Dave Booth
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 2 October 1948 | ||
| Place of birth | Darton, England | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1968–1972 | Barnsley | 164 | (8) |
| 1972–1978 | Grimsby Town | 200 | (7) |
| Total | 364 | (15) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1982–1985 | Grimsby Town | ||
| 1987–1989 | Darlington | ||
| 1996–1999 | Brunei | ||
| 2000–2003 | Myanmar | ||
| 2003–2004 | Mahindra United | ||
| 2005 | |||
| 2006 | BEC Tero Sasana | ||
| 2007 | Club Valencia | ||
| 2007–2009 | Mumbai | ||
| 2009–2010 | Mahindra United | ||
| 2010 | Laos | ||
| 2011 | Sisaket | ||
| 2011–2012 | Phnom Penh Crown | ||
| 2012–2013 | Salgaocar | ||
| 2014–2015 | Lao Toyota F.C. | ||
| 2016 | Khon Kaen United | ||
| 2016 | Lanexang United | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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David "Dave" Booth (born 2 October 1948) is an English former professional football player and former manager of Laos national football team.
Booth was brought up in Darton near Barnsley and attended Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield where he played rugby and cricket. Football was not played at his school. Dave joined Barnsley and made his first team debut at 19 years of age at left back where he played most of his career. He was later signed by Laurie McMenemy, later of Southampton and the England coaching staff, who was then manager of Grimsby Town.
David Booth became manager of Grimsby Town in January 1982 with the club at the bottom of the Second Division, following the dismissal of George Kerr. A late upturn in form enabled Grimsby to escape relegation, and good form continued into the 1982–83 season with Grimsby as high as 4th after two-thirds of the season. However, failure to win their last 14 games meant that Grimsby only narrowly avoided relegation.
The 1983–84 season, however, would see Grimsby emerge as serious promotion contenders for the majority of the season. They were third in the table at the end of February 1984, but a late dip in form meant they finished in fifth place and ten points off the top three, but it was and remains their highest finish in the league since relegation from the First Division in 1948. Good form continued the following season with a tenth-place finish, and disposing Everton from the League Cup, but Booth resigned in November 1985 to participate in a property developing venture abroad, and was replaced by Mick Lyons.
He later managed Darlington but could not prevent relegation from the Third Division. The initial challenge for promotion was not sustained and the side was facing relegation from the League when Booth was sacked in February 1989.
He moved to India in 2003 to manage Mumbai-based club Mahindra United guiding them to win Federation Cup, Super Cup and the Mumbai League.But then there was an apparent falling out with Chairman Alan Durante, and he departed for South-East Asia.
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