[4] A hard-tackling midfielder, once he broke into the first team he was considered as a future replacement for David Batty.
However, despite playing in the 1996 League Cup final and scoring once in the league against Sunderland,[5] he struggled to establish himself at Elland Road and moved on to Division Two club Burnley, managed by Chris Waddle, in July 1997 for a fee reported as £275,000.
After three months out[7] he struggled to regain his place in new manager Stan Ternent's side and was released in the summer.
In July 1999 he joined Belgian First Division side Lommel at the same time as Millwall's Kim Grant.
[9] After two years with Darlington he joined Conference side Leigh RMI on loan,[10] before being released at the end of the 2002–2003 season.