William Samuel Booth (7 July 1920 â 18 February 1990) was an English football player and manager who played in the English Football League for Brighton & Hove Albion and Port Vale.
Booth played for Hove Penguins and Brighton & Hove Albion, before joining First Division club Wolverhampton Wanderers. He was unable to break into their first-team at Molineux and moved to Port Vale in the Third Division South in February 1939.
After ten consecutive games for the "Valiants" in 1938âÂÂ39, he was given a free transfer to league rivals Cardiff City. He later guested for Birmingham City and Leeds United during the war, before moving permanently back to Brighton & Hove Albion after the war. Don Welsh's "Seagulls" finished bottom of the Third Division South in 1947âÂÂ48 and had to apply for re-election before rising to sixth place in 1948âÂÂ49. He then moved into non-League football with the newly founded Southern League club Hastings United.
Booth managed Eastbourne from 1966 to 1968 and again in the Athenian League between 1971 and 1972.