 He scored six goals in seven games at the start of the 1925–26 season, but was transferred to Derby County on 24 September 1925, for a fee of £3,500.He scored 142 goals in 203 league games for Derby.In December 1930 he was transferred to Newcastle United, playing 30 league games and scoring 17 goals up to January 1932, when he moved to Sunderland, a move which only lasted for a short time.