Frank Booth	Manchester City FC 1 appearance, 0 goals P 1 W 0 D 1 L 0 F 1: A 1 50% successful 1905 captain: none minutes played: 90
Timeline
	Frank Booth
Birth	after 22 June to September 1882 at 68 Hyde Lane, Hyde, Cheshire [registered in Stockport, September 1882].
	According to the 1891 census, Frank is the fourth of seven children to Zechariah and Catherine (née Barlow), living at 185 Market Street in Hyde. His father is a tailor.
	According to the 1901 census, Frank is the eldest of the five children still living with their parents, still living at 185 Market Street. He is a finisher in the felt hat trade.
Marriage	to Mary Elizabeth Dunkerley, 10 July 1905 at Christ Church, Denton, Lancashire [registered in Ashton-under-Lyme, September 1905]. Father of the groom stated as being Zechariah.  Two children, Harold (b.25 April 1907) and Hilda Catherine (b.31 January 1911)
	Not on the 1911 census. He was however, playing football with Clyde FC in Glasgow.
156185	Frank attested with the army on 11 December 1915, joining The Royal Garrison Artillery at Gosport. His address listed as the Church Inn in Denton. He was transferred to the army reserve on 27 March 1919
	Death: 22 June 1919 at The Royal Infirmary, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Manchester, aged 37 years nk days [registered in Chorlton, June 1919]. From a tumour that was found on his heart that proved to be inoperable. He was living at 92 Manchester Road in Denton, and left £150 to his widow, Mary Elizabeth.
	Funeral: in Denton Cemetery (left)
	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & Ancestry.com
Playing Career
Club(s)	Began his career playing with his local junior side Hyde FC before being signed by Glossop FC and Stockport County FC. It was from there that Manchester City FC signed him in April 1902...
"ROUGH WORK AT ARDWICK "Some disgraceful incidents were witnessed in the Manchester City v. Everton game at Hyde-road, yesterday. The referee allowed the players to get out of hand, and cases of deliberate foul play were frequent. The worst offence, however, occurred when [Billy] Balmer was in the act of kicking the ball after the whistle had gone for a foul, and [Frank] Booth of the City, charged him. Tom Booth, of Everton, then rushed up and struck his namesake a blow under the jaw which laid him out for a tim. The crowd indulged in much hooting when the referee allowed the Evertonian to remain on the field, and it seemed probable that their would be trouble after the match, but the police and officials gathered round the exit from the playing enclosure when Tom Booth left the field, and prevented any disturbance." - The Lancashire Daily Post, Saturday, 22 April 1905
	and after 94 league appearances and eighteen goals, and until he was one of seventeen players suspended in October 1906 for receiving extra payments. On 4 December 1906, Booth was transferred to Bury FC, despite efforts from Woolwich Arsenal FC, the transfer would be effective on 1 January 1907, when his suspension was complete, he scored four goals in 58 appearances. He went north of the border, to Clyde FC in June 1909, but returned to Manchester on 7 July 1911 to play for City again. He retired in the 1912 close season.
Club honours	Football League Division Two winners 1902-03; FA Cup winners 1903-04; Scottish Cup runners-up 1909-10;
Individual honours	None
Distinctions	None
Height/Weight	5' 10", 11st. 10lbs [1911].
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].
England Career
Player number	One of six who became the 302nd player (307) to appear for England.
Position(s)	Outside-left
Only match	No. 83, 25 February 1905, England 1 Ireland 1, a British Championship match at Ayresome Park, Linthorpe, Middlesbrough, aged 22 years nk days.
Major tournaments	British Championship 1904-05;
Team honours	British Championship winners 1904-05;
Individual honours	None
Distinctions	Died twelve days after Joe Lofthouse
Beyond England
Frank played the orthodox game, keeping to his touch-line and sending over centres of commendable precision. Slimly built and lively. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.39.

Frank Booth - Match History
Club: Manchester City F.C. - 1 full cap F.A. International Select Committee - 1 full capx
Age 22
1	83	25 February 1905 - England 1 Ireland 1, Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough	BC	HD	Start	ol

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