Brian Potter (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Brian Potter | ||
| Date of birth | 26 January 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Laughton, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Dunfermline Athletic (goalkeeping coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Raith Rovers | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1994–1995 | Raith Rovers | 1 | (0) |
| 2008–2011 | Hamilton Academical | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Brian Potter (born 26 January 1977 in Laughton) is a former Scottish professional footballer and currently a goalkeeping coach.
Career
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.[1] 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 – Raymond Allan, Raith's backup goalkeeper, was ineligible after being an unused substitute earlier in the competition for Motherwell.[2]
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.[3]
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.[3]
On 12 October 2011 he left Hamilton Academical to sign on as a goalkeeping coach at SPL Dunfermline Athletic.[4]
Honours
Raith Rovers
- Scottish First Division: 1
- 1994–95
- 1994–95
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Accies Squad 2007-8". Hamilton Academical FC. 8 March 2008.
- ↑ "Raith Rovers hero joins Dunfermline". Scottish Football League. 12 October 2011.
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