Never have I wanted 3 points more than yesterday - RIP Steve Potter

straightatthewall said:
And not just because it really was a must win game.

Last Saturday, after watching the Nob End debacle, my dad - Steve Potter - collapsed on our driveway with a cardiac arrest. My mum was a Trojan and did CPR till the ambo arrived and he was rushed to the Vic. This last week we've been at his bedside hoping for recovery but on Thursday, the doctors told us that sadly this was unlikely to happen in a way that would give dad any quality of life. We're now waiting for nature to take its course.

Dad was Blackpool to the core. He was a PE teacher at Millfield and ran the Blackpool schoolboys teams for many years. Bringing through the the likes of John Hills, Jamie Milligan, Phil Thomson, Ciaran Donnelly etc.

He's been a regular at Bloomfield Road for decades, first with his dad and then with me. He also worked at the club for years once he left teaching and was the educational welfare officer for the school of excellence. This was undoubtedly the best time of his life. Even working for Karl couldn't stop the fact that his hobby was his job.

As he lay in the Vic yesterday, slowly dying, I was desperately hoping the football gods would let me tell him one final positive score. There's still the chance that he hangs on till Monday and we somehow get a win at Luton, but somehow I can't see it.

All the best my tangerine brethren. We rise and fall as one.
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Sorry to hear your news mate . Having recently lost my Dad 4 weeks ago I know what you are going through . Thoughts & prayers are with you & your family 🙏
 
straightatthewall said:
Thanks everyone for the replies and messages on the thread. Dad/Steve died this morning at Trinity Hospice. Glad to say he went peacefully with his family next to him. RIP SATW Snr. ♥️
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Sorry to hear this pal. My deepest condolences to you and your family. All the best.
 
straightatthewall said:
Thanks everyone for the replies and messages on the thread. Dad/Steve died this morning at Trinity Hospice. Glad to say he went peacefully with his family next to him. RIP SATW Snr. ♥️
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Really sorry to hear of your sad news straighters my thoughts are with you and your family at this time. Sounds like your dad was a top bloke who you must all be very proud of.
 
Sorry for your loss, but you must have some comfort from those lovely tributes paid to your dad. RIP .
 
Firstly so sorry to hear about your Dad SATW, I have actually just joined the site because I felt the need to send my condolences to both you and your family. I knew your dad for over 45 years with him teaching my at Millfield High school and him also being a mentor for me in my footballing career, from him signing me up as a 14 year to play in the Sunday league open age at Sands to him guiding me through my schooling whilst also playing for Blackpool Schoolboys and Lancashire Schoolboys to helping me to sign as an apprentice with BFC and being with the club for 3/4 years and also achieving a life long ambition of playing in the first team making my debut at Tranmere. i saw your Dad on many occasions over the years outside the ground and we would have a good natter about the old times. I just wanted to say I wouldn't be who I am today without your Dads help and guidance at a young age.
Again so sorry about your loss.
 
Sorry for your loss.

My Dad was in Trinity back in October and the staff are excellent despite the upsetting nature of work they do.

May your Dad have Tangerine dreams.

UTMP (Up the mighty Potter)
 
Sorry for your loss Dave.

I hope the support and wonderful tributes on this thread brings some warmth in such difficult times.

All the best mate
Mark.
 
SATW, so sorry to hear about your Dad.
Losing a parent is terrible time in anyones' life.
Lost my Dad when we were living down South so hadn't seen him for a while.
Like your Dad he was Blackpool FC through and through, although born in Leeds.
May your Dad rest in peace.
 
straightatthewall said:
And not just because it really was a must win game.

Last Saturday, after watching the Nob End debacle, my dad - Steve Potter - collapsed on our driveway with a cardiac arrest. My mum was a Trojan and did CPR till the ambo arrived and he was rushed to the Vic. This last week we've been at his bedside hoping for recovery but on Thursday, the doctors told us that sadly this was unlikely to happen in a way that would give dad any quality of life. We're now waiting for nature to take its course.

Dad was Blackpool to the core. He was a PE teacher at Millfield and ran the Blackpool schoolboys teams for many years. Bringing through the the likes of John Hills, Jamie Milligan, Phil Thomson, Ciaran Donnelly etc.his passing. I worked with Steve for many

He's been a regular at Bloomfield Road for decades, first with his dad and then with me. He also worked at the club for years once he left teaching and was the educational welfare officer for the school of excellence. This was undoubtedly the best time of his life. Even working for Karl couldn't stop the fact that his hobby was his job.

As he lay in the Vic yesterday, slowly dying, I was desperately hoping the football gods would let me tell him one final positive score. There's still the chance that he hangs on till Monday and we somehow get a win at Luton, but somehow I can't see it.

All the best my tangerine brethren. We rise and fall as one.
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Such sad news of Steves passing. I worked with Steve at the CofE for a long time and we became good friends. I will always remember him as a true gentleman, who wanted the best for all the youth players at the club he loved. RIP mate.
 
So sorry to hear this Dave and so glad he went peacefully with all his loved ones besides him.

Thoughts are with you at this very sad time. Don’t be strong 👍❤️❤️ x
 
So sorry to here of your sad loss. Steve was a great cricketer as well (we played together at Thornton Cleveleys and we did the Wyre Camping Trips many times with our schools). A true gentleman who did so much for sport and football in the area.
Best regards to the family from everyone at Blackpool FC Senior Seasiders Walking Football Group. We never did manage to get him to turn out for us.
 
As I said the other day SATW, your dad was truly one of the good guys and he made a lasting impression on me my whole life. I was telling my folks the other day he was really unwell, and they both said he was one of the best and most down to earth teachers to deal with at parents’ night. My Mum then dug out a couple of my reports - and he had a sense of humour as well, let’s put it that way 😜

As I said the other day be proud of who, and how, he was. Not many people leave a footprint on the lives of so many when they’ve gone.
Deepest condolences from me, my brother and my folks.
 
DerekSpenceIsALegend said:
So sorry to here of your sad loss. Steve was a great cricketer as well (we played together at Thornton Cleveleys and we did the Wyre Camping Trips many times with our schools). A true gentleman who did so much for sport and football in the area.
Best regards to the family from everyone at Blackpool FC Senior Seasiders Walking Football Group. We never did manage to get him to turn out for us.
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Thanks DS. I might well know you from TCCC as we were there all summer long as nippers (with my mum on teas). And me and my brother got taken to those camping trips/advanced camp plenty of times. He was a first teamer at Fylde RUFC too. 👍
 
That's so hard to read Streighters as your story has many parallels with my own.
Can't think of anything else to say except 'thinking of you and your family'.
God bless 😞
 
Sad news indeed, sounds like he's had a great life with a huge involvement in youth football and all things tangerine.

Thoughts are with you SATW.
 
SATW - we have played together in the dim and distant past. Also with your Jamie. Wicket keeper and opening bat (Steve H) with Peter Ellacott's team in the 90s.
 
straightatthewall said:
And not just because it really was a must win game.

Last Saturday, after watching the Nob End debacle, my dad - Steve Potter - collapsed on our driveway with a cardiac arrest. My mum was a Trojan and did CPR till the ambo arrived and he was rushed to the Vic. This last week we've been at his bedside hoping for recovery but on Thursday, the doctors told us that sadly this was unlikely to happen in a way that would give dad any quality of life. We're now waiting for nature to take its course.

Dad was Blackpool to the core. He was a PE teacher at Millfield and ran the Blackpool schoolboys teams for many years. Bringing through the the likes of John Hills, Jamie Milligan, Phil Thomson, Ciaran Donnelly etc.

He's been a regular at Bloomfield Road for decades, first with his dad and then with me. He also worked at the club for years once he left teaching and was the educational welfare officer for the school of excellence. This was undoubtedly the best time of his life. Even working for Karl couldn't stop the fact that his hobby was his job.

As he lay in the Vic yesterday, slowly dying, I was desperately hoping the football gods would let me tell him one final positive score. There's still the chance that he hangs on till Monday and we somehow get a win at Luton, but somehow I can't see it.

All the best my tangerine brethren. We rise and fall as one.
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Awful news,and my thoughts go out to you and the family. Talked with your Dad on many occasions at Bloomfield Rd, Millfield school matches and watching the Academy players at Myerscough. Always interested in his views on the up and coming young footballers Blackpool FC were signing. My lads will be saddened by this news.
 
Sorry to hear this satw. People live on through the legacy and memories they leave. Sounds like your dad created more than his share.
 
I am so sorry for your loss, SATW.

This won't be much comfort to you but when I had a cardiac arrest in January, I didn't know much about it at all. I just wanted to sleep! I didn't suffer, per se, and it was - and remains - a surreal experience. Clearly, your Dad was a fighter so his circumstances might've been different. That said, as a registered nurse myself I can tell you unequivocally that there are few hospices better than Trinity and it's a fitting tribute that a one of the best things about Blackpool was there for him and his family, when he needed it.
 
straightatthewall said:
And not just because it really was a must win game.

Last Saturday, after watching the Nob End debacle, my dad - Steve Potter - collapsed on our driveway with a cardiac arrest. My mum was a Trojan and did CPR till the ambo arrived and he was rushed to the Vic. This last week we've been at his bedside hoping for recovery but on Thursday, the doctors told us that sadly this was unlikely to happen in a way that would give dad any quality of life. We're now waiting for nature to take its course.

Dad was Blackpool to the core. He was a PE teacher at Millfield and ran the Blackpool schoolboys teams for many years. Bringing through the the likes of John Hills, Jamie Milligan, Phil Thomson, Ciaran Donnelly etc.

He's been a regular at Bloomfield Road for decades, first with his dad and then with me. He also worked at the club for years once he left teaching and was the educational welfare officer for the school of excellence. This was undoubtedly the best time of his life. Even working for Karl couldn't stop the fact that his hobby was his job.

As he lay in the Vic yesterday, slowly dying, I was desperately hoping the football gods would let me tell him one final positive score. There's still the chance that he hangs on till Monday and we somehow get a win at Luton, but somehow I can't see it.

All the best my tangerine brethren. We rise and fall as one.
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Milfield boy myself and your Dad was my English teacher at the lower school on Church Road. Great bloke and I had the chance to have a chat with him when I was on my postround on the Larkholme Estate. Did he play cricket for Thornton or is my memory playing games. RIP and deepest sympathies.
 
straightatthewall said:
And not just because it really was a must win game.

Last Saturday, after watching the Nob End debacle, my dad - Steve Potter - collapsed on our driveway with a cardiac arrest. My mum was a Trojan and did CPR till the ambo arrived and he was rushed to the Vic. This last week we've been at his bedside hoping for recovery but on Thursday, the doctors told us that sadly this was unlikely to happen in a way that would give dad any quality of life. We're now waiting for nature to take its course.

Dad was Blackpool to the core. He was a PE teacher at Millfield and ran the Blackpool schoolboys teams for many years. Bringing through the the likes of John Hills, Jamie Milligan, Phil Thomson, Ciaran Donnelly etc.

He's been a regular at Bloomfield Road for decades, first with his dad and then with me. He also worked at the club for years once he left teaching and was the educational welfare officer for the school of excellence. This was undoubtedly the best time of his life. Even working for Karl couldn't stop the fact that his hobby was his job.

As he lay in the Vic yesterday, slowly dying, I was desperately hoping the football gods would let me tell him one final positive score. There's still the chance that he hangs on till Monday and we somehow get a win at Luton, but somehow I can't see it.

All the best my tangerine brethren. We rise and fall as one.
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So sorry to hear this and thoughts are with you and your family. I knew your dad for many years and what a genuine nice man he was. A real top bloke. RIP Steve 🧡
 
Hi Dave,

I’ve only just seen this so many apologies.
Love, thoughts and best wishes to you, your ma’, Jamie and the rest of the famiy.

I have so many great memories of Steve. First met him when I started as a 14 year old in TCCC 1st team. He was a man who liked to win and gave everything when he opened the bowling, even fully strapped up with all the injuries he used to carry. The amount of heat rub he used must have cost him a fortune.

I always bumped into him around Cleveleys every year of so and we’d always talk for ages, catching up about Pool, you and Jamie. He was very proud of you that’s for sure. I’ll miss our catch ups.

RIP Steve.
 
Just seen this, I played a good few years at Blackpool Rangers, mainly under Kev Padgett as manager. Your dad assisted Kev for at least a season there and was an absolute top bloke.
My condolences to you and your family Straighters and RIP Steve x
 
Hi Straighters. I'm sorry but I've only just picked up on this thread so apologies for being so late in offering my sincerest condolences.
I did have the pleasure of meeting your Dad, and your goodself, at Myerscough watching the u18s, some time back when you introduced me to him and then I spoke to him a few times subsequently.
And its one of the strange things because I was only thinking about your Dad the last time I watched the U18s, last week, and thinking I hadn't seen your him for a while. I can remember Ciaran Donnelly always coming over for a chat with your Dad and introducing Ciaran to me. (not sure that Ciraran will forgive him for that 😉)
Said this many times before Dads, sons (and daughters of course) and football is what makes the world go round.
RIP Steve.
 
** hell Straights, just seen this, huge sympathies fella.

He'll have plenty of Tangerine brethren in the next place, my Dad will bore him shitless on various obscure tangents for a start.

You and yours take care.
 
straightatthewall said:
And not just because it really was a must win game.

Last Saturday, after watching the Nob End debacle, my dad - Steve Potter - collapsed on our driveway with a cardiac arrest. My mum was a Trojan and did CPR till the ambo arrived and he was rushed to the Vic. This last week we've been at his bedside hoping for recovery but on Thursday, the doctors told us that sadly this was unlikely to happen in a way that would give dad any quality of life. We're now waiting for nature to take its course.

Dad was Blackpool to the core. He was a PE teacher at Millfield and ran the Blackpool schoolboys teams for many years. Bringing through the the likes of John Hills, Jamie Milligan, Phil Thomson, Ciaran Donnelly etc.

He's been a regular at Bloomfield Road for decades, first with his dad and then with me. He also worked at the club for years once he left teaching and was the educational welfare officer for the school of excellence. This was undoubtedly the best time of his life. Even working for Karl couldn't stop the fact that his hobby was his job.

As he lay in the Vic yesterday, slowly dying, I was desperately hoping the football gods would let me tell him one final positive score. There's still the chance that he hangs on till Monday and we somehow get a win at Luton, but somehow I can't see it.

All the best my tangerine brethren. We rise and fall as one.
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Straights,
Keep all those marvellous memories and pride that you clearly have in your Dad and all his achievements.
I've probably met Steve (Dad) in the 80's, 90's. Those were weird but wonderful times for 'Pool fans. The team wasn't great the owners were worse; but we all turned up to be, as you say, the tangerine regulars.

RIP
 
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