Ken Booth (footballer)

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.

Ken Booth
Personal information
Full name Kenneth Kershaw Booth
Date of birth (1934-11-22)22 November 1934
Place of birth Blackpool, England
Date of death 7 November 2015(2015-11-07) (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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

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

  1. A Goalscoring Debut but sadly promise unfulfilled … Kenneth Kershaw (Ken or Kenny) Booth 1934-2015
  2. Hayes, Dean (1996). The Latics: The Official History of Wigan Athletic F.C. Harefield: Yore Publications. ISBN 1-874427-91-7.
  • Ken Booth at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
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