Playing Career
As a player Boothroyd was a lower division full back, who played for Huddersfield Town, Bristol Rovers, Heart of Midlothian, Mansfield Town and Peterborough United. His playing career ended at the premature age of 26 due to injury.
He started as a youth team player at Huddersfield and made his first team debut for the club in 1989. He played 10 league matches before moving on to Bristol Rovers in 1990, where he played 16 games. After a short spell at Hearts in which he scored two goals against Huntly in a 6–0 win in the Scottish Cup in 1993, he signed for Mansfield Town, where he played 102 matches, scoring 3 goals in the process. He left the club in 1996 to play for Peterborough. Boothroyd unfortunately picked up a career ending injury after playing 26 games and scoring a single goal. He retired from the game in 1998.
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