 He also featured heavily in the 1987–88 promotion winning season before helping Frank Burrows's "Bluebirds" to consolidate their third tier status in 1988–89.He left Ninian Park in August 1989, after he was picked up by Neil Warnock at league rivals Notts County for a £50,000 fee.The "Magpies" missed out on automatic promotion by four points in 1989–90, but he played at Wembley as County won promotion to the Second Division with a 2–0 victory over Tranmere Rovers in the play-off final.