sentences:  He remained with the club throughout the 1980s, enduring relegation to the Third Division in 1984 but also two successive promotions that took him to the top flight in 1987.He formed a formidable centre back partnership with Mark Wright which supported a midfield containing Trevor Hebberd and Ted McMinn as well as the high scoring centre forward Dean Saunders as the Rams finished fifth in the league in 1988–89 season and only missed out on a UEFA Cup place because of the ban on English clubs in European competitions that was the sequel to the Heysel disaster of 1985.After three seasons at the highest level, he finally left the Baseball Ground for Norwich City in July 1990.