Roarie Milton Ryan Deacon (born 12 October 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Isthmian League South East Division club Ramsgate.
Deacon started his career at Premier League club Arsenal in 2009, and signed professional terms ahead of the 2010–11 season.
Deacon enjoyed a memorable year with Sutton United during the 2016–17 season, when he was the top FA Cup scorer in the team which became the 9th non-League side to reach the 5th round since 1945.
Deacon began his career as a schoolboy at Arsenal in 2008, progressing through the youth ranks and playing regularly for the club's U18 side.
[9] Just two weeks after his release from Arsenal, Deacon joined fellow Premier League side Sunderland on a one-and-a-half-year contract.
[19] He made his competitive debut for Crawley in their opening game of the season on 8 August 2015, providing the assist for Gwion Edwards' goal in a 1–1 draw with Oxford United.
[28] Deacon scored his first league goal for the U's when he finished off a team counter-attack in the last minute of added time in a 3–1 victory over Lincoln City at Sincil Bank on 13 August 2016, securing Sutton's first win in the fifth tier of English football in 16 years.
[29] One week later he was voted man of the match after his saved shot was finished by Ross Stearn and he assisted a goal for Bedsenté Gomis in a 2–0 home victory against Macclesfield Town, which saw Sutton briefly rise to third in the league, then the club's highest level in its history.
[30] On 8 October, Deacon scored his second goal for the club with a fine solo effort and assisted two more for Ross Stearn and Craig McAllister in another man of the match performance when Sutton routed Surrey rivals Woking 4–1 at Gander Green Lane.
Sutton were a goal down when midway through the second half, Deacon fired in a stunning strike from the edge of the penalty area to level the score.
He assisted a second goal for Maxime Biamou to help the U's complete a historic comeback and win the match 3–1, putting Sutton through to the fourth round of the FA Cup for the first time since 1989.
[49] On 16 March 2024, Deacon joined Isthmian League Premier Division club Dulwich Hamlet on loan until the end of the season.
[56] In March 2010, Deacon was called up to play in a friendly match against a Netherlands U19 side, earning his third cap from the substitute's bench in a 1–1 draw.