Utilized mostly as a defender, Lyons would be pushed forward into an attacking role in the last 10 minutes of a game.
Lyons was not considered the most technically gifted of players but more than made up for it by his desire to play for Everton,[2] the club he supported when he was a boy.
In 1991, he was an assistant coach with the Nova Scotia Clippers of the Canadian Soccer League and also appeared as a player in six matches, scoring once.
Lyons spent five years as the coach of the Stirling Lions in the Football West Premier League in Perth, Western Australia.
[6] Lyons was appointed as manager of UWA Nedlands Football club in 2013 for the upcoming 13/14 season.
[2] Lyons famously dived under Norman Hunter's boot to score from inside the six-yard box in a league game against Leeds United.