Where are They Now? Chippenham vs Tonbridge Angels | Saturday 7th September 2019

Let’s revisit our crazy 2-1 win over Tonbridge in 2019

Since we are playing Tonbridge at home this weekend, coming to mind is our crazy victory over the Angles in 2019. That day CTFC started 13th in the table against 19th placed Tonbridge.

A goal from Tariq Ossai just before the break gave us the advantage and Chris Zebroski, with his second goal for us, netting from a clean team move. Late on, Will Puddy was shown a red card and gave away a penalty, which the visitors scored. Despite some late pressure, CTFC held out to secure a first win in three matches.

Puddy’s red card gave way for two current CTFC players to have moments in the limelight. During that match Luke Haines donned the gloves, and caught a number of crosses to keep us all three points. And Puddy’s suspension earned Will Henry a second loan spell with us, during which time he made three appearances covering Wil Puddy.

Without further ado, let’s get into ‘Where are They Now’ :

Chippenham Town Starting Line-Up:

Will Puddy: Now retired, the promotion winning goalkeeper with Bristol Rovers had two stints at Chippenham Town. He first joined the club in the 2011/12 season in which he made 24 appearances for the Bluebirds. He later joined us again in 2018-2021 where he made 64 appearances and then retired at the club after a successful career.

Harry Rutty: The centre-half was 19 at the time of this game in a very young side. Rutty has just re-joined Bradford Town, previously their captain, but now has now returned to Bradford as a coach, halting his playing involvement to pursue coaching.

Jay Foulston: Foulston joined Chippenham Town at the start of the 2019/20 season where he played 31 games for us, on loan from Newport County. He then joined Taunton Town at the end of that season. The now 24 year old plays his football at Plainmoor for Torquay United.

Kieran Parselle: The defender currently plays his football at Bath City after a long stint at Chippenham with 126 appearances he then moved to Bath in 2022 where he has played 130 games for the Romans. The 28 year old has played 318 games across non-league since the start of this season and captains Bath.

Tariq Ossai: Ossai joined Chippenham Town from Crystal Palace’s academy in 2018 where he then made 24 appearances for the Bluebirds before joining Ashford United and then Faversham Town where he currently plays as they won the Southern Counties East League last season and saw promotion. Tariq was one of two goalscorers in this fixture against Tonbridge Angels in 2019.

Luke Haines: The current Chippenham Town captain has been at the club permanently since 2023 but also had a previous loan move to us in the 19/20 season. Haines first came to us after following his journey in the Swindon Town academy and at the time of this game against Tonbridge was 18 years old, starting for us showing his quality. He has continued to show his qualities as we signed him from Hereford in 2023 and currently sits on 130 club appearances for us.

Elias Youssef: Youssef joined us in the 2019/20 season from Forest Green Rovers academy and played the season with us before joining Merthyr Town at the end of that season. He has made his way around non league but has since retired as his last club was Goytre in the Welsh divisions.

George Rigg: Rigg joined us from Bath City in 2018 and was at the club for 3 years before leaving in 2021 to join Frome Town. The midfielder scored a few memorable goals for us including one against Bath on Boxing Day. Rigg retired at Frome Town over the summer.

Luke Hopper: Hopper has had a couple of stints at Chippenham, first joining us in 2014 from Australian team, South Melbourne. In 2014 he was only at the club for a month but then re-joined us in 2019 for the 19/20 season under Mark Collier He left at the end of that season where he joined Hungerford Town. Hopper has since gone on to play for Yate Town, Frome and also Melksham, and is now retired from playing

Karnell Chambers: Chambers joined us from Gloucester in 2018, and during the 18/19 season scored 11 league goals. He assisted Zebroski for our second this match. Since departing us Karnell has played for Stratford, Cinderford and Merthyr.

Chris Zebroski: Zebroski joined us in 2019 for two seasons playing in 28 games scoring 5 goals for the club before carrying on his long career across what is now 22 stints at different clubs. He is now 39 and still playing football at Yate Town who he joined at the start of this season. Zebroski was the second goal scorer in our 2-1 win.

Substitutes:

Dean Evans: Evans was into his 3rd season with Chippenham, having made 66 league appearances since 2017. This season proved to be his last however, and he only made 7 appearances before leaving the Bluebirds. He retired following his departure from us.

Yan Klukowski: Klukowski has played for us in multiple seasons as his first season at the club was back in 2005 then he rejoined us in 2009 before becoming a Forest Green Rovers legend making 148 appearances for them scoring 48 goals. Yan then joined us again in 2018 before retiring in 2023. He is now a youth team coach at FGR working with Robbie Savage.

James Guthrie: Guthrie signed for us in 2011, and 19/20 was his final season with us, but he was a crucial part of our Southern League title win and our opening few seasons in the National League South. Guthrie joined Swindon Supermarine after his departure, and he has now retired from playing.

Nat Jarvis: Jarvis’s career spanned a number of seasons in both club and international football, as he made 13 appearances and scored three times for Antigua and Barbuda. He joined Chippenham in 2018 playing 62 games and scoring 20 for us across 2 years before joining Barry Town, he is now playing at Newport City at the age of 34.

Dave Pratt: Pratt, a Chippenham hero, is another player who had played for us on a number of occasions, first joining us in 2007 then again in 2016 and lastly in 2019. He retired in 2022 after playing for Farnborough. He was seen at CTFC recently, scoring twice in this summer’s legends match against Manchester United / Liverpool.

Management Team:

Mark Collier: An iconic manager in CTFC history, as he guided us to the Southern League title and in our formative National League seasons, Mark would depart us this season. Collier moved to Melksham Town in 2022, and he has departed the Yellows recently.

Gary Horgan: Gary was (technically) in his final season as a player during this season, as he sat on the bench for our draw at Chelmsford and home to Dulwich Hamlet in the early parts of this season. He was made a permanent fixture of the coaching staff during the COVID-19 pandemic, and following Mike Cook’s departure, Horgan become our interim manager until the end of the 21/22 season. He would take the job that summer, and has broken records in every competition that he has lead a CTFC team in since.