Ken started out his goalkeeping career as a youth at QPR but then had long and distinguished non-League service with many clubs including Southall, Harefield United, Chesham United, Harrow Borough, Woking, Ruislip, Kingsbury Town and, of course, with Northwood. He made his first-team debut in a London Spartan League game at home to Crown & Manor in November 1988, keeping a clean sheet in a 4-0 victory.

When he left for Southall in September 1993 he had made 193 League and Cup appearances, playing a huge part in the London Spartan League & Cup “double” success of 1992, when the Woods won promotion to the Isthmian League and having also kept goal when the League Cup was won in 1990.