Tommy Booth - was he any good?

[PD]

It certainly was Dave Connor who did the shadow job on Alan Ball, as he always did. As for goals scored, shurely non more important than the semi at Villa. My cousin Steve and were right in line as our dads stood behind the goal. Would that have been Gordon West in goal, he passed away yesterday I see.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Tommy Booth was the Joleon Lescott of his day. Solid, dependable, could pop up and get a goal, but always seemed second fiddle to the player alongside him.

Seems to me (and I might have been wrong in the past....once!) that Tommy was getting slightly long in the tooth when Dave Watson was brought in and was not the commanding (scarily) presence of a Watson, nor the bulldog of a Reid. Seems like the game passed him by at about the time that he was waning, which might be why we never actually saw him decline as a player, just get passed over for better players coming in/through.

However, City man through and through, as we all know. And a gent with it.

 

[SWSB]

TB was of course the player who supplied Dennis Tueart with the ball for the overhead kick.

 

[tommybooth]

I woz the bollocks. Only Big Dave Watson was better!

 

[kev1961]

just wanted to mention his last minute winning goal against liverpool in a cup replay in 1972.

could he head a ball.

hes definatly up there with doyle and watson. make no mistake about it!

 

[WyongBlue]

Was a good player, very dependable, good header of the ball, watched him played many times during the 70's..............

 

[johnny crossan]

How on earth the Futcher twins ended up at Maine Road had always puzzled me. They were both very over-rated IMO. Ron was an average striker and Paul an average centre half - not as good as Tommy Booth.

Paul Futcher was Peter Swales' choice, he signed him after he saw him play for England U21s at Maine Road. I don't know about Ron but he wasn't a bad player (neither was Paul to be fair).

 

[geoffchall]

Comparison with Joleon Lescott is just about right in terms of abilities. 7 out of 10, but getting extra brownie points out of being a loyal and long-time club servant. Out to grass at Preston for the last couple of years if memory serves, but there was never a moment when your heart sank at the thought of him playing.

 

[isab23502]

Interesting what an earlier poster says about Paul Futcher being signed by Swales after England U-21 game. I understand it was Swales who - through his FA role- went and bought Mike Channon during an England tour, even though Channon didn't really fit into Tony Book's system and never really reached anywhere near his potential at City. You get the impression that Bookie must have had a hard time managing under Swales in the sense that the latter interposed himself on the football side too much. Were any of the other transfers of that era imposed on the management from above in this fashion?

 

[kismet]

Lived on Langley in Middleton for a while as did Kenny Clements and in the 70's Langley was a large blue stronghold........

Several double deckers used to leave Wood Street on a Saturday for Maine Road.