John Patton Anderson (born 2 October 1972) is a Scottish

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coach and former player, who played as a defender. He had been the under-18s manager at

Leeds United Leeds United Football Club is a professional football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The team compete in the Premier League, the top tier of the English football league system. Leeds United have won the League Championship th ...

. He was manager at

North Ferriby United North Ferriby United Association Football Club was a semi-professional football club in North Ferriby, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. At the time of their demise they were members of the Northern Premier League and played at Grange Lane. F ...

between 2010 and 2011.

Playing career

Anderson played the majority of his career in Scotland with

Greenock Morton Greenock Morton Football Club is a Scottish professional football club, which plays in the . The club was founded as Morton Football Club in 1874, making it one of the oldest Scottish clubs. Morton was renamed Greenock Morton in 1994 to celebr ...

and

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, before finishing his career in England with

Hull City Hull City Association Football Club is a professional association football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. They compete in the , the second level of the English football league system. They play their home ...

and

Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers FC is a men's professional football club in Bristol. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. The club is affiliated to Bristol Rovers W.F.C., whose team play in the FA Women's National Leag ...

Coaching career

He took over as

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Premier Division club

in October 2010, having been assistant manager since 2007. He resigned from this post less than a year later on 11 September 2011, after a turbulent start to the 2011–12 season. After leaving North Ferriby he joined his former club,

, in November 2013 he was appointed as lead youth development coach looking after the U12s to the U16s. In August 2015, Anderson joined

Daral Pugh Daral James Pugh (born 5 June 1961) is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is currently head of coaching for the Sheffield Wednesday academy. Playing career During his playing career, Pugh played for Doncaster R ...

from

in joining Championship rivals,

, with Anderson becoming Leeds' under-18's manager. On 24 June 2016, Anderson left his role as inder-18s manager at

as part of Leeds' academy re-structuring.

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* 1972 births Living people Footballers from Greenock Scottish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Greenock Morton F.C. players Livingston F.C. players Hull City A.F.C. players Bristol Rovers F.C. players Scottish Premier League players Scottish Football League players English Football League players Scottish football managers North Ferriby United A.F.C. managers Northern Premier League managers 20th-century Scottish sportsmen {{Scotland-footy-defender-1970s-stub