Daryll Meggatt

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.

Daryll Meggatt
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-10-20) 20 October 1990
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*
Years Team Apps (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)

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
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Queen's Park 2010–11[17] Scottish Third Division 30200002[lower-alpha 1]0322
2011–12[18] 31040103[lower-alpha 2]0390
Total 612401050712
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
Total 94172401311184
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 total 22961821702812929
  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. 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

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. 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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