David Booth (born 2 October 1948) is an English football manager and former player.

Early years

Booth was brought up in

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near Barnsley and attended Queen Elizabeth Grammar School,

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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

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Managerial career

David Booth became manager of

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

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, but Booth resigned in November 1985 to participate in a property developing venture abroad, and was replaced by Mick Lyons. He later managed

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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. Following this he became Assistant Manager and latterly Caretaker Manager at

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after the sacking of Mark Lawrenson. He was sacked after a brief spell and some poor performances with Chris Turner becoming manager who earned successive promotions to the second division. In 1991, Booth moved to Ghana first coached at Obuasi Ashanti Gold and led them to the championship. He was recommended by Bobby Charlton when Charlton's company, BCI, worked as consultants for the Ashanti Goldfields Corporation who funded the football club. 'I had never been to Africa before I took a short-term contract at Obuasi and I treated it like an adventure,' said Booth. He signed up for four weeks and stayed for four years; moved on to Brunei, then moved back after Ghana after long time

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as a technical director. He moved to India in 2003 to manage Mumbai-based club

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guiding them to win Federation Cup, Super Cup and the Mumbai Football League. But then there was an apparent falling out with Chairman Alan Durante, and he departed for South-East Asia. In South East Asia, he was the coach of the

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in 2003 guiding them to the semi-finals of the 2003 SEA Games. Upon returning to India with newly formed

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to join his friends Henry Menezes and Arshad, he promoted the club from second division and ensured

as a mid-table I-League club. With the relative success of Booth, Menezes and Arshad,

was quick to offer better contracts to the trio. with Booth signing a 3-year deal with Mahindra United starting from August 2009. After his brief successful spell in India, he was appointed coach of

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from July 2010 till December 2010. He also had a small stint in Sisaket F.C. of

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. He then moved to

Phnom Penh Crown FC Phnom Penh Crown Football Club (PPCFC; km, ក្លឹបបាល់ទាត់ភ្នំពេញក្រោន, ) is a Cambodian professional football club based in Sangkat Toul Sangke II, Khan Russey Keo, Phnom Penh, competing in the ...

in the

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from 2011 to 2012 winning Cambodian League, also becoming runner's up in 2011 AFC President's Cup. He again returned to India and had a one-year stint at Salgaocar F.C. between 2012–13. After his unsuccessful return to India, he was again appointed as

from August 2014. On 1 November 2017, he was appointed as the head coach of

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side

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. The club won 2017–18 Bangalore Super Division under his coaching.

Honours

As a manager

Grimsby Town *

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: 1983–84 Peterborough *

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(Play-off Winners): 1991–92 Ashanti Gold *

Ghana Premier League The is the top professional association football division of the football league system in Ghana. Officially formed in 1956 to replace a previous league incarnation, the Gold Coast Club Competition (which began in 1933 and ended in 1953–54), ...

:1993–94 Mahindra United * Federation Cup: 2003 *The Mumbai League: 2002–03 Mumbai *

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: 2007–08 Phnom Penh Crown *

: 2011 * 2011 AFC President's Cup runner-up: 2011 Lao Toyota *

Lao Premier League The Lao League 1 ( lo, ລາວ ພຣີເມຍລີກ), known for sponsorship reasons as the Pepsi Lao League 1, is a football league representing the sport's highest level in Laos. The league is composed of seven clubs for the 2022 seas ...

: 2015; runner-up 2014 * Lao FF Cup runner-up: 2014 Ozone *

Bangalore Super Division The Bangalore Football League is organised by the Bangalore District Football Association (BDFA), which is affiliated to the Karnataka State Football Association (KSFA) as a ladder-based state football competition involving a total of four di ...

: 2017–18

Managerial stats

References

External links

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Dave Booth - Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database
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