After five years with County, he was loaned out to Lovell's Athletic before signing permanently with Port Vale in 1969.
Wookey began his career at Newport County, as the "Ironsides" posted a 16th-place finish in the Fourth Division in 1964–65.
He helped Billy Lucas's side up to ninth place in 1965–66, before they dropped down to 18th in 1966–67.
Leslie Graham then took charge at Somerton Park, and led Newport to 12th in 1967–68 and then 22nd in 1968–69.
[1] He scored four goals in 29 games of the 1969–70 Fourth Division promotion winning season, but lost his first-team place at Vale Park in February 1970 and was given a free transfer to Workington in May of that year.