[talkSAFT]

".....what about Ray Potter a very dedicated substitute goalkeeper. I must have seen him play for he was Albion's understudy for about six years and in all that time only made 8 appearances. (Yes sorry used a history book on that just to be sure of my facts."

That history book must have been a fictional one, Silver. I can remember watching Ray a hundred times in the 60s, probably until Ossie arrived in the mid 60s. Ray was always 1st choice, though Rick Sheppard got an occasional look-in.

[Zinman]

Dave Rushbury, young central defender in the 70s who srepped in when Ally Rob was injured. Looked a class act to me but couldn't keep his place and wss eventually sold, I think to Sheff Wed.

[talkSAFT]

Dave Rushbury, young central defender in the 70s who srepped in when Ally Rob was injured. Looked a class act to me but couldn't keep his place and wss eventually sold, I think to Sheff Wed.

What a promising player he was! He'd have walked into most teams as a 20 y-o. But we were lucky enough to have Wile and Robertson who was unbelievably overlooked by Scotland.

[St Charles Owl]

Dave Rushbury, young central defender in the 70s who srepped in when Ally Rob was injured. Looked a class act to me but couldn't keep his place and wss eventually sold, I think to Sheff Wed.

Correct, spent 3 years with us making 112 appearances. This was around the time when I got my first season ticket and we were a very poor team in 1976 when he joined us. Big Jack came in as manager in 1977 and turned us around but Rushbury left for Swansea the season before we got promoted back to Division 2 in 1980. I remember him getting one of the goals in the 3rd replay in the 3rd round of the FA Cup against Arsenal!! We drew that game 3-3 at Filbert St and this was the middle game of three replays played in Leicester in a tie that took 5 matches to find a winner!!!

[talkSAFT]

Dave Rushbury, young central defender in the 70s who srepped in when Ally Rob was injured. Looked a class act to me but couldn't keep his place and wss eventually sold, I think to Sheff Wed.

Correct, spent 3 years with us making 112 appearances.  This was around the time when I got my first season ticket and we were a very poor team in 1976 when he joined us.  Big Jack came in as manager in 1977 and turned us around but Rushbury left for Swansea the season before we got promoted back to Division 2 in 1980.  I remember him getting one of the goals in the 3rd replay in the 3rd round of the FA Cup against Arsenal!!  We drew that game 3-3 at Filbert St and this was the middle game of three replays played in Leicester in a tie that took 5 matches to find a winner!!!

Did you rate him, Charlie? (Doesn't sound as if Big Jack did.) I thought he was cool and too good a footballer for a "no.6".

[Dingle-Dingle]

The only other Q I can think of is James(JimmY) Quinn. 98/02. DD

[St Charles Owl]

Dave Rushbury, young central defender in the 70s who srepped in when Ally Rob was injured. Looked a class act to me but couldn't keep his place and wss eventually sold, I think to Sheff Wed.

Correct, spent 3 years with us making 112 appearances.  This was around the time when I got my first season ticket and we were a very poor team in 1976 when he joined us.  Big Jack came in as manager in 1977 and turned us around but Rushbury left for Swansea the season before we got promoted back to Division 2 in 1980.  I remember him getting one of the goals in the 3rd replay in the 3rd round of the FA Cup against Arsenal!!  We drew that game 3-3 at Filbert St and this was the middle game of three replays played in Leicester in a tie that took 5 matches to find a winner!!!

Did you rate him, Charlie? (Doesn't sound as if Big Jack did.) I thought he was cool and too good a footballer for a "no.6".

I'm not sure, I was quite young back then!! I remember him signing and thinking he was a definite upgrade and he was a regular while he was with us but apart from that I don't know. We paid 60k for him, so back in 1976 and with us in Div 3 that sounds like a bit of a splash!! Don't remember why we sold him to Swansea either or even if we got a fee but in the seasons he was with us we finished distinctly mid table!! Our promotion year he was replaced by Mark Smith, a local academy lad who went on to make nearly 300 apps for us and we also by then had the likes of Mick Pickering and Peter Shirtliff in the squad as well, so he was obviously down the pecking order.

[Worldclassalbion]

Alex Pritchard.... class player on loan from Spurs last season but never given a chance!!

Nigel Quasie. Did ok for us. Did we get him from Wet Sham?

[Baggievicar]

4eva mentioned Paul Robinson. I saw him get a red against Hull once - the most inevitable thing since death and taxes.

[silverbaggie]

".....what about Ray Potter a very dedicated substitute goalkeeper. I must have seen him play for he was Albion's understudy for about six years and in all that time only made 8 appearances. (Yes sorry used a history book on that just to be sure of my facts."

That history book must have been a fictional one, Silver. I can remember watching Ray a hundred times in the 60s, probably until Ossie arrived in the mid 60s. Ray was always 1st choice, though Rick Sheppard got an occasional look-in.

Oh Bugger again.

You are quite right talksaft; my history book is in fact correct. Just a case of, at my advanced age, can't read along a line of facts.

To put the record straight:
There were two R Potter's who played for the Albion at that time.

R C Potter was a CB who joined from school in 1964 and left for Swindon Town in 1970(8 appearances)

Ray J Potter joined from Palace in 1958 and left to join Portsmouth in 1967.
Ray (the goalkeeper) made 238 appearances in all.

As they used to say on Allo Allo "What a mistaka to mayka"

Think I'll stop posting until my brain re-activates.