[1] New manager Warney Cresswell, a former teammate at Everton, picked him just eight times in 1936–37, as the club finished mid-table in the Third Division North.
[1] He was a key member of new manager Tom Morgan's defence in 1938–39, playing 37 games, and scoring in wins over Swindon Town and Bristol City at The Old Recreation Ground.
[1] He suffered a severe scalp wound after colliding with iron railings during a 3–1 home defeat by Crewe Alexandra on Christmas day 1944; he received five stitches and returned to action the next week wearing a black beret.
[1] He was one of six pre-war players who returned to the club in 1946, the others being George Heppell, Arthur Jepson, Alf Bellis, Wilf Smith, and Don Triner.
[1] However, he lost his place in the team after manager Billy Frith was replaced by Gordon Hodgson in October 1946, and was released at the end of the 1946–47 season, having made just eight appearances.