 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 1994, akabatana neMiddlesbrough, achiva mutambi wekutanga kuputsa 1 miriyoni yekubhadhara mari yekutengesa kirabhu. Akaita zvinopfuura 100 kuoneka kweMiddlesbrough, kusanganisira kutamba muchikamu chake chechipiri cheLigi Cup mu1997, asati aenda kuBolton Wanderers muna 1997 nokuda kwe1.5 mamiriyoni. Pashure pemwaka miviri paBolton, Cox akabatana neWatford. Mushure mekutanga kwakaoma ne Hornets, iyo yaisanganisira kuiswa pane runyorwa rwekutamisa, Cox akaenderera mberi nekutungamira divi uye akaita zvinopfuura mazana maviri mumakwikwi ese ekirabhu. 