 On 3 October 2012, in the 2–0 league victory at Walsall, Cox scored a 60-yard goal from inside the Orient half, firing over the head of Walsall goalkeeper Karl Darlow.Cox was released on 1 September 2016, his contract terminated by mutual consent.On 13 September 2016, Cox joined Crawley Town on a two-and-a-half-year contract.