Daryll Meggatt

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Daryll Meggatt
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-10-20) 20 October 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
 Darvel
Youth career
South Camlachie [1]
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2012 Queen's Park 61 (2)
2012–2015 Alloa Athletic 94 (1)
2015–2016 Dundee 6 (0)
2016–2017 Ayr United 31 (0)
2017–2018 Alloa Athletic 11 (1)
2018–2019 East Fife 26 (2)
2019– Darvel
2021 → Stirling Albion (loan) 4 (0)
Managerial career
2023– Darvel (co-interim manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 October 2020 (UTC)

Daryll Meggatt (born 20 October 1990) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a left sided defender and co-caretaker manager for Darvel. Meggatt has previously played for Queen's Park, Alloa Athletic (twice), Dundee, Ayr United and East Fife.

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Career

Meggatt began his footballing career at South Camlachie Amateurs, and signed with Queen's Park in June 2010. [2] He made his senior debut on 21 August, in a 1–2 away loss against Albion Rovers. [3] In the 2011–12 season, Meggatt was named in the PFA Scotland Third Division Team of the Year. [4]

On 15 May 2012, Meggatt signed with Alloa Athletic. [5] He was a part of the side who achieved promotion to the Scottish Championship in his first season, and made his division debut on 10 August 2013, in a 1–0 home win over Livingston. [6]

On 16 April 2015, Meggatt signed a pre-contract agreement with Dundee, agreeing to join the club on a two-year deal at the beginning of the 2015–16 season. [7] He left the club on 22 June 2016, his contract being cancelled by mutual consent. [8] Shortly after leaving Dundee, Meggatt signed for Scottish Championship side Ayr United. [9] He left the club in May 2017, having been unable to commit to full-time football, [10] signing for fellow Scottish League One club Alloa Athletic on the same day. [11] After struggling with injury, Meggatt left Alloa at the end of the 2017–18 season having made seventeen appearances for the side. [12]

During the 2018 close season, Meggatt signed for East Fife on a onbe-year contract. [13]

During the 2019 close season, Meggatt signed for Scottish Junior club Darvel. He was loaned to Stirling Albion in March 2021. [14]

On 16 April 2023, Meggatt was named as a co-interim manager of Darvel following the departure of Mick Kennedy, sharing the duties with assistant manager Craig McEwan. [15]

Career statistics

As of 25 October 2020 [16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueScottish CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Queen's Park 2010–11 [17] Scottish Third Division 30200002 [lower-alpha 1] 0322
2011–12 [18] 31040103 [lower-alpha 2] 0390
Total612401050712
Alloa Athletic 2012–13 [19] Scottish Second Division 30010004 [lower-alpha 3] 0350
2013–14 [20] Scottish Championship 34130201 [lower-alpha 4] 0401
2014–15 [21] 30032208 [lower-alpha 5] 1433
Total94172401311184
Dundee 2015–16 [22] Scottish Premiership 6000000060
Ayr United 2016–17 [23] Scottish Championship 31040503 [lower-alpha 4] 0430
Alloa Athletic 2017–18 [24] Scottish League One 11100303 [lower-alpha 6] 0171
East Fife 2018-19 Scottish League One 262304040372
Career total22961821702812929
  1. ↑ Appearances in the Second Division play-offs
  2. ↑ One appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup and two in the Second Division play-offs
  3. ↑ Appearances in the First Division play-offs
  4. 1 2 Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  5. ↑ Five appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup; three appearances and a goal in the Championship play-offs
  6. ↑ Two appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup; one appearances in the Championship play-offs

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References

  1. ↑ "Alloa bring in Meggatt". spfl.co.uk. SPFL. 15 May 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  2. ↑ Queen's Park Newboy Daryll Meggatt Could Be The Man To Replace Barry Douglas; Glaswegi@n, 18 June 2010
  3. ↑ Albion Rovers 2–1 Queen's Park; SPFL, 21 August 2010
  4. ↑ Ross, Jack (2 May 2012). "PFA SCOTLAND DIVISION THREE TEAM OF THE YEAR". PFA Scotland. Archived from the original on 13 May 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  5. ↑ Alloa bring in Meggatt; SPFL, 15 May 2012
  6. ↑ Alloa Athletic 1–0 Livingston; BBC Sport, 10 August 2013
  7. ↑ "MEGGATT SIGNS PRE-CONTRACT". Dundee F.C. 16 April 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "MEGGATT LEAVES CLUB". Dundee F.C. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  9. ↑ "Meggatt signs for United". Ayr United FC. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  10. ↑ "Declan signs as Daryll leaves". Ayr United FC. 30 May 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  11. ↑ "Squad update". Alloa Athletic FC. 30 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  12. ↑ "Players agree terms". Alloa Athletic FC. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  13. ↑ "List of SPFL summer signings". SPFL. 6 June 2018. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  14. ↑ "Darvel trio join on loan". Stirlingalbionfc.co.uk. 18 March 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  15. ↑ "CLUB STATEMENT | Michael Kennedy – Darvel Football Club" . Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  16. ↑ Daryll Meggatt at Soccerway. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Daryll Meggatt in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Daryll Meggatt in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  19. ↑ "Games played by Daryll Meggatt in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  20. ↑ "Games played by Daryll Meggatt in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  21. ↑ "Games played by Daryll Meggatt in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  22. ↑ "Games played by Daryll Meggatt in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  23. ↑ "Games played by Daryll Meggatt in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  24. ↑ "Games played by Daryll Meggatt in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
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