Micky Boot

Micky Boot
Personal information
Full name Michael Colin Boot[1]
Date of birth (1947-12-17) 17 December 1947 (age 77)[1]
Place of birth Leicester,[1] England
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1963–1966 Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1966–1967 Arsenal 4 (2)
1967–1968 Port Elizabeth City
1968–1971 Nuneaton Borough
1971–1972 Kidderminster Harriers
1972–197? AP Leamington
Townsville
Mareeba
Phoenix
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michael Colin Boot (born 17 December 1947) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

Boot joined Arsenal in 1963, turned professional in December 1964, and made his senior debut in October 1966.[2] Boot made his debut on 5 October 1966 in a league cup defeat to West Ham United.[3] Boot's first goal for Arsenal came only three days later against Newcastle United in a 2-0 league victory at Highbury.[4] Boot's final appearance in an Arsenal shirt occurred on 5 November 1966 when he replaced Jon Sammels during Arsenal's 1–0 defeat against Leeds United at Highbury.[5] Over the course of the season, Boot scored 2 goals in 4 appearances in the Football League.[6]

After a spell in South Africa with Port Elizabeth City, where he helped the club win the National Football League title, Boot played English non-league football with Nuneaton Borough of the Southern Football League Premier Division,[7] Kidderminster Harriers of the West Midlands (Regional) League,[8] and AP Leamington, where he was ever-present as the team were promoted to the Southern League Premier Division in 1975–76.[9] He later moved to Australia, where he played for Townsville, Mareeba and Phoenix before taking up coaching.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Micky Boot". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Micky Boot". Arsenal F.C. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Arsenal v West Ham United, 05 October 1966".
  4. ^ "Arsenal v Newcastle United, 08 October 1966".
  5. ^ "Arsenal v Leeds United, 05 November 1966".
  6. ^ "Micky Boot". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  7. ^ Nuneaton Borough 1958–1970 Part 2 (PDF). Nuneaton Town Supporters Co-operative. 2015. p. 365. Retrieved 19 October 2016. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  8. ^ "Kidderminster Harriers Results 1971–1972". KidderminsterHarriers.com. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  9. ^ "Southern League Division 1 North 1975–1976". Pride in our past: The history of Leamington Football Club 1891–2007. Leamington F.C. Archived from the original on 9 March 2008.


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