 He had a loan spell at Southend United in 1970-71 (playing 4 games) before establishing himself as a first team regular in 1971-72 when he was named as the club's Player of the Year.In total he played 291 games for Preston (including 1 as substitute) between 1970 and 1979 and scored 6 goals.He played one game on loan at Chesterfield before moving to Crewe Alexandra in 1979.