Jermaine Darlington

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Personal information
Jermaine Darlington
Full name	Jermaine Christopher Darlington
Date of birth	April 11, 1974 (age 32)
Place of birth	Hackney, London, England
Height	5'9 (175cm)
Playing position	Midfield
Club information
Current club	AFC Wimbledon
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1992-1993 1998-1999 1999-2001 2001-04 2004 2004-06 2006-	Charlton Athletic Aylesbury United Queens Park Rangers Wimbledon Watford Cardiff City AFC Wimbledon	2 (0) ? (?) 79 (2) 113 (3) 35 (0) 9 (0) ? (6)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08-05-2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Jermaine Darlington (born 11 April 1974 in Hackney, London) is an English football player who plays as a left-sided midfielder or full-back.

Darlington began his career as a trainee at Charlton Athletic, where he played two first-team games near the end of the 1991-92 season. He was released a year later, and dropped out of the league. He got a second chance at league football in 1999, when he was signed by Queens Park Rangers from non-league Aylesbury United^[1] for £25,000.

Darlington went on to make over 80 professional appearances for the R's before then First Division side Wimbledon bought him for £200,000 in 2001. He made over 100 appearances for The Dons, before being released in 2004. Brief stints at Watford^[2] and Cardiff City^[3] followed in 2004-05 and 2005-06. He suffered a knee injury, and left Cardiff in the summer of 2006.

Following a trial with AFC Wimbledon, Darlington agreed terms with the Dons in time for the game against Tonbridge Angels on 18 November, 2006,^[4] making him the second ex-Wimbledon player to join AFC (the first was Roger Joseph). However, this move would prove costly for the Dons, as they did not get the required international clearance, making him ineligible to play for the club. As a result of this minor and unintentional administrative error, AFC Wimbledon have been thrown out of the FA Trophy, ordered to repay £12,000 in prize money, received an 18 point penalty & £400 fine + costs from the Isthmian League and expelled from the Surrey County Cup.^[5] The 18 points penalty was later reduced to just 3 points, after an appeal. ^[6]