Career
Before becoming professional he was an amateur football player in the local Liverpool leagues and also played a number of games for New Brighton. In November 1975 he joined Bury on amateur forms, for whom he later signed professional forms in March 1976 at the age of 20, following the conclusion of his engineering apprenticeship. An energetic and hardworking midfielder for Bury, Huddersfield Town (Wrexham on loan for one month in 85/86 season) and Rochdale.
He also had a short period at the then non-league Morecambe before going back to the professional ranks for a couple of seasons with Rochdale until 1988 when he was released by the then manager, ex-Leeds legend, Eddie Gray.
Having left Rochdale he later had a couple of seasons with the famous but now defunct, Colne Dynamoes.