 He spent 1965 to December 1967 at Oldham Athletic, before he was sold to Port Vale for a £2,000 fee.He left the "Valiants" in December 1968 to become a full-time coach.He coached at various clubs across the world, as well as the national teams of Rhodesia and Syria, but was given his first chance as a manager in England at Oxford United in July 1979.