Brian Potter (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Brian Potter | ||
| Date of birth | 26 January 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Dunfermline, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Hamilton Academical (goalkeeping coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Raith Rovers | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1995 | Raith Rovers | 1 | (0) |
| Oakley United | |||
| 2008–2011 | Hamilton Academical | 1 | (0) |
| Total | 2 | (0) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Brian Potter (born 26 January 1977) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently employed as the goalkeeping coach at Hamilton Academical. Potter is from Valleyfield in Fife.[1]
Career
[edit]Potter began his career with Raith Rovers, and was the substitute goalkeeper when Scott Thomson was sent off in the 1994–95 Scottish League Cup semi-final. Despite being a YTS player with only one previous first team appearance, Potter played the remainder of the match, conceding once but surviving to a penalty shoot-out. On the final penalty, Alan Lawrence – who had put Raith out of the Scottish League Challenge Cup earlier in the season in a penalty shoot-out – saw his penalty saved by Potter, putting Raith into the final.[2] First choice Thomson was recalled, coincidentally saving the first sudden death penalty to win the final, allowing Potter to pick up a winners' medal as a substitute. Incredibly, Potter should not have been present at either match – Ray Allan, Raith's backup goalkeeper, was ineligible after being an unused substitute earlier in the competition for Motherwell.[3]
Potter failed to make any further first team appearances for Rovers and joined East Fife as a goalkeeping coach.
After a playing spell in junior football with Oakley United, Potter joined Hamilton Academical as a goalkeeping coach.[4]
Potter was signed as a player by Hamilton in March 2008 to offer cover to their two existing goalkeepers. He had been listed as a trialist substitute on a number of occasions earlier in the season. He made his Hamilton debut, as a substitute, against Dundee in April 2008.[5]
On 12 October 2011 he left Hamilton Academical to sign on as a goalkeeping coach at SPL Dunfermline Athletic.[6]
Honours
[edit]Raith Rovers
References
[edit]- ^ "New Goalie Coach | Dunfermline Athletic Football Club".
- ^ Brian Potter: A life in professional football – http://www.twohundredpercent.net/?p=2663
- ^ "Raymond Allan – Player 1972 – 75 and 1979–89". Cowdenbeath.net. Retrieved 8 March 2008.
- ^ "Accies Squad 2007-8". Hamilton Academical FC. 8 March 2008. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008.
- ^ "Dundee 1 Accies 1". Hamilton Accies FC. 26 April 2008.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Raith Rovers hero joins Dunfermline". Scottish Football League. 12 October 2011. Archived from the original on 2 February 2013.
External links
[edit]- Brian Potter at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
- Brian Potter at Soccerbase
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
- Scottish men's footballers
- Raith Rovers F.C. players
- Hamilton Academical F.C. players
- 1977 births
- Living people
- Scottish Junior Football Association players
- Scottish Football League players
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Dunfermline Athletic F.C. non-playing staff
- Hamilton Academical F.C. non-playing staff
- Oakley United F.C. players
- Sportspeople from Valleyfield, Fife
- Footballers from Fife