John Petts (footballer)

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John Petts
Personal information
Full name John William Frederick James Petts
Date of birth (1938-10-02) 2 October 1938 (age 85) [1]
Place of birth Edmonton, London, England [1]
Position(s) Wing half
Youth career
1954–1957 Arsenal
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1957–1962 Arsenal 32 (0)
1962–1965 Reading 34 (0)
1965–1970 Bristol Rovers 92 (3)
Bath City
Total158(3)
Managerial career
1977–1978 Northampton Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John William Frederick James Petts (born 2 October 1938) [2] is an English former professional football player and manager.

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Career

Petts, who played as a wing half, joined Arsenal in 1954, [3] and made 32 appearances for them in the Football League. [4] He later played for Reading and Bristol Rovers, [5] [6] before playing non-league football with Bath City.

Petts later had a spell as manager of Northampton Town between 1977 and 1978. [7]

Personal life

His son Paul was also a professional footballer. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 "John Petts". Football Database. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  2. "John Petts". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
  3. Profile - Arsenal F.C.
  4. ARSENAL : 1946/47 - 2009/10 - Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database
  5. READING : 1946/47 - 2009/10 - Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database
  6. BRISTOL ROVERS : 1946/47 - 2009/10 - Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database
  7. John Petts management career statistics at Soccerbase
  8. Winter 2004-2005 Archived 7 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine - Bob Dunning