Brian Potter (footballer) explained

Brian Potter
Fullname:Brian Potter
Birth Date:1977 1, df=y
Birth Place:Dunfermline, Scotland
Currentclub:Hamilton Academical (goalkeeping coach)
Position:Goalkeeper
Youthclubs1:Raith Rovers
Years1:1994–1995
Years3:2008–2011
Clubs1:Raith Rovers
Clubs2:Oakley United
Clubs3:Hamilton Academical
Caps1:1
Caps3:1
Goals1:0
Goals3:0
Totalcaps:2
Totalgoals:0

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

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

Raith Rovers

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New Goalie Coach | Dunfermline Athletic Football Club.
  2. Brian Potter: A life in professional football – http://www.twohundredpercent.net/?p=2663
  3. Web site: Raymond Allan – Player 1972 – 75 and 1979–89 . Cowdenbeath.net . 8 March 2008.
  4. Web site: Accies Squad 2007-8. Hamilton Academical FC. 8 March 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080307002945/http://www.acciesfc.co.uk/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=360&Itemid=33. 7 March 2008.
  5. Web site: Dundee 1 Accies 1. Hamilton Accies FC. 26 April 2008.
  6. Web site: Raith Rovers hero joins Dunfermline. https://archive.today/20130202021644/http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news/article/raith-rovers-hero-joins-dunfermline/. dead. 2 February 2013. Scottish Football League. 12 October 2011.