He has played in the Football League for Carlisle United, Darlington, York City, Wrexham, Doncaster Rovers and Sunderland and at senior international level for the Northern Ireland national team.

Ingham started his career with Northern Irish club Cliftonville before moving to England with Sunderland in the Premier League in 1999.

After leaving the club in 2007 he joined Hereford United, where he made one appearance, and a year later dropped into non-League football with York City.

[9][10] He won the Irish FA Charity Shield and made 35 appearances during the 1998–99 season[9] after replacing Paul Reece as the team's goalkeeper.

[19][21] Ingham was forced further down the Sunderland pecking order after the signing of Thomas Myhre in July 2002 and he joined Second Division club Stockport County on a one-month loan on 23 August.

[12][22] He made his only appearance in a 3–1 victory away to Lincoln in the League Cup on 10 September 2002 and the loan was extended for a second month,[23][24] before being recalled by Sunderland in October due to an injury crisis.

[33][34][35][36] His second Sunderland appearance came in a 4–2 home defeat against Huddersfield Town in the League Cup on 23 September 2003[37] and in a reserve match in January 2004 he was sent off for head butting West Bromwich Albion's Simon Brown.

[38] He was signed by Second Division club Wrexham on 15 March 2004 a one-month loan following an injury to Andy Dibble,[39] which was extended until the end of 2003–04 on 16 April.

[42] After training with Blackpool, Ingham joined League One club Doncaster Rovers on 1 November 2004 on a one-month loan,[43][44] playing in two matches.

[45][47] Despite suffering a neck injury while on the team bus,[48] he made his first league start in the following match, a 2–2 away draw with Ipswich Town on 17 April 2005.

[58] Ingham made his final appearance of 2006–07 in Wrexham's 2–1 away defeat to Milton Keynes Dons on 17 March 2007,[59] in which he picked up a hamstring injury.

[65] On 17 August 2007, he signed forLeague Two club Hereford United on an initial one-month contract as cover for Wayne Brown,[66] which was later extended until the end of 2007–08.

[67] His debut came in the Football League Trophy at home to Yeovil Town on 9 October 2007, which Hereford lost 4–2 in a penalty shoot-out after a 0–0 draw after extra time,[68] with Ingham making "good saves" from Kevin Betsy and Simon Gillett.

[69] He picked up a hand injury in March 2008 that was expected to keep him out of the team for six weeks,[70] meaning he finished the season with one appearance.

[68] Ingham was released by Hereford at the end of the season,[71] after which he moved down to the Conference Premier by rejoining former club York City on 14 May 2008 on a two-year contract.

[72][73] He suffered a thigh injury during a pre-season friendly against Harrogate Railway Athletic,[74] meaning he missed York's opening match against Crawley Town on 9 August 2008, which led to the loan signing of Artur Krysiak from Birmingham City.

[76] Despite this, Josh Mimms played in goal and Ingham eventually made his first appearance of the season in a 1–1 home draw against Barrow on 25 August 2008.

[83][84] Ingham was named as York's Clubman of the Year for 2009–10 before their final home match of the season prior to play-offs against Grays Athletic.

[102] After being understudy to David Miskelly for two under-21 matches in 2000,[103] Ingham made his debut in a 2–0 home defeat to the Czech Republic on 23 March 2001 in 2002 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying.

[40] He was named in the Northern Ireland squad for their tour of the Caribbean in May 2004,[107] but dislocated a finger in training in June,[108] which meant he missed out on making his debut.

[109] He earned his first cap for Northern Ireland in a 4–1 home defeat against Germany in a friendly on 4 June 2005, the Irish Football Association (IFA)'s 125th anniversary match.

[123] Ingham came on as a substitute for the second half of Northern Ireland's 0–0 draw against Wales in a friendly on 6 February 2007,[124] giving him his third and most recent international cap.

[127] Ingham pleaded not guilty to the charge of affray and this was accepted after the prosecution deemed his involvement in the incident to be minimal after appearing at York Crown Court on 1 September 2010.