Jermaine Hylton

Jermaine Samuel Hylton (born 28 June 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL League Two club Newport County.

Club Career

Early career

In 2009, Hylton was in the final of Sky1's TV talent show Wayne Rooney's Street Striker. Preceding his release from Birmingham City, Hylton had spells with non-league sides Continental Star and Redditch United. On 22 December 2014, Hylton was invited to play in a professional development game for his former club; Birmingham City by manager Gary Rowett against Manchester City. Hylton scored one goal and had a hand in the other two as he helped the development team to a 3–2 victory.

Swindon Town

On 3 January 2015 it was reported by Swindon Advertiser that Redditch United started to consider a FA complaint over Swindon's approach to their frontman. The paper stated that Redditch claimed Swindon had broken the 7 day approach until they were allowed to sign the player. On 7 January 2015, Hylton signed for Swindon Town on a 2+1⁄2-year contract with the club despite Redditch's complaint to the FA over their "illegal" approach. On 12 January 2015, Hylton made his first appearance for Swindon coming on as an 87th-minute substitute for Andy Williams in a 3–0 win against Coventry City at the Ricoh Arena. On 11 April 2015, he went on to score his first goal and the winning goal against Peterborough United.

On 4 October 2016, Hylton joined National League side Guiseley on loan until January 2017. On the same day, he scored on his Guiseley debut in their 6–1 home victory over York City, netting the host's fifth in the 55th minute before being replaced by Michael Rankine in the closing stages of the game. Hylton went on to feature in four more games (in all competitions) for Guiseley before being recalled by parent club; Swindon in December 2016.

In February 2017, Hylton was fined by Swindon Town after he walked out