Player Profile

Son of Liverpool legend Terry, former England under-18 international McDermott joined Swindon on a four month loan on the transfer deadline day in August 2005, after a last-gasp deal was agreed - having originally been reported on the club's official website as having missed the deadline. He made his debut for the Town as a late substitute in a 2-1 defeat at Bournemouth on 17th September, and was handed his full league debut by new manager Iffy Onuora in his first game in charge at Doncaster ten days later.

Though perhaps not the tough-tackling midfielder that the Town fans had been expecting, McDermott's stock with Town fans raised considerably when, after a short spell out through injury, he returned to net the equaliser in the local derby with Bristol City in November - his first ever league goal coming live in front of the Sky TV cameras, in a crucial game that the Town went on to win. From then on, with Onuora obviously a fan of his energy and determination, McDermott remained in and around the first team, until his loan expired at the end of December. Despite Onuora's best attempts to keep him, and though McDermott seemingly wanted to stay on, Fulham manager Chris Coleman requested that he return to Craven Cottage to be loaned out to a Championship club for the remainder of the season.

Playing Record

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Reserve and Youth Team Appearances

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Career details

Club	Details
Newcastle United Newcastle United	(youth) May 18th, 2002 (signed professional contract)
Fulham Fulham	January 31st, 2003 ; released (rptd May 18th, 2006)
Swindon Town Swindon	August 31st, 2005 (loan); expired (rptd January 1st, 2006)
Darlington Darlington	February 13th, 2006 (loan); expired (March 2006)
Dunfermline Athletic Dunfermline Athletic	June 2006 (trial)
Carlisle United Carlisle United	August 3rd, 2006 (announced August 1st, 2006) (unattached); released (rptd April 18th, 2008)
Dundee Dundee	June 2008 (trial)
Grimsby Town Grimsby Town	November 2008 (trial)
Wrexham Wrexham	December 2008 (trial)
La Louvière La Louvière	February 2009
Gateshead Gateshead	rptd July 29th, 2009 ; released (rptd May 6th, 2010)
Marsaxlokk Marsaxlokk	July 2010 (unattached)
Sunderland Sunderland	March 2017 (appointed head of academy recruitment); sacked (rptd May 25th, 2018)