Player Profile - Chris Wood

Here is the 20th in our weekly series profiling players across the region. Each week a different player will reveal their best (and worst) moments. This week it is the turn of Pontefract Collieries striker Chris Wood.

Pontefract Collieries striker Chris Wood is the subject of this week’s Player Profile

Name: Chris Wood

Current Club: Pontefract Collieries

Position: Striker

Age: 31

Previous Clubs: Buxton, Belper Town, Ossett Town, Frickley Athletic, Hallam, Parkgate, Glapwell.

Day Job: Teach PE in Primary Schools

Best mate in football: Lee Stratford

Description of Career Highlight: Scoring 18 goals in first nine games after signing for Parkgate in 2011.

Lowest Moment in Football: Not playing in Evo Stick Division One South play-off final for Gladwell against Chasetown in 2010.

Description of Most Memorable Match: Away to Kendal Town for Frickley in 2013. Scored two in a 2-0 win in a big six pointer. Bus journeys that season were something special with that set of lads!

First semi-professional manager: John Reed at Buxton

Hall Road captain Ash Dexter battles with Pontefract striker Chris Wood earlier in the season

Legendary Non League boss John was Chris Wood’s first semi-pro manager after signing him at Buxton in 2008

Chris Wood pictured while playing for Ossett Town in 2013

Wood scoring for Ossett Town in an FA Cup tie with Bamber Bridge in 2013

Chris Wood also scored another important FA Cup goal this season whilst playing for Pontefract

Chris Wood (right) celebrating his goal

Description of First Red Card (at semi-professional level): One and only ever red card in my career was against Bridlington for Parkgate. Defender was shielding ball out for a goal kick and just lashed out in frustration and kicked out

Description of First Goal (at semi-professional level): For Buxton against Carlton Town in the FA Trophy. ‘Chopped defender and scuffed it in’!

Description of favourite goal (at semi-professional level): For Buxton against North Ferriby in 2008 – first goal in Evo Stik Premier Division and was a really important goal in the context of the season

What do you want to achieve in football in the future: Promotion with Pontefract this season.

Favourite Non League Ground I’ve played at (barring your own club): Gigg Lane when FC United played there – fans were non stop for 90 mins

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Farsley Celtic midfielder Chris Howarth

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AFC Emley defender Liam Schofield

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