Dylan Dykes

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Dylan Dykes
Personal information
Full name Dylan Dykes
Date of birth (1996-03-14) 14 March 1996 (age 27) [1]
Place of birth Crookston, Scotland [1]
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Pollok
Youth career
2013–2016 Rangers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2019 Ross County 2 (0)
2018 → Stranraer (loan) 14 (0)
2019–2020 Greenock Morton 7 (0)
2019–2020 → Stenhousemuir (loan) 12 (1)
2020 Cumbernauld Colts 1
2020–2022 St Cadoc's
2022- Pollok 7 (2)
International career‡
2014 Scotland U19 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:30, 1 July 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:30, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

Dylan Dykes (born 14 March 1996) is a Scottish footballer who plays for West of Scotland team Pollok. [2]

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Career

Dykes played youth football with Rangers, signing a contract until the summer of 2016. [3] He was released upon the expiration of his contract in May that year. [4]

Dykes then signed for fellow Scottish Premiership side Ross County on 22 July 2016. [1] [5] He made his professional debut in a Highland derby against Inverness CT on 28 April 2017. [6]

Having had limited first team opportunities at Ross County, Dykes joined League One club Stranraer in January 2018 on a development loan for the rest of the 2017–18 season. [7]

Dykes left Ross County in January 2019 and signed for Greenock Morton. [8] Dykes joined Stenhousemuir on loan before joining Cumbernauld Colts in February 2020. [9]

Dykes agreed a move to West of Scotland team St Cadoc's in May 2020 [2] before moving to Pollok two years later. [10] He made his debut at home to Hurlford United in March, and scored his first goal from the penalty spot against Troon F.C. in a 2-1 win in April. [11]

In October 2022, Pollok announced that Dykes had undergone treatment following a cancer diagnosis, triggering a wave of support from his former clubs and the wider footballing world. [12] [13] [14]

Career statistics

As of 21 July 2019 [15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague Scottish Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ross County 2016–17 [16] Scottish Premiership 200000—20
2017–18 [17] Scottish Premiership000000—00
2018–19 [18] Scottish Championship 0000101 [lower-alpha 1] 020
Total2000101040
Stranraer (loan) 2017-18 [17] Scottish League One 140000000140
Greenock Morton 2018–19 [18] Scottish Championship7010000080
2019–20 [19] Scottish Championship0000000000
Total7010000080
Career total230101010260
  1. ↑ Appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Pollok FC".
  3. ↑ Hedworth, Alice (5 June 2015). "Kids Sign Up". Rangers.co.uk. Archived from the original on 30 July 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  4. ↑ Hedworth, Alice (4 May 2016). "Eight Academy Players To Leave". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club.
  5. ↑ Lindsay, Clive (3 July 2016). "Scottish Premiership ins and outs - summer 2016". BBC Sport. BBC.
  6. ↑ Dowden, Martin (28 April 2017). "Ross County 4-0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle". BBC Sport. BBC.
  7. ↑ "Dylan Dykes completes loan move to Stranraer". Ross County F.C. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  8. ↑ "Morton add Dykes". SPFL. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  9. ↑ FC, Cumbernauld Colts (28 February 2020). "Signing News....The club are delighted to announce the signing of Dylan Dykes from Greenock Morton". @OfficialCColts. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  10. ↑ "Dykes checks in at Newlandsfield". 25 March 2022.
  11. ↑ "Dylan Dykes".
  12. ↑ https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scots-football-team-tribute-teammate-28319188
  13. ↑ https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/sport/23075283.rangers-pay-tribute-ex-academy-player-dylan-dykes-following-cancer-diagnosis/
  14. ↑ https://www.pollokfc.com/2022/10/24/dylan-dykes/
  15. ↑ Dylan Dykes at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Dylan Dykes in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  17. 1 2 "Games played by Dylan Dykes in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  18. 1 2 "Games played by Dylan Dykes in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  19. ↑ "Games played by Dylan Dykes in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 July 2019.


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