 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Copeland mutambi wepamberi akatambira chikwata chake chemuno Ayr Parkhouse asati ajoina Walsall Town Swifts muna 1893 uko akaonekwa mumitambo 76 uye akarova zvibodzwa pazviitiko 19. Mushure mekutamba kuBedminster muna 1898-99, Copeland akabatana neTottenham Hotspur uko aive nhengo ye1901 FA Cuprutivi runokunda. Akatamira kuChelsea muna 1905 uye akaonekwa mumitambo makumi maviri nematanhatu uye akawana mambure mapfumbamwe. Copeland akagumisa basa rake paGlossop North End apo akaita zvimwe zviitiko zviviri. 