Darren Lyon (born 8 June 1995) is a Scottish professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays as a

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for Arbroath. He previously played for

Hamilton Academical Hamilton Academical Football Club, often known as Hamilton Accies, or The Accies, is a Scottish football club from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire who currently compete in the Scottish Championship, having been relegated from the 2020–21 Scotti ...

Peterborough United Peterborough United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Peterborough have a long-standing ...

, Queen of the South, Queen's Park and

Kelty Hearts Kelty Hearts Football Club is a football club based in the village of Kelty in Fife, Scotland. Formed in 1975 and nicknamed ''the Hearts'', ''the Maroon Machine'' and ''the Jambos'', they play their home games at New Central Park. Their home ...

Career

Lyon started his career in the Rangers youth academy and then signed for

, hoping for first-team football. Lyon debuted for ''Accies'' on 15 February 2014. In April 2015, Lyons signed a new contract with the ''Accies'' until the 2017 close season. In November 2015, it was revealed that Lyon would be out of action for six weeks following knee surgery. On 18 November 2017, Lyon scored the ''Accies'' second goal in their 2–0 win versus Rangers, marking the

Lanarkshire Lanarkshire, also called the County of Lanark ( gd, Siorrachd Lannraig; sco, Lanrikshire), is a historic county, lieutenancy area and registration county in the central Lowlands of Scotland. Lanarkshire is the most populous county in Scotl ...

club's first win at Ibrox since 1987. Lyon departed the ''Accies'' in August 2018 after his contract was mutually terminated. Later in August 2018, Lyon signed a one-year contract with EFL League One club

. Lyon was released by the ''Posh'' at the end of the 2018–19 season. On 16 August 2019, Lyon signed a one-year contract with Dumfries club Queen of the South. On 25 September 2020 he signed for Queen's Park. Lyon signed for

in August 2022. He left the club at the end of the 2022–23 season.

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club Arbroath signed Lyon in September 2023.

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References

1995 births Living people Scottish men's footballers Rangers F.C. players Hamilton Academical F.C. players Peterborough United F.C. players Queen of the South F.C. players Scottish Professional Football League players English Football League players Men's association football midfielders People educated at Bishopbriggs Academy Queen's Park F.C. players Kelty Hearts F.C. players Arbroath F.C. players {{scotland-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub