Colin Booth
{{Short description|English footballer (1934–2025)}}
{{for|the English mycologist|Colin Booth (mycologist)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1934|12|30|df=y}}
| birth_place = Middleton, Lancashire, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|2025|5|12|1934|12|30|df=y}}
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| height = {{height|ft=5|in=9}}
| position = Inside forward
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| years1 = 1950–1959
| clubs1 = Wolverhampton Wanderers
| caps1 = 78
| goals1 = 26
| years2 = 1959–1962
| clubs2 = Nottingham Forest
| caps2 = 87
| goals2 = 39
| years3 = 1962–1964
| clubs3 = Doncaster Rovers
| caps3 = 88
| goals3 = 57
| years4 = 1964–1965
| clubs4 = Oxford United
| caps4 = 48
| goals4 = 23
| years5 = 1965
| clubs5 = Cambridge United
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| clubs6 = Cheltenham Town
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| nationalyears1 = 1956
| nationalteam1 = England U23
| nationalcaps1 = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 0
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Colin Booth (30 December 1934 – 12 May 2025) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League as an inside forward for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Nottingham Forest, Doncaster Rovers and Oxford United.{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/colinbooth.html |title=Colin Booth : UK A–Z Transfers |website=Neilbrown.newcastlefans.com |access-date=10 December 2009}} He won two league championship medals with Wolverhampton Wanderers.{{cite book |author=Matthews, Tony |title=Wolverhampton Wanderers: The Complete Record |year=2008 |publisher=Breedon Books |location=Derby |isbn=978-1-85983-632-3}}
Career
Booth was born in Middleton, Lancashire, and joined Wolverhampton Wanderers as an apprentice in 1950. He made his first-team debut on 11 April 1955 in a 1–0 win over Aston Villa, one of three appearances that season. He began to establish himself in the following season, as he scored 7 times in 27 outings, before adding 9 goals in just 20 games in the subsequent season. However, he found himself below the likes of Jimmy Murray, Dennis Wilshaw and Bobby Mason in the Wolves attack and managed only a peripheral role in their championship-winning campaign of 1957-58. The next season saw him similarly on the sidelines but he did manage 7 goals from 13 games. Booth scored four goals against Arsenal on 10 November 1956, in a 5–2 victory for Wolves – this is still a record against the Gunners, shared with Billy Walker of Aston Villa who also scored four in 1920.{{cite web |url=http://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/page/WhereNow/0,,10308~233794,00.html |title=Where Are They Now - From A to I |publisher=Nottingham Forest F.C |access-date=10 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722131701/http://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/page/WhereNow/0%2C%2C10308~233794%2C00.html |archivedate=22 July 2012}} He won an England Under 23 cap in 1956 against France, coming on as a substitute for future teammate Alick Jeffrey, who broke his leg.
In search of regular football, Booth joined Nottingham Forest in October 1959 for £20,000. He scored 41 goals in 98 appearances in total for Forest during two-and-a-half seasons, his best season coming in 1960-61 where he netted 19 times. He then spent two seasons at Doncaster Rovers before joining Oxford United. He ended his career at non-league Cambridge United before leaving the game and working in healthcare.Source for transfer fees: {{cite book|title=Soccer Who's Who|author=Maurice Golesworth|publisher=The Sportsmans Book Club|year=1965}} He later lived in Dorset.
Death
On 12 May 2025, Booth died at the age of 90.{{Cite web |title=Colin Booth {{!}} 1934-2025 {{!}} Club {{!}} News |url=https://www.wolves.co.uk/news/club/20250512-colin-booth-1934-2025/ |access-date=12 May 2025 |website=Wolves.co.uk|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.wolves.co.uk/news/club/20250512-colin-booth-1934-2025/|title=Colin Booth | 1934–2025 | Club | News|website=Wolves.co.uk|access-date=14 May 2025}}
References
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External links
- {{NeilBrownPlayers|player/colinbooth}}
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Category:Footballers from Middleton, Greater Manchester
Category:English men's footballers
Category:England men's under-23 international footballers
Category:Men's association football inside forwards
Category:Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players
Category:Nottingham Forest F.C. players
Category:Doncaster Rovers F.C. players
Category:Oxford United F.C. players
Category:Cambridge United F.C. players