[3] Boyne joined high-flying First Division club Aston Villa on trial in August 1913 and was awarded a professional contract in December that year.

[3] During the First World War, Boyne appeared as a guest for Notts County, Leicester Fosse and Loughborough Brush.

[7] He was retained for the 1920–21 season and received another chance at league football, with Brentford having entered into the newly created Third Division.

[9] In a dire debut season (at the end of which the Bees had to apply for re-election), Boyne scored 10 goals in 22 games.

[7] Boyne's father was president of the Everton club in Auckland, where he and both his younger brothers, Harold and William played before the First World War broke out.