Career
In 2009 Hylton was in the final of Sky1"s television talent show Wayne Rooney"s Street Striker. On 22 December 2014 Hylton was invited to play in a professional development game for Championship outfit Birmingham City by manager Gary Rowett against Manchester City. Hylton scored one goal and had a hand in the other two as he helped the development team to a 3-2 victory.
On 3 January 2015 it was reported by Swindon Advertiser that Redditch United started to consider a FA complaint over Swindon"s approach to their frontman.
The paper stated that Redditch claimed Swindon had broken the 7 day approach until they were allowed to sign the player. On 7 January 2015 Hylton signed for Swindon Town on a 2 1⁄2-year contract with the club despite Redditch"s complaint to the FA over their "illegal" approach.
On 11 April 2015 he went on to score his first goal and the winning goal against Peterborough.