline Athletic. After being told by QOS boss Ian McCall that he wasn't first choice at Palmerston he decided to move on. 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 Dundee Lyle was the clubs top goalscorer with 12 goals in 26 games.[4]
Lyle joined Hamilton Academical in July 2008 after his new team secured promotion to the SPL,[5] having beaten Lyle's previous team to promotion.[6] Lyle suffered a serious knee ligament injury in the first minute of the club's 0–0 draw with Falkirk on 19 September 2009.[7] He underwent a successful operation a week later,[8] but would not play again in the 2009–10 season. He signed a short-term contract extension in August 2010,[9] and made his first team return later that month.[10][11]
In January 2011, Lyle signed a short term deal with Greenock Morton which saw him through to the end of the 2010-11 season.[12]
Lyle scored the 5th goal of his Morton career on March 5, 2011 in a 3-1 away win against Dunfermline, when after 35 seconds of play, a 3-way mix up in the Pars defence allowed Lyle to slot a meek 18 yard shot into the bottom corner.[13]
Lyle was released at the end of the season.[14]
On 17 July 2011 it was confirmed that Lyle had signed a short term contract to return to Hamilton Academical.[15]
Arrest
In April 2011, Derek Lyle was arrested by Strathclyde Police, as part of Operation Neptune, on suspicion of possession of controlled substances at his home in Bishopbriggs.[16] This later was confirmed to be "possession with intent to supply", a much more serious charge for which he and partner Nicola Mullen (29) were released on bail pending full committal.[17]
References
- ^ "Club History" on the official Queen of the South website
- ^ "Queen of the South lift Bells Cup". BBC News. 20 October 2002. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/scotland/2340231.stm. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
- ^ "Connolly hails cup triumph". BBC Sport. 20 October 2002. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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. http://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/sport/morton/articles/2011/01/14/409214-morton-sign-up-striker-lyle/. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
- ^ "Dunfermline 1-3 Morton". BBC News. 5 March 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_div_1/9413837.stm.
- ^ Tait, Chris (6 May 2011). "Striker Lyle set to be released". Greenock Telegraph. http://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/sport/morton/articles/2011/05/06/413068-striker-lyle-set-to-be-released/. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
- ^ "Derek Lyle signs". Hamilton Academical FC. http://www.acciesfc.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1508:derek-lyle-signs&catid=44:news&Itemid=140. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
- ^ Moroney, David (9 April 2011). "Ton player in drugs arrest". Greenock Telegraph. http://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/news/greenock/articles/2011/04/09/412201-ton-player-in-drugs-arrest/. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
- ^ "Morton ace charged with drug dealing". Evening Times. 12 April 2011. http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/editor-s-picks/morton-ace-charged-with-drug-dealing-1.1095926. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
External links
Hamilton Academical F.C. – current squad GK Černý · GK Hutton · DF Canning · DF Devlin · DF Fraser · DF Gibson · DF Gillespie · DF Gordon · DF Hendrie · DF Kilday · DF McLaughlin · MF Anderson · MF Chambers · MF Crawford · MF Currie · MF Kirkpartick · MF McAlister · MF McBride · MF McGlinchey · MF McLaren · MF Millar · MF Neil · MF Mensing · MF Wilkie · FW Imrie · FW Lyle · FW Paterson · FW Ryan · FW Spence · Manager: Reid
Categories:- 1981 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Glasgow
- Scottish footballers
- Association football forwards
- Partick Thistle F.C. players
- East Stirlingshire F.C. players
- Queen of the South F.C. players
- Stirling Albion F.C. players
- Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players
- Dundee F.C. players
- Hamilton Academical F.C. players
- Scottish Football League players
- Scottish Premier League players
- Greenock Morton F.C. players
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