Background
He was born in Donegall Road area of Belfast.
He was born in Donegall Road area of Belfast.
Starting his career at Linfield, he joined Cardiff City in 1972 for £12,000. Initially struggling to establish h he was 20 and turned professional at Windsor Park. A year laterself, it wasn"t until the 1974-1975 season that he began to make an impact on the first team, scoring hisfirst goal for the club during a 5-2 loss to Wrexham in the second leg of the Welsh Cup final.
He helped them to promotion the following year before losing his place in the 1978-1979 season when Cardiff paid £65,000 to bring Hull City defender Dave Roberts to the club
He joined Torquay United instead, being handed captaincy on his arrival and spending two years at the club before retiring after a car acciden and became head of the academy.