Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I whakamatautauria a Naylor me Leeds United i te 1977, engari kaore i haina mo te karapu a i te tau e whai ake nei ka uru atu ia ki Yorkshire Amateur. I hainatia e ia nga puka kura me Lincoln City i te Hui-tanguru 1979 i mua i te hurihanga ngaio i te Pipiri 1980. I a ia e noho ana i Lincoln, i noho ia i runga i te nama ki Kettering Town, Peterborough United me Crewe Alexandra. I te Hui-tanguru 1986 ka neke ia ki West Bromwich Albion mo te utu whakawhiti £ 110,000. I takaro hoki ia mo Bristol City, Mansfield Town (i runga i te nama), Exeter City me Rushden & Diamonds, me te wikitoria i nga kapu e toru mo te kapa B o Ingarangi. I te marama o Mei 1985, i kite ia i te moemoea kino i te wa i mate ai nga kaimātakitaki 56 i roto i te ahi whakamataku
i a ia e tākaro ana mō Lincoln ki Bradford City.