Vince started playing at the age of 11 with the Lilyfield Wanderers Club in the Canterbury Association and eventually played football for the Pyrmont Club in the old NSW Association.

At the time of the great split in the 1950s which saw the formation of the NSW Federation of Soccer Clubs, Vince stayed with the Association and played in the Pyrmont Balmain Club. He then went and played for a number of years with the St.George Club which competed in the NSW Federation of Soccer Clubs competition.

In 1964, Vince registered his son with the Canterbury Junior Soccer Club and was persuaded to coach a team in the Under 9 competition. Vince accepted the request to coach thinking he would do so for one year. How wrong he was, as he continued to coach teams with the Canterbury Club for 33 consecutive years.   He also did a stint of 5 years with the APIA Club. 

During his coaching career at Canterbury Junior Soccer Club, he coached the Premier League squad, both grades for 9 years. In that time, the reserve grade squad won the premiership 6 consecutive years and the CDSFA acknowledged this achievement in presenting the Perpetual Trophy to Vince in recognition of his achievements.

Vince also coached teams in the NSWASF Amateur Cup, winning the Tournament in 1982 when his Canterbury Junior side defeated Sylvania from Sutherland Association. 

In 1994, Vince retired from coaching at Canterbury Junior Soccer Club after suffering a heart attack. Vince had somewhat of a reputation for becoming animated on the sideline when his teams were playing.

From the period 1972 to 1985, Vince was the President of the Canterbury Junior Soccer Club. During this period, there were two break away clubs formed, Campsie United and Ashbury United. During those two periods, Vince focused his energies on keeping the club strong and recruiting more junior players from local schools and other sports such as Rugby League. 

Vince also coached Metropolitan Representative Teams for the Canterbury Association for nine years during which time the Association won a number of Metropolitan Representative Competitions conducted by the Sydney Branch of the NSW Amateur Soccer Federation.

A highlight for Vince was when his Metropolitan Representative team played a curtain raiser against Sutherland Association before the Manchester United game at the Sydney Sports Ground. 

From the mid 1960’s Vince served the CDSFA on a continuous basis hold positions on the Appeals Committee, Grading Committee, Judiciary Committee, or Executive Committee of the Association. Vince eased back on his commitments to the Association in 2000, thinking it was time for some younger folks to take up roles.

When Vince ceased active coaching in 1994, he took on the role of ground manager for the Canterbury Junior Soccer Club. Every weekend he was responsible for ensure the two separate grounds from which the Canterbury Junior Club operates was properly marked, nets and corner posts were in order and acting as one ground marshals. 

In particular, over the last 14 years, Vince has looked after the young referees appointed to Lees Park and Croydon Park to ensure that adults do not harass or abuse junior referees.

Since 1972 (until end of 2012) , Vince’s wife Val has run the Canteen for the Canterbury Junior Soccer Club and one of Vince’s chores, has been to ensure deliveries have been received for the weekend, where necessary do “pick ups” and keep tabs on the Canteen inventory. 

In 1994, Vince was presented with a State Award by the NSW Amateur Soccer Federation. The Presentation was made by the then Chairman of the Australian Soccer Federation, John Constantine, on behalf of the NSWASF.