At the age of 15, Youra started to play Levy Civilian in the RAF Football League in Habbaniya.
He finally worked as a miner in order to stay in England while playing as an amateur for Bristol Rovers 3rd team in the Western League.
He was granted employment by the National Coal Board and he started working as a miner at Pensford Colliery, Somerset, on November 7, 1954.
Youra played only four games in his second season before the president of the Royal Iraqi Air Force FC, Brigadier Kadhim Abbadi, invited him back to Iraq.
He was offered an Iraqi citizenship and a place for him on the Force as a warrant officer provided he play for his club and returned to Baghdad in December 1955.