Simon Lyons
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 2 December 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Watchet, Somerset, England | ||
| Position(s) | Midfield | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Minehead | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Arsenal | |||
| –2000 | Torquay United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2002 | Torquay United | 9 | (1) |
| 2001 | →Barnstaple Town (loan) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Simon R. Lyons (born 2 December 1982) is an English former professional footballer who plays for non-league Minehead.
Lyons, a midfielder, was born in Watchet, Somerset, and began his career as an apprentice with Arsenal before finishing his apprenticeship with Torquay United, turning professional in July 2000.
Background[edit]
He made his first team debut in the FA Cup defeat away to Southend United on 28 November 2000,[1] also playing in the Football League Trophy defeat at home to Bristol Rovers before making his league debut as a substitute on 16 December, in a 2–1 win away to Hull City. He made 8 further substitute appearances for the Gulls in their successful battle against relegation, but was left further out of the first-team picture with the arrival of Roy McFarland as manager in 2001.
In December 2001 he was loaned to non-league Barnstaple Town and was released by Torquay in March 2002.
In January 2003 he had a trial with Southend United, playing in their reserve side.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Fitness worries for Torquay and Argyle Archived 24 October 2004 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Southend second-string take on First Division Portsmouth in search of three points Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
External links[edit]
- Simon Lyons' at Soccerbase
