Kyle ( 2015 / 16 character ) Kyle was a friend of Simon Barlow ' s having met him on the football team organised by Zeedan Nazir . Although still a young teen , Kyle was older than the other boys and , being cocky and confident in his manner , was hero - worshipped by Simon . Simon ' s mother , Leanne Tilsley , organised a meal for the boys at Nick ' s Bistro after one of their practice matches . Steph Britton , a lover of football , gave the lads advice on re - hydrating themselves with water instead of coke and lemonade but Kyle wasn ' t impressed with her words , nor her skill when she tried to demonstrate her " keepy uppy " abilities and sent the ball into the middle of the boys ' table . Simon , Kyle and another boy , Josh , discussed video games and Kyle boasted that he played " " , " " and " " , all games which Simon knew to be 18 + . Kyle went on to tell the gullible lads that a previous night he had sat up until 2 . 00am playing such games whilst drinking shots of Tequila . Simon tried to keep up in the boasting stakes by saying that he liked vodka best and Kyle pushed him into stealing some from behind the bar . They added the illicit liquor to their soft drinks and as the afternoon wore on , became louder and more boisterous . Steph told them to be quiet , telling them that Emily Bishop and Rita Tanner , sat at a nearby table , couldn ' t hear themselves and Kyle rudely shouted back that in that case they should put their hearing aids in . Leanne started to shout at Kyle but when Simon rushed to the toilets to be sick , she realised what had been happening and went ballistic at the youngsters demanding to know how they had obtained the drink . Kyle didn ' t last long before dropping Simon right in it by telling tales on him . Simon was sent home while Leanne rang the parents of Kyle and the others to report what had happened and to have them collected . Later that year , Simon bunked off school and called his friends around for a party , including Kyle . At the party , Kyle was playing one of Simon ' s video games when Leanne arrived home and demanded to know what was going on . Kyle apologised to Leanne on his way out . The friendship between the two appears to have deteriorated in the next few months , culminating in a football match where they were now on opposing teams . Leanne was having trouble un - knotting the laces on Simon ' s boots and Kyle had fun at the boy ' s expense , making derogatory comments from the sidelines and describing him to another boy as just someone who went to the same school as him . During the match , Leanne chatted to manager Tom Finlay on the sidelines and Kyle started ribbing him about her supposed behaviour , asking if she could sink any lower . In the second half , Simon tackled Kyle and broke his leg , standing over the crying boy and telling him he ' d deserved it . Despite this , he veered between protesting his innocence and taunting Leanne that the boy had had what was coming to him . Simon had been suffering anger management issues for some months and this prompted her to report her stepson to the police , especially after hearing that Kyle might not ever play football again as a result of his injury . It was only when another parent came forward with mobile phone footage that Simon ' s claim that it was an accident was shown to be true . List of appearances . 2015 2016