Declan Drysdale

Declan Drysdale
Personal information
Full name Declan Raymond Drysdale[1]
Date of birth (1999-11-14) 14 November 1999
Place of birth Birkenhead, England
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Marine
Number 26
Youth career
2017-2019 Tranmere Rovers
2019 Coventry City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Tranmere Rovers 2 (0)
2019–2022 Coventry City 1 (0)
2020 → Solihull Moors (loan) 3 (0)
2020–2021 → Gillingham (loan) 10 (0)
2021 → Cambridge United (loan) 13 (1)
2022 → Ross County (loan) 5 (0)
2022–2024 Newport County 34 (0)
2024–2025 Tranmere Rovers 6 (0)
2025- Marine 27 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12:50, 26 April 2026 (UTC)

Declan Raymond Drysdale (born 14 November 1999) is an English footballer who plays as a centre back for Marine.

Career

Tranmere Rovers

Drysdale made his debut for Tranmere Rovers starting on 24 April 2017 in a National League win against Maidstone United.[2]

Coventry City

On 4 January 2019, Drysdale completed a transfer to League One side Coventry City on a two-and-a-half-year deal.[3] He spent three-and-a-half seasons at the club but only made a handful of first-team appearances. During his first year at Coventry, he featured primarily for the club's under-23 side although he made his first-team debut in an EFL Trophy match with Southampton U23s on 5 November 2019.[4]

Drysdale joined Solihull Moors in January 2020 on a one-month loan deal.[5] Shortly after the start of the 2020–21 season, he joined Gillingham on a season-long loan deal.[6] On 12 January, Drysdale was recalled back to the "Sky Blues".[7] On 1 February 2021 Drysdale joined Cambridge United on loan until the end of the 2020–21 season.[8]

In January 2022, Drysdale joined Ross County on loan the end of the 2021–22 season.[9]

Newport County

Drysdale joined Newport County for an undisclosed fee on 7 June 2022.[10] He made his debut for Newport on 30 July 2022 in the starting line up for the 1–1 League Two draw against Sutton United.[11] Drysdale was released by Newport County at the end of the 2023-24 season.[12]

Tranmere Rovers return

In July 2024 Drysdale re-joined Tranmere Rovers on a one-year contract.[13]

On 6 May 2025, the club announced the player would be released in June when his contract expired.[14] He signed for Marine in September 2025.[15]

Career statistics

As of match played 18 April 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tranmere Rovers 2016–17[16] National League 1000—0010
2017–18[17] National League 1000—0010
2018–19[17] League Two 0000000000
Total 2000000020
Coventry City 2018–19[18] League One 0000000000
2019–20[19] League One 1000002[a]030
2020–21[20] Championship 000020—20
2021–22[21] Championship 000010—10
Total 1000302060
Solihull Moors (loan) 2019–20[19] National League 3000000030
Gillingham (loan) 2020–21[20] League One 10020003[a]0150
Cambridge United (loan) 2020–21[20] League Two 1310000—131
Ross County (loan) 2021–22[21] Scottish Premiership 501000—60
Newport County 2022–23[22] League Two 22010204[a]0290
Career totals 561405090741
  1. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

References

  1. ↑ "Notification of shirt numbers: Coventry City" (PDF). English Football League. p. 20. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  2. ↑ "Maidstone United 0-1 Tranmere Rovers". TRFC Official. 24 April 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "Declan Drysdale Joins Sky Blues". CCFC Official. 4 January 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  4. ↑ "Declan Drysdale Makes Sky Blues Debut". CCFC Official. 5 November 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  5. ↑ "Declan Drysdale Joins Solihull Moors On Loan". Coventry City F.C. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  6. ↑ "Declan Drysdale Joins Gillingham On Loan". Coventry City FC. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  7. ↑ "Declan Drysdale returns to Sky Blues". Coventry City FC. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  8. ↑ "DEADLINE DAY DEAL DONE FOR DEFENDER DRYSDALE". Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  9. ↑ "Declan Drysdale: Coventry defender joins Ross County on loan". BBC. 11 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  10. ↑ "Declan Drysdale joins Newport County". Coventry City. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  11. ↑ Newport debut
  12. ↑ "Omar Bogle leaves Newport County as Will Evans has contract extended". BBC Sport. 8 May 2024. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  13. ↑ Drysdale rejoins Tranmere
  14. ↑ "Tranmere: Jennings and Patrick stay as Davies, Morris and Merrie leave". BBC Sport. 6 May 2025. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  15. ↑ "Declan Drysdale joins Marine". marinefc.com. 26 September 2025. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Declan Drysdale in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  17. 1 2 "Games played by Declan Drysdale in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Declan Drysdale in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  19. 1 2 "Games played by Declan Drysdale in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  20. 1 2 3 "Games played by Declan Drysdale in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  21. 1 2 "Games played by Declan Drysdale in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  22. ↑ "Games played by Declan Drysdale in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
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