Des Lyttle

Des Lyttle
Des Lyttle
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Personal information
Full name Desmond Lyttle
Date of birth 24 September 1971 (1971-09-24) (age 40)
Place of birth Wolverhampton, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Hucknall Town (manager)
Youth career
1990–1991 Leicester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1991–1992 Worcester City
1992–1993 Swansea City 46 (1)
1993–1999 Nottingham Forest 185 (3)
1998 → Port Vale (loan) 7 (0)
1999–2000 Watford 11 (0)
2000 → West Bromwich Albion (loan) 9 (0)
2000–2003 West Bromwich Albion 67 (1)
2003 Stourport Swifts
2003–2004 Northampton Town 27 (0)
2004–2005 Forest Green Rovers 36 (0)
2005–2007 Worcester City 77 (3)
2007–2011 Tamworth
Teams managed
2010 Tamworth (caretaker)
2010–2011 Tamworth
2011– Hucknall Town
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Desmond (Des) Lyttle (born 24 September 1971) is an English former professional footballer turned football manager who is in charge of Northern Premier League Division One South side Hucknall Town.

He started his career with Leicester City, but dropped into the non-leagues with Worcester City in 1991. A good season earned him a move to Welsh side Swansea City, and in 1993 he moved on to Nottingham Forest. After six years with the club, including a spell in the Premier League, he signed with Watford. After just a season he switched to West Bromwich Albion. In 2003 he transferred to Northampton Town, and a year later he left the Football League for the second and final time, signing with Forest Green Rovers. He transferred to Worcester City in 2005, before joining Tamworth in 2007.

In 2010 he was appointed caretaker-manager at Tamworth, before being made player-manager on a full-time basis. He resigned the following year, claiming he was being undermined by the club's directors. He was appointed manager of Hucknall Town in October 2011.

Contents

Playing career

Early career

Lyttle started his professional football career with Leicester City back in 1990, but after failing to make the first-team, he was released at the end of 1991.

Lyttle was picked up by Worcester City in August 1991 on a free transfer. He spent one season with Worcester, and a number of good performances alerted bigger clubs of Lyttle's ability.

In July 1992 Lyttle joined newly promoted Second Division outfit Swansea City from Worcester for a fee of £12,500. He spent a full season with City, and was part of the team that defied the odds to finish fifth in their first season back in the Second Division. Lyttle made 46 appearances for Swansea and found the net on one occasion.

Nottingham Forest

Lyttle's performances for Swansea hadn't gone unnoticed and in July 1993 he was signed by relegated Nottingham Forest for a fee of £375,000 to become one of Frank Clark's first signings, following the end of Brian Clough's eighteen year reign. Lyttle was a member of the team that won instant promotion back to the Premier League in the 1993–94 season, finishing second in the First Division. Lyttle and Forest surprised many by finishing in third place the following season, in their return to the Premier League.

The next two seasons for Lyttle and Forest were indifferent, in the 1995–96 season the team finished in ninth position, but the following season saw the departure of Clark. Forest were eventually relegated in bottom place at the end of the 1996–97. Lyttle stayed with Forest, despite the relegation. Forest however lost some other players, noticeably Lyttle's defensive partner, Stuart Pearce who joined Newcastle United. Bassett still managed to guide Forest back to the Premier League at the first time of asking, although Lyttle spent a month out on loan at Port Vale, but returned to help the club to top the First Division and win promotion as champions.

Lyttle stayed on at Forest for another crack at the Premier League, but after a dismal start to the season manager Dave Bassett was fired in January 1999. Forest then appointed Ron Atkinson in a bid to save the club, although he was unable to steer the club away from relegation and for the third time in seven seasons Forest were relegated as the bottom club. Lyttle vyed for the right-back berth alongside French import Thierry Bonalair, and he left to pursue his career elsewhere at the end of the season.

Watford

Lyttle then joined newly promoted Premier League outfit Watford on July 1999. He failed to fit in at the club however, and was often a substitute. He made only eleven appearances for the club.

West Bromwich Albion

In March 2000, Lyttle was sent on loan to West Bromwich Albion for the remainder of the season, signing just two days before the transfer deadline. He helped ensure the club's survival in the First Division, and in turn earned himself a permanent contract in June 2000. He was a regular in the squad during the 2000–01 season, employed by manager Gary Megson as a right wing-back, and combined well with Ruel Fox down the right-hand side to help Albion reach the play-offs. The following season Lyttle lost his place to Slovakian Igor Bališ, with Lyttle used mainly as a substitute during the second half of the season as Albion were promoted to the Premier League.

During 2002–03 Lyttle slipped even further down the pecking order, managing only two starts and two substitute appearances in the Premier League. Following the club's relegation back to the First Division, Lyttle was released by the club in May 2003.[1] In all, Lyttle made 67 appearances for Albion, his only goal for the club coming in a 3–1 home defeat to Fulham on 9 December 2000.[2]

Later career

He began training with A.F.C. Telford United, and was linked to a longer stay at the club.[3] However he joined Northampton Town in November 2003.[4] He spent the remainder of the 2003–04 season with Northampton, making a total of 27 appearances before leaving at the end of the season.

His next move was to Conference National side Forest Green Rovers in September 2004, after rejecting fellow Conference club Burton Albion.[5] Lyttle spent one season with Forest Green, making 36 appearances and scoring once in the FA Cup against Bournemouth,[6] but was released after not being offered a new contact at the end of the 2004–05 season.[7]

Lyttle joined Conference North side Worcester City for his second spell for the club, where he was the club's captain. He spent two seasons with the club but was not offered a new contract by Worcester manager Andy Preece at the end of the 2006–07 season, due to the club's budget having been reduced.[8] He was named the club's "Players' Player of the Year" for both of his seasons at the club.[9]

In July 2007, it was confirmed that Lyttle had joined Conference North side Tamworth after a successful trial period.[10] Lyttle was part of the Tamworth promotion squad that were promoted to the Conference National at the end of the 2008–09 season. He also struck a late equalizer against high-flying Luton Town in 2009–10, all but ending the "Hatters" chances of automatic promotion.

Management career

In May 2010, Lyttle confirmed that he had applied for the vacant A.F.C. Telford United manager's job following the dismissal of Rob Smith;[11] however former England international winger Andy Sinton was instead appointed.[12]

Following the departure of the "Lambs" manager Gary Mills and assistant Darron Gee on 13 October 2010, Lyttle was announced as caretaker player-manager.[13] The following day Lyttle brought in former West Bromwich Albion and Tamworth team mate Bob Taylor as a coach to assist him.[14] Despite failing to find victory in his five league games, he was appointed manager on a full-time basis on 30 November after leading the club into the Second Round of the FA Cup with wins over Grimsby Town and Crewe Alexandra.[15] However with just four games remaining until the end of the season, Lyttle resigned from the club.[16] Lyttle left his position as he felt it was untenable after claiming the club's board tried to bring in former York City boss Martin Foyle as an adviser for the remaining four games.[17]

Little returned to football as manager of Hucknall Town, replacing Tommy Brookbanks at the Northern Premier League Division One South club on 13 October 2011.[18][19]

Honours

with Nottingham Forest
with West Bromwich Albion
with Tamworth

Statistics

Playing career

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
1991–92 Worcester City Southern League Division
1992–93[20] Swansea City Second Division 46 1 5 0 2 0 0 0 53 1
1993–94 Nottingham Forest First Division
1994–95 Premier League
1995–96[21] 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 1
1996–97[22] 32 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 37 1
1997–98[23] First Division 34 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 39 0
1998–99[24] Nottingham Forest Premier League 10 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 13 0
1998–99[24] Port Vale (loan) First Division 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1999–2000[25] Watford Premier League 11 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 0
1999–2000[25] West Bromwich Albion (loan) First Division 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2000–01[26] West Bromwich Albion First Division 42 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 47 1
2001–02[27] 23 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 28 0
2002–03[28] Premier League 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
2003–04[29] First Division 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003–04[29] Northampton Town Third Division 27 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 32 0
2004–05[30] League Two 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004–05[30] Forest Green Rovers Conference National 36 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 38 1
2005–06 Worcester City Conference North
2006–07
2007–08 Tamworth Conference North
2008–09
2009–10[31] Conference National 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 1
2010–11[32] 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Notes

Management career

As of 14 October 2011
Team Nat From To Record
P W D L GF GA GD W%
Tamworth (caretaker) England 13 October 2010 30 November 2010 &100000000000000090000009 &100000000000000020000002 &100000000000000030000003 &100000000000000040000004 &1000000000000001100000011 &1000000000000001400000014 −3 &1000000000000002219999922.2
Tamworth England 30 November 2010 14 April 2011 &1000000000000002300000023 &100000000000000050000005 &100000000000000060000006 &1000000000000001200000012 &1000000000000003300000033 &1000000000000004300000043 −10 &1000000000000002169999921.7
Hucknall Town England 13 October 2011 Present &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000000000000 +0 !—
Total &1000000000000003200000032 &100000000000000070000007 &100000000000000090000009 &1000000000000001600000016 &1000000000000004400000044 &1000000000000005700000057 −13 &1000000000000002189999921.9

References

  1. ^ "Baggies begin clear-out". BBC Sport. 12 May 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_bromwich_albion/3021829.stm. Retrieved 13 October 2011. 
  2. ^ "West Brom 1–3 Fulham". BBC. 9 December 2000. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/1061027.stm. Retrieved 8 February 2010. 
  3. ^ "Telford run rule over Lyttle". BBC Sport. 20 August 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/telford/3167917.stm. Retrieved 13 October 2011. 
  4. ^ "Lyttle joins Cobblers". BBC Sport. 13 November 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/northampton_town/3239707.stm. Retrieved 13 October 2011. 
  5. ^ "Rovers snatch Lyttle". BBC Sport. 3 September 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/f/forest_green_rovers/3620894.stm. Retrieved 13 October 2011. 
  6. ^ "Bournemouth 3–1 Forest Green". BBC. 24 November 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/4028215.stm. Retrieved 8 February 2010. 
  7. ^ "Forest Green confirm player cull". BBC Sport. 26 April 2005. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/f/forest_green_rovers/4486361.stm. Retrieved 13 October 2011. 
  8. ^ "Worcester release skipper Lyttle". BBC Sport. 7 May 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/6632167.stm. Retrieved 13 October 2011. 
  9. ^ "Boddy hails City skipper Lyttle". BBC Sport. 25 April 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/4943586.stm. Retrieved 13 October 2011. 
  10. ^ "Veteran Lyttle signs for Tamworth". BBC Sport. 31 July 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/6924045.stm. Retrieved 13 October 2011. 
  11. ^ "Former Forest star Lyttle keen on Telford manager's job". BBC Sport. 17 May 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/8686785.stm. Retrieved 17 May 2010. 
  12. ^ "Andy Sinton confirmed as AFC Telford United boss". BBC Sport. 25 May 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/8701799.stm. Retrieved 25 May 2010. 
  13. ^ "York City appoint Tamworth's Gary Mills as new manager". BBC Sport. 13 October 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/y/york_city/9088094.stm. Retrieved 13 October 2010. 
  14. ^ "Des Army, Des Army". TheLambs.co.uk. 14 October 2010. http://www.thelambs.co.uk/news/des-army,-des-army-1302.htm. Retrieved 14 October 2010. 
  15. ^ "Tamworth appoint Des Lyttle as manager". BBC Sport. 30 November 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/tamworth/9241546.stm. Retrieved 13 October 2011. 
  16. ^ "Des Lyttle quits struggling Tamworth". BBC Sport. 14 April 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13085579.stm. Retrieved 14 April 2011. 
  17. ^ "Lambs boss Lyttle departs club". ThisIsTamworth.co.uk. 14 April 2011. http://www.thisistamworth.co.uk/sport/Lambs-boss-Lyttle-departs-club/article-3450800-detail/article.html. Retrieved 14 April 2011. 
  18. ^ "Lyttle Handed Hucknall Post". nonleaguedaily.com. 13 October 2011. http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?&newsmode=FULL&nid=79210. Retrieved 13 October 2011. 
  19. ^ "Des Lyttle and Michael Johnson join Hucknall Town". BBC Sport. 13 October 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15296292.stm. Retrieved 13 October 2011. 
  20. ^ Des Lyttle career stats at Soccerbase
  21. ^ "Games played by Des Lyttle in 1995/1996". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=4669&season_id=125. Retrieved 13 October 2011. 
  22. ^ "Games played by Des Lyttle in 1996/1997". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=4669&season_id=126. Retrieved 13 October 2011. 
  23. ^ "Games played by Des Lyttle in 1997/1998". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=4669&season_id=127. Retrieved 13 October 2011. 
  24. ^ a b "Games played by Des Lyttle in 1998/1999". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=4669&season_id=128. Retrieved 13 October 2011. 
  25. ^ a b "Games played by Des Lyttle in 1999/2000". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=4669&season_id=129. Retrieved 13 October 2011. 
  26. ^ "Games played by Des Lyttle in 2000/2001". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=4669&season_id=130. Retrieved 13 October 2011. 
  27. ^ "Games played by Des Lyttle in 2001/2002". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=4669&season_id=131. Retrieved 13 October 2011. 
  28. ^ "Games played by Des Lyttle in 2002/2003". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=4669&season_id=132. Retrieved 13 October 2011. 
  29. ^ a b "Games played by Des Lyttle in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=4669&season_id=133. Retrieved 13 October 2011. 
  30. ^ a b "Games played by Des Lyttle in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=4669&season_id=134. Retrieved 13 October 2011. 
  31. ^ "Games played by Des Lyttle in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=4669&season_id=139. Retrieved 13 October 2011. 
  32. ^ "Games played by Des Lyttle in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=4669&season_id=140. Retrieved 13 October 2011. 

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