
Booth: Curtis (Tommy)
1915-1916 (Leeds City War-time Guest Player Details)
Inside Forward
Born: Gateshead: 12-10-1891
Debut: v Stockport County (h): 17-04-1908
5’9 1/2” 11st 5lb (1923)
Booth started with Wallsend Elm Villa, joining Newcastle United as a professional in
November 1913. He had played nineteen League games and scored twice before the outbreak of
WW1, when Newcastle United opted not to participate in any games for the duration of the
War. It was during this time that he played as a War-time guest for Leeds City along with
several other Newcastle United players. He returned to Newcastle on the recommencement of
the Football League fixtures in 1919 and played a further fifteen games and scored four more
goals. He left Gallowgate for Carrow Road, signing for Norwich City on 1st September 1920
for £800. He spent three seasons at Third Division Norwich making sixty-two League
appearances and finding the net on eleven occasions. He joined Third Division North team
Accrington Stanley on 1st June 1923 as Player-Manager. It was the first time Accrington
Stanley had made such an appointment. The former Manager Sam Pilkington was to remain as
Secretary, but just the administrative side, while Booth was to play as the club captain and
be responsible for the Manager’s duties. In the very first game, at Darlington, on 25th
August 1923, Booth badly damaged his knee ligaments, and had to retire from the game as a
player. He was unable to return to his duties with the club until the final months of the
season, and due to the financial strain on the club he was released in May 1924. After
leaving Stanley, Booth was engaged in coaching in various parts of Europe. He started with
Erfurt in Germany in 1925, then in Turkey, rising to head coach to the Turkish FA, Egypt,
France, where he coached Racing Club of Paris in 1932-33 and the Netherlands, dying in
Amsterdam on 29th October 1949.
War-time Guest Appearances | Goals |
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Principal Tournament 7 | 0 |
Subsidiary Tournament 1 | 0 |
Total 8 | 0 |