Clint Boulton

Clint Boulton

Personal information
Full name	Clinton William Boulton
Date of birth	6 January 1948 (1948-01-06) (age 63)
Place of birth	Stoke-on-Trent, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	Defender
Youth career
1963–1965	Port Vale
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1965–1971	Port Vale	244	(11)
1971–1979	Torquay United	262	(34)
	Minehead
Total		506+	(45+)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Clinton William Boulton (born 6 January 1948) is an English former professional football defender.

Playing career

Boulton was born in Stoke-on-Trent and began his career as an apprentice with local league club Port Vale in July 1963, making his debut in the 1964–65 season, and turning professional in August 1965. Throughout his career he was a versatile defender displaying a great deal of consistency in his game, as typified by his ever-presence in the 1969–70 Fourth Division promotion season. He played 267 games for Port Vale, scoring 12 times before joining Torquay United in November 1971 for a fee of £10,000.^[1]

He quickly settled into the side, replacing Ian Twitchin at right-back and played all but the last four of the remaining games of the season as Torquay struggled unsuccessfully to avoid relegation. He began the 1972–73 season as first choice in the centre of defence, though soon moved back to right-back in a reshuffle of the team. He was an ever-present until the local derby against Exeter City on Boxing Day 1972, but played just five games in the remainder of the season.

He was ever-present the following season and remained a regular until the end of the 1977–78 season. He played just eleven times the following season with his final game for Torquay coming on the final day of the season, a 1–0 defeat away to Rochdale.

He left Plainmoor that summer, joining non-league Minehead.

He was awarded a testimonial by Torquay, with a friendly match against Southampton on 15 January 1980 in his honour.

Post-retirement

Since retirement from football he has worked for a company in Devon that produces blinds and awnings.^[2]

Honours

with Port Vale

• Fourth Division promoted in fourth place: 1969–70

References

1. ^ Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 36. ISBN 0952915200. http://www.amazon.ca/Port-Vale-Personalities-Jeff-Kent/dp/0952915200. 
2. ^ Maul, Rob (August 13, 2006). "Caught in Time: Port Vale pre-season tour of Czechoslovakia, 1967". Times Online. London. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/article607187.ece. Retrieved 2008-12-29. 

Persondata
Name	Boulton, Clint
Alternative names	Clinton William Boulton
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	6 January 1948
Place of birth	Stoke-on-Trent, England
Date of death
Place of death