Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Lokacinsa tare da The Imps duk da haka ya kasance wani lamari ne mai rikitarwa tare da John yana gwagwarmaya don neman raga tare da kowane babban tsari kuma kodayake a cikin yanayi biyu tare da kulob din ya zira kwallaye sau 18 a wasanni 67 saboda haka ba abin mamaki ba ne lokacin da a ƙarshen 1984-85 suka yanke shawarar samun kuɗi ta hanyar siyar da shi zuwa Preston North End da aka sauke kwanan nan don £ 15,000. A wasansa na karshe a Lincoln ya shaida mummunan mafarki lokacin da aka kashe 'yan kallo 56 a cikin mummunar wuta
yayin wasa da Bradford City.