Ken Booth (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kenneth Kershaw Booth | ||
| Date of birth | 22 November 1934 | ||
| Place of birth | Blackpool, England | ||
| Date of death | 7 November 2015 (aged 80)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Inside forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1956–1957 | Blackpool | 1 | (1) |
| 1957–1959 | Bradford Park Avenue | 45 | (14) |
| 1959–1960 | Workington | 30 | (13) |
| 1960–1961 | Southport | 26 | (7) |
| 1961–1962 | Wigan Athletic | 12 | (7) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Kenneth Kershaw Booth (22 November 1934 – 7 November 2015) was an English footballer who played as an inside forward. He played over 100 matches in the Football League for several clubs.
Career
[edit]Booth started his senior career with his hometown club Blackpool and scored in his single League appearance for the side. In 1957 he joined Bradford Park Avenue and went on to play 45 games for the team, scoring fourteen times. Spells at Workington and Southport followed over the next two seasons before Booth moved into non-League football with Wigan Athletic in 1961, where he scored 7 goals in 12 Cheshire League games.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ A Goalscoring Debut but sadly promise unfulfilled … Kenneth Kershaw (Ken or Kenny) Booth 1934-2015
- ^ Hayes, Dean (1996). The Latics: The Official History of Wigan Athletic F.C. Harefield: Yore Publications. ISBN 1-874427-91-7.
- Gerry Wolstenholme's obituary for Ken Booth, 1 March 2016
External links
[edit]- Ken Booth at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
Categories:
- 1934 births
- 2015 deaths
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Blackpool F.C. players
- Bradford (Park Avenue) A.F.C. players
- Workington A.F.C. players
- Southport F.C. players
- Wigan Athletic F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Footballers from Blackpool
- 20th-century English sportsmen