 Slater akatanga basa rake semutambi ane makore gumi nematanhatu kuBlackpool muna 1944 uye akatamba mufainari yeFA Cup muna 1951umo Blackpool yakarasikirwa neNewcastle United, ichiva mutambi wokupedzisira kutamba muFA Cup Final paWembley. Chimwe chinyorwa chaanobata pamwe chete ndicho chinangwa cheBlackpool chinokurumidza: 11 masekondi mumutambo unopesana neStoke City musi wa10 Zvita 1949. Izvi zvakaenzaniswa naJames Quinn muna 1995. Slater akaita Blackpool kutanga kwake musi wa 10 Gunyana 1949, mukukwikwidza kusina zvibodzwa kuAston Villa. Somunhu mukati-mberi, iye vakwikwidzana Allan Brown nokuda nhamba 10 chinzvimbo nokuda vakawanda nguva yake pagungwa. 