NEW Bluebirds recruit James Constable signed for the club on Monday and immediately set his sights on breaking into the first team.

The 19-year-old striker, who lives in Malmesbury, has only figured on the periphery for Cirencester Town this season.

But Chippenham manager Steve White watched him in action recently and felt the youngster had enough potential to warrant an 18-month contract.

Constable trained with the Bluebirds squad on Tuesday night and could figure in the trip to fellow strugglers Chelmsford City this weekend.

"I loved being at Cirencester but I wasn't getting a chance to play," said Constable.

"This is a great opportunity for me to show what I can do and a chance to play at a higher level.

"I played a few games for the reserves at Ciren and came on as substitute for the first team a couple of times but you want to be playing all the time."

The move up in standard of football is the latest step towards Constable's dream of becoming a professional footballer and playing for Tottenham Hotspur.

After finishing at Malmesbury School he went to play for Cirencester Academy where combined his football with a two-year sports science course.

He represented the county at under-18 level and in March this year was selected to play for England Colleges on a tour of the USA after getting through four gruelling trials.

Now he is hoping to make the grade at Dr Martens Premier Division level.

"I want to try and get into the first team and hopefully score some goals," he added. "It's a good chance for me and I'm excited about it.

"It will be good to play bigger teams in front of bigger crowds."

He admitted the move had come out of the blue for him and he had not even realised White had been running the rule over him.

"I know he came down to a league cup game of ours but I didn't know he had been watching me until I got a phone call later on," Constable continued.

"We didn't play that well and I thought I had a bad game. But Steve White is really friendly and said if that was a bad game for me he couldn't wait to see how good I was when I felt I had played well.

"I'm looking forward to working with him because he was a striker himself and will be able to help develop my game.

"I already know Charlie Griffin from when he used to manage my older brother's team and I know the goalkeeper Mark Hervin from when he was at Cirencester.

"I've always wanted to play football since as early as I can remember and this is a big opportunity for me."