Curtis Booth

{{short description|English footballer and manager}}

{{About|the forward|the defender|Tommy Booth}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Curtis Booth

| fullname = Curtis Booth

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1891|10|12}}

| birth_place = Gateshead, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1949|10|29|1891|10|12}}

| death_place = Amsterdam, Netherlands

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=11}}{{cite news |title=Optimists of the North. Accrington Stanley |newspaper=Athletic News |location=Manchester |date=6 August 1923 |page=6}}

| position = Inside left

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 =

| clubs1 = Wallsend Elm Villa

| years2 = 1913–1920

| clubs2 = Newcastle United

| caps2 = 34

| goals2 = 6

| years3 =

| clubs3 = → Leeds City (guest)

| years4 = 1920–1923

| clubs4 = Norwich City

| caps4 = 62

| goals4 = 11

| years5 = 1923–1924

| clubs5 = Accrington Stanley

| caps5 = 1

| goals5 = 0

| manageryears1 = 1923–1924

| manageryears2 = 1932–1934

| manageryears3 = 1934–1935

| managerclubs1 = Accrington Stanley

| managerclubs2 = Wormatia Worms

| managerclubs3 = RC Paris

}}

Curtis Booth (12 October 1891 – 29 October 1949), sometimes known as Tommy Booth, was an English football player and manager. He played in the Football League for Newcastle United, Norwich City and Accrington Stanley,{{Cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |date=2012 |publisher=Tony Brown |isbn=978-1905891610 |location=Nottingham |page=135}} for Leeds City as a wartime guest and for Wallsend Elm Villa.{{Cite web |title=Leeds United F.C. History |url=http://www.ozwhitelufc.net.au/leedscityprofiles.php/BoothC.php |access-date=27 June 2018 |website=www.ozwhitelufc.net.au}} After retiring as a player, Booth managed Accrington Stanley, Wormatia Worms, RC Paris and coached in Germany, Turkey and the Netherlands.{{Cite web |title=Managers |url=http://hem.passagen.se/accringtonstanley/Club/Manager%20Profiles.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605084332/http://hem.passagen.se/accringtonstanley/Club/Manager%20Profiles.htm |archive-date=5 June 2011 |access-date=27 June 2018}}{{Cite web |title=France – Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs |url=https://www.rsssf.org/players/trainers-fran-clubs.html |access-date=27 June 2018 |website=RSSSF}}

Personal life

Booth enlisted in the British Army in December 1915 to fight in the First World War. He served as a private in the Durham Light Infantry and saw action on the Somme and at the Third Ypres.{{Cite web |title=Wounded – But became a football coach |url=http://www.britishlegion.org.uk/community/stories/remembrance/sport-remembers-wounded-but-became-a-football-coach/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170528015205/http://www.britishlegion.org.uk/community/stories/remembrance/sport-remembers-wounded-but-became-a-football-coach/ |archive-date=28 May 2017 |access-date=21 September 2016}} Booth was wounded in action at Villers-Bretonneux in August 1918 and was demobilized in August 1919.{{Cite news |title=Curtis Booth – Newcastle United and the First World War |language=en-US |work=Football and the First World War |url=http://www.footballandthefirstworldwar.org/curtis-booth-2/ |access-date=27 June 2018}}

Career statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"

|+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

! rowspan="2" |Club

! rowspan="2" |Season

! colspan="3" |League

! colspan="2" |FA Cup

! colspan="2" |Total

Division

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

rowspan="3" |Newcastle United

|1914–15

| rowspan="2" |First Division

|19

|2

|0

|0

|19

|2

1919–20

|15

|4

|0

|0

|15

|4

colspan="2" |Total

!34

!6

!0

!0

!34

!6

rowspan="4" |Norwich City

|1920–21

|Third Division

|22

|4

|0

|0

|22

|4

1921–22

| rowspan="2" |Third Division South

|21

|5

|0

|0

|21

|5

1922–23

|19

|2

|3

|2

|22

|3

colspan="2" |Total

!62

!11

!3

!2

!65

!13

Accrington Stanley

|1923–24

|Third Division North

|1

|0

|2

|1

|3

|1

colspan="3" |Career total

!97

!17

!5

!3

!102

!20

References

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