[7] He requested that he be placed on the transfer list by New Brighton at the end of the season, although this was refused by a Football League committee, as they ruled that he had been offered a fair wage by the club.

[10] His opportunities in the team in the 1902–03 season were limited due to the form of Sam Raybould,[11] and Green finished the 1902–03 First Division with three appearances and one goal,[3] in which Liverpool ranked fifth of 18.

[12] Green signed for Swindon Town in May 1903 and made his debut on 5 September in the first match of the 1903–04 Southern League Division One, a 2–0 defeat away to Bristol Rovers.

[14][16] He was switched to outside right in November to accommodate the newly arrived Cornelius Hogan at centre forward – a correspondent to the Swindon Advertiser had suggested that his pace and cleverness made him better suited to that position, not believing him robust enough for centre-forward play; that newspaper reported that he needed to learn to cross on the run.

[17][18] Green was showing good form in that position,[19] before an injury to his right knee that required specialist treatment in London was to restrict his senior appearances for the next few months.

[3] He made his debut on 2 September in the first match of the 1904–05 Lancashire Combination, a 2–1 home win over Southport Central, in which he scored Stockport's opening goal.

[24] He went straight into the Middlesbrough team, making his debut three days after signing in the place of Horace Astley in a 3–2 loss away to Manchester City in the league.

[35] Green assisted Ned Anderson's opening goal in the match, and the two were reported by The Sportsman to have "caught the eye for judicious work".

[43] Green signed for Exeter City in July 1909,[26] making his debut on 2 September in their opening match of the 1909–10 Southern League Division One, a 2–1 defeat at home to West Ham United.