Football
Year
1973
Scope
Professional Goalkeeper
My path started early. At 13, the direction was set.
By 16, I was a signed apprentice at Southend United. A transfer to Leicester City followed at 19, and with it, the intense education that only playing at that level provides.
Discipline. Resilience. Performance under pressure. And the humbling reality of how much separates good from exceptional.
My playing career ended at Leyton Orient. A serious spinal injury decided that for me.
Not the chosen ending, but an opportunity to express myself in new ways.
The mental habits formed on the training ground, developing grit, have proven more transferable than I could have imagined.
