Derek Lilley

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Personal information
Derek Lilley
Full name	Derek Lilley
Date of birth	February 9, 1974 (1974-02-09) (age 34)
Place of birth	Paisley, Scotland
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Unnattached
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1991–97 1997–99 1998–99 1999 1999–00 2000–03 2003–05 2005–07 2007 2007–	Morton Leeds United → Hearts (loan) → Bury (loan) Oxford United Dundee United Livingston Morton St. Johnstone Stirling Albion	86 0(7) 65 0(5) 04 0(0) 24 0(1) 52 0(4) 77 (14) 66 (15) 51 (16) 14 0(0) 22 0(0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:37 03 May 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Derek Lilley (born February 9, 1974 in Paisley, Renfrewshire) is a Scottish footballer.

1 Early career
2 Back to Scotland
3 Honours
4 See also
5 Notes
6 External links

[edit] Early career

Lilley began his career with Morton and won a move to English Premiership side Leeds United in 1997. His time at Elland Road were disappointing, with only four starts from twenty-one appearances, and only a solitary goal when he replaced Lee Bowyer to score the winner in a 3-2 away win at Barnsley. He spent three months on loan, at Hearts and Bury, where again he managed a goal for each club.

A move to Oxford United in 1999-00 helped kick-start his career and his return of 9 goals from 63 appearances prompted interest from Dundee United.

[edit] Back to Scotland

A move in December 2000 saw him head north to United and a debut goal salvaged a point at home to Rangers, although he would be sent off in his second game against former club Hearts. Ultimately, it was Lilley's last-minute winner at St Johnstone which saved United from relegation and his six goals in the half-season would cement his status with the fans. The following season, Lilley would manage just six goals, despite a hat-trick against St Johnstone and only two league goals in 2002-03 spelled the end of his time at Tannadice.

A move to Livingston followed in 2003-04 and a rejuvenated Lilley scored 12 league goals, plus four in the Scottish League Cup - including one in the final win against Hibernian - and a hat-trick in the Scottish Cup. 2004-05 was a different story, however and Lilley's three goals were not enough to earn him a new contract.

Lilley returned to first club Morton for 2005-06 and managed twelve league goals as Morton narrowly lost in the play-off semi-finals. In 2006-07, he had managed four league goals by the turn of the year.

On January 26, 2007, his contract was terminated by Morton, and he signed for St. Johnstone. After making fourteen appearances for Saints (all as a substitute), Lilley was released by the club at the end of the season.^[1]

On June 7, 2007, Lilley signed for newly promoted First Division side Stirling Albion. Lilley only played a handful of games for Stirling Albion before being released at the end of the season.