Date / Year of birth: 1st May 1954

Position: Midfielder / Striker

Season of first appearance: 1987/88

Season of last appearance: 1988/89

Also played for: Folkestone, West Bromwich Albion (0), Canterbury City, Brighton & Hove Albion (20+2,1), Blackburn Rovers (21,2), Gillingham (17+11,1), Aldershot (12+1,0), Southport (24+5,5), Folkestone & Shepway, Dover, Folkestone Town, Hythe Town, Snowdown Colliery Welfare and Folkestone Invicta

Skilful 5' 8" tall player born in Aylesham, Kent who played for Aylesham Youth Club during his time as a pupil at Dover Grammar School before having trial spells with Coventry in 1969 and 1970.

Pat joined Folkestone in April 1970 and played for their first team before the end of the 1969/70 season, at the time he was still only 15 and it made him the club's youngest-ever Southern League player.

In the summer of 1970 West Bromwich Albion signed Pat as an apprentice but he broke his arm on his reserve team debut and at the end of the 1970/71 campaign he was released.

Pat then joined Canterbury for the 1971/72 season and he went on to make 32 Southern League appearances for City, scoring six goals, before Brighton signed him in February 1973.

Pat made 22 first team appearances for the Seagulls before moving to Blackburn in May 1974. The club won the 3rd Division title for 1974/75 and Pat's 16 league appearances were enough to earn him a winners medal.

In September 1975 Blackburn loaned Pat to Gillingham and he scored on his debut as they beat Mansfield 3-1 on 20.9.75. In October 1975 the Gills paid £3,000 to make Pat's move permanent and he went on to make 28 senior appearances (11 as sub) during 1975/76 and 1976/77 without ever scoring again. During the 1976/77 campaign Pat also had a spell on loan at Aldershot, making 13 first team appearances (one as sub).

Pat moved to Southport for the 1977/78 season and made 29 appearances, scoring five goals, in what proved to be their last campaign in the Football League. On 29.4.78 he played in the club's final Division Four game - a 3-2 defeat away at champions Watford - and Southport finished the season seven points ahead of bottom of the table Rochdale. However whilst Rochdale successfully applied for re-election at the Football League's annual general meeting Southport were relegated and replaced by Wigan.

In June 1978 Pat rejoined Folkestone, by then known as Folkestone & Shepway, but in August 1978 he moved on to Dover and played for the club throughout 1978/79 and 1979/80, scoring 14 goals in his first season and nine in his second.

Pat went back to Folkestone, newly renamed Folkestone Town, for the 1980/81 season and in 1981 he suffered a serious knee injury that threatened to end his career. Pat recovered in time for the start of 1982/83 and on 27.10.82 he scored in an 8-0 win over Thanet - one of 16 goals he managed during the campaign. Towards the end of the season Pat underwent further knee surgery and once again his career seemed to be in doubt. However he battled back to fitness and stayed with Folkestone for several more years, acting as player-coach during 1984/85, 1985/86 and 1986/87. Pat had made more than 250 appearances for the club, scoring over 50 goals, when he rejoined Canterbury halfway through the 1986/87 campaign.

He became City's player-coach and stayed with the club until signing for Thanet United in November 1987. By then Pat had made a career total of 52 Southern League appearances for City (one as sub), scoring nine goals in the process.

Pat made his debut for United in a Kent Senior Cup tie at Fisher on 10.11.87. He played as a striker and although Thanet lost 3-2 he "gave a good account of himself" according to the Isle of Thanet Gazette. Pat scored his first for the club in his next game, a 3-1 defeat at home to Baldock on 14.11.87. He became a fixture in the United side, always wearing the number ten shirt and usually playing up front. Pat also appeared as a winger and in an attacking midfield role. On 29.3.88 he turned in one of his best displays of the season in a 1-0 defeat at Erith & Belvedere, setting up numerous chances, and the Thanet Times said that Pat supplied many "teasing crosses" in a 0-0 draw with Hounslow on 23.4.88. He ended the 1987/88 campaign having scored five goals in 35 appearances.

At the start of the 1988/89 season the Thanet Times described Pat as being "evergreen" and he usually played at right-back during the early part of the campaign. The Isle of Thanet Gazette praised his display in a 2-0 win over Sheppey at Hartsdown on 29.8.88 saying he was "prominent at the back....tackled with maximum efficiency and never wasted a ball". On 15.10.88 Pat was one of four United players who arrived late for a game at Erith & Belvedere after the car they were travelling in broke down. Gary Collins, Terry Collins and Clive Barham were the others and the kick off had to be delayed for 15 minutes.

The Thanet Times said that Pat "took the eye" as a centre-back during a 2-1 home defeat at the hands of Trowbridge on 5.11.88 and the paper also called him "a seasoned campaigner". He continued in the centre of United's defence for two more matches, one of which was a 5-0 defeat against Dover at Hartsdown on 8.11.88. The Gazette said that Pat was "outstanding" despite the scoreline. On 3.12.88 he scored his only goal of the season when playing as a striker a 2-1 home defeat against Hounslow and a few days later, on 6.12.88, Pat "strove every sinew in midfield" in the eyes of the Gazette as Thanet lost 3-0 to Hastings at home. After a couple more games in midfield Pat resumed his right-back duties for a game against Tonbridge at Hartsdown on 17.12.88 and the Thanet Times said he gave a "typically gritty display and won every 50-50 ball" as United won 2-0.

After Christmas Pat usually played in midfield or as a striker but he also turned out at right-back and left-back. At one stage he wore six different numbers in six consecutive games, highlighting his versatility. Thanet's player-manager Garry Aldous said that Pat was "a most experienced player and an important member of the team." On 1.4.89 he played despite having a broken toe as United were thrashed 8-1 at Hounslow and Pat made his final appearance of the season in Thanet's last-ever match, a 3-0 defeat at Bury on 6.5.89. Unfortunately he suffered an eye injury after 25 minutes and had to go to hospital but Pat recovered sufficiently to make the journey home with the rest of the team. He finished with a total of 45 appearances for the season, more than any other player.

In the summer of 1989 Pat left Thanet and joined big-spending Hythe. He was something of a bit-part player for them throughout 1989/90 and also played for Hythe 'A' in the Kent County League during the season. Pat was still on Hythe's books at the start of the 1991/92 campaign but after making a handful of appearances he became Gillingham's youth team coach in September 1991. Pat kept the job until being sacked in December 1992.

Immediately after leaving Gillingham he resumed his playing career aged 38, signing for Kent County League side Snowdown Colliery Welfare. Pat played a few games for them before joining Folkestone Invicta in January 1993.

By 1997/98 he was Folkestone's Youth Development Officer and in 2002 Pat was coaching young players at Metro-Stars in Michigan, USA. In 2004 Pat was coach (manager) of Canadian club Windsor Border Stars and he won the 2004 'Coach of the Year' award for the Canadian Professional Soccer League.

By 2009 he was Director of Coaching at Metrostars FC of Michigan, USA.

In April 2012 Pat became Technical Director of TNT Dynamite Soccer Club in Michigan.

During his time with Gillingham a feature on Pat in the club programme revealed that he was discovered "by Alf Bentley playing with gypsies in the wood" and that his dislikes included peeling oranges. An article in a 1985/86 Folkestone programme was even more illuminating, Pat said that his job was "Halley's Comet spotter", his ambition was "to eat seven curries in seven nights" and peeling oranges was still on his 'disliked' list.