Career
Club career
Roach played for Watford"s youth team, and Milton Keynes Dons in the 2003-2004 season, before having a trial at Aldershot Town in July 2004. 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."
In January 2005, he went on to spend time at N ottinghamshire County on trial, playing for their reserve team
Roach then joined Southern League Division One East club Tilbury in February 2005, before later moving onto Wingate & Finchley in March 2005. Roach went on to join Australian club Portuguese Melbourne Sharks in 2011.
In 2015 Roach joined State League 3 North-West side Williamstown South Carolina, alongside his Monserrat teammate Jay"lee Hodgson. International career
Roach qualifies to play for Montserrat national football team through his mother, who was born on the island.
He was called up to the senior squad in 2011, for their 2014 Fédération internationale de football association World Cup CONCACAF First Round qualifiers against Belize.
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. Montserrat lost 5–2. 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.
