‘If you’re in the penalty area and don’t know what to do with the ball, put it in the net and we’ll discuss the options later.’
Bob Paisley Liverpool football club
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Professional footballer
(1988-92)
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club
Professional footballer
(1992-93)
Wellington United, New Zealand
Football Coach
(1993-2000)
Charlton Athletic
Teacher at various schools
(2000 – 2019)
Hawksmoor Primary School, Thamesmead
De Lucy Primary School, Abbey Wood
Crown Woods Secondary School, Eltham
Anthony Potts was born in 1972 in South London. He is a new author who has just released his debut novel Eye on the Ball.
The book is based on his experiences and insider’s knowledge from his time as a Professional footballer. In the book he takes an uncompromising look at the harsh world of professional sports.
On leaving school he joined Tottenham Hotspur on YTS forms before signing a 3-year professional contract. He left Tottenham in 1992 and travelled to New Zealand to play for Wellington United. Since returning to England he has played and coached semi-professionally for a number of non-league football clubs. He is a qualified football coach and has managed at academy level for Charlton Athletic.
Injury problems meant that he had to retrain as a teacher in 1995. He has now been a teacher for more than 20 years at various Inner London schools. He is currently working as a Primary schoolteacher at Ningbo British International School in Ningbo, China. He is married to Sonya Potts and has two step-sons called Jack and Mitchell.
Anthony Potts 