Tom Booth (footballer, born 2004)
Thomas Luke Booth (born 2 August 2004) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL League Two club Crewe Alexandra.
 Booth playing for Crewe at Barrow (January 2024) | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Luke Booth[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 2 August 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Crewe, England | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Crewe Alexandra | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2022 | Crewe Alexandra | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | Crewe Alexandra | 21 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Kidsgrove Athletic (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → Nantwich Town (loan) | 26 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:14, 1 May 2024 (UTC) | |||
Career
editHaving come through the Crewe Alexandra academy system, Booth signed his first professional contract with Crewe Alexandra in 2022.[2] In August 2022, he joined Kidsgrove Athletic on loan for a month,[3] getting sent off in his second appearance against Newcastle Town,[4] before joining Northern Premier League Premier Division side Nantwich Town on loan in October until January 2023.[5][6] The Nantwich Town loan was subsequently extended to the end of season,[7] but Booth was twice recalled to provide first-team cover following loan goalkeeper changes (on 13 January, he was temporarily recalled for seven days following Arthur Okonkwo's return to Arsenal; in early April, he was finally recalled following an injury to loan keeper James Beadle).
Replacing Dave Richards in the starting line-up for Crewe's final four games of the season, Booth made his first team debut, aged 18, in an EFL League Two match at Grimsby Town on 25 April 2023, which Crewe lost 2–0.[8] He was offered a new contract by the club,[9] and signed a two-year deal in June 2023.[10]
Booth played in nine successive first team games, keeping three clean sheets, from mid-December 2023, but was injured in Crewe's match at Tranmere Rovers on 3 February 2024. After a heavy collision with a Rovers striker, Booth was taken to Arrowe Park Hospital for treatment for a pneumothorax (collapsed lung).[11][12] After release from hospital on 7 February, he resumed training in mid February[13] and returned to Crewe's starting line-up in March.
Family
editBooth's older brother Sam Booth, formerly at Leek Town, was also a Crewe youth goalkeeper.[14][15]
Career statistics
edit- As of 1 May 2024
| Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Crewe Alexandra | 2022–23[16] | League Two | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2023–24[17] | League Two | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Crewe Alexandra total | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Kidsgrove Athletic (loan) | 2022–23[18] | Northern Premier League Division One West | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[b] | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Nantwich Town (loan) | 2022–23[19] | Northern Premier League Premier Division | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[c] | 0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Total | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 55 | 0 | ||
- ^ Appearances in EFL Trophy
- ^ Appearances in FA Trophy
- ^ Appearances in Cheshire Senior Cup
References
edit- ^ "EFL squad list 2021/22 & U21 registered contracted players" (PDF). English Football League. p. 45. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ https://www.crewealex.net/news/2022/may/first-year-pros-player-profile-tom-booth/
- ^ "Tom Booth joins Kidsgrove on Loan". CreweAlex. 29 August 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- ^ "MATCH REPORT: NEWCASTLE TOWN (A)". Kidsgrove Athletic. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- ^ "Tom Booth joins Nantwich on short-term loan". CreweAlex. 17 October 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ^ "NANTWICH SIGN TOM BOOTH ON LOAN FROM CREWE". Nantwich Town. 15 October 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ^ "Tom Booth extends stay with the Dabbers". Crewe Alexandra FC. 7 January 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ "Grimsby Town 2 Crewe Alexandra". BBC Sport. 25 April 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ "Crewe Alexandra Retained List 2023". CreweAlex.com. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
- ^ "Tom Booth: Crewe Alexandra goalkeeper signs new two-year deal". BBC Sport. 14 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
- ^ "Update on Tom Booth's injury". CreweAlex.net. 6 February 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
- ^ "Tom Booth: Crewe Alexandra goalkeeper still in hospital with collapsed lung". BBC Sport. 6 February 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
- ^ "Injury Update: Tabiner, Williams, Booth, Long, Thomas & Holicek". CreweAlex.net. 15 February 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ "13. Tom Booth". Vital Crewe. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ^ Scott, Richard (6 March 2023). "Nantwich narrowly lose at home to Hyde on Paul Carden's debut". Moorlands Radio. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ^ "Games played by Tom Booth in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ "Games played by Tom Booth in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
- ^ "Kidsgrove Athletic | Appearances | Thomas Booth". www.footballwebpages.co.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
- ^ "Nantwich Town | Appearances | Thomas Booth". www.footballwebpages.co.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2023.