Ashley Booth

Ashley Booth
Personal information
Date of birth 22 October 1937
Place of birth Aberdeen, Scotland
Date of death 23 March 2014(2014-03-23) (aged 76)
Position Wing half
Youth career
Banks o' Dee
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1962–1965 St Johnstone 29 (0)
1965–1966 East Fife 1 (0)
Total 30 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ashley Booth (22 October 1937 – 23 March 2014) was a Scottish footballer.

Biography

Booth was a member of a well-known Aberdeen sporting family. His brother Wallace Booth won a Commonwealth Games silver medal in wrestling and another brother Sandy was a golfer.[1]

Booth is best known for his time at St Johnstone where he made 36 appearances for the Perth club from 1962 to 1965. Booth then moved on to East Fife where he made a handful of appearances before suffering serious ligament damage while playing against Dumbarton at Boghead which ultimately ended his playing career.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Aberdeen man for Empire Games". Aberdeen Evening Express. 30 April 1966. p. 3. Retrieved 15 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ Former St Johnstone defender Ashley Booth