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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Take a look at our previous Player Profiles
Worsbrough Bridge midfielder Connor Rollinson
Hemsworth Miners Welfare midfielder Lee Swift
Brighouse Town goalkeeper Tom Taylor
Farsley Celtic midfielder Chris Howarth
Then Shaw Lane AFC attacker Joe Thornton
Selby Town utility man Mick Jones
AFC Emley defender Liam Schofield
Garforth Town defender Luke McCrum
Yorkshire Amateur striker Joel Hughes
Nostell Miners Welfare full-back Eddy Busfield
Goole AFC goalkeeper Jody Barford
Hemsworth Miners Welfare defender Harry Viggars
Ossett Town striker Danny Frost
Stocksbridge Park Steels midfielder Corey Gregory
Bridlington Town goalkeeper James Hitchcock
Hall Road Rangers captain Ash Dexter
Thackley captain Paddy McGuire