Footballers who have played league football for both PNE & Peterborough
A-K
779) Craig ALLARDYCE
PNE 1 app; 0 goals
Posh 4 apps 0 goals
PNE Debut 06/04/1993 v Port Vale (A) - Drawn 2-2
750) George BERRY
PNE 4 apps; 0 goals
Posh 32 apps; 6 goals
PNE Debut 17/08/1991 v Peterborough (A) - Lost 0-1
976) Paul COUTTS
PNE 77 apps; 4 goals
Posh 53 apps; 0 goals
PNE Debut 06/02/2010 v Swansea (A) - Lost 0-2
929) Dave HIBBERT
PNE 10 apps; 0 goals
Posh 7 apps; 1 goal
PNE Debut 27/09/2005 Luton (A) - Lost 0-3
573) Ricky HEPPOLETTE
PNE 154 apps; 13 goals
Posh 5 apps; 0 goals
PNE Debut 20/04/1968 v Middlesbrough (H) - Drawn 0-0
744) Ronnie JEPSON
PNE 38 apps; 8 goals
Posh 18 apps; 5 goals
PNE Debut 16/02/1991 v Huddersfield (A) - Lost 0-1
Player Profile - Paul Coutts
Paul Alexander Coutts was born on 22 July 1988 in Aberdeen.
Coutts started his football career at Scottish Premier League side Aberdeen as a youth player from aged 10 the club he supported as a boy before he was released by the club aged 16 because the club thought he was too small to play professional football.
In 2005, Coutts then moved into the Scottish Highland Football League with his local senior club, Cove Rangers F.C. When at Cove Rangers he also had a full-time job working in the oil industry. During his time at Cove Rangers he was a part of their Highland Football League title winning season and the Highland Football League "Player of the Year" award in the same season.
Coutts then joined Peterborough on a three-year deal in July 2008 for a nominal fee after impressing with his ball control during a trial period with the club, which involved playing an hour during each of two pre-season friendlies, against a Liverpool XI and Stevenage. Coutts made his professional debut for Peterborough as a substitute in Peterborough's 5-4 win over Bristol Rovers on 6 September and had his first start the following game against local rivals Northampton, a 1-1 draw a week later. In Coutts' first season with Peterborough, he made 37 league appearances and 4 FA Cup appearances. In the 2009/10 season, Coutts made a further 16 Championship appearances before attracting the interest of Preston in January 2010 after Ferguson took over from Alan Irvine after being sacked by Peterborough and replaced by Mark Cooper in November 2009. Cooper was sacked by the club on 1 February 2010, as the rumours of Coutts joining Preston intensified. He made 53 appearances for the Posh without scoring. His last match was a 3-0 home defeat to future club Derby on 16 January 2010.
Coutts signed a deal with Preston in February 2010 to join the former Peterborough manager Darren Ferguson. He made his debut in a 2-0 defeat at Swansea on 6 February. His first red card came on his sixth appearance in a 3-0 win over Cardiff three weeks later. His first league goal came in a 2-2 draw at home to Sheffield Wednesday on 16 March. Coutts made 13 appearances for the Lilywhites in the 2009/10 season. Preston were relegated in League One in the 2010/11 season as Coutts scored twice in 23 matches.
Preston also turned down a bid from Coutts former club Peterborough in August 2011, who had been promoted back to the Championship under Ferguson's management after Phil Brown replaced him at Preston
In December 2011, Coutts was named the club captain as Graham Alexander took up a coaching role after Brown's was sacked as team manager and retained the role under new manager Graham Westley who took over in January 2012. However, on 3 February 2012 he was stripped of the Preston captaincy by Westley who was unimpressed by the Scotsman's attitude. Later on in the month, former club Peterborough dismissed interest in a loan move for the player. Coutts did remain as a regular in the team until the end of the season.
On 20 February 2012, Coutts goal against Colchester on 6 August 2011 was one of the five nominees for the 2011 Football League Goal of Year award selected out of a shortlist of 10 by Soccer AM viewers for the 2012 Football League Awards.
After 77 league appearances and 4 goals Coutts made his last PNE appearance in a 1-0 defeat at Bournemouth on 5 May 2012.
Ahead of the 2012/13 season, Coutts along with 7 other players was told by the manager via SMS not to report to pre-season training as he was not in Westley's plans. Coutts had turned down a move to Peterborough and was attracting interest from Championship clubs Derby and Birmingham Chairman Peter Ridsdale stated that Derby's interest was "an enquiry at this stage rather than an offer."[19] On 12 July 2012, Coutts began talks with Derby with a deal being reported as close to being completed on 13 July 2012.
On 14 July 2012, Coutts joined Derby on a three-year contract, the fee for the player was speculated be to £150,000
Coutts made his Derby debut against Scunthorpe in the League Cup on 14 August, a game which Derby drew 5-5 after extra-time but went on to lose 6-7 on penalties. Coutts made his league début for Derby in the first game of the season four days later, a 2-2 draw at home to Sheffield Wednesday, providing an assist for the second Derby goal. Coutts added to his assist total by creating two more goals in Derby's 5-1 win over Watford on 1 September. Coutts scored his first goal for the club in Derby's 2-2 draw at Middlesbrough on 3 October 2012. He was named the 37th best player in the 2012/13 Football League Championship by the Actim Index. Coutts 2013/14 pre-season was disrupted by injury and on 24 September, he dislocated a knee in a match against Leicester and was expected to take at least five months to recover. In fact he had to wait over a year for his return in a 5-2 win at Fulham in the Capital One Cup on 28 October 2014
His international career saw Coutts called up to the Scotland under-21 side for the friendly against Northern Ireland under-21 on 18 November 2008. Coutts made his debut in the game, which Scotland lost 3-1. Coutts was capped 8 times by Scotland U21, with his final appearance being on 11 October 2010, a 2-1 defeat in the second leg of the 2011 European under-21 Championship qualifying play-off against Iceland under-21, Scotland lost 4-2 on aggregate and missed out on qualifying for the main tournament.