Luke Potter

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Luke Potter
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Potter playing for Barnsley
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-07-17) 17 July 1987 (age 35)
Place of birth Barnsley, England
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
2005–2007 Barnsley
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–2012 Barnsley 28 (0)
2007 → Stafford Rangers (loan) 12 (0)
2009 → Kettering Town (loan) 22 (0)
2011 → Alfreton Town (loan) 2 (0)
Total64(0)
Managerial career
2017–2019 Athersley Recreation
2022- Guiseley (Assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Luke Alexander Potter (born 17 July 1989) is an English former professional footballer who last played for Barnsley as a defender. He is currently the interim assistant manager at Guiseley.

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Career

Born in Barnsley, Potter made his league debut in Barnsley's final fixture of the 2006–07 season, in which Barnsley lost 7–0 at West Bromwich Albion.

He has had three loan spells away from Oakwell. In late 2007 he spent two months on loan at Conference National team Stafford Rangers, [1] and on January transfer window deadline day 2009, joined Kettering Town until the end of the 2008–09 season. [2] Potter announced his retirement from football on 3 April 2012, after suffering from a long recurring knee injury. [3]

After retiring, he worked as a coach at the Barnsley academy and was assistant manager at Ossett Albion for four years. In September 2017 he was appointed manager of Athersley Recreation. [4] He resigned from the role in May 2019. [5] In June 2019, he was appointed assistant coach at Matlock Town. [6] Potter left the club on 22 January 2020 together with head coach Steve Kittrick. [7]

On the 11th of April, Potter became Assistant Manager to Kittrick once again at Guiseley on an interim basis, following the dismissal of Marcus Bignot and Russ O’Neill. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Stafford snap up Tykes teenager". BBC Sport. 25 October 2007. Retrieved 20 November 2009.
  2. ↑ "Kettering seal Potter loan switch". BBC Sport. 3 February 2009. Retrieved 20 November 2009.
  3. ↑ "LUKE POTTER RETIRES FROM FOOTBALL". Barnsley F.C. 3 April 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
  4. ↑ Potter is new Rec boss Northern Counties East League, 3 September 2017
  5. ↑ Rec begin search for new manager Northern Counties East League, 7 May 2019
  6. ↑ New Matlock Town assistant Luke Potter aiming for promotion, matlockmercury.co.uk, 19 June 2019
  7. ↑ Matlock Town and Manager Steve Kittrick Part Company by Mutual Consent, matlocktownfc.co.uk, 22 January 2020
  8. ↑ "Club Statement - Management Team".


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