[7] He played in every game for Scunthorpe during 1978–79 and scored 17 goals, a return which made him the club's top scorer.
[11] Grimsby came close to an unprecedented third consecutive promotion in 1980–81,[12] eventually finishing seventh in the Second Division.
[13] He left the club at the end of that season, to follow manager George Kerr to Rotherham United, newly relegated to the Third Division.
He played twice as a substitute in cup matches, but never appeared in the league, and returned to England with Lincoln City in January 1986.
[4][15] His four goals failed to save Lincoln from relegation to the Fourth Division,[1] and he left the club at the end of the 1986–87 season, when Lincoln became the first club to suffer automatic relegation from the Football League into the Football Conference.