Bluesteel Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 Dont know if my memory is playing tricks on me but did,nt we turn down a £2M offer for him from Forest about 12 months before he left for nothing. 900k from Leicester with some bald icelandic striker (gudmundson?) coming the other way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malek Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 30k a week? Not a chance. He was signed in 1997/98 and we couldn't even afford to offer Carbone that in 2000. 96/97 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gazzaswfc Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 Remember him Megin seaman in big ron's second cuming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNChance Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 Yep, he was their caretaker manager then. Guy was in love with Booth. George Graham signed Booth for Spurs not Pleat http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11675/2204104/shreeves-keen-to-bring-booth-back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfmanjack Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 He was a very willing workhorse, who, apart from his time at Hillsborough (a bit like John Ritchie, but not in the same class) scored stacks of goals throughout his career. He was played up front, on his own, won everything in the air, and was then expected to chase and retrieve his own headers. At Huddersfield he actually played as part of a front two with (I think) Ronnie Jepson, who also had a very good goal scoring record when he played alongside Booth, but at Wednesday we never used him properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adelphi1867 Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 With him in the team for his 1st season, he scored about 16 goals I think, we finished 7th in the prem, our highest finish in the last 19 years, while in his 2nd season, when we had Di Canio, we finished 13th, and we were lucky to do that. He was often sold short by DiCanio not passing the ball until Booth had 2-3 players around him. I am not saying Booth was the best forward in the country, far from it, but DiCanio was good at upsetting club, teams and players, remember the report by him in the Italian News papers slagging off his 'Team mates'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
areNOTwhatTHEYseem Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 now inherited by Bus. lyrical genius. horrendous. Oh I don't know, there's something endearingly tribal about it. Once everyone joins it, it can be quite powerful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRINGBACKNILSSON Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 Best header of a footballer I have ever seen! Useless at everything else like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilKingIsAGod Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 No way those players had so much left in them. Their experience would have been valuable, but they were shadows of their former selves and needed replacing. Sale of Hirst to Southampton for 1.6 wan great deal for us. Most of players we replaced them with were nowhere near good enough, and that was the problem. But in all truth we werent prepared to pay monney needed to replace such class often gambling on cheaper players that rarely proved good enough. Btw. No way Booth was anywhere near 30k. We sold Hirst in 1998 but Sheridan Waddle and Bright went on in 1995/96 when Pleat first took charge. What the guy i spoke to meant was as a team they felt they had a few more years in them from 1995 with a few additions. And i agree. 94/95 wasnt that bad but the teams compared to 95/96 were black and white. Fergusson was immense at this transitional periods and we dealt with ours stupidly. Not only did we sack a manager at a time we needed to be in transition...we employed Pleat....urgh i get shudders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronio Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 I like Booth, he was a decent bloke. Remember chatting to him at Anfield. Most of the other players just ducked their heads and ran onto the pitch. Especially Benni Carbone. Booth was the only one who stopped for a chat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNChance Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 http://www.mytimeinfootball.com/Andy_Booth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ever the pessimist Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 I was in a box for the nil all at Huddersfield when helan got 2 yellows but no red. Booth was doing the meet and greet stuff and was pretty amiable. He even laughed when I asked him if locals sacrifice virgins on the moors to statues of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vontemp Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 I liked him, limited footballer but had a heart as big as a dustbin lid. Scored a few for us in the Prem aswell, which is more than anybody else has done in the last 15 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will i am Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 George Graham signed Booth for Spurs not Pleathttp://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11675/2204104/shreeves-keen-to-bring-booth-back Remember spurs fans went ape how rude of them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
areNOTwhatTHEYseem Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 I was in a box for the nil all at Huddersfield when helan got 2 yellows but no red. Booth was doing the meet and greet stuff and was pretty amiable. He even laughed when I asked him if locals sacrifice virgins on the moors to statues of him. ...nervously, whilst looking for the nearest door in case a swift exit was needed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch McLovin Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 Awful player tried hard tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essix Blue Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 Remember him Megin seaman in big ron's second cumingPut through from half way line? Won 1-0? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ever the pessimist Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 Put through from half way line? Won 1-0? Think one of their defenders shinned a clearance into his path. Guy Whittingham got a late second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 I like Booth, he was a decent bloke. Remember chatting to him at Anfield. Most of the other players just ducked their heads and ran onto the pitch. Especially Benni Carbone. Booth was the only one who stopped for a chat. He sat in the away stand with us one season at Blackburn when he was suspended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PabloBonvin Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 I remember that ever single picture I ever saw of him he had his cheeks puffed out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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