 He moved from Bedford Town to Bristol Rovers in 1982, before being sold to Coventry City for a fee of £50,000 in August 1983.Voted Player of the Year in 1983–84, he moved on to Birmingham City in December 1984, and helped the club to win promotion out of the Second Division in 1984–85.Loaned out to Reading in 1985–86, he helped the club to the Third Division title.