 He played as a youth for Clara Vale On leaving school he played for the Northern League clubs Ashington, Blyth Spartans and Tow Law Town.He started to make a name for himself as a footballer when playing as an amateur for North Shields in the late 1960s.He was a member of the North Shields team that won the Northern League and the FA Amateur Cup in the 1968–69 season, Joicey scored one of the goals which beat Sutton United 2–1 at Wembley Stadium to win the Amateur Cup that season and made a major contribution, scoring 44 goals as the team finished top of the Northern League.