about the tigers   about tiger roar   appearances   fixtures & results   table   women results   womens' players   u18 fixtures   dev xi fixtures   reserve fixtures   reserve archive   ben richards-e'ton   brandon smalley   conor thompson   dan ball   daniel leadbitter   dayle grubb   ed williams   harry emmett   harry pinchard   jadyn crosbie   jamie creed   jamie reckord   jared thompson   jaxson hundt   joe hanks   kev dawson   kieran phillips   luca robinson   mekhai bessasa-g   philip chovanec   riley mcgregor   spencer hamilton   theo giles   thomas blake   ty duffus   zack pinchard   mike cook   marc mcgregor   john brough   players 1986-24   players 1946-85   players 1925-43   afc totton   bracknell town   basingstoke town   chertsey town   dorchester town   frome town   gosport borough   hanwell town   havant & w'loov   hungerford town   marlow   merthyr town   plymouth p'way   poole town   sholing   swindon s'marine   taunton town   tiverton town   walton & hersham   wimborne town   winchester city   tigerimages   1920's results   1930's results   1940's results   1950's results   1960's results   1970's results   1980's results   1990's results   2000's results   2010's results   2020's results   birthdays   city history   county cup   fa cup   fa trophy   floods   georgian tour   horton road   joe & clifty   kit archive   league cup   league history   managers   old tr   opponents   overall records   panoramas   press cuttings   reserves   statistics   team photos   wtps   facebook   official website   league website   city wiki   city open forum   contact  Ricky Chandler - Midfielder D.O.B. - 26/09/1961 - Bristol Debut : Bridgnorth Town (A) - 18/10/88 Last Game : Bromsgrove Rovers (H) - 02/05/92 Ricky was a former England schoolboy who came through the ranks at Bristol City and had the distinction of being the only remaining player on their books when a financial crisis forced them to release all of their squad in 1981. He spent five seasons at Ashton Gate before signing for Bath City and failed to win the fans over as a striker but had more success on the right wing. He had a season and a half with Yeovil following a £4000 move before going back to Twerton Park. It was from Bath that Brian Godfrey secured his services and he made his debut in the Southern League Cup at Bridgnorth on October 18th 1988. He played his part in the Championship race, namely as a central midfielder with an eye for goal and one of them, the equaliser at Tamworth was key during the run-in. Ricky lost his place in the side the following season and was completely out of form when Brian Godfrey put him on for the last ten minutes as City were leading 2-0 at Cardiff in the FA Cup. Many people saw the substitution as the reason why we drew. Things did get better for Ricky though, a few months later he stunned everyone when he scored a hat-trick in the 5-2 home win against Ashford Town. Following the 1991/92 season where he played under both Godfrey (twice) and Steve Millard's disasterous spell in charge Chandler wasn't retained and opted to join Weston-super-Mare and came back with Shaun Penny to knock City out of the FA Cup! During his last season Ricky managed to get himself suspended for a whopping ten games in November 1991 after getting himself sent off whilst awaiting a suspension for being sent off! In his later years he appeared at Whaddon Road supporting his son Joe who was playing for Yate Town against City in another FA Cup tie. It didn't end well for the Chandlers as the Tigers mauled the Bluebirds 7-0!   Clubs: Bristol City (61-13), Bath City, Yeovil Town, Bath City, Gloucester City, Weston Super Mare Appearances & Goals: Season Apps Subs Goals  1988/89    40      -      7    1989/90    34      8      5    1990/91    44      4      4    1991/92    27      6      1   Total  145     18     17   Ricky in the crowd at Whaddon Road in October 2013 Page last updated : 3rd October 2024 Tiger Roar is an unofficial, independant production. It has nothing to do with Gloucester City AFC 1980 Ltd or the Gloucester City Supporters Trust. All comments expressed on here (unless stated) are those of the author and not those of the football club. Most content on this site is copyright of the site owner and must not be reproduced without prior permission (unless waived by the author). Please do not use or remotely link to any of the images or videos on this site. 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