Swindon Supermarine sign jailed former EFL striker

Swindon Supermarine surprise their fans as they sign a jailed former EFL striker in Chris Zebroski – who even scored on his debut.

The 34 year old was named in the starting lineup of his new club’s Southern League Cup tie, which they won 4-1 against Larkhall Athletic in the on Tuesday evening. He managed to round the opposition’s keeper and tapped that ball home before half time.

Zebroski, who has a UEFA B license coach, was most recently playing for Malmesbury Victoria of the Hellenic League Division One, and had played (4 Sept) and scored for them for three days before making his Supermarine debut (7 Sept).

GOAL! 35 – Zebroski makes it 4 on debut with a simple finish 4-0 pic.twitter.com/XO2peOGy6y

— Swindon Supermarine (@SupermarineFC) September 7, 2021

MORE ON CHRIS ZEBROSKI:

Zebroski was a youth player for his hometown club Swindon Town, but was released after failing to earn a professional contract.

After his release there he trained under the watch of ex-Wales international Steve Lowndes at Cirencester football academy, it was from there that he was spotted by scouts of then-Championship club Plymouth and signed as a youth player by the club.

He later signed a pro contract, and made four first-team appearances for Argyle before his contract was terminated after he was found guilty of gross misconduct by the club. This followed an incident involving the club captain Paul Wotton.

Three weeks after leaving the Pilgrims, he was signed for Millwall by manager Nigel Spackman. On the 21st of March 2007, Zebroski joined Oxford United on a month’s loan. On the 31st of July 2007, Zebroski signed for National League side Torquay United on loan until May 2008, and went on to score 19 goals in league and cup competitions during the 2007–08 season.

He was transferred to Wycombe Wanderers for £20,000 in June 2008. Zebroski finished the 2008–09 campaign with seven goals from 33 league games, mostly from the wing, helping the team win promotion to League One. The start of the 2009–10 season saw Zebroski score two goals in a 3–2 defeat at Charlton. On the 20th of November 2009, Zebroski returned to Torquay on loan with a view to permanent transfer in January. On the 26th of November 2010, he was given a 12-month community order and fine for kicking and punching a soldier in a street fight in Torquay in August 2010. He scored twice in a 5–0 home win against Darlington on the 12th of December and the move later became permanent.

After helping the club avoid relegation from League Two during the 2009–10 campaign, Zebroski scored 16 league goals to help the club finish seventh and reach the playoffs the following season. In the semi-final first leg versus Shrewsbury at Plainmoor, Zebroski scored the first goal to set up a 2–0 victory. The second leg finished 0–0, leaving Torquay to play Stevenage in the playoff final at Old Trafford. Stevenage won the game 1–0. In July 2011 he followed former Torquay manager Paul Buckle to his new club, Bristol Rovers.

In August 2012, Zebroski joined Cheltenham Town. His contract with Cheltenham was cancelled by mutual consent on the 4th of January 2013 after Zebroski withdrew from the matchday squad at short notice on a number of occasions.

On the 25th of February 2013, it was announced that Zebroski had joined Conference South side Eastleigh. He scored his first goal for the club in the 1–0 win over Eastbourne Borough on the 2nd of March 2013.

In June 2013, Zebroski signed for newly promoted League Two club Newport County. In April 2015, he was jailed for 4 years and 4 months after he “admitted four charges of robbery, attempted robbery and assault relating to two incidents”. Zebroski attributed the incidents to alcoholism, and failed in an appeal against the sentence. He served two years of his sentence at HMP Prescoed, and was released in 2017.

Following his release from prison, Zebroski rejoined Eastleigh in June 2017.

On the 8th of August 2019, Zebroski signed for National League South side Chippenham Town. He departed the club in May 2021.

Zebroski joined Hellenic Football League Division One side Malmesbury Victoria in August 2021, but lasted just over a month, before linking up with Swindon Supermarine of the Southern League.

Two years ago, Zebroski was caught cheating by his wife who has outed him on his own Twitter account, being labelled a “cheating scum”.

His wife has posted his conversations with a woman named Layla, who the wife ends up calling a ‘ugly fat cunt’.

The wife on his profile also posted a photo of herself with a thumbs up, stating “How you feel when rat out your husband for cheating!” with some snake emojis.

She also put up screenshots of his explicit messages to the woman he is cheating with, for all to see.

His wikipedia page was also edited, it said his playing position was ’69 with fat Layla”.

ZEBROSKI’S CAREER:

Youth career
Cirencester Academy
2003–2004 – Swindon Town
2004–2005 – Plymouth Argyle

Senior career
2005–2006 – Plymouth Argyle – 4 games (0 goals)
2006–2008 – Millwall – 25 games (13 goals)
2007 → Oxford United (loan) – 8 games (2 goals)
2007–2008 → Torquay United (loan) – 46 games (19 goals)
2008–2010 – Wycombe Wanderers – 48 games (19 goals)
2009–2010 → Torquay United (loan) – 7 games (4 goals)
2010–2011 – Torquay United – 67 games (19 goals)
2011–2012 – Bristol Rovers – 39 games (3 goals)
2012–2013 – Cheltenham Town – 21 games (5 goals)
2013 – Eastleigh – 12 games (3 goals)
2013–2015 – Newport County – 71 games (19 goals)
2017–2019 – Eastleigh – 75 games (12 goals)
2019–2021 – Chippenham Town – 28 games (3 goals)
2021 – Malmesbury Victoria – 2 games (1 goal)