Charles Booth (footballer)

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Charles Booth
Personal information
Full name	Charles Booth
Date of birth	1869
Place of birth	Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England
Date of death	September 1898
Place of death	Wolverhampton, England
Playing position	Outside left
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1889–1892 1892–1894 1894–?	Gainsborough Trinity Wolverhampton Wanderers Woolwich Arsenal Loughborough	16 (2)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Charles Booth (1869 — 1898) was an English footballer.

Booth was born in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, and started at his hometown club Gainsborough Trinity before joining Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1889. He spent three seasons with the Midlands side before moving south to join Woolwich Arsenal in 1892. He was a regular in the side straight away, scoring five goals in the 1892–93 season (making him joint-top scorer with James Henderson).

Booth remained in the Arsenal side when they joined the Football League Second Division in 1893, playing at outside left in Arsena's very first League match, against Newcastle United on September 2, 1893. He continued to play in the side until a 3–0 defeat to Lincoln City on February 3, 1894. Booth lost his place to Thomas Bryan and later moved to Loughborough. He died in September 1898, aged 28.

[edit] References

• Harris, Jeff & Hogg, Tony (ed.) (1995). Arsenal Who's Who. Independent UK Sports. ISBN 1-899429-03-4.