He also enjoyed an extensive non-League career, turning out for eleven different clubs, as well as spending a brief period in the United States with Dallas Tornado.
Moore played youth football for Adlington Rangers and Blackburn Rovers before becoming an unused squad member for Third Division side Preston North End in 1970–71.
He signed with Southport, who were then in the Fourth Division, after impressing manager Jimmy Meadows by scoring a brace in the semi-finals of the Liverpool Senior Cup in September 1971.
Wigan again finished sixth in 1979–80, and Moore returned to non-League circles with Barrow, who were competing in the Alliance Premier League.
historian Terry Rowley described Moore as "a fast, tricky inside forward whose style of play was always going to be a crowd pleaser" and a player that was "instantly recognisable... with his blond hair and red boots.