Former Bristol City striker Louis Britton has joined Chorley FC after his deal at Yeovil was mutually terminated after just four games.
The Bristol-born 21-year-old spent just 57 days with the National League side, scoring in the Somerset Cup, but abruptly left the club despite having a contract until the end of the season. Chorley ply their trade alongside Gloucester City in the National League North, tier six in the football pyramid and currently sit seventh.
It's Britton's third club since he left Bristol City last summer. Following a four-month loan spell with Waterford until the expiry of his Robins deal, he signed for Cork City on a permanent contract until the end of the Irish season in October where he lifted silverware with promotion.
Revealing Britton as their new signing, Chorley's manager Andy Preece said he's a player who has a point to prove. Reported on their site, he claimed: "Louis is a player we’ve been tracking for a while. He’s been prolific in u23 football, scored for Bristol City’s first team and did very well in Ireland last year. He fits the profile of players we like to bring to the club – hungry lads who have a point to prove."
Britton joined City from Mangotsfield in 2019 and immediately had loan spells with Yate Town and Bath City. He made one league appearance for the Robins, scoring on his debut from the bench in a 3-1 defeat against Brentford.
Nigel Pearson all-but ruled him out of his plans in September 2021 when he declared Britton didn't have the levels of fitness required to deal with training and matches at Championship level. Speaking of his time at City and lack of opportunities, Britton told Bristol Live in July: "It's just not nice being a 20-year-old and seeing that the manager has come out and said you're not fit enough in public. I felt like I was thrown under the bus.
"I feel a lot happened after I scored on my debut. The week after, I played for the Under-23s and tore my MCL and I was out for nine weeks. I was due to train with the first team that summer and unfortunately I couldn't and when I came back, those quotes came out about me being unfit.
"I came back from injury and he said I wasn't fit enough to train with the first team but I was never going to get to that level of fitness by training with the Under-23s because it's completely different. I never got the chance to prove I was fit enough because after my debut, I never trained with them again, and not many people know that.
"I wasn't given the chance to prove myself. I backed myself, I thought I would go on to make an impact in the first team but I didn't even get the chance to train. I wasn't getting a look in. It wasn't the best for me seeing as how I'd come off the back of my debut, I was ready to push on."
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