Career
Pointon played for non-league football for Leek Wesleyans, Leek National, and Congleton Town, before signing with Stoke City. He did not feature for the "Potters" however, and so crossed the Potteries divide to join Portuguese Vale as an amateur in April 1923. He played six consecutive Second Division games during the 1923-1924 season, filling in for the regular number 7 Jack Lowe.
He played four games during the 1925-1926 season, but was released upon its conclusion.
He moved on to Luton Town, Brighton & Hove Albion, Torquay United, Bristol Rovers and Walsall. He was Torquay"s top scorer during the 1929-1930 Third Division South season, with sixteen goals.
He died young in 1939, in his native Leek.