 Byrne's time at Fulham, was largely the unsuccessful, as the club suffered relegation in both 1968 and 1969, leaving it in the Third Division.Byrne played only 19 games, (some of them at half-back) scoring twice, in that time, before signing for Durban City, in June 1969.Byrne played for Fulham for only one full season before moving to South Africa, to play for the now defunct Durban City, alongside some of his former Fulham teammates, such as Johnny Haynes.