He also played non-League football for Worcester City, Stourport, Darlaston, Nuneaton Borough, and Kidderminster Harriers.
[3] Ball made his first-team debut for Walsall on 17 March 1959, deputising for John Savage, as the "Saddlers" posted a sixth-place finish in the Fourth Division in 1958–59.
[3] Ball was bought by Gordon Lee's Port Vale in November 1968 for 'a small fee', to replace the injured Stuart Sharratt.
[1] Ball was given a free transfer in May 1972, as experienced Bolton Wanderers stopper Alan Boswell was signed to take over goalkeeping duties at Vale Park.
He played two Third Division games under the stewardship of John Smith in the 1972–73 season, a campaign in which Walsall used seven different goalkeepers, before moving into non-League football with Darlaston, Nuneaton Borough and Kidderminster Harriers.