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Danny Potter 
Personal information Full name Daniel Raymond John Potter Date of birth 18 March 1979 Place of birth Ipswich, England Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Playing position Goalkeeper Club information Current club Newport County Number 1 Youth career Chelsea Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1997–1998 Colchester United 0 (0) 1998–2000 Exeter City 10 (0) 2000 Chelmsford City 2000–2002 Weymouth 59 (0) 2003–2006 Canvey Island 112 (0) 2006–2007 Stevenage Borough 3 (0) 2007–2010 Cambridge United 114 (0) 2010–2011 Torquay United 9 (0) 2011– Newport County 5 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:11, 17 September 2011 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).Daniel Raymond John "Danny" Potter (born 18 March 1979 in Ipswich, England) is an English footballer, who signed for Newport County on 29 May 2011, having been released by Torquay United.
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Career
Potter started his career as a trainee at Premiership club Chelsea but after failing to make the grade there dropped into lower league football with short spells at Chelmsford City, Weymouth and Exeter City. He came to prominence when he joined Canvey Island in March 2003 along with Lee Boylan and Wayne Purser who were with him at Canvey Island, with whom he gained promotion to the Conference, and on a number of occasions proved to be a key player for them with his solid goalkeeping skills. After Canvey dropped out of the Conference, he was signed by Stevenage Borough by new manager Mark Stimson and promptly impressed in pre-season.
As the 2006–07 season began, Potter was first choice, with previous first choice Alan Julian struggling with injury and Potter remained first choice until he was sent off against Crawley Town. After the Crawley game, Potter only played in one more game for the first team, a 2–1 defeat to Burton Albion.
Potter left to join Cambridge United on 22 May 2007.[1] In his first two seasons with Cambridge, Potter helped steer the side towards successive playoff finals, although he was to miss out on the latter through a knee injury.[2] Following the conclusion of the 2009–10 season, Potter was one of nine players released by manager Martin Ling.[3] He joined League Two side Torquay United on 1 July.[4]
In May 2011 he joined Conference National side Newport County,[5] the day after being non-playing substitute for Torquay when they lost 1-0 in the 2011 Football League Two play-off Final to Stevenage, at Old Trafford, Manchester.
Honours
- Isthmian League (VI): 2004
- FA Trophy: 2007
Notes
- ^ "Cambridge swoop for keeper Potter". BBC Sport. 2007-05-22. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cambridge_utd/6679459.stm.
- ^ http://www.cambridge-united.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10423~29128,00.html
- ^ "Nine players shown Cambridge door". BBC News. 26 April 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cambridge_utd/8645314.stm.
- ^ http://www.torquayunited-mad.co.uk/news/tmnw/torquay_sign_up_goalkeeper_potter_529409/index.shtml
- ^ http://www.footballconference.co.uk/new ... ws_id=4651
External links
Newport County A.F.C. – current squad 1 Potter · 3 Baker · 4 Miller · 5 Warren · 6 Yakubu · 7 Rose · 8 S. Rogers · 9 McAllister · 10 Foley · 11 Knights · 12 Gilligan · 14 Doherty · 15 Jarvis · 16 Hughes · 17 Hatswell · 18 Thompson · 19 Pipe · 21 Matthews · 23 Harris · 25 P. Rodgers · 26 Buchanan · 27 Jardim · 29 Velez · Manager: Edinburgh
Categories:- 1979 births
- Living people
- People from Ipswich
- English footballers
- Association football goalkeepers
- Chelsea F.C. players
- Colchester United F.C. players
- Exeter City F.C. players
- Weymouth F.C. players
- Canvey Island F.C. players
- Stevenage F.C. players
- Cambridge United F.C. players
- The Football League players
- Conference National players
- Torquay United F.C. players
- Newport County A.F.C. players
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