John Pratt
Personal information
Full name	John Arthur Pratt
Date of birth	February 6, 1948 (1948-26-06) (age 60)
Place of birth	Hackney, London, England
Playing position	Midfield (retired)
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1965–1979 1980–1982	Tottenham Hotspur Portland Timbers (NASL)	331 0(39) 0? 00 (?)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

John Pratt (born 1948 Hackney, London) is a living, former, professional footballer. He spent much of his career at Tottenham Hotspur F.C and played as a midfielder.^[1]

Contents 1 Tottenham Hotspur career 2 Bill Nicholson quote 3 Later career 4 Today 5 Honours 6 Tottenham Hotspur 7 References 8 External links

[edit] Tottenham Hotspur career

Pratt signed for the club as a junior in November, 1965. He made his debut in April 1969 against Arsenal. Making 415 appearances and scoring 49 goals in all competitions in 11 seasons at the club. He always gave 100% in his midfield duties but was often made the scapegoat when Spurs performed poorly, and never quite winning over certain sections of the White Hart Lane crowd. In his career at Spurs he played in every outfield position.

[edit] Bill Nicholson quote

“	I had been getting it in the neck a bit from some of the sections of the crowd at Spurs but Bill expected his players to be men, and he said that the crowd paid our wages and were entitled to have their opinions. So one day, before I was due to play my first game at Old Trafford, I asked him what I could expect. He replied that it would just be like playing at Spurs, except that up there 55,000 people would hate me, whereas at Spurs it was only 45,000! [2]	”
— John Pratt

[edit] Later career

He joined Portland Timbers in the North American Soccer League (NASL) in 1980 and stayed for three seasons in the USA ^[3].

Returning to Spurs he went on to coach the youth and junior sides before being promoted assistant manager to Peter Shreeves till 1986.

[edit] Today

He runs a cleaning company and often turns out for the Spurs senior side.^[4]

[edit] Honours

[edit] Tottenham Hotspur

• 1972 UEFA Cup Final Winner. Substitute in 1st Leg.
• 1973 Football League Cup Final Winner.
• 1974 UEFA Cup Final Runner-up. Played in both legs.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• John Pratt shrine
• Cup final teams
• Pen- picture of John
• Fact- file and photos of John
• Career details