Tyler Lyttle (born 12 November 1996) is an English

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who plays as a defender for club

Brackley Town Brackley Town Football Club is a Association football, football club in Brackley, Northamptonshire, England. They are currently members of and play at St James Park. The club won the FA Trophy in 2018. History Established in 1890, the club sp ...

Playing career

Bristol Rovers

After failing to make the breakthrough at

Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club ( ), commonly referred to as Wolves, is a professional association football, football club based in Wolverhampton, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league s ...

, Lyttle joined

Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers FC is a men's professional football club in Bristol. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. The club is affiliated to Bristol Rovers W.F.C., whose team play in the FA Women's National Leag ...

in 2014. After receiving the ''Youth Team Player of the Year'' award, he signed his first professional deal on 19 June 2015. On 29 August 2015 Lyttle made his professional debut, starting in a 0–2 away loss against

Leyton Orient Leyton Orient Football Club, commonly referred to as Orient, is a professional association football club based in Leyton, Waltham Forest, London, England. The team compete in EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system. ...

. In December 2015, Lyttle was loaned to

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side Nuneaton Town on an initial month long loan deal, which was extended to the end of the season the following month. He remained at Liberty Way until April 2016 when he was recalled by Rovers.

Stafford Rangers

Lyttle departed Bristol Rovers for Stafford Rangers on 10 March 2017.

Hednesford Town

Lyttle signed for

Hednesford Town Hednesford Town Football Club is a football club based in Hednesford, Staffordshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Keys Park. They won the FA Trophy in 2004. History The club was established in 1880 as a merger of t ...

on 4 September 2017.

Sutton Coldfield Town

After just over a month with Hednesford Town, Lyttle moved on and signed for Sutton Coldfield Town on 7 October 2017.

Rushall Olympic

Tyler signed for Southern League Premier Central side Rushall Olympic on 25 July 2018. On 3 June 2022, Rushall Olympic confirmed that Lyttle had re-signed, and would make the 2022–23 season his fifth campaign with the club.

Stourbridge

In September 2022, Lyttle joined Rushall Olympic's league rivals

Stourbridge Stourbridge () is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. Situated on the River Stour, Worcestershire, River Stour, the town lies around west of Birmingham, at the southwester ...

Brackley Town

In June 2023, Lyttle joined National League North club

following a successful season with Stourbridge. Following defeat in the play-off final, Lyttle signed a new contract in May 2024.

Personal life

Tyler is the son of former Swansea City, Nottingham Forest and West Brom defender, Des Lyttle. He coached Tyler's U18 side to an ESFA National Cup win, after his release from Wolves, at the Thomas Telford Academy in Shropshire. Father and son also recently competed against each other in the Great Donnington Run for charity.

Honours

Brackley Town: *

: 2024–25

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lyttle, Tyler 1996 births Living people Footballers from Nottingham English men's footballers Men's association football defenders Bristol Rovers F.C. players Nuneaton Town F.C. players Truro City F.C. players Stafford Rangers F.C. players Hednesford Town F.C. players Sutton Coldfield Town F.C. players Rushall Olympic F.C. players Stourbridge F.C. players Brackley Town F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Southern Football League players 21st-century English sportsmen