Right-back Darren joined our academy as an Under-17s player back in 2015, impressing enough in his maiden season to break into Andy Millen’s Under-20s as they won Development League West.

The 19-year-old made his senior bow in a pre-season friendly at Stenhousemuir in the summer of 2017 and saw further first-team involvement as an unused substitute in fixtures against Dunfermline Athletic and Dumbarton.

A regular as he won a second development league title last term, Hynes also made his competitive debut in the final game of the Ladbrokes Championship campaign, playing the full 90 minutes against Inverness C.T..

And he was rewarded with a one-year contract extension in May 2018, with the new deal tying him to the club until 10 June 2019.