It was the following season he made his way into the team playing 29 games, scoring 5 goals in the FA Cup and League.
[2] In February 1934, he was signed by Division 2 club Preston North End who at that time had Bill Shankly playing for them.
[3] He only made one appearance for Bradford City before the outbreak of war and cancellation of the Football League competitions.
[3] During the war players were allowed to make guest appearances for teams local to them to save on travel.
Beresford turned out for his old club Doncaster as a guest in their first season, in the East Midlands War League scoring three times in 19 games.