Scott Booth

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Scott Booth (born 16 December 1971) is a former Scottish football player who is now a pundit at Setanta Sports.

"Scotty" Booth started his career at his hometown club of Aberdeen F.C. where he played up front for about 9 years. Seen as a favourite by the Dons Fans, Booth was part of the Aberdeen side that came so close to winning the League title on the final day of the Scottish Premier League 1990/1991 season.

He played in every game of Aberdeen's 1995 Scottish Football League Cup campaign until an injury ruled him out of the final, in which Aberdeen beat Dundee 2-0. Less than two years later he was leaving Pittodrie for a surprise move to Borussia Dortmund in Germany.

The success of fellow Scot, Paul Lambert was maybe one of the reasons behind the surprise move. Netherless he never really got a look-in with the European Champions even though he got a brief taste of Champions League football.

Booth then signed for F.C. Twente Enschede in the Netherlands. He was to become a favourite in Holland, playing there for the next 4 years and picking up his only winner's medal when Twente won the Dutch F.A. Cup after a penalty shoot-out. He returned 'home' to Aberdeen F.C. in 2003.

Booth was top scorer in 2003/2004 but was hit by injury. When he was released in 2004, many Dons fans were angry at Manager Steve Paterson and said that they would pay for Booth to stay at the club.^{[citation needed]}

Expected to sign for Luton, Booth surprisingly retired from football in 2004 to become a pundit on the Irish-based Channel, Setanta Sports where he works with another former footballer, Craig Burley.

Booth was also member of Scotland's Euro 1996 and 1998 World Cup Squad.

[edit] External links

• Scott Booth career stats at Soccerbase

	Scotland squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup
1 Leighton | 2 McNamara | 3 Boyd | 4 Calderwood | 5 Hendry | 6 T. McKinlay | 7 Gallacher | 8 Burley | 9 Durie | 10 Jackson | 11 Collins | 12 Sullivan | 13 Donnelly | 14 Lambert | 15 Gemmill | 16 Weir | 17 B. McKinlay | 18 Elliott | 19 Whyte | 20 Booth | 21 Gould | 22 Dailly | Coach: Brown