Allan Boath

Football player infobox| playername= Allan Boath


fullname = Allan Roderick Boath
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1958|12|14
cityofbirth = Dundee
countryofbirth = Scotland
height = height|m=1.71
currentclub =
clubnumber =
position = Midfielder (Retired)
youthyears =
youthclubs = Celtic
years =
clubs = Dundee United
caps(goals) = 00 (0)
nationalyears = 1982–1987
nationalteam = New Zealand
nationalcaps(goals) = 65 (6)

Allan Boath (born 14 December 1958 in Scotland) was a football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand 65 times from 1980 to 1988 [ [http://www.nzsoccer.com/page/50_caps_club.html All Whites - 50 Cap Club] ] [http://www.nzsoccer.com/page/1982_world_cup_team.html NZ 1982 World Cup] ,] scoring 6 goals [ [http://www.nzsoccer.com/page/goal_scoring_record.html All Whites - Goal Scoring Record] ] .

Career

Having been developed as a player through Celtic's youth scheme, Boath signed for Dundee United but never played for the first team.

Boath qualified for New Zealand through residency laws.cite web|url=http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/output/2005/01/24/blether.shtm|title=Blether with Brown - 24 January 2005|date=2005-01-24|publisher=The Evening Telegraph] Boath made 44 A-International appearances for New Zealand, scoring five times.cite web|url=http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZRepSoccer/id1563.htm|title=The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website: 1980-89|work=The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website|dateaccessed=2008-01-31] 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.

References

External References

*FIFA player|46692|Allan Boath

Persondata
NAME=Boath, Alan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH=14 December, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH=Dundee, Scotland
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=