Career
He had given up on becoming a professional football player in 2005 after being released by Wolves, and joined non-league Chasetown. He spent eleven months in the Football League, before returning to Chasetown. Chasetown
Released from Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2005 without a first team appearance to his name, Slater joined non-league Chasetown.
He was at The Scholar Ground for the first season of the new Southern League Division One Midlands tier (2006-2007).
Vale was the eighth club Chasetown had vanquished in their campaign that season. In his three years at the club he had played 146 league games for the "Scholars", scoring one goal.
Portuguese Vale
He was signed by Lee Sinnott"s Portuguese Vale, along with Chasetown team mate Kyle Perry, in January 2008 for a nominal fee and gave up his day job as a block paver. He made his League One debut as a 70th minute substitute in a 2–0 defeat to Swansea City on 19 January 2008.
He played four further league games that season, all of them defeats as the Vale were relegated into League Two.
After appearing in six league and two cup games for the "Valiants" in 2008-2009, Slater was released from his contract in mid-November, and subsequently re-joined Chasetown. Return to Chasetown
He remained at the club throughout 2010-2011, as the club competed at the seventh level of the English football league pyramid for the first time in its history. However the "Scholars" could not survive at such a high level, and were relegated in 2011-2012.
They reached the Division One South play-off final in 2012-2013, where they were beaten 2–1 by Stamford.
The club finished 12th in 2013-2014 and 13th in 2014-2015, and Slater exceeded 500 appearances for the club in April 2015. With Chasetown.