6'0"  12st.6lb.
b. Stockton  1 December 1967
 

Debut  13 May 1989 (21y 163d) Final Game 24 November 1990 (22y 358d)
CAREER: Bassleton School;Middlesbrough (non cont);Blackburn Rovers Dec'87 (non cont) Jun'88;Darlington Jul'93 (free)[44]; Sing Tao (Hong Kong);Berwick Rangers Nov'96-'97[17];Billingham Town - May'05.

FL         27 apps                                      22 ns
FLC        3 apps
FMC      1 app
Total    31 apps                                      22 ns
Penalty record  F 4 Sc 4
Minutes per goal  53  Clean Sheet % 10
Longest unbeaten 232m first conceded 29m
Most goals one game  4
LC        4 apps                                          6 ns
Minutes per goal  51
Clean sheet %  25  
 

A young goalkeeper who failed to make the grade at Middlesbrough, he was a regular in the Rovers' Central League side that gained promotion in 1989. When Vince O'Keefe left he became the understudy to Terry Gennoe but his first team appearances were punctuated by error and the team lacked confidence in him. He became a regular at Darlington but lost his place to Mike Pollitt and then had dreadful luck with injury. Playing in Hong Kong he tore a ligament so badly that a pin had to be inserted. Returning to England he was recruited by Berwick and had become the first choice goalkeeper when another serious leg injury ended his career. Having taken his PFA pension in 2002 he rehabilitated himself sufficiently to resume playing with Billingham. Somewhere through the years his calm temperament appears to have been eroded and he was twice sent off in 2004/05 for arguing after receiving a yellow card, which prompted him to retire. When he returned to the North-East he commenced working for NPower.