 Price's time at Birmingham City was mostly spent as an understudy to first-choice goalkeeper Ian Bennett; his only first-team appearance came in the Associate Members' Cup in September 1994, but he received a winners' medal in that competition as an unused substitute in the final.Desire for regular football prompted a move to Macclesfield Town, where he was first choice for most of his four-year spell.Price won the 1995–96 FA Trophy with Macclesfield, and went on to change division in three consecutive seasons, winning consecutive promotions from the Football Conference and Third Division in 1996–97 and 1997–98 followed by relegation in 1998–99.