Lyndon Dykes

Lyndon John Dykes (born 7 October 1995) is an association footballer who plays as a striker for Championship club Queens Park Rangers and the Scotland national team. Dykes previously played for Merrimac, Redlands United and Surfers Paradise Apollo in Australia, and for Queen of the South and Livingston in Scotland.

Club Career

Early career

Dykes spent part of his younger years living and playing rugby league in Canberra where his family settled. Dykes attracted the interest of the Canberra Raiders after helping Gungahlin Bulls to a cup final win. The move never came about as Dykes suffered an injury and his family moved back to the Gold Coast.

His uncle Stuart Stevenson Johnston, a former footballer, introduced him to association football as he moved back to the Gold Coast. Dykes played youth football for Mudgeeraba SC before joining Merrimac FC. He then played in the 2015 National Premier Leagues Queensland with Redlands United and joined Gold Coast City FC the year after but soon departed to play that season for Surfers Paradise Apollo SC for one month. Dykes was rejected by A-League sides such as Brisbane Roar when playing football in Australia.

Queen of the South

Dykes toured England with the Australian schoolboys, after which he visited relatives in Dumfries, the home town of his parents. He then returned to Dumfries to play for the Queen of the South Under-20s team. He scored 22 goals in 14 competitive matches at this level before returning to Australia in January 2015.

On 7 June 2016, Dykes returned to Scotland and signed for Queen of the South, who had Gavin Skelton as their manager at that time. Dykes' senior competitive debut was representing Queen's when aged 20 in a 2–0 Scottish League Cup win versus Queen's Park at the Excelsior Stadium on 16 July 2016. His first senior goal was on 9 August 2016 in the Queen's 3–1 League Cup win over Hibernian.

On 7 December 2017, Dykes signed an extension to his contract that ke

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