{{EngvarB|date=August 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Darryl Roach | image = | caption = | fullname = Darryl Roach | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1984|09|7}} | birth_place = London, England | height = | position = Midfielder<br />Striker | currentclub = Hoppers Crossing | clubnumber = 99 | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Watford | youthyears2 = {{0}}{{0}}{{0}}{{0}}–2004 | youthclubs2 = Milton Keynes Dons | years1 = 2005 | clubs1 = Tilbury | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 2005–2007 | clubs2 = Wingate & Finchley | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 2011–2013 | clubs3 = Port Melbourne Sharks | caps3 = 36 | goals3 = 7 | years4 = 2013 | clubs4 = South Springvale | caps4 = 11 | goals4 = 1 | years5 = 2014 | clubs5 = Clifton Hill | caps5 = 20 | goals5 = 14 | years6 = 2015 | clubs6 = Williamstown SC | caps6 = 18 | goals6 = 5 | years7 = 2017 | clubs7 = Sunshine George Cross | caps7 = 1 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2017– | clubs8 = Hoppers Crossing | caps8 = 21 | goals8 = 7 | nationalyears1 = 2011–2012 | nationalteam1 = Montserrat | nationalcaps1 = 4 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | club-update = 31 March 2021 | ntupdate = 2 August 2014 }} '''Darryl Roach''' is an English-born Montserratian footballer who has previously played as a midfielder for Port Melbourne Sharks, and has been capped internationally for the Montserrat national football team.
==Career== ===Club career=== Roach played for Watford's youth team,<ref name="Roach's World Cup fling a reminder for Socceroos" /> and Milton Keynes Dons in the 2003–04 season, before having a trial at Aldershot Town in July 2004.<ref name="Maidenhead United 2-4 Aldershot Town">{{cite web|url=http://www.gethampshire.co.uk/sport/s/25895_maidenhead_united_24_aldershot_town |title=Maidenhead United 2–4 Aldershot Town |publisher=Get Hampshire |date=27 July 2004 |accessdate=27 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327103303/http://www.gethampshire.co.uk/sport/s/25895_maidenhead_united_24_aldershot_town |archivedate=27 March 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref> Aldershot manager, Terry Brown commented on Roach's performance in a friendly against Maidenhead United; "I think Darryl did well, to be fair the boy's hardly trained and we've come in and put him into two games. He's got talent and you can see that but he doesn't look anywhere near as fit as he should be but that's understandable."<ref name="Maidenhead United 2-4 Aldershot Town" />
In January 2005, he went on to spend time at Notts County on trial, playing for their reserve team.<ref name="Reserve team confirmed">{{cite web|url=https://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10426~618888,00.html |title=Reserve team confirmed |publisher=Notts County F.C. |date=27 January 2005 |accessdate=27 July 2011 }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="Reserves claim 2-0 win">{{cite web |url=http://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10426~618987,00.html |title=Reserves claim 2–0 win |publisher=Notts County F.C. |date=26 January 2005 |accessdate=27 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401140207/http://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10426~618987%2C00.html |archivedate=1 April 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref> Roach then joined Southern League Division One East club Tilbury in February 2005,<ref name="No end to Dockers' misery">{{cite web|url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?&newsmode=FULL&nid=24569 |title=No end to Dockers' misery |publisher=Non-League Daily |date=21 February 2005 |accessdate=27 July 2011 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004021759/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?&newsmode=FULL&nid=24569 |archivedate=4 October 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref> before later moving onto Wingate & Finchley in March 2005.<ref name="newsMar05">{{cite web | url = http://www.southern-football-league.co.uk/news/newsMar05.htm | title = March news archive | publisher = Southern Football League | date = 12 March 2005 | accessdate = 27 July 2011 }}</ref>
Roach went on to join the Australian club Port Melbourne Sharks in 2011, where he won the club's player of the season in 2013
In 2015, Roach joined State League 3 North-West side Williamstown SC, alongside his Montserrat teammate Jay'lee Hodgson<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/west/sport/former-international-goalscorer-darryl-roach-ready-to-carry-the-load-at-state-league-3-northwest-club-williamstown/news-story/bdac0a888c3a9528f0870f633a541b3b|title=International Roach|date=24 June 2015}}</ref> where he scored 8 goals in 15 appearances.
In 2017, Darryl signed for Sunshine George Cross, where he made 1 appearance in the senior team and 6 appearances in the Under 20 set-up before moving to State League 2 North-West team Hoppers Crossing SC in June and relegated the following year.
===International career=== Roach qualifies to play for Montserrat national football team through his mother, who was born on the island.<ref name="Roach's World Cup fling a reminder for Socceroos">{{cite web | url = http://www.smh.com.au/sport/football/roachs-world-cup-fling-a-reminder-for-socceroos-20110722-1hssp.html | title = Roach's World Cup fling a reminder for Socceroos | publisher = The Sunday Morning Herald | first = Mike | last = Cockerill | date = 23 July 2011 | accessdate = 27 July 2011 }}</ref> He was called up to the senior squad in 2011, for their 2014 FIFA World Cup CONCACAF first round qualifiers against Belize.<ref name="Montserrat participates in World Cup qualifiers">{{cite news | url = http://www.themontserratreporter.com/featured/montserrat-participates-in-world-cup-qualifiers | title = Montserrat participates in World Cup qualifiers | publisher = The Montserrat Reporter | date = 15 June 2011 | accessdate = 16 June 2011 | archive-date = 4 January 2013 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130104214248/http://www.themontserratreporter.com/featured/montserrat-participates-in-world-cup-qualifiers | url-status = dead }}</ref> He made his debut against Belize on 15 June, in their home fixture, which was played at Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva, Trinidad and Tobago.<ref name="Montserrat-Belize">{{cite news | url = https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/round=258091/match=300163072/report.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110623011623/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/round=258091/match=300163072/report.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 23 June 2011 | title = Match report: Montserrat – Belize | publisher = FIFA | date = 15 June 2011 | accessdate = 16 June 2011 }}</ref> Montserrat lost 5–2.<ref name="Montserrat-Belize" /> He played again in the away tie which was at held at Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, but could not prevent Montserrat losing 3–1 and overall 8–3 on aggregate.<ref name="Belize-Montserrat">{{cite web | url = https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/round=258091/match=300166902/report.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121112042820/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/round=258091/match=300166902/report.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 12 November 2012 | title = Match report: Belize – Montserrat | publisher = FIFA | date = 17 July 2011 | accessdate = 18 July 2011 }}</ref>
==Personal life== Roach was born in England, and his grandmother was born in the Caribbean island of Montserrat.<ref name="Roach's World Cup fling a reminder for Socceroos" /> He moved to Australia, where he married a local woman.<ref name="Roach's World Cup fling a reminder for Socceroos" />
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