Bradley Potts (born 3 July 1994) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder and wing-back for Preston North End.[3]

Brad Potts
Personal information
Full name Bradley Potts[1]
Date of birth (1994-07-03) 3 July 1994 (age 29)[2]
Place of birth Hexham, England
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder, wing-back
Team information
Current team
Preston North End
Number 44
Youth career
2005 Wark
2010–2012 Carlisle United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 Carlisle United 103 (9)
2015–2017 Blackpool 87 (16)
2017–2019 Barnsley 59 (9)
2019– Preston North End 189 (16)
International career
2012 England U19 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 April 2024 (UTC)

Career edit

Potts began his career with Carlisle United and made his professional debut on 11 August 2012 in a 1–0 win against Accrington Stanley in the first round of the League Cup.[4] He made his league debut a week later, playing 90 minutes of a 1–1 draw against Stevenage on 18 August.[5] On 12 June 2015, Potts signed for Blackpool after his contract at Carlisle expired.[6] He scored the opening goal for Blackpool in the 2017 League Two play-off final win against Exeter City.[7] On 3 August 2017 Potts joined Championship side Barnsley on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee. On 4 January 2019, Potts moved to Championship side Preston North End for a reported incoming record transfer fee paid by the club in excess of £1.5 million. [8]

International career edit

On 8 November 2012, Potts was called up to the England under-19 squad to play Finland in a friendly on 13 November in Telford.[9] He made his debut in the game which England won 1–0.[10]

Career statistics edit

As of match played 10 April 2023
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Carlisle United 2012–13[11] League One 27 0 1 0 2 0 1[a] 0 31 0
2013–14[12] League One 37 2 3 0 2 0 2[a] 0 44 2
2014–15[13] League Two 39 7 1 0 1 0 2[a] 1 43 8
Total 103 9 5 0 5 0 5 1 118 10
Blackpool 2015–16[14] League One 45 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 46 6
2016–17[15] League Two 42 10 3 1 2 1 5[b] 1 52 13
Total 87 16 3 1 3 1 5 1 98 19
Barnsley 2017–18[16] Championship 37 3 1 1 3 0 0 0 41 4
2018–19[17] League One 22 6 2 1 1 0 1 0 26 7
Total 59 9 3 2 4 0 1 0 67 11
Preston North End 2018–19[17] Championship 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2
2019–20[18] 32 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 36 2
2020–21[19] 42 5 1 0 2 0 0 0 45 5
2021–22[20] 35 1 1 0 4 0 40 1
2022–23[21] 34 4 0 0 2 1 0 0 36 5
Total 153 14 3 0 11 1 0 0 167 15
Career total 402 48 14 3 23 2 11 2 450 55
  1. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in the Football League Trophy
  2. ^ Two appearances in the Football League Trophy and three in the League Two play-offs

Honours edit

Club edit

Blackpool

Barnsley

References edit

  1. ^ "Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2018: Barnsley" (PDF). English Football League. p. 4. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Brad Potts". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Preston North End's Brad Potts on the switch to wing-back kick-starting his season and saying farewell to Paul Huntington | Lancashire Evening Post". Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Carlisle 1–0 Accrington". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  5. ^ "Stevenage 1–1 Carlisle" BBC Sport. 18 August 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
  6. ^ "Blackpool sign Brad Potts and Kyle Letheren to two-year deals" BBC Sport. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  7. ^ a b Law, James (28 May 2017). "Blackpool 2–1 Exeter City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  8. ^ "Brad Potts:Midfielder Brad Potts Joins Preston in a Club Record Deal for North End and has recently become a fan favorite for celebrating in front of the away end after opening the scoring in Prestons 3-1 win over arch rivals Blackpool". Yorkshire Post. 3 January 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  9. ^ "England U-19 call up for Potts" Sky Sports. 8 November 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
  10. ^ "England 1–0 Finland" The FA.com. 13 November 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
  11. ^ "Games played by Brad Potts in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  12. ^ "Games played by Brad Potts in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  13. ^ "Games played by Brad Potts in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  14. ^ "Games played by Brad Potts in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  15. ^ "Games played by Brad Potts in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  16. ^ "Games played by Brad Potts in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  17. ^ a b "Games played by Brad Potts in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  18. ^ "Games played by Brad Potts in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  19. ^ "Games played by Brad Potts in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  20. ^ "Games played by Brad Potts in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  21. ^ "Games played by Brad Potts in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  22. ^ "League One: 2018/19: Current table". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
    "Barnsley: Squad details: 2018/19". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 May 2019.

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