[1] He featured 35 times in the 1975–76 season and scored his first goal for the "Valiants" in a 1–1 draw with Hereford United at Vale Park on 3 April.
[1] He made 40 appearances in the 1976–77 campaign, and scored one goal in a 3–0 home win over Barnsley to send Vale through to the Third Round of the FA Cup.
[1] He scored one goal in 27 matches in the 1978–79 season, as the club struggled in the Fourth Division under new manager Dennis Butler.
[1] He went on to score four goals in 41 games in the 1979–80 season, keeping his first-team place as the club switched managers from Butler to Alan Bloor and then John McGrath.
He served the club as a player in the 1983–84 season, as player-coach in 1984–85, and then as manager in 1985–86 before he resigned to join Newcastle Town in February 1986.