Editing Ian Botham (section)

==Football career==
Botham was a talented [[association football|footballer]] but, believing he was better at cricket, he chose the latter for his full-time career. Even so, he played football as a [[defender (association football)|centre-half]] from 1978 to 1985 for [[Yeovil Town F.C.|Yeovil Town]] and [[Scunthorpe United F.C.|Scunthorpe United]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/737770 |title=Off-side – a cricketing XI that made strides in football |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=21 June 2018 |archive-date=18 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118164533/https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/737770 |url-status=live }}</ref> He made eleven appearances in the [[Football League]] for Scunthorpe.<ref name="PFA">{{cite book |last=Hugman |first=Barry J. |title=The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005 |publisher=Queen Anne Press |year=2005 |page=71 |isbn=1-85291-665-6}}</ref> While with Yeovil, Botham made an appearance for the [[Football Association XI]] (a representative side for [[non-League football]]ers) against the [[Northern Football League]] at [[Croft Park]] during the [[1984–85 in English football|1984–85 season]].<ref>Tony Williams, ''Official Football Association Non-League Directory 1986'', Newnes Books, 1985, pp. 28–29</ref>