Career
After his retirement as a player, Lyons served Brentford in a number of backroom roles for over 30 years. A full back, Lyons played in the Football League for Bury, Millwall, Crewe Alexandra and Rochdale. He saw out his career in non-league football with Southern League sides Dartford and, winning the league title with the latter club in the 1957-1958 season.
After retiring from football, Lyons became assistant trainer at Brentford.
He also helped Ted Gaskell with the running of the club"s short-lived "A" team in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Lyons progressed to become the club physiotherapist in the 1970s and was awarded a testimonial against Chelsea in May 1984 for his service and at age 63, he played the final 15 minutes of the match.
He earned £8000 from the match, was given a gold watch and was presented with a by Brentford chairman Martin Lange. As a player As an individual.
