John Petts (footballer)
{{short description|English footballer and manager}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = John Petts
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|caption =
|full_name = John William Frederick James Petts{{Hugman|15680|accessdate=16 March 2025}}
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1938|10|2|df=y}}
|birth_place = Edmonton, London, England
|height =
|position = Wing half
|youthyears1 = 1954–1957
|youthclubs1 = Arsenal
|years1 = 1957–1962
|clubs1 = Arsenal
|caps1 = 32
|goals1 = 0
|years2 = 1962–1965
|clubs2 = Reading
|caps2 = 34
|goals2 = 0
|years3 = 1965–1970
|clubs3 = Bristol Rovers
|caps3 = 92
|goals3 = 3
|years4 =
|clubs4 = Bath City
|caps4 =
|goals4 =
|years5 =
|clubs5 = Trowbridge Town
|caps5 =
|goals5 =
|totalcaps = 158
|totalgoals = 3
|nationalyears1 =
|nationalteam1 = England youth
|nationalcaps1 =
|nationalgoals1 =
|manageryears1 = 1977–1978
|managerclubs1 = Northampton Town
}}
John William Frederick James Petts (born 2 October 1938) is an English former professional football player and manager.
Career
Petts was born in Edmonton, London. A wing half, he joined Arsenal in 1954,{{Cite web|url=https://www.arsenal.com/history/profiles/540/johnny-petts|title=Johnny Petts | Arsenal.com|date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303191731/https://www.arsenal.com/history/profiles/540/johnny-petts |archive-date=3 March 2016 }} and made 32 appearances for them in the Football League.{{cite web|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player7/johnpetts.html|title=Profile|accessdate=16 March 2025|publisher=Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Transfer Database}} He later played for Reading and Bristol Rovers, before playing non-league football with Bath City and Trowbridge Town.{{ENFA}} He was also an England youth international.
Petts later had a spell as manager of Northampton Town between 1977 and 1978.{{Soccerbase manager|id=831|name=John Petts}}
Personal life
References
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Category:English men's footballers
Category:English football managers
Category:Bristol Rovers F.C. players
Category:Bath City F.C. players
Category:Trowbridge Town F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:Northampton Town F.C. managers
Category:Men's association football wing halves
Category:Footballers from the London Borough of Enfield
Category:People from Edmonton, London
Category:England men's youth international footballers
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