Derek Lyle

Derek Lyle (born 13 February 1981) is a Scottish footballer who is currently playing as a striker for Peterhead. Lyle has played for numerous clubs that have included Cowdenbeath, Dundee, Greenock Morton, Hamilton Academical and Partick Thistle. Lyle's longest time in his career was spent with Queen of the South in Dumfries, where he scored 117 goals in 365 appearances over two spells with the club.

Derek Lyle
Derek Lyle at Palmerston for Season 2016-17
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-02-13) 13 February 1981
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Playing position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Peterhead
Number 99
Youth career
1997–1999 Partick Thistle Boys Club
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2002 Partick Thistle 37 (4)
2001–2002 → East Stirlingshire (loan) 11 (7)
2001–2002 → Queen of the South (loan) 13 (6)
2002–2006 Queen of the South 97 (16)
2003–2004 → Stirling Albion (loan) 19 (10)
2004–2005 → Dunfermline Athletic (loan) 0 (0)
2006–2008 Dundee 53 (18)
2008–2011 Hamilton Academical 31 (1)
2010–2011 Greenock Morton 20 (4)
2011–2012 Hamilton Academical 9 (1)
2011–2012 Cowdenbeath 18 (1)
2012–2018 Queen of the South 183 (63)
2018– Peterhead 52 (14)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:00, 7 March 2020 (UTC)

Career

Partick Thistle and loan to East Stirlingshire

Lyle's career started at Partick Thistle at the start of the 1999-2000 season and remained at Firhill for three seasons, where he scored 4 goals in 37 league appearance. Lyle was loaned to East Stirlingshire scoring 8 goals in 12 league and cup appearances in the first part of the 2001-02 season.[1]

Queen of the South (first spell)

Lyle then joined Queen of the South on loan for the latter part of the 2001-02. Whilst on loan at Palmerston the club lifted the Second Division title. Lyle scored 6 goals in 13 league appearances that led him to signing a contract directly with Queens after his loan spell had ended.[1]

Queens won the Scottish Challenge Cup the following season. Lyle and John O'Neill scored the goals in a 2-0 win at Broadwood over Brechin City.[2] Lyle scored 16 goals in 97 league appearances during this first spell at Palmerston.[1]

Lyle was loaned to Stirling Albion in the second half of the 2003-04 season. His 10 goals in 19 league appearances helped Stirling win promotion that season to the Scottish Second Division. After being told by Queens manager Ian McCall that he was not going to be the first-choice striker, Lyle left the club in 2006.[1]

Dundee

Lyle joined Dundee from Queens in August 2006, scoring with a penalty on his debut in a 3–0 win over Clyde. He top scored for the Dens Park team in his first season there with 12 league and 3 cup goals. He featured less frequently though in the second half of his second season there after signing a pre-contract agreement with fellow promotion contenders, Hamilton Academical. Lyle scored 21 goals in 59 league appearances in two seasons at Dens Park. [1][3]

Hamilton Academical (first spell)

Lyle joined Hamilton Academical in July 2008 after his new club secured promotion to the SPL,[4] after finishing above Dundee, Lyle's previous club.[5] 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.[6][7] Lyle underwent a successful operation a week later[8] but would not play again for the remainder of the 2009-10 season. Lyle signed a short-term contract extension in August 2010[9] and made his first-team return later that month.[10][11] Lyle scored one goal in 31 league appearances during his first spell at New Douglas Park.

Greenock Morton, Hamilton Academical (second spell) and Cowdenbeath

In January 2011 Lyle signed a half-season contract with Greenock Morton which saw him through to the end of the 2010-11 season, where he scored 4 goals in 20 league appearances.[12] On 5 March 2011, Lyle scored his fifth goal for the Cappielow club in a 3–1 win at East End Park over Dunfermline Athletic.[13] Lyle was released when his contract expired at the end of that season.[14]

Lyle then returned to New Douglas Park in July 2011 on a half-season contract[15] and departed the club when his contract expired in January 2012, having scored one goal in 9 league appearances.

Lyle then signed for the remainder of that season for Cowdenbeath and scored one goal in 18 league appearances.[16] Lyle and his team mates ended the season as Scottish Division 2 champions.[1]

Queen of the South (second spell)

Lyle signed on at Queens for a second spell on 3 August 2012, alongside Derek Young.[17] 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 senior winners' medals. Lyle has won two Second Division titles and has also won two Challenge Cups.[2]

On 27 August 2016, Lyle scored his 100th goal for Queens in a 1-0 win at East End Park over Dunfermline Athletic.[18]

Lyle equalled Andy Thomson's total of 114 goals on 9 September 2017, scoring in a 2-2 draw away to Livingston and edged ahead of Thomson, scoring in a 2-1 defeat at home to Greenock Morton on 16 September 2017. Lyle scored his 116th goal for the Doonhamers on 28 October 2017 at home to Falkirk in a 4-2 home victory.

Lyle finished his Queens career three goals short of Bobby Black's total of 120 goals and is currently the fourth highest all-time goalscorer for the Doonhamers with 117 goals. Lyle's final goal for Queens was the Dumfries club's winning goal in the 2-1 home win over Montrose in the Scottish Cup third round replay on 21 November 2017.

On 25 June 2017, Queens Select won 5-3 versus Rangers Legends in Lyle's testimonial match.[19] Lyle also had a Texas scramble testimonial golf day at the Dumfries and Galloway Golf Club on 17 September 2017, as part of his testimonial year.[20] Lyle had two testimonial dinners, one at the Cairndale Hotel, Dumfries on 3 March 2018 and the other at Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow on 14 April 2018.[21]

Lyle's final match for the Doonhamers was in the 3-0 win versus Dundee United in the penultimate game of the 2017-18 season. Lyle departed scoring 117 goals from 365 competitive matches for Queens. [22]

Peterhead

On 29 June 2018, Lyle signed a one-year contract with Scottish League Two club Peterhead.[23]

On 11 August 2018, Lyle scored his first goal for the Blue Toon versus Albion Rovers in a 4-0 victory at Coatbridge, scoring the club's second goal in the 60th minute.[24]

On 27 October 2018, Lyle scored the Blue Toon's decisive two goals at Broadwood versus Clyde in a 3-1 win.[25]

On 4 May 2019, Lyle played the final eleven minutes as the Blue Toon secured the Scottish League Two title with a 2-0 win versus Queen's Park at Hampden.[26]

On 24 June 2019, Lyle signed an extension to his contract with the Blue Toon until May 2020.[27]

Career statistics
As of 8 March 2020[28][29]
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other[30] Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Partick Thistle 1999-00 224300000254
2000-01 130000010140
2001-02 2000000020
Total 374300010414
East Stirlingshire (loan) 2001-02 117110000128
Queen of the South (loan) 2001-02 136000000136
Stirling Albion (loan) 2003-04 19100000001910
Dunfermline Athletic (loan) 2004-05 0000000000
Queen of the South 2002-03 336102053419
2003-04 131001011152
2004-05 237210000258
2005-06 282211011324
Total 971652407511323
Dundee 2006-07 28122300003015
2007-08 256102010296
Total 53183320105921
Hamilton Academical 2008-09 221302000271
2009-10 5000000050
2010-11 4000100050
Total 311303000371
Greenock Morton 2010–11 204110000215
Hamilton Academical 2011–12 91000020111
Cowdenbeath 2011–12 181000000181
Queen of the South 2012–13 29131031303614
2013–14 3573133314412
2014–15 34152222324121
2015–16 32131122213717
2016–17 27101062323714
2017–18 265214032358
Total 18363105201017823086
Peterhead 2018-19 2892120103310
2019-20 245104100296
Total 52143161106216
Career total543145291335112913636182

Honours

Partick Thistle

  • Scottish Second Division Champions: 2000–01

Queen of the South

Stirling Albion

Cowdenbeath

  • Scottish Second Division Champions: 2011–12

References
  1. "Squad - Season 17/18" select season then player image for text dropdown
  2. "QosFC: Club History".
  3. "Derek Lyle profile". ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
  4. "Hamilton to take Lyle from rivals". BBC Sport. 18 January 2008. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
  5. "Reid wants more for Accies squad". BBC Sport. 6 July 2008. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
  6. "Hamilton 0–0 Falkirk". BBC Sport. 19 September 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
  7. "SPFL Focus: Derek Lyle still young at heart".
  8. "Accies' Lyle has knee operation". BBC Sport. 25 September 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
  9. "Short-term Hamilton deal for Lyle". BBC Sport. 3 August 2010. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
  10. "Raith Rovers 1–0 Hamilton". BBC Sport. 24 August 2010. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
  11. "Inverness CT 0–1 Hamilton". BBC Sport. 28 August 2010. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
  12. Steele, Russell (14 January 2011). "Morton sign up striker Lyle". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  13. "Dunfermline 1–3 Morton". BBC Sport. 5 March 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  14. Tait, Chris (6 May 2011). "Striker Lyle set to be released". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  15. "Derek Lyle signs". Hamilton Academical F.C. Archived from the original on 15 June 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  16. "Registrations Window Opens". Hamilton Academical F.C. 1 January 2012. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  17. "Derek Lyle and Derek Young sign on at Queens".
  18. "Dunfermline Athletic 0-1 Queen of the South". BBC Sport. 27 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  19. "QosFC: Lyles Testimonial Report". www.qosfc.com.
  20. "QosFC: Derek Lyle Testimonial Golf Day". www.qosfc.com.
  21. "QosFC: Testimonial Dinners Confirmed". www.qosfc.com.
  22. "Manager Thanks Players As Rebuild Begins". Queen of the South FC. 28 April 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  23. https://www.peterheadfc.com/news/item/2285-forward-lyle-seals-peterhead-switch
  24. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45067569
  25. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46004441
  26. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48075357
  27. https://www.peterheadfc.com/news/item/2546-new-contracts-confirmed-for-key-men
  28. "Games played by Derek Lyle". SoccerBase. 5 November 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  29. Derek Lyle at Soccerway
  30. Includes matches in the Scottish Challenge Cup and Scottish Championship play-offs.
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