Dan Potts (footballer)
Daniel Potts (born 13 April 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back or centre-back for club Luton Town. He was capped by the United States under-20 team and the England under-18, under-19 and under-20 teams. Club career West Ham United Born in Barking, Greater London, Potts joined West Ham United aged nine and signed as a scholar in May 2010. He made his reserve team debut away to Wolverhampton Wanderers on 27 April 2011, and his senior debut on 17 December in a 1–0 victory at home to Barnsley, just one day after signing a two-and-a-half-year professional contract with the club. He received the Young Hammer of the Year award in May 2012 after making four appearances in 2011–12, in which West Ham were promoted back to the Premier League after a 2–1 win over Blackpool in the 2012 Championship play-off final at Wembley Stadium. Potts joined League One club Colchester United on 22 November 2012 on a one-month loan. He made his debut a day later in a 5–1 defeat away to Milton Keynes Dons. The loan was extended on 21 December for a further month. Potts was recalled from his loan by West Ham on 3 January 2013 and started in their 2–2 draw with Manchester United in the FA Cup third round two days later. He made his full Premier League debut in a 3–0 defeat away to Sunderland on 12 January, in which he made an error that led to the second goal. Potts came on as a 62nd-minute substitute for Jack Collison in a 5–1 defeat away to Arsenal on 23 January but suffered concussion after a clash of heads with Bacary Sagna. He was released from hospital the next day and played no further part in 2012–13. He signed for League Two club Portsmouth on a one-month loan on 20 November 2013. Potts debuted three days later in a 2–1 defeat to Scunthorpe United at Fratton Park. He returned to West Ham in December, having made five appearances for Portsmouth. Potts made his first and only appearance of 2014–15 in the League Cup second round at home to Sheffield United on 26 August 2014, which West Ham lost 5–4 in a penalty shoot-out after a 1–1 draw after extra time. He was released by West Ham at the end of the season after 12 years at the club. Luton Town Following his release by West Ham, Potts signed for League Two club Luton Town on a two-year contract. He made his debut in a 3–1 win at home to newly promoted Championship club Bristol City in the League Cup first round on 11 August 2015. Potts suffered a hamstring injury at the end of August, making his return in a 2–1 defeat away to League One team Gillingham in the Football League Trophy second round on 6 October. He replaced Scott Griffiths in the team after Griffiths' wife gave birth to their son, making four league appearances in October. However,