Allan Boath

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| name = Allan Boath

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| fullname = Allan Roderick Boath

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|2|14|df=y}}

| birth_place = Dundee, Scotland

| height = {{height|m=1.80|precision=0}}

| position = Midfielder

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| youthclubs1 = Celtic Boys Club

| years1 = 1976–1977 |caps1 = 0 |goals1 = 0 |clubs1 = Dundee United

| years2 = 1977–1978 |caps2 = 15 |goals2 = 0 |clubs2 = Forfar Athletic

| years3 = 1978–1979 |caps3 = 36 |goals3 = 10 |clubs3 = Woolston WMC

| years4 = 1980 |caps4 = 21 |goals4 = 2 |clubs4 = Christchurch United

| years5 = 1981 |caps5 = 16 |goals5 = 2 |clubs5 = Woolston WMC

| years6 = 1982 |caps6 = 11 |goals6 = 2 |clubs6 = West Adelaide Hellas

| years7 = 1983–1984 |caps7 = 22 |goals7 = 4 |clubs7 = Christchurch United

| years8 = 1984 |caps8 = 13 |goals8 = 3 |clubs8 = Auckland University

| years9 = 1985–1988 |caps9 = 89 |goals9 = 16 |clubs9 = North Shore United

| totalcaps = 223 | totalgoals = 39

| nationalyears1 = 1980–1988 |nationalcaps1 = 38 |nationalgoals1 = 6|nationalteam1 = New Zealand

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Allan Roderick Boath (born 14 February 1958 in Dundee, Scotland) is a former association football player, who represented New Zealand at international level.

Career

Having been developed as a player through the Celtic Boys Club, Boath signed for Dundee United but never played for the first team. He then played for Forfar Athletic for one season, making 15 appearances in the Scottish Football League.{{NeilBrownPlayers|player3/allanboath}}

Boath emigrated to New Zealand in 1978. He qualified to play for New Zealand through residency laws{{cite web|url=http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/output/2005/01/24/blether.shtm|title=Blether with Brown – 24 January 2005|date=2005-01-24|work=The Evening Telegraph|access-date=9 April 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050310083440/http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/output/2005/01/24/blether.shtm|archive-date=10 March 2005|url-status=dead}} and made 38 A-International appearances for New Zealand, scoring six times.{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZRepSoccer/caps_and_goals.htm |title=A-International Appearances – Overall |publisher=The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website |accessdate=2008-07-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501185855/http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZRepSoccer/id1708.htm |archivedate=1 May 2009 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZRepSoccer/id1842.htm |title=A-International Scorers – Overall |publisher=The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website |accessdate=2008-07-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090616123344/http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZRepSoccer/id1842.htm |archivedate=16 June 2009 }}

He represented the All Whites for all three matches at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain, where they lost to Scotland, USSR and Brazil.{{cite web|url=http://www.nzsoccer.com/page/1982_world_cup_team.html |title=NZ 1982 World Cup |publisher=NZ Football |accessdate=1 January 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081212000233/http://www.nzsoccer.com/page/1982_world_cup_team.html |archivedate=12 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}

Honours

New Zealand

Trans-Tasman Cup: 1983,{{ cite web | url = http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Socceroo/1983A.html | title = Socceroo Internationals for 1983 | website = Oz Football | access-date = 12 August 2023 }} 1987{{ cite web | url = http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Socceroo/1987A.html | title = Socceroo Internationals for 1987 | website = Oz Football | access-date = 12 August 2023 }}