Whilst at the High School he represented Wales as an Under 15 basketball player.

He began his football career with Wrexham as an apprentice and signed as a professional player in September 1975.

[1] He scored 23 goals in 86 appearances and helped the team to the Third Division title in the 1977–78 season.

He joined Millwall in 1979, making 55 appearances and registering 20 league goals, many of which were from free-kicks just outside the penalty box, his speciality.

[2] He then signed for Cambridge United, where he appeared 21 times scoring 6 goals.