Tommy Booth

{{short description|English footballer and manager}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Tommy Booth

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| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|11|9|df=y}}

| birth_place = Middleton, England

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| position = Central defender

| youthyears1 = 1965–1967

| youthclubs1 = Manchester City

| years1 = 1967–1981 | clubs1 = Manchester City | caps1 = 382 | goals1 = 25

| years2 = 1981–1984 | clubs2 = Preston North End | caps2 = 84 | goals2 = 2

| totalcaps = 466

| totalgoals = 27

| nationalyears1 = 1969–1972

| nationalteam1 = England U23 | nationalcaps1 = 4 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 1985–1986 | managerclubs1 = Preston North End

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Tommy Booth (born 9 November 1949) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Manchester City and Preston North End,{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player3/tommybooth.html |title=Tommy Booth |work=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=6 December 2009}} and was capped four times for England at under-23 level.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eng-u23-intres-det.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040413100658/http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/eng-u23-intres-det.html |url-status=live |archivedate=13 April 2004 |title=England - U-23 International Results- Details |date=27 March 2004 |first=Barrie |last=Courtney |website=RSSSF |accessdate=6 December 2009 }}

Booth was born in Middleton, Lancashire. He began his career with Manchester City, signing amateur forms in 1965, turning professional in 1967, and making his Football League debut on 9 October 1968 in a 1–1 draw at home to Arsenal.{{cite web |url=http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=36463 |title=Tommy Booth Manchester City FC part 1 |first=Ian |last=Penney |work=Football Heroes |publisher=Sporting Heroes Collections |accessdate=6 December 2009}} He played in the centre of defence, winning FA Cup, European Cup Winners' Cup and two League Cup winners' medals. He played 382 times for City in the League between 1968 and 1981, scoring 25 goals.{{cite web |url=http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=36464 |title=Tommy Booth Manchester City FC part 2 |first=Ian |last=Penney |work=Football Heroes |publisher=Sporting Heroes Collections |accessdate=6 December 2009}}{{cite web |url=http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=36466 |title=Tommy Booth Manchester City FC part 4 |first=Ian |last=Penney |work=Football Heroes |publisher=Sporting Heroes Collections |accessdate=6 December 2009}} In September 1981 he moved to Preston North End for £30,000. At Deepdale he made 84 appearances between 1981 and 1984, scoring twice, before injury forced him to retire during the 1984–85 season. In February 1985 he was appointed as Preston manager; with the club in difficult financial circumstances, he resigned in January 1986.{{cite news |url=http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/lancashire-evening-post-preston-england/mi_7868/is_2004_March_8/interview-tommy-booth/ai_n33914669/ |title=The Big Interview - Tommy Booth |newspaper=Lancashire Evening Post |format=reprint |publisher=FindArticles |date=8 March 2004 |accessdate=6 December 2009}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=RjwilmsiBot}}