English footballer
Herbert Potts Full name
Herbert Alfred Potts Date of birth
1878[ 1] [ 2] Place of birth
Sheerness , Kent , England[ 1] Years
Team
Apps
(Gls ) 1899–1900
Antwerp
1900–1905
Beerschot AC
1901–1904
Belgium XI (unofficial)
4
(12)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Herbert Alfred Potts (1878 – before 1939) was an English footballer who played for Belgian clubs Antwerp and Beerschot AC .[ 3]
Club career
He was the topscorer in the Belgian First Division in the 1900–01 and 1901–02 seasons,[ 4] with 26 and 16 goals respectively, with the former tally possible being a record at the time until Gustave Vanderstappen broke it with 30 goals in the 1903–04 season .
International career
He featured in four unofficial matches with the Belgium national team between 1901 and 1904, in which he represented Belgium in friendly cup duels against the Netherlands . He scored 12 goals in those 4 caps, resulting in a strike rate of 3 goals per game.[ 5]
Retirement
After retiring, he returned to England and worked in the import business.[ 6] [ 7]
Potts featured in the first (unofficial) Belgium A-squad in 1901 (front row, first person from the left) along three other Englishmen.
Career statistics
Scores and results list Belgium's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Potts goal.
List of international goals scored by Herbert Potts[ 5]
No.
Date
Venue
Opponent
Score
Result
Competition
1
28 April 1901
Olympic Stadium , Antwerp , Belgium
Netherlands
1–0
8–3
Coupe Vanden Abeele
2
2–0
3
3–0
4
4–0
5
6–0
6
7–0
7
8–0
8
15 December 1902
Olympic Stadium, Antwerp, Belgium
Netherlands
2–1
2–1
Coupe Vanden Abeele
9
3 January 1904
Olympic Stadium, Antwerp, Belgium
Netherlands
1–0
6–4
Coupe Vanden Abeele
10
2–1
11
4–2
12
6–4
Honours
Club
Beerschot
Individual
References