Ashley Booth
Scottish footballer
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Ashley Booth (22 October 1937 – 23 March 2014) was a Scottish footballer.
Date of birth
22 October 1937
Place of birth
Aberdeen, Scotland
Date of death
23 March 2014 (aged 76)
Position
Wing half
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 22 October 1937 | ||
| Place of birth | Aberdeen, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 23 March 2014 (aged 76) | ||
| Position | Wing half | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Banks o' Dee | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1962–1965 | St Johnstone | 29 | (0) |
| 1965–1966 | East Fife | 1 | (0) |
| Total | 30 | (0) | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Biography
Booth was a member of a well-known Aberdeen sporting family. His brother Wallace Booth won a Commonwealth Games silver medal in wrestling and another brother Sandy was a golfer.[1]
Booth is best known for his time at St Johnstone where he made 36 appearances for the Perth club from 1962 to 1965. Booth then moved on to East Fife where he made a handful of appearances before suffering serious ligament damage while playing against Dumbarton at Boghead which ultimately ended his playing career.[2]
