 After a loan spell at Dorchester Town he left Gloucester, having been appointed as manager of Irish side Galway United in the summer of 1997.He captained the Republic of Ireland at under 15 and youth levels and played for three consecutive years for Ireland at youth level playing in the 1973 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship and 1975 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship.He was in the Republics senior squad four times but never managed to get onto the pitch and so failed to win a cap at senior level.