 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Reid aiva mutambi wepakati anozvidzivirira pamazuva ake okutamba, uye akaita basa rakareba rakabudirira. Akavaka mukurumbira wake semumwe wevatambi vemuEngland vanopenya kwazvo panguva iyoyo kuBolton Wanderers, asati asaina Everton muna 1982. Ikoko ndiko kwaakawana nguva yakabudirira kwazvo yebasa rake, sezvo akabatsira kirabhu kuhwina kukudzwa mudzimba nekuEurope, kusanganisira nhabvu yeligi kaviri. Akasarudzwa sePFA Players Player of the Year muna 1985 uye akauya wechina muWorld Soccer Player of the Year mubairo, shure kwaMichel Platini, Preben Elkjær naDiego Maradona. Akagamuchirawo kudanwa kwake kwekutanga kweEngland gore iroro, uye akamiririra nyika yake pa1986 FIFA World Cup uye 1988 UEFA European Championship. Akakunda makwikwi gumi nematatu. Reid akabatana neQueens Park Rangers muna 1989, asi akatamira kuManchester City gore rakatevera kuti atange basa rake rekutungamira. 