Chelsea FC Profile: Robert Potter
Full Name: Robert Ashley Potter
Born: Sunday, 21st October 1883
Place of birth: Oxted, Surrey, England
Died: Wednesday, 11th November 1914 (aged 31)
Place of death: Blanc Sablon, Aisne, France
Burial: No known grave. Commemorated on the Monument aux Morts de la Grand Guerre in Paris.
Involvement with Chelsea:
Men's Non First-Team from 1907 to 1907
FA Registered 3rd January 1907 after serving a ban from the Football League for playing in unauthorised evening matches (lit by limelight!) at Olympia in late 1905/early 1906. Played as a full back (2 or 3) which helped sort out his appearances, previously assigned to W Porter (a winger - 11)
Robert had moved to Paris by the outbreak of WW1 and enlisted with the French Foreign Legion at it's outbreak. He was killed in action in the Aisne region in November 1914.
Playing Career:
Bowes Park Albion
Queens Park Rangers
Chelsea (Jan 1907 to Jul 1907) - cost: unknown
Salisbury City
Rushdon Fosse
See full chronological appearance listing HERE
Non-Competitive First-Team Appearances
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Figures in ( ) are substitute appearances and are also included in the totals.
i.e. Robert Potter made 0 appearances for Chelsea, of which 0 were as a substitute.
Non-Competitive First-Team Matches Played
Comp | Date | Home | Away | Att |
Non-First-Team Appearances
| Non-First-Team Goals
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Figures in ( ) are substitute appearances and are also included in the totals.
i.e. Robert Potter made 20 appearances for Chelsea, of which 0 were as a substitute.
Non-First-Team Matches Played
Comp | Date | Home | Away | Att | |||
Reserve League | 12th Jan 1907 | Chelsea | 1 | 3 | Leyton | unknown | ![]() |
Reserve League | 19th Jan 1907 | Chelsea | 1 | 2 | Tottenham Hotspur | unknown | ![]() |
Friendly | 30th Jan 1907 | Southend United | 3 | 1 | Chelsea | unknown | ![]() |
Reserve League | 2nd Feb 1907 | Chelsea | 4 | 2 | Watford | unknown | ![]() |
Reserve League | 7th Feb 1907 | Chelsea | 2 | 3 | Clapton Orient | unknown | ![]() |
Reserve League | 9th Feb 1907 | Woolwich Arsenal | 7 | 0 | Chelsea | unknown | ![]() |
Reserve League | 11th Feb 1907 | Brentford | 3 | 2 | Chelsea | unknown | ![]() |
Reserve League | 2nd Mar 1907 | Chelsea | 0 | 1 | Woolwich Arsenal | unknown | ![]() |
Friendly | 6th Mar 1907 | Tunbridge Wells Rangers | 2 | 2 | Chelsea | 3,000 | ![]() |
Reserve League | 9th Mar 1907 | Luton Town | 5 | 2 | Chelsea | unknown | ![]() |
Reserve League | 11th Mar 1907 | Chelsea | 7 | 1 | Brentford | unknown | ![]() |
Reserve League | 29th Mar 1907 | Hastings & St Leonards United | 2 | 1 | Chelsea | 1,000 | ![]() |
Reserve League | 1st Apr 1907 | West Ham United | 3 | 0 | Chelsea | 1,500 | ![]() |
Reserve League | 2nd Apr 1907 | Leyton | 0 | 2 | Chelsea | unknown | ![]() |
Reserve League | 6th Apr 1907 | Norwich City | 3 | 2 | Chelsea | 1,500 | ![]() |
Reserve League | 11th Apr 1907 | Chelsea | 4 | 4 | Hastings & St Leonards United | unknown | ![]() |
Reserve League | 22nd Apr 1907 | Chelsea | 2 | 5 | Leyton | unknown | ![]() |
Reserve League | 25th Apr 1907 | Chelsea | 1 | 1 | Maidstone United | 1,000 | ![]() |
Reserve League | 27th Apr 1907 | Hitchin Town | 1 | 5 | Chelsea | unknown | ![]() |
Reserve League | 29th Apr 1907 | Fulham | 4 | 3 | Chelsea | 1,000 | ![]() |
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