Jake Hyde

Jake Matthew Hyde (born 1 July 1990) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for League Two club York City.

Hyde started his career with Swindon Town, and after signing a professional contract in 2008 had two loan spells with Weymouth of the Conference Premier. He was released by Swindon before signing for League Two club Barnet in 2009. They released him after one season and after a spell with Conference Premier team Hayes & Yeading United, Hyde played for Scottish First Division side Dundee. He soon moved on to divisional rivals Dunfermline Athletic, but after being released returned to Dundee for the 2011–12 season. He returned to Barnet in 2012 and was their top scorer in the 2013–13 season, although they were relegated to the Conference Premier. He stayed with them for one more season before signing for League Two York City.

Club career

Born in Maidenhead, Berkshire, Hyde began his career at Swindon Town in their youth system, and when still a second-year scholar he signed a one-and-a-half-year professional contract with the club on 19 February 2008. During the length of his contract he had two loan spells with Weymouth in the Conference Premier. Hyde was released by Swindon in May 2009 and signed for League Two club Barnet on 2 July. He made his debut in a 1–0 away defeat to Lincoln City on 8 August and scored two goals, with a header and a penalty kick, against Shrewsbury Town a week later. Hyde's most notable contribution of the 2009–10 season came with the stoppage time winner over Notts County on 29 August 2009, having entered the match as a 90th minute substitute. Having scored a number of goals for Barnet early in the season, he was mostly used as a substitute in the second half of the season before being released in May 2010. He was named Barnet's Young Player of the Year, having scored seven goals in 39 appearances for the club.