Career
He moved to Shamrock Rovers for the 1945/46 season and played in the 1946 FAI Cup Final. He then transferred to Glentoran and then to English side Arsenal in October 1947. In July 1955 he moved to Tranmere Rovers to become player-manager, but his tenure was unsuccessful and brief, with Rovers having to apply for re-election to the League in 1957.
He left Tranmere in 1957 and did not work in football again, as he ran a sports clothes shop on the Wirral.
He died on 28 December 1991. Noel"s son John followed in his footsteps by playing for Tranmere Rovers and several other clubs.