St Helens Prescott joined St Helens in 1968, making his debut on Saturday 12 October 1968 v Leeds, he appeared in his first Championship final in the
1969–70 season when he played on the , and scored two-
tries in
St. Helens' 24-12 victory over
Leeds at
Odsal Stadium,
Bradford on Saturday 16 May 1970, In
1970 he was in St Helens' starting line-up, playing at in the 5-9 defeat by
Leeds at
Headingley,
Leeds on Tuesday 15 December 1970. He was, eventually, on the winning side in
1971 when he played at in the 8-2 victory over
Rochdale Hornets at Headingley Stadium on Tuesday 14 December 1971. His final game for St helens was on Monday 28 August 1972 v Huyton.
Salford Prescott was transferred from St. Helens to
Salford for a world record fee of £13,500 on 6 September 1972. As well as being part of the Salford team that won the league in the
1973–74, and
1975–76, Prescott appeared at in Salford's 2-15 defeat by St. Helens in the
Premiership Final during the 1975–76 season at
Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 22 May 1976. Prescott and Salford appeared in four consecutive
Lancashire Cup finals between 1972 and 1975, losing all of them. At Prescott was in Salford's 25-11 victory over
Swinton in the
1972 Final at
Wilderspool Stadium,
Warrington on Saturday 21 October 1972, played in the 9-19 defeat by Wigan in the
1973 Final at Wilderspool on Saturday 13 October 1973, played in the 2-6 defeat by
Widnes in the
1974 Final at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 2 November 1974, played in the 7-16 defeat by Widnes in the
1975 Final at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 4 October 1975. Prescott played in Salford's 0-0 draw with
Warrington in the
1974 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final during the at
The Willows, Salford on Tuesday 17 December 1974, and played in the 10-5 victory over
Warrington replay at
Wilderspool Stadium,
Warrington on Tuesday 28 January 1975.
Widnes Prescott was transferred from Salford to
Widnes for a fee of £22,000 in 1980. With Widnes he made two appearances in the
Challenge Cup final. The first in the
1981 final as Widnes defeated
Hull Kingston Rovers 18–9 at
Wembley Stadium,
London on Saturday 2 May 1981. The second was the
following year when Widnes drew 14–14 with
Hull F.C. at Wembley on Saturday 1 May 1982 in front of a crowd of 92,147. Two weeks later, he played at in the 9-18 defeat by Hull F.C. in the replay at
Elland Road,
Leeds on Wednesday 19 May 1982, in front of a crowd of 41,171. His career at Widnes also included two more Lancashire Cup finals; the 3-8 defeat by
Leigh in the
1981 Final at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 26 September 1981, and in the 8-12 defeat by
Barrow in the
1983 Final at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 1 October 1983. His final game for Widnes was in the John Player Special Trophy final as an unused substitute at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 14 January 1984.
Return to Salford Prescott returned to Salford in January 1984 in a player exchange deal which saw
John Wood make the move in the opposite direction.
Runcorn Highfield One year later Prescott made a comeback with second division side
Runcorn Highfield and made his debut on Saturday 31 March 1985 v Whitehaven and retired playing his last game on Sunday 9 April 1989 v Keighley, having made 85 appearances.
County honours Prescott represented
Lancashire on 11 occasions between 1970 and 1979. ==References==