A cruciate injury caused him to miss the whole of the next season, and though he returned to the side after 18 months out, he started only nine more games,[4] and spent a spell on loan at Conference club Halifax Town,[9][10] before being released.
After a spell at Peterborough United, during which he regained fitness playing regularly in the reserves,[11] Lormor moved to Division Three club Chesterfield in December 1994.
After failing to score in seven games for County,[3] Lormor left Preston for Mansfield Town in the 1998 close season for a fee of £15,000.
[4] A fee had been agreed the previous summer for him to join Mansfield from Chesterfield, but manager John Duncan had been reluctant to allow him to leave without a replacement.
[12] Two seasons with Mansfield produced 20 goals from 74 League games before Lormor moved on to Hartlepool United for a fee of £30,000.
[24] At the end of the season, having helped the club gain promotion to the Northern Counties East League, Lormor signed a two-year playing contract and also agreed to act as commercial manager.