David Boulter

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David Boulter
Personal information
Full name David Arthur Boulter [1]
Date of birth (1962-10-05) 5 October 1962 (age 61) [1]
Place of birth Stepney, England
Position(s) Full back
Youth career
0000–1981 Crystal Palace
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1981–1982 Crystal Palace 16 (0)
1981MyPa (loan) 13 (0)
1982–1983 Crawley Town
1983–1984 Enfield 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Arthur Boulter (born 5 October 1962) [2] is an English, retired professional footballer who played as a full back and made 16 appearances in the Football League for Crystal Palace.

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Playing career

Boulter was born HACKNEY, Greater London. [2] He began his youth career at Crystal Palace and signed professional terms in 1981. [3] In the summer of 1981 he had a two-month loan spell with Finnish second division side Myllykosken Pallo -47. [4] Boulter made his Palace debut on 21 November 1981 in a 0–0 draw away to Oldham Athletic, [5] and between then and the end of March 1982 missed only one league or cup game. However, he then lost his place as Paul Hinshelwood and Steve Lovell became the regular full-backs, [5] and at the end of the season, [3] he moved on to non-league football with Crawley Town. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "David Boulter". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  2. 1 2 Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel (1990). Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. The Breedon Books Publishing Company. p. 318. ISBN   0907969542.
  3. 1 2 King, Ian (April 2012). Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–2011. DB. p. 532. ISBN   9781780910468.
  4. Vuorinen, Juha; Kasila, Markku (2007). Pelimiehet – Suomen jalkapallon pelaajatilastot 1930–2006 (in Finnish). Sports Museum Foundation of Finland. p. 32. ISBN   978-952-99075-9-5.
  5. 1 2 Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel (1990). Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. The Breedon Books Publishing Company. pp. 256–7. ISBN   0907969542.
  6. "CRYSTAL PALACE : 1946/47 - 2013/14" . Retrieved 4 December 2014.