He was born in Carlton, Nottingham on 13 December 1958.

About a year after he was born he moved to near Redhill, Surrey with his family.

When he was aged 7 the family moved again to Northamptonshire. He attended and played for Weavers School in Wellingborough. [He may have played for Higham Town but this has not been verified.] At some time whilst young he played for Raunds Town.

Apprentice at City

The ‘Pink Un’ of 17 August 1974 said he was to play for Norwich City in the coming season.

5’ 9”; 10st 7lb;

Originally a central forward; later a fullback. While with City he lived at Mulbarton. He became an apprentice with City on 25 March 1975 and on 23 December 1976 became a professional with the club. [The dates are as reported; City’s administrative records show 22 March 1975 and 13 December 1976].

He was loaned from City to Connecticut Bicentennials from 16 March 1977 to 30 August 1977 and played in 16 matches in the North American Soccer League, scoring once.

On 28 November 1977 he began a 1 month loan from City to Torquay United, playing in only 1 Football League match and scoring 1 goal. He was ‘transfer listed’ by City at the end of 1979/80.

Player of the Season

He was awarded the Barry Butler Memorial Trophy for being voted City’s ‘player of the season’ for 1981/82 by the club’s supporters.

City agreed on 25 November 1982 to his request to be ‘transfer listed’ again. The ‘Eastern Evening News’ of 7 July 1983 said he had come off the ‘transfer list’ and had agreed to a new contract with City.

On 26 March 1985 City played a testimonial match for him at Carrow Road between players from the club’s teams of 1985 and 1975. The attendance was 6,729.

The ‘Eastern Evening News’ of 15 June 1985 said he had been made available for transfer by City after failing to agree on a new contract and he was transferred from Norwich City to Coventry City on 15 July 1985.

The fee was determined by an independent tribunal on 9 August 1985 at £40,000, with an additional £10,000 payable were he to play 50 first team matches for them. Coventry had offered £25,000; City had requested £50,000.

FA Cup Winner

He played in Coventry’s team that won the Football Association Challenge Cup in 1987. He played in 182 League and Cup matches for them, scoring 7 goals.

Coventry City agreed to his transfer request on 4 January 1989. The ‘Eastern Evening News’ of 16 March 1990 said he was being given a free transfer from Coventry City to Birmingham City. He played in 23 League and Cup matches for them, scoring once.

Player/Coach at Hereford United

The ‘Gloucester Citizen’ of 22 June 1991 reported that he had been appointed as player/coach of Hereford United. He became their player/manager on 22 April 1993 after the dismissal of manager John Sillett. He played in 135 League and Cup matches for them, scoring 2 goals. Under his management they won 29, drew 27, and lost 54 of 110 League and Cup matches. He left his position as their manager on 15 September 1994 when his contract was cancelled by mutual consent.

On to Raunds Town

On 30 September 1994 it was reported that he had become player / manager of Raunds Town. He then played for Kettering Town 1994. The ‘Heartland Evening News’ of 9 November 1994 reported that he had joined Redditch United [renamed from ‘Redditch’ in 1971]. In November 1994 he was with Merthyr Tydfil and by March 1995 he was with Worcester City. Later in March 1995 he was transferred from Worcester City to Forest Green Rovers. He then played
for Lowestoft Town.

The ‘Heartland Evening News’ of 28 October 1995 reported that he had been appointed as manager of Bridgnorth Town. The ‘Sports Argus’ of 17 February 1996 said that he had resigned from his position with Bridgnorth. By March 1996 he was playing for Malvern Town and by October 1996 he was with Merthyr Tydfil again. (He was voted their ‘Player of the Season’ for 1996/97.)

Back to Norfolk

He joined Great Yarmouth Town in September 1997. At that time he was working as a policeman in Gorleston on Sea.

His son Gareth attended City’s academy and played for Norwich City Under15 match against Manchester United Under15 at Carrow Road on 22 February 2000.

He left Great Yarmouth Town at the end of 2000/01. He then played for Mulbarton United (along with his son Gareth) before deciding to end his playing career. However, he decided to resume playing with Blofield United in 2002.

On 15 February 2003 The ‘Eastern Daily Press’ reported that he had become the assistant manager of Dereham Town. He and the manager were dismissed in September 2003. In November 2003 he joined North Walsham Town.

In March 2006 he became assistant to Damian Hilton who was manager of Wroxham. They both resigned from their roles in November 2007. (Hilton subsequently rejoined them.)

In the summer of 2022 he became assistant manager with Stalham Town.