Allan Boath

{{short description|New Zealand footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Use British English|date=August 2013}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Allan Boath | image = | fullname = Allan Roderick Boath | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|2|14|df=y}} | birth_place = Dundee, Scotland | height = {{height|m=1.71|precision=0}} | position = Midfielder | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Celtic Boys Club | years1 = 1976–1977 |caps1 = 0 |goals1 = 0 |clubs1 = Dundee United | years2 = 1977–1978 |caps2 = 15 |goals2 = 0 |clubs2 = Forfar Athletic | years3 = 1978–1979 |caps3 = 36 |goals3 = 10 |clubs3 = Woolston WMC | years4 = 1980 |caps4 = 21 |goals4 = 2 |clubs4 = Christchurch United | years5 = 1981 |caps5 = 16 |goals5 = 2 |clubs5 = Woolston WMC | years6 = 1982 |caps6 = 11 |goals6 = 2 |clubs6 = West Adelaide Hellas | years7 = 1983–1984 |caps7 = 22 |goals7 = 4 |clubs7 = Christchurch United | years8 = 1984 |caps8 = 13 |goals8 = 3 |clubs8 = Auckland University | years9 = 1985–1988 |caps9 = 89 |goals9 = 16 |clubs9 = North Shore United | totalcaps = 223 | totalgoals = 39 | nationalyears1 = 1980–1988 |nationalcaps1 = 38 |nationalgoals1 = 6|nationalteam1 = New Zealand | club-update = | ntupdate = }}

'''Allan Roderick Boath''' (born 14 February 1958 in Dundee, Scotland) is a former association football player, who represented 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.<ref>{{NeilBrownPlayers|player3/allanboath}}</ref>

Boath emigrated to New Zealand in 1978. He qualified to play for New Zealand through residency laws<ref name="nzlaw">{{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|work=The Evening Telegraph|access-date=9 April 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050310083440/http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/output/2005/01/24/blether.shtm|archive-date=10 March 2005|url-status=dead}}</ref> and made 38 A-International appearances for New Zealand, scoring six times.<ref name=aapp>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZRepSoccer/caps_and_goals.htm |title=A-International Appearances – Overall |publisher=The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website |accessdate=2008-07-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501185855/http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZRepSoccer/id1708.htm |archivedate=1 May 2009 }}</ref><ref name="agoal">{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZRepSoccer/id1842.htm |title=A-International Scorers – Overall |publisher=The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website |accessdate=2008-07-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090616123344/http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZRepSoccer/id1842.htm |archivedate=16 June 2009 }}</ref>

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.<ref name="1982Allwhites">{{cite web|url=http://www.nzsoccer.com/page/1982_world_cup_team.html |title=NZ 1982 World Cup |publisher=NZ Football |accessdate=1 January 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081212000233/http://www.nzsoccer.com/page/1982_world_cup_team.html |archivedate=12 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Honours == '''New Zealand''' * Trans-Tasman Cup: 1983,<ref>{{ cite web | url = http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Socceroo/1983A.html | title = Socceroo Internationals for 1983 | website = Oz Football | access-date = 12 August 2023 }}</ref> 1987<ref>{{ cite web | url = http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Socceroo/1987A.html | title = Socceroo Internationals for 1987 | website = Oz Football | access-date = 12 August 2023 }}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{FIFA player|46692|Allan Boath}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Boath, Allan}} Category:1958 births Category:Living people Category:1982 FIFA World Cup players Category:Dundee United F.C. players Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Naturalised citizens of New Zealand Category:New Zealand men's international footballers Category:New Zealand men's association footballers Category:Scottish expatriate men's footballers Category:Scottish men's footballers Category:Scottish emigrants to New Zealand Category:Footballers from Dundee Category:National Soccer League (Australia) players Category:West Adelaide SC players Category:Expatriate men's association footballers in New Zealand Category:Forfar Athletic F.C. players Category:Scottish Football League players Category:20th-century New Zealand sportsmen