Derek Frye (footballer)

Football player infobox| playername= Derek Frye
fullname = Derek Frye
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1956|2|2
cityofbirth = Irvine
countryofbirth = Scotland
height =
currentclub = Ardrossan Winton Rovers
clubnumber =
position = Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1972–1975
1975–1976
1976–1978
1978–1979
1979–1983
1983–1986
1986–1987
1987–1988
1988–1989
1992–1993
clubs = Kilmarnock
Queen of the South
Stranraer
Dundee United
Ayr United
Clyde
Airdrieonians
Queen of the South
Stranraer
Queen of the South
Career
caps(goals) = 000 00(0)
004 00(0)
078 0(51)
009 00(1)
132 0(46)
097 0(48)
021 00(2)
029 00(7)
020 00(5)
001 00(0)
391 (160)
manageryears = 1994–1997
managerclubs = Annan Athletic

Derek Frye (born 2 February, 1956 in Irvine) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a striker.

Career

Frye began his professional career with Kilmarnock but made no senior appearances and joined Queen of the South in 1975. Featuring only four times, Frye left after a season to join Stranraer, where he became the club's highest season goalscorer in his two years there.cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/stranraer/4349125.stm|date=2005-03-14|publisher=BBC Sport website|title=Moore delight at Stranraer return] A move to Premier Division side Dundee United followed but Frye dropped back to lower league football within a year, joining Ayr United. Frye made over 130 league appearances for Ayr and went on to make nearly 100 for Clyde, where he scored nearly fifty goals. Single-season spells played out Frye's career in the late 1980s, with time at Airdrieonians, and returns to Queen of the South and Stranraer. Frye went back briefly to Queen of Sth in the early 1990s, playing once.

Frye spent three years managing Annan Athletic in the mid 1990s and was assistant to Rowan Alexander at Gretna until 2004.cite news|url=http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/sport/viewarticle.aspx?id=167709|title=Mileson’s millions have turned Gretna from soccer Cinderellas to Rockefellers but Alexander’s no-nonsense style hasn’t changed a bit|date=2005-01-06|publisher=News&Star|author=Little, Amanda]

References

now manager of junior outfit Ardrossan Winton Rovers

External links

* [http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/derekfrye.htm Independent profile]

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NAME=Frye, Derek
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH=2 February, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH=Irvine, Scotland
DATE OF DEATH=
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