Bobby Booth

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}}

{{Use British English|date=August 2014}}

{{infobox football biography

| name = Bobby Booth

| image =

| fullname = Robert Booth

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}}{{cite news |title=First Division prospects. Birmingham |author=Brum |newspaper=Athletic News |location=Manchester |date=22 August 1921 |page=5}}

| position = Wing half

| birth_date = {{birth date|1890|12|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = West Hartlepool, County Durham, England

| death_date =

| years1 = | clubs1 = Spennymoor United

| years2 = 1912–1920 | clubs2 = Blackpool | caps2 = 96 | goals2 = 5

| years3 = 1920–1922 | clubs3 = Birmingham | caps3 = 8 | goals3 = 1

| years4 = 1922–1923 | clubs4 = Southend United | caps4 = 28 | goals4 = 1

| years5 = 1923–1925 | clubs5 = Swansea Town | caps5 = 36 | goals5 = 4

| years6 = 1925 | clubs6 = Merthyr Town | caps6 = 15 | goals6 = 1

| years7 = 1925–1926 | clubs7 = New Brighton | caps7 = 12 | goals7 = 1

}}

Robert Booth (20 December 1890 – after 1925) was an English professional footballer who made nearly 200 appearances in the Football League playing for Blackpool, Birmingham, Southend United, Swansea Town, Merthyr Town and New Brighton.{{cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=SoccerData |location=Nottingham |date=2004 |page=30 |isbn=978-1-899468-67-6}} He played as a wing half.

Booth was born in West Hartlepool, County Durham. He began his football career with Spennymoor United before joining Second Division club Blackpool in May 1912.{{cite book |last=Matthews |first=Tony |title=Birmingham City: A Complete Record |year=1995 |publisher=Breedon Books |location=Derby |page=73 |isbn=978-1-85983-010-9}} In three seasons before the First World War and one season after, Booth played 96 Football League games before moving to Birmingham in May 1920. Described as a "very quiet hard worker who never becomes ruffled", he played six times in his first season, at the end of which the club were promoted. Booth played twice in the First Division, but was allowed to leave at the end of the season. He embarked on a tour of the Third Divisions, spending short spells with Southend United, Swansea Town, Merthyr Town and New Brighton.