After leaving the army, he supplemented his semi-professional football career with numerous jobs such as working on building sites, making toilet seats and being a postman in his home town of
Stockport. Whilst serving out his final army days in Northern Ireland, his football career began in earnest. Whilst based at
Clogher he played for,
Fivemiletown United being part of the team who lost the 1995 Mulhern Cup Final, a competition organised by the
Fermanagh & Western FA, to
Enniskillen Rangers. He joined
Ards in September 1997, signing a twelve-month deal and scoring three times in seven league and cup games before his contract was cancelled to allow him to return home to England to join
Curzon Ashton in October 1997. However, he quickly returned to Irish football, joining
Coleraine the following month. This move proved controversial with the then Ards manager Roy Coyle claiming that Yeo had stitched him up on loan, scoring twelve goals in seven games before being sidelined by an ankle ligament injury. Recalled to Hyde, he marked his
Northern Premier League debut by scoring both goals in the 2–2 draw with
Leigh RMI on 4 December 1998. He would go on to score 111 goals in a total of 169 league and cup appearances for them before joining
Lincoln City in May 2002. Yeo enjoyed two spells with
Lincoln City separated by a period playing for the
New Zealand Knights in the newly formed
A-League. Yeo severed his contract with the Knights because of personal issues. He is something of a
cult hero in
Lincoln because of his vital goals at the end of the 2002–03 season. He came off the bench to score against
Torquay United to put the Lincoln into the Division Three playoffs. Yeo again came to Lincoln's rescue in the playoff semi-final first leg against
Scunthorpe United. With the scores tied at 3–3 with 20 minutes remaining Yeo again came off the bench to score 2 goals which put Lincoln firmly in the driving seat. Yeo scored again in the away leg to send them to the final at the
Millennium Stadium, which they lost. Yeo then joined
Peterborough for the season of 2006–07 Then he joined
Chester City for an undisclosed fee in January 2007, making his debut in a 1–0 win at
Accrington Stanley. He was a regular in the starting line-up for the remainder of the season but has tended to be on the bench in the
2007–08 season. On 3 January 2008, he moved to
Bury in a long-term loan deal. However, he failed to start a game for the Shakers and he was released by Chester at the end of the season. On 23 May 2008 it was announced that he would be joining up with his former Manager
Keith Alexander once again as he signed with
Macclesfield Town, and after one season with Macclesfield, on 5 May 2009 Yeo announced his retirement from football. He marked his debut for the Millers by scoring once in a 5–0
North West Counties Football League Premier Division away victory over
Alsager Town on 3 April 2010. On 19 January 2011, he came out of retirement to re-join
Macclesfield Town. In July 2016 he was appointed striker-coach at
Mossley. ==References==