Early career Betsy started his career at
Woking, representing England at semi professional level and being named Conference Player of the Year in 1998. In September 1998, Betsy was signed by
Fulham for a fee of £80,000, which would potentially rise to £125,000, with manager
Kevin Keegan describing him as one of the best young players he had seen at his age. He made his debut at
Anfield against
Liverpool in the
League Cup and spent three years at Fulham. Betsy's only goal for Fulham came in their victorious
1998–99 Division Two campaign against
Millwall. He made five league appearances during Fulham's
2000/01 season after which they were promoted to the
Premier League. He made one appearance in the Premiership for Fulham under
Jean Tigana in a game against
Manchester United at
Old Trafford. He had loan spells at
AFC Bournemouth and
Hull City.
Barnsley and Oldham Athletic On 1 March 2002, Betsy joined
Barnsley on a one-month loan. After five appearances, He made over 90 appearances for the club and scored 17 goals and was the club's top goal scorer in 2002–03 season with 11 goals from midfield. Betsy had a short loan spell with Hartlepool United in August 2004, making six appearances and scoring once. He was ever present in the city line up helping the Robins gain Promotion to Championship, scoring once in the process against
Northampton. Betsy joined
Yeovil Town on loan in October 2007. He returned to Bristol City on 7 November as Yeovil could not afford to extend the loan, having scored once for Yeovil against
Swansea City. He turned down a loan deal to
Cheltenham Town in November 2007. On 31 January 2008, Betsy joined Walsall for the rest of the season on loan.
Southend United and return to Wycombe Wanderers Betsy signed for
Southend United on 7 August 2008, on a two-year contract. On 1 September 2009, Betsy re-signed for
Wycombe Wanderers on a loan until 2 January 2010. On 15 January 2010, after a successful loan, Betsy signed for Wycombe on a permanent basis until the end of the season, having been released from Southend. Betsy also led the team in assists with eight, scoring five goals and being voted (OWWSA) Wycombe Supporters Player of the year. In May 2010, Betsy agreed a new two-year deal with the club. Betsy was a regular in the Wycombe promotion side in 2010–11, but found first team opportunities limited in 2011–12, and left the club by mutual consent on 20 December 2011.
Return to Woking On 17 February 2012, Betsy re-joined Woking as a free agent until the end of the 2011–12 season. After re-joining he has made a big impact in the team and in his fourth game back, he won two penalties in the space of five minutes. He went on to win the Conference South title with
Woking having beaten
Maidenhead United 1–0 away. After the success at the end of the 2011–12 season, Betsy signed on for another season at Woking. In June 2014, Betsy signed a new one-year contract. He remained at Woking until the end of the 2014–15 season before deciding to stop playing football so he could focus on his coaching career. ==International career==