Luke Potter

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Luke Potter

| image = Luke Potter.png

| caption = Potter playing for Barnsley

| fullname = Luke Alexander Potter

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|7|17|df=y}}

| birth_place = Barnsley, England

| height =

| youthyears1 = 2005–2007

| youthclubs1 = Barnsley

| position = Defender

| currentclub =

| years1 = 2007–2012| clubs1=Barnsley |caps1= 28|goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2007 | clubs2=→ Stafford Rangers (loan)|caps2= 12|goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2009 | clubs3=→ Kettering Town (loan) |caps3= 22|goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2011 | clubs4=→ Alfreton Town (loan) |caps4= 2|goals4 = 0

| totalcaps = 64

| totalgoals = 0

| manageryears1 = 2017–2019

| managerclubs1 = Athersley Recreation

| manageryears2 = 2024–2025

| managerclubs2 = Basford United

}}

Luke Alexander Potter (born 17 July 1989) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender. He was recently manager of Basford United.

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,{{cite news

| title = Stafford snap up Tykes teenager

| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/stafford_rangers/7062466.stm

| publisher = BBC Sport

| date = 25 October 2007

| accessdate = 20 November 2009}} and on January transfer window deadline day 2009, joined Kettering Town until the end of the 2008–09 season.{{cite news

| title = Kettering seal Potter loan switch

| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/k/kettering_town/7867485.stm

| publisher = BBC Sport

| date = 3 February 2009

| accessdate = 20 November 2009}}

Potter announced his retirement from football on 3 April 2012, after suffering from a long recurring knee injury.{{cite news

| title = LUKE POTTER RETIRES FROM FOOTBALL

| url = http://www.barnsleyfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10309~2719253,00.html

| publisher = Barnsley F.C.

| date = 3 April 2012

| accessdate = 4 April 2012}}

Coaching career

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.[http://www.ncefl.org.uk/news/ncelpremierdivision/2017/4388-potterisnewrecboss/ Potter is new Rec boss] Northern Counties East League, 3 September 2017 He resigned from the role in May 2019.[http://www.ncefl.org.uk/news/ncelpremierdivision/2018/4946-recbeginsearchfornewmanager/ Rec begin search for new manager] Northern Counties East League, 7 May 2019 In June 2019, he was appointed assistant coach at Matlock Town.[https://www.matlockmercury.co.uk/sport/football/new-matlock-town-assistant-luke-potter-aiming-promotion-2034108 New Matlock Town assistant Luke Potter aiming for promotion], matlockmercury.co.uk, 19 June 2019 Potter left the club on 22 January 2020 together with head coach Steve Kittrick.[https://www.matlocktownfc.co.uk/matlock-town-and-manager-steve-kittrick-part-company-by-mutual-consent.asp Matlock Town and Manager Steve Kittrick Part Company by Mutual Consent], matlocktownfc.co.uk, 22 January 2020

On 11 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.{{cite web | url=https://guiseleyafc.co.uk/club-statement-management-team/ | title=Club Statement - Management Team }}

In December 2024, Potter was appointed manager of Northern Premier League Premier Division side Basford United. {{cite web|url=https://www.basfordunited.com/news/club-statement-managerial-appointment-2892637.html|title=CLUB STATEMENT: MANAGERIAL APPOINTMENT|website=www.basfordunited.com|date=26 December 2024|accessdate=29 December 2024}}