Pountney spent six years with
Shrewsbury Town after signing in 1957 before making a £20,000 move to
Football League First Division side
Aston Villa in October 1963. In 1970, Pountney moved to Chester and made an immediate impact by scoring from 35 yards to help his new employers eliminate Shrewsbury from the
Football League Cup. After leaving Chester at the end of the
1972–73 season, Pountney played for non–league sides
Oswestry Town and
Welshpool Town. ==References==