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Tom Booth |
Blackburn Rovers
FC, Everton FC
2 appearances, 0 goals
P 2 W 1 D 0 L 1 F 4:
A 2
50% successful
1898-1903
captain: none
minutes played: 180 |
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Timeline |
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Thomas Edward Booth |
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Birth |
25 April 1874 at 25 Pin Mill
Brow,
Ardwick, Lancashire [registered in
Chorlton, June 1874]. |
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According to the 1881 census,
Thomas E. is the youngest of seven children to Isaac and Sarah. Living at
13 Print Street in Ashton-under-Lyne, Audenshaw. His father is a
clerk. |
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According to the 1891 census,
Thomas E. is the youngest of the five children to stay in the family home
with their parents. Living at 99 Denton Road in Ashton-under-Lyne. His father is a clerks accountant. Thomas himself, a felt hatter. |
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According to the 1901 census,
Thomas E. is the youngest of the three children to stay in the family home
with their parents at 99 Denton Road. His father is knitting woollen
goods. Thomas is now a felt hat finisher. |
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Marriage |
to Mary Elizabeth Brierley
(née Morton), on 20 July 1910 at St James' Church, Heywood
[registered in Bury, September 1910].
Mary Elizabeth was
a widow. They are both stated as living at 48 Towers Street in Heywood. |
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According to the 1911 census,
the retired Thomas Edward is now a licensed victualler, running the Red Lion Hotel
with his wife, Mary Elizabeth, at 232 Guide Lane in Audenshaw. |
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Cannot be found on the 1921
census. |
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Cannot be found on the 1939 register |
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Death |
7 September 1939 at The
Oaks, Northgate, Bispham,
Blackpool,
aged
65 years 135 days
[registered in Blackpool, September 1939].
Left £6351 8s.3d. to his widow. |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Playing Career |
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Club(s) |
Started his
footballing career with Hooley Hill FC and then Ashton North End FC in
1892. He joined Blackburn Rovers FC in May 1896.
After 111 league appearances, in which he scored
ten goals, Everton FC signed him in April 1900, becoming club
captain. |
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Suspended from playing for a month
after being guilty of punching Manchester City's Frank Booth in a match in
April 1905. |
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After another 179 league appearances for Everton, and nine
goals, he joined Preston North End FC in 1908,
but made no league appearances. Carlisle
United FC signed him on 20 November 1908 and he retired in 1909. |
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Club honours |
FA Cup winners
1905-06 (injured), 1906-07 (unpicked); |
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Individual honours |
Football League
(four appearances) |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Height/Weight |
5'
10", 12st.
0lbs [1903]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of two who became 240th
players (241) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Centre-half |
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First match |
No.
63, 28 March 1898,
Wales 0
England 3,
a British Championship match at
The
Racecourse, Mold Road,
Wrexham, aged 23 years
337 days. |
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Last match |
No. 79,
4 April 1903, England 1 Scotland 2,
a British Championship match at
Bramall Lane, Highfield, Sheffield, aged 28 years 344 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1897-98, 1902-03; |
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Team honours |
British Championship winners 1897-98, shared 1902-03; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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No additional information, but
his census returns showed that he ran the Red Lion pub in Audenshaw after
he retired from playing. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.39. |
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