 He played in Southport's remaining 15 games of the 1976–77 season, and only missed one game in the following season.Together with cup games, he made 66 appearances for Southport in a period of 14 months.Unfortunately, however, his efforts were not enough to keep Southport in the Football League and they were not re-elected to the Fourth Division at the end of the 1977–78 season and were replaced by Wigan Athletic.