Bill Booth (footballer)

Bill Booth

Personal information
Full name	William Samuel Booth
Date of birth	(1920-07-07)7 July 1920
Place of birth	Hove, England
Date of death	18 February 1990(1990-02-18) (aged 69)
Place of death	Eastbourne, England
Position(s)	Centre-half
Youth career
	Hove Penguins
	Brighton & Hove Albion
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	(0)
1939	Port Vale	9	(0)
1939–1947	Cardiff City	0	(0)
1947–1949	Brighton & Hove Albion	28	(6)
	Hastings United
Total		37+	(6+)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Samuel "Bill" Booth (7 July 1920 – 18 February 1990) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Brighton & Hove Albion and Port Vale.

Playing career

Booth played for his local side Hove Penguins and Brighton & Hove Albion, before joining First Division club Wolverhampton Wanderers. He was unable to break into their first team at Molineux and moved to Port Vale in the Third Division South in February 1939.

After ten consecutive games for the "Valiants" in 1938–39, he was given a free transfer to league rivals Cardiff City. He later guested for Birmingham City and Leeds United during the war, before moving permanently back to Brighton & Hove Albion after the war. Don Welsh's "Seagulls" finished bottom of the Third Division South in 1947–48 and had to apply for re-election, before rising to sixth place in 1948–49. He then moved into non-league football with newly founded Southern League club Hastings United.

Statistics

• Sourced from Bill Booth at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Port Vale	1938–39	Third Division South	9	0	0	0	1	0	10	0
Cardiff City	1939–40	Third Division South	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0
Brighton & Hove Albion	1947–48	Third Division South	20	5	1	1	0	0	21	6
	1948–49	Third Division South	8	1	0	0	0	0	8	1
	Total		28	6	1	1	0	0	29	7