I was born and raised in Loughborough Leicestershire, England to a typical working class family during English soccer's finest years, 1950 - 1970 [world cup champions - 1966]. I played as a defending midfielder on a championship schoolboys' team and played soccer all of my waking hours at the local Soccer Park. Following in my father's footsteps, I joined one of the local amateur adult teams as a goalkeeper and spent the next twelve years playing with various teams; the last five years with a championship team winning league and cup honors in my final season in England.

   After arriving in Huntsville, Alabama in 1972 to start a new chapter in my life, I found out that there was not a single soccer ball to be found! So since the mid '70s, I have been involved in soccer in Alabama. Some of my acheivements are below: