The footie world's veritable embodiment of "whirlwind journeyman," Lyall Cameron, was born on a dreary Scottish day, 10 October 2002 (age 22, if you struggle with maths). Owning the midfield, he commonly takes up the role of the central attacking midfielder currently for Rangers Football Club. The lad stands at a rather reasonable 5ft 10in (1.8m for the continental folk), weighing in at a sturdy 11st 9lb (or 74kg for those digesting post dinner). One wonders if his girth in any way contributes to his tireless gallivanting up and down the national football leagues.
Cameron's market value sits comfortably at around £1.3m, so says Transfermarkt. One would hope the lad is actually worth it given that his gig with Rangers is reaching its expiration date on 31 May 2025 after a riveting 1-month spell. Truly, the stuff of football legends.
Let's stroll through the lad's career, shall we? July 2017 marked Cameron's daring journey into the professional playing field as he joined Dundee in Premiership, trundling on as a fresh-faced trainee. Cut to his debut 2022/2023 season, and our boy Lyall made himself known with 26 appearances and eight goals. In the next season (2023/24 for those not following), he graced Dundee with his presence 32 times, contributing a mere five goals. Currently, though, it seems he's been let loose again in the 2024/25 season, managing 33 appearances and belting in nine goals. However mundane this repartee may sound, he has indeed been working quite diligently in the Premiership.
Come July 2020, young Cameron found himself transferring from Peterhead in League Two to Dundee, for what the shady figures in power called an 'undisclosed fee'. In the non-league world, we know this to mean 'a pint and a packet of crisps'. He again did his stint with statistical semblance in the Premiership afterward.
October 2020 witnessed Cameron moving on loan from Dundee to Peterhead, only to return in January 2021. Apparently, he quite fancied the comfortable familiarity of Dundee, because his tour record from here on is quite the collection of loan appearances and returns to Dundee.
By July 2021, he found himself shuffling out on loan to Peterhead. In keeping with tradition, Cameron then deemed it fit to move to Montrose on another loan spell in February 2022. However, as the migratory birds would have it, he returned back home to Dundee come June 2022.
Despite the constant flip-flopping, Lyall seems to maintain a consistent level of mediocrity, constantly reproducing a decent quota of goals season after season for Dundee. One begins to wonder the level of his commitment, or is it the commitment of Dundee?
