Dennis Booth is an English

England

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 former footballer

Football (soccer)

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 and coach

Coach (sport)

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Charlton Athletic

Booth signed professional forms with Athletic in 1966, after rising through the schoolboy ranks. He remained there until 1971 where he signed for Blackpool for a fee of £7,777. He made 77 appearances and scored 5 goals during this time.

Blackpool

Booth played 12 games for the Tangerines before signing for Southend United in the same year of 1971.

Southend United

Booth played 78 games and scored 1 goal for the Roots Hall

Roots Hall

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 outfit. In 1973 he signed for Lincoln City.

Lincoln City

Booth spent 5 happy years at Lincoln and played 162 league games, he also chipped in with 9 league goals. He left to join Watford in 1977.

Watford

Booth spent 3 years at Watford and played 100 league games for them chipping in with 2 goals along the way. He left to join Hull in 1980.

Hull City

Booth spent a total of 5 years as a player and accumalated 123 league games scoring 2 goals. He retired to join the coaching staff at Boothferry Park

Boothferry Park

Boothferry Park was a football stadium in Kingston upon Hull, and was home to the football club Hull City for over 50 years from 31 August 1946 until December 2002, when they moved to the Kingston Communications Stadium....

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Management and coaching career

Booth was assistant manager to Brian Horton

Brian Horton

Brian Horton is an English former footballer and manager, who is working as Phil Brown's assistant at Preston North End.Horton played for Hednesford Town, Port Vale, Brighton & Hove Albion, Luton Town and Hull City as a midfielder...

 at Hull. In 1988, when Horton was sacked, Booth and Tom Wilson took over on a temporary basis.

Between 1992 and 1993, Booth managed Stafford Rangers

Stafford Rangers F.C.

Stafford Rangers Football Club is a semi-professional English football team from Stafford which plays in the Northern Premier League Premier Division.The team wear black and white stripes with black shorts...

. He left the club to become assistant manager to John Ward

John Ward

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 at Bristol Rovers

Bristol Rovers F.C.

Bristol Rovers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Bristol, that competes in Football League Two. The team plays its home matches at the Memorial Stadium, in the Horfield area of the city....

. Two years later, he left to join Huddersfield Town

Huddersfield Town F.C.

Huddersfield Town Football Club is an English football club formed in 1908 and based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. They currently play in League One...

 as Brian Horton's assistant in 1995. He was sacked in 1997.

Appointed as Port Vale

Port Vale F.C.

Port Vale Football Club is an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. They are based in Burslem, Staffordshire — one of six towns that make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent. The club's traditional rivals in the city are Stoke City, and games between the two clubs are known as...

s Chief Scout in summer 1999, he left his post after just twelve days to take up a similar position at Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest F.C.

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Booth joined Nuneaton Borough in the early 2000s as assistant manager.

Booth left the Nuneaton Borough coaching staff to become a scout for the England U21

England national under-21 football team

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 side in July 2002. He was appointed as Carlisle United's

Carlisle United F.C.

Carlisle United F.C. is an English football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, where they play at Brunton Park. Formed in 1904, the club currently compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system....

 assistant manager in October 2003.

He stepped down as Carlisle's assistant manager in June 2006 to join Preston North End

Preston North End F.C.

Preston North End Football Club is an English professional football club located in the Deepdale area of the city of Preston, Lancashire, currently playing in the third tier of English league football, League One...

. He was released from the Preston staff at the end of the 2006–07

2006-07 in English football

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Booth became Carlisle's temporary assistant manager in August 2007. As of 2009, Booth is first-team coach at Carlisle United.