He played at club level for Warrington, Swinton (1987–88), Springfield Borough (1988–90), the Rochdale Hornets (1990–91), Oldham (1993–97), Lancashire Lynx (1998), as a centre, and coached at club level for Chorley Lynx, the Leigh Centurions (2003–05), and the Rochdale Hornets (2006–07).
Darren Abram played, and scored a try in Rochdale Hornets 14–24 defeat by St. Helens in the 1991 Lancashire Cup Final during the 1991–92 season at Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington, on Sunday 20 October 1991.
[6] He accomplished this in his first season as Leigh Centurions beat Whitehaven in a dramatic National League One Grand Final.
Leigh Centurions' Super League season of 2005, however, proved a disaster and the club were relegated after winning just two games, with Abram leaving in August 2005.
[7] He was appointed Rochdale Hornets' coach in November 2005, as successor to Bobbie Goulding, who had resigned two weeks earlier.