 He started his professional football career with Newcastle United in 1989 as a trainee, making his first-team debut on 9 March 1991.Described as a "tidy" central-defender, he did the defensive tasks in a plain and simple manner, avoiding the spectacular, but suffered because of his slight frame and was never dominant in the box.He scored his only goal for Newcastle in a 2–1 defeat by Millwall at The Old Den on 21 September 1991.