William Samuel Booth (7 July 1920 – 18 February 1990) was an English football player and manager who played in the English Football League for Brighton & Hove Albion and Port Vale.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Samuel Booth[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1920-07-07)7 July 1920 | ||
| Place of birth | Hove, England[1] | ||
| Date of death | 18 February 1990(1990-02-18) (aged 69)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Eastbourne, England[1] | ||
| 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 | Cardiff City | 0 | (0) |
| 1947–1949 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 28 | (6) |
| Hastings United | |||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1966–1968 | Eastbourne | ||
| 1971–1972 | Eastbourne Town | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Booth played for Hove Penguins and Brighton & Hove Albion, before joining First Division club Wolverhampton Wanderers.[1] He was unable to break into their first team at Molineux and moved to Port Vale in the Third Division South in February 1939.[1]
After ten consecutive games for the "Valiants" in 1938–39, he was given a free transfer to league rivals Cardiff City.[1] He later guested for Birmingham City and Leeds United during the war, before moving permanently back to Brighton & Hove Albion after the war.[1] 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.
Booth manageed for Eastbourne from 1966 to 1968, and again in the Athenian League between 1971 and 1972.
Source:[2]
| 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 | ||