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English footballer and manager

John Petts
Personal information
Full name	John William Frederick James Petts
Date of birth	(1938-10-02) 2 October 1938 (age 86)
Place of birth	Edmonton, London, England
Position(s)	Wing half
Youth career
1954–1957	Arsenal
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1957–1962	Arsenal	32	(0)
1962–1965	Reading	34	(0)
1965–1970	Bristol Rovers	92	(3)
	Bath City
Total		158	(3)
Managerial career
1977–1978	Northampton Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John William Frederick James Petts (born 2 October 1938) is an English former professional football player and manager.

Career

Petts, who played as a wing half, joined Arsenal in 1954, and made 32 appearances for them in the Football League. He later played for Reading and Bristol Rovers, before playing non-league football with Bath City.

Petts later had a spell as manager of Northampton Town between 1977 and 1978.

Personal life

His son Paul was also a professional footballer.

References

^ "John Petts". Football Database. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
"John Petts". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
Profile - Arsenal F.C.
ARSENAL : 1946/47 - 2009/10 - Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database
READING : 1946/47 - 2009/10 - Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database
BRISTOL ROVERS : 1946/47 - 2009/10 - Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database
John Petts management career statistics at Soccerbase
Winter 2004-2005 Archived 7 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine - Bob Dunning

v t e Northampton Town F.C. – managers
Chapman (1907–12) Bull (1912) Lessons (1913–15) Hewison (1920–25) Tresadern (1925–30) English (1931–35) Puddefoot (1935–37) Cresswell (1937–39) T. Smith (1939–49) Dennison (1949–54) D. Smith (1954–59) Bowen (1959–67) Marchi (1967–68) Flowers (1968–69) Bowen (1969–72) Baxter (1972–73) Dodgin (1973–76) Crerand (1976–77) Committee (1977) Petts (1977–78) Keen (1978–79) Walker (1979–80) Dodgin (1980–82) Walker (1982–84) Barton (1984–85) Carr (1985–90) Foley (1990–92) Chard (1992–93) Barnwell (1993–94) Atkins (1995–99) Wilson (1999–2001) Broadhurst (2001–03) Fenwick (2003) Wilkinson (2003) Calderwood (2003–06) Gorman (2006) Gray (2007–09) Sampson (2009–11) Johnson (2011) Boothroyd (2011–13) Wilder (2014–16) Page (2016–17) Edinburgh (2017) Hasselbaink (2017–18) Austin (2018) Curle (2018–2021) Brady (2021–24) Nolan (2024–)

Northampton Town F.C. – managers

Chapman (1907–12)
Bull (1912)
Lessons (1913–15)
Hewison (1920–25)
Tresadern (1925–30)
English (1931–35)
Puddefoot (1935–37)
Cresswell (1937–39)
T. Smith (1939–49)
Dennison (1949–54)
D. Smith (1954–59)
Bowen (1959–67)
Marchi (1967–68)
Flowers (1968–69)
Bowen (1969–72)
Baxter (1972–73)
Dodgin (1973–76)
Crerand (1976–77)
Committee (1977)
Petts (1977–78)
Keen (1978–79)
Walker (1979–80)
Dodgin (1980–82)
Walker (1982–84)
Barton (1984–85)
Carr (1985–90)
Foley (1990–92)
Chard (1992–93)
Barnwell (1993–94)
Atkins (1995–99)
Wilson (1999–2001)
Broadhurst (2001–03)
Fenwick (2003)
Wilkinson (2003)
Calderwood (2003–06)
Gorman (2006)
Gray (2007–09)
Sampson (2009–11)
Johnson (2011)
Boothroyd (2011–13)
Wilder (2014–16)
Page (2016–17)
Edinburgh (2017)
Hasselbaink (2017–18)
Austin (2018)
Curle (2018–2021)
Brady (2021–24)
Nolan (2024–)

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