ALBIONSAINT Posted March 5, 2019 Report Share Posted March 5, 2019 John Potter will be inducted into the St Mirren Hall of Fame at the club's end of season dinner on Friday 24th May 2019, at the Normandy Hotel sponsored by Walker Laird Solicitors & Estate Agents. John, who began his career at Celtic and had a spell at Dunfermline, joined St Mirren in 2005 from Clyde and helped the club win the Challenge Cup and promotion to the then Scottish Premier League in his first season at the Buddies. At the beginning of the 2008/09 season, Potter was named club captain. That season the club finished 11th in the Premier League and reached the semi-final of the Scottish Cup – knocking out Celtic in the quarter final. The following season Saints finished 10th and made the League Cup final. In the 2010-11 season, John’s final season at the club, Saints ended the season in 11th place and reached the quarter finals of the Scottish Cup. In the summer of 2011 the defender left the club to return to Dunfermline having made 234 appearances for Saints scoring two goals. He joins Willie Telfer and Cammy Murray in being inducted into the Hall of Fame at the end of the season with one more name to be announced. I seem to remember he got a lot of stick on here for being a poor defender! Sometimes you don’t appreciate what you have till it’s gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Arthur Blair Posted March 6, 2019 Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 A coward who, instead of taking one for the team, turned his back to Naismith allowing him to cross for Miller to score. Unforgivable and should be nowhere near a HoF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isle Of Bute Saint Posted March 6, 2019 Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 John Potter, seriously ? Who decides what name goes onto the hall of fame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeper07 Posted March 6, 2019 Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 Big bad John... Actually overall he was a great servant. Only positive thing he did not do much was score goals - a good old fashioned sweeper and a great defensive organiser. Yeah he made the occasional mistake too - but he was one of our better performers for years... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayrshire Saints Posted March 6, 2019 Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 Pumpkin soup followed by Pumpkin ravioli on the menu that night !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornwall_Saint Posted March 6, 2019 Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 I always liked JP, felt he was always castrated for any little mistake while other CBs seemed to get away with it more because they were “likeable”. Had Robbie Keane in his back pocket when we pumped the bigots 4-0. Was an excellent servant to the club, not the best player but always gave 100%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
portmahomack saint Posted March 6, 2019 Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 13 hours ago, ALBIONSAINT said: John Potter will be inducted into the St Mirren Hall of Fame at the club's end of season dinner on Friday 24th May 2019, at the Normandy Hotel sponsored by Walker Laird Solicitors & Estate Agents. John, who began his career at Celtic and had a spell at Dunfermline, joined St Mirren in 2005 from Clyde and helped the club win the Challenge Cup and promotion to the then Scottish Premier League in his first season at the Buddies. At the beginning of the 2008/09 season, Potter was named club captain. That season the club finished 11th in the Premier League and reached the semi-final of the Scottish Cup – knocking out Celtic in the quarter final. The following season Saints finished 10th and made the League Cup final. In the 2010-11 season, John’s final season at the club, Saints ended the season in 11th place and reached the quarter finals of the Scottish Cup. In the summer of 2011 the defender left the club to return to Dunfermline having made 234 appearances for Saints scoring two goals. He joins Willie Telfer and Cammy Murray in being inducted into the Hall of Fame at the end of the season with one more name to be announced. I seem to remember he got a lot of stick on here for being a poor defender! Sometimes you don’t appreciate what you have till it’s gone. Exactly..... Thats how i felt when Cole Kpekawa left Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djchapsticks Posted March 6, 2019 Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 John Potter in the hall of fame. Not for me, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud the Baker Posted March 6, 2019 Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 John Potter - 43 on the all time appearance list plus 2 minor trophies and a major final appearance. Over the years Saints have had some fine servants. Below is a list of the top players who have contributed to the history of the club. Included in the lists are players who have played in 200 or more competitive matches or have scored more than 30 competitive goals for the first team. 1 Davie McCrae 1924-1934 251 2 Alex Linwood*1 1938-1946 19 164 3 Jimmy Knox 1931-1939 157 4= Robert Rankin 1926-1934 1937-1941 102 4= Frank McGarvey 1974-1979 1985-1990 102 6 Tommy Gemmell 1951-1962 96 7= James Thomson 1918-1929 84 7= Billy Stark 1975-1983 84 9 Alex Wylie 1890-1901 82 10 Dunky Walker 1921-1923 76 11= Barry Lavety 1991-1996 1999-2000 2003-2004 72 11= Jim Blair 1967-1970 1971-1972 72 13= Mark Yardley 1995-2003 71 13= Jimmy McGregor 1932-1938 71 15 Tommy Bryceland 1956-1962 1972 69 16 Gerry Baker 1958-1960 66 17= Frank McDougall 1979-1984 64 17= Doug Somner 1979-1983 64 17= Thomas Brady*1 1939-1943 64 20 Frank McAvennie 1980-1985 63 21= James Cunningham 1904-1911 59 21= Ally McLeod 1970-1973 59 23 Ricky Gillies 1992-1997 2000-2005 56 24 Alan Gebbie 1924-1936 55 25= David Lapsley 1946-1959 54 25= Steven Thompson 2011-2016 54 27= Bobby McKean 1969-1974 47 27= Don Kerrigan 1958-1963 47 27= George Stewart 1950-1954 47 30 Johnny Deakin*1 1937-1949 22 46 31= Peter Kane 1967-1970 45 31= John Sutton 2005-2007 2016-2018 45 33 Jim Rodger 1955-1962 44 34= Bobby Adamson 1965-1970 43 34= David Wyllie 1904-1908 43 36= Bobby Holmes 1954-1960 40 36= Ian Scanlon 1981-1986 40 36= Donnie McDowell 1974-1977 40 39= Billy Mehmet 2005-2010 39 39= Jimmy Stenhouse*1 1941-1947 1 39 41 David Lindsay 1899-1905 38 42 Alfons Lesz 1947-1952 37 43= Dunky McGill 1951-1954 1956-1958 36 43= Gerry Burrell 1947-1951 36 43= John MacKenzie 1934-1938 36 46= Jimmy Bone 1978-1982 35 46= Arthur Milne 1946-1950 35 48= Derek Hyslop 1975-1979 33 48= Willie Telfer 1943-1957 33 50= Alistair Miller 1957-1962 30 50= Thomas Milne 1907-1912 30 Appearances 1 Willie Telfer *1 1943-1957 436505 2 Hugh Murray 1997-2012 468 2 Tony Fitzpatrick 1973-1979 1981-1989 458 4 Cammy Murray 1962-1972 416 5 John Miller 1925-1939 395 6 David Lapsley 1946-1959 393 7 Campbell Money 1978-1996 391 8 James Thomson 1918-1929 378 9 Billy Abercromby 1975-1988 375 10 Davie McCrae 1924-1934 352 11 Billy Stark 1975-1983 345 12 Frank McGarvey 1974-1979 1985-1990 341 13 Tommy Gemmell 1951-1962 336 14 David van Zanten 2003-2008 2010-2014 332 15 Alan Gebbie 1924-1936 331 16 John Wilson 1955-1967 320 17 Ricky Gillies 1992-1997 2000-2005 318 18 Michael McAvoy 1886-1909 314 19= Norrie McWhirter 1985-2000 299 19= Lex Richardson 1976-1983 299 21 Barry McLaughlin 1991-2002 295 22 Billy Thomson 1978-1984 286 23 Jackie Neilson 1949-1960 285 24 Robert Rankin 1926-1934 1937-1941 280 24= Johnny Deakin*1 1937-1949 135 280 26 John Young 1974-1982 275 27= Jackie Copland 1967-1968 1976-1983 274 27= William Kelly*1 1934-1945 125 274 29 Jimmy Knox 1931-1939 270 30 Paul Lambert 1985-1993 261 31= Walter Hay 1924-1935 258 31= Iain Munro 1969-1973 1977-1980 258 33 Mark Yardley 1995-2003 252 34 Robert Robertson 1901-1912 251 35 Andrew Findlay 1922-1929 246 36 Alex Beckett 1974-1983 245 37 Andrew Reid 1908-1917 242 38 Jim Clunie 1960-1965 1966-1967 241 39 Tom Jackson 1898-1911 240 40= Jock Bradford 1921-1927 239 40= Tommy Wilson 1982-1989 239 42 Alex Linwood 1938-1946 40 235 43 John Potter 2005-2011 234 44 George Walker 1926-1933 232 45 William McDonald 1923-1930 231 46 Willie Johnstone 1948-1958 222 47 Donald Greenlees 1897-1899 1900-1907 219 48 Joe Craven*1 1936-1942 113 216 49 Barry Lavety 1991-1995 1999-2000 2003-2003 215 50= Bobby Ancell 1930-1936 210 50= Peter Godfrey 1985-1991 210 50= Jimmy Drinkwater*1 1941-1952 154 210 53 Mark Fulton 1977-1985 206 54 Willie O'Hagan 1912-1921 206 55 Willie Summers 1921-1927 203 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPAFKA Jersey 2 Posted March 6, 2019 Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 1 hour ago, Cornwall_Saint said: I always liked JP, felt he was always castrated for any little mistake while other CBs seemed to get away with it more because they were “likeable”. Had Robbie Keane in his back pocket when we pumped the bigots 4-0. Was an excellent servant to the club, not the best player but always gave 100%. Blimey that's a bit harsh. I would probably have just castigated him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Sanchez Posted March 6, 2019 Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 Just looking at who is in and who is not. Is it right that Paul Lambert is not in this yet? If so, he's in the Scottish Football Hall of Fame, but not ours. I know he was a major cup winner at 17, made over 250 appearances, went on to captain Scotland, win the Champions League, etc, but most notably he delivered the line "be there or be square" on the cup final 7" single. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul torfason Posted March 6, 2019 Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 John potter,horrendous player,should be fans deciding which gets in hall of fame,not a pissed up board,terrible decision Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted March 6, 2019 Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 Wonder if the technical director had a say in this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintargyll Posted March 6, 2019 Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 Me thinks there is a bit of John pottery going on here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linwood buddie Posted March 6, 2019 Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 5 hours ago, Ayrshire Saints said: Pumpkin soup followed by Pumpkin ravioli on the menu that night !!! And Pumpkin pie for dessert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ged62 Posted March 6, 2019 Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 Nice comments above again from our great support. [emoji6] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Arthur Blair Posted March 6, 2019 Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 10 hours ago, Cornwall_Saint said: I always liked JP, felt he was always castrated for any little mistake while other CBs seemed to get away with it more because they were “likeable”. Had Robbie Keane in his back pocket when we pumped the bigots 4-0. Was an excellent servant to the club, not the best player but always gave 100%. It took balls to say that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALBIONSAINT Posted March 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 On 3/5/2019 at 10:24 PM, ALBIONSAINT said: John Potter will be inducted into the St Mirren Hall of Fame at the club's end of season dinner on Friday 24th May 2019, at the Normandy Hotel sponsored by Walker Laird Solicitors & Estate Agents. John, who began his career at Celtic and had a spell at Dunfermline, joined St Mirren in 2005 from Clyde and helped the club win the Challenge Cup and promotion to the then Scottish Premier League in his first season at the Buddies. At the beginning of the 2008/09 season, Potter was named club captain. That season the club finished 11th in the Premier League and reached the semi-final of the Scottish Cup – knocking out Celtic in the quarter final. The following season Saints finished 10th and made the League Cup final. In the 2010-11 season, John’s final season at the club, Saints ended the season in 11th place and reached the quarter finals of the Scottish Cup. In the summer of 2011 the defender left the club to return to Dunfermline having made 234 appearances for Saints scoring two goals. He joins Willie Telfer and Cammy Murray in being inducted into the Hall of Fame at the end of the season with one more name to be announced. I seem to remember he got a lot of stick on here for being a poor defender! sometimes you don’t appreciate what you have till it’s gone. It appears by some of the comments above that not much has changed. At least the forum is consistent. Still not sure what John did to get so many fans backs up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintnextlifetime Posted March 6, 2019 Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 9 hours ago, Stu said: Wonder if the technical director had a say in this? Because he is related to Potsy. . My enduring memory of Potsy is walking away from games with my son saying to me "Why does that guy(Potter) keep getting a game every week?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybee Posted March 7, 2019 Report Share Posted March 7, 2019 (edited) 12 hours ago, Cornwall_Saint said: I always liked JP, felt he was always castrated for any little mistake while other CBs seemed to get away with it more because they were “likeable”. Had Robbie Keane in his back pocket when we pumped the bigots 4-0. Was an excellent servant to the club, not the best player but always gave 100%. I REALLY do hope you meant castigated ......please!!!!! sorry TPAFKA; I really should read everything before posting Edited March 7, 2019 by jaybee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Pityme Posted March 7, 2019 Report Share Posted March 7, 2019 20 hours ago, Bud the Baker said: John Potter - 43 on the all time appearance list plus 2 minor trophies and a major final appearance. Over the years Saints have had some fine servants. Below is a list of the top players who have contributed to the history of the club. Included in the lists are players who have played in 200 or more competitive matches or have scored more than 30 competitive goals for the first team. 1 Davie McCrae 1924-1934 251 2 Alex Linwood*1 1938-1946 19 164 3 Jimmy Knox 1931-1939 157 4= Robert Rankin 1926-1934 1937-1941 102 4= Frank McGarvey 1974-1979 1985-1990 102 6 Tommy Gemmell 1951-1962 96 7= James Thomson 1918-1929 84 7= Billy Stark 1975-1983 84 9 Alex Wylie 1890-1901 82 10 Dunky Walker 1921-1923 76 11= Barry Lavety 1991-1996 1999-2000 2003-2004 72 11= Jim Blair 1967-1970 1971-1972 72 13= Mark Yardley 1995-2003 71 13= Jimmy McGregor 1932-1938 71 15 Tommy Bryceland 1956-1962 1972 69 16 Gerry Baker 1958-1960 66 17= Frank McDougall 1979-1984 64 17= Doug Somner 1979-1983 64 17= Thomas Brady*1 1939-1943 64 20 Frank McAvennie 1980-1985 63 21= James Cunningham 1904-1911 59 21= Ally McLeod 1970-1973 59 23 Ricky Gillies 1992-1997 2000-2005 56 24 Alan Gebbie 1924-1936 55 25= David Lapsley 1946-1959 54 25= Steven Thompson 2011-2016 54 27= Bobby McKean 1969-1974 47 27= Don Kerrigan 1958-1963 47 27= George Stewart 1950-1954 47 30 Johnny Deakin*1 1937-1949 22 46 31= Peter Kane 1967-1970 45 31= John Sutton 2005-2007 2016-2018 45 33 Jim Rodger 1955-1962 44 34= Bobby Adamson 1965-1970 43 34= David Wyllie 1904-1908 43 36= Bobby Holmes 1954-1960 40 36= Ian Scanlon 1981-1986 40 36= Donnie McDowell 1974-1977 40 39= Billy Mehmet 2005-2010 39 39= Jimmy Stenhouse*1 1941-1947 1 39 41 David Lindsay 1899-1905 38 42 Alfons Lesz 1947-1952 37 43= Dunky McGill 1951-1954 1956-1958 36 43= Gerry Burrell 1947-1951 36 43= John MacKenzie 1934-1938 36 46= Jimmy Bone 1978-1982 35 46= Arthur Milne 1946-1950 35 48= Derek Hyslop 1975-1979 33 48= Willie Telfer 1943-1957 33 50= Alistair Miller 1957-1962 30 50= Thomas Milne 1907-1912 30 Appearances 1 Willie Telfer *1 1943-1957 436505 2 Hugh Murray 1997-2012 468 2 Tony Fitzpatrick 1973-1979 1981-1989 458 4 Cammy Murray 1962-1972 416 5 John Miller 1925-1939 395 6 David Lapsley 1946-1959 393 7 Campbell Money 1978-1996 391 8 James Thomson 1918-1929 378 9 Billy Abercromby 1975-1988 375 10 Davie McCrae 1924-1934 352 11 Billy Stark 1975-1983 345 12 Frank McGarvey 1974-1979 1985-1990 341 13 Tommy Gemmell 1951-1962 336 14 David van Zanten 2003-2008 2010-2014 332 15 Alan Gebbie 1924-1936 331 16 John Wilson 1955-1967 320 17 Ricky Gillies 1992-1997 2000-2005 318 18 Michael McAvoy 1886-1909 314 19= Norrie McWhirter 1985-2000 299 19= Lex Richardson 1976-1983 299 21 Barry McLaughlin 1991-2002 295 22 Billy Thomson 1978-1984 286 23 Jackie Neilson 1949-1960 285 24 Robert Rankin 1926-1934 1937-1941 280 24= Johnny Deakin*1 1937-1949 135 280 26 John Young 1974-1982 275 27= Jackie Copland 1967-1968 1976-1983 274 27= William Kelly*1 1934-1945 125 274 29 Jimmy Knox 1931-1939 270 30 Paul Lambert 1985-1993 261 31= Walter Hay 1924-1935 258 31= Iain Munro 1969-1973 1977-1980 258 33 Mark Yardley 1995-2003 252 34 Robert Robertson 1901-1912 251 35 Andrew Findlay 1922-1929 246 36 Alex Beckett 1974-1983 245 37 Andrew Reid 1908-1917 242 38 Jim Clunie 1960-1965 1966-1967 241 39 Tom Jackson 1898-1911 240 40= Jock Bradford 1921-1927 239 40= Tommy Wilson 1982-1989 239 42 Alex Linwood 1938-1946 40 235 43 John Potter 2005-2011 234 44 George Walker 1926-1933 232 45 William McDonald 1923-1930 231 46 Willie Johnstone 1948-1958 222 47 Donald Greenlees 1897-1899 1900-1907 219 48 Joe Craven*1 1936-1942 113 216 49 Barry Lavety 1991-1995 1999-2000 2003-2003 215 50= Bobby Ancell 1930-1936 210 50= Peter Godfrey 1985-1991 210 50= Jimmy Drinkwater*1 1941-1952 154 210 53 Mark Fulton 1977-1985 206 54 Willie O'Hagan 1912-1921 206 55 Willie Summers 1921-1927 203 If you've got pals in high places you get as the yanks say a 'Line Pass'! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornwall_Saint Posted March 7, 2019 Report Share Posted March 7, 2019 10 hours ago, jaybee said: I REALLY do hope you meant castigated ......please!!!!! sorry TPAFKA; I really should read everything before posting Castrated has a better ring to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stlucifer Posted March 7, 2019 Report Share Posted March 7, 2019 10 hours ago, Cornwall_Saint said: Castrated has a better ring to it Just own up. You made a balls of it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendy Saintss Posted March 7, 2019 Report Share Posted March 7, 2019 Great player, well deserved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornwall_Saint Posted March 7, 2019 Report Share Posted March 7, 2019 1 hour ago, stlucifer said: Just own up. You made a balls of it! Watch it or you’ll be next for castration Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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