 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Akaberekerwa muMeir, Stoke-on-Trent, akabatana nekirabhu yemuno Stoke City semunhu anofarira muna 1964, achiita timu yake yekutanga munaGunyana 1968. Mudziviriri akaoma, akakurumidza kuzvisimbisa muboka rekutanga, achitamba mukubatana kwepakati nepakati naAlan Bloor kwechikamu chikuru chebasa rake. Stoke akafarikanya imwe yenguva dzakabudirira kwazvo munhoroondo yavo panguva yake mukirabhu, sezvo akabatsira Stoke kuhwina mukombe weLigi muna 1972, inoratidzira muFA Cup semi-fainari mu1971 na1972 uye ichibatsira kirabhu kunzvimbo dzechishanu dzakateedzana muChikamu Chekutanga mu197374 na197475. Ushingi hwake semutambi hwaireva kuti akapindawo mu Guinness Book of Records semurume akakuvara zvakanyanya munhabvu, kunyangwe asina kuzombokwanisa kupora zvizere mushure mekutyora gumbo rake kechishanu mubasa rake munaKurume 1975. Akakwanisa kuramba achitamba nhabvu yemakwikwi, uye akabatsira Stoke kuhwina kukwidziridzwa kubva kuChipiri Chikamu muna 1978-79. Akarasikirwa nemwaka wese wa1980-81 nekuda kwekukuvara, uye akasiya kirabhu muna Chivabvu 1982. 