Allan Boath

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Allan Boath
Personal information
Full name Allan Roderick Boath
Date of birth (1958-02-14) 14 February 1958 (age 66)
Place of birth Dundee, Scotland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Celtic Boys Club
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976–1977 Dundee United 0 (0)
1977–1978 Forfar Athletic 15 (0)
1978–1979
Woolston WMC
36 (10)
1980 Christchurch United 21 (2)
1981
Woolston WMC
16 (2)
1982 West Adelaide Hellas 11 (2)
1983–1984 Christchurch United 22 (4)
1984
Auckland University
13 (3)
1985–1988
North Shore United
89 (16)
Total 223 (39)
International career
1980–1988
New Zealand
38 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Allan Roderick Boath (born 14 February 1958 in

New Zealand
at international level.

Career

Having been developed as a player through the

Celtic Boys Club, Boath signed for Dundee United but never played for the first team. He then played for Forfar Athletic for one season, making 15 appearances in the Scottish Football League.[1]

Boath emigrated to New Zealand in 1978. He qualified to play for New Zealand through residency laws

New Zealand, scoring six times.[3][4]

He represented the

All Whites for all three matches at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain, where they lost to Scotland, USSR and Brazil.[5]

Honours

New Zealand

References

  1. ^ Allan Boath at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
  2. ^ "Blether with Brown – 24 January 2005". The Evening Telegraph. 24 January 2005. Archived from the original on 10 March 2005. Retrieved 9 April 2008.
  3. ^ "A-International Appearances – Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Archived from the original on 1 May 2009. Retrieved 25 July 2008.
  4. ^ "A-International Scorers – Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Archived from the original on 16 June 2009. Retrieved 25 July 2008.
  5. ^ "NZ 1982 World Cup". NZ Football. Archived from the original on 12 December 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2009.
  6. ^ "Socceroo Internationals for 1983". Oz Football. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Socceroo Internationals for 1987". Oz Football. Retrieved 12 August 2023.

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