 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Cookson akaberekerwa muManchester. Akatanga basa rake sechikamu chehafu neSouth Salford Lads Club uye akazotamba kuClayton neManchester North End. Akatendeuka nyanzvi neManchester City munaAugust 1923, asi akakundikana kupinda muchikwata chekutanga uye akatumirwa kuSouthport pachikwereti kwenguva yekuedzwa muna 1924. Akaendeswa kuChesterfield muna Kubvumbi 1925, uye akashandurwa kuva wepakati kumberi. Akanga ari mutungamiri wezvigaro muChikamu chechitatu cheNorth ye1925 26 mwaka ne 44 zvinangwa, uye akawana 85 yose mu 74 makwikwi. MunaAugust 1927, akabatana neWest Bromwich Albion pamubhadharo we 2,500. Akaramba achihwina zvibodzwa kukirabhu yake nyowani uye aive nhengo ye1930-31 squad iyo yakahwina mukombe weFAuye kukwidziridzwa kuFirst Division. Gare gare muna 1931, Cookson akasarudzwa nokuda kweFootball Association rwendo rweCanada. 