Tommy Finney
- Not to be confused with Tom Finney
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Finney[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 6 November 1952 | ||
| Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Linfield | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Distillery | |||
| Crusaders | |||
| 1973–1974 | Luton Town | 14 | (5) |
| 1974–1976 | Sunderland | 15 | (1) |
| 1976–1984 | Cambridge United | 268 | (56) |
| 1984 | Brentford | 20 | (2) |
| 1984–1986 | Cambridge United | 64 | (5) |
| Cambridge City | |||
| Ely City | |||
| March Town | |||
| Histon | |||
| National team | |||
| 1972–1973 | Northern Ireland Amateurs | 5 | (1) |
| 1974–1980 | Northern Ireland | 14 | (2) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1993–1995 | Histon | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Thomas Finney (born 6 November 1952 in Belfast) is a former Northern Ireland international football midfielder who made over 260 appearances in the Football League for Cambridge United. He was a member of the Northern Ireland squad at the 1982 World Cup.[2]
International career
Finney scored one goal in five appearances for the Northern Ireland amateur team between 1972 and 1973.[3] He won 14 caps for the senior team between 1974 and 1980 and was a member of the Northern Ireland 1982 World Cup squad, but did not make an appearance.[2]
Honours
- Football League Second Division second-place promotion: 1973–74[1]
- Football League Third Division second-place promotion: 1977–78[4]
- Football League Fourth Division: 1976–77[4]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sunderland | 1974–75[5] | Second Division | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 1975–76[6] | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 15 | 2 | ||
| Total | 15 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 2 | ||
| Brentford | 1983–84[7] | Third Division | 15 | 2 | — | — | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 16 | 3 | ||
| 1984–85[7] | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| Total | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 35 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 48 | 5 | ||
- ↑ Appearance in Texaco Cup.
- ↑ Appearances in Anglo-Scottish Cup.
- ↑ Appearance in Football League Trophy.
References
- 1 2 "Barry Hugman's Footballers – Tom Finney". hugmansfootballers.com. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- 1 2 "Tommy Finney". nifootball.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ↑ "FORGOTTEN GLORIES – British Amateur Internationals 1901–1974" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- 1 2 Johnson, Mark (26 August 1992). "Football: Strange Abbey habits – Fans' Eye View / No. 2 Cambridge". The Independent. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ↑ "Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat". www.thestatcat.co.uk. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ↑ "Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat". www.thestatcat.co.uk. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- 1 2 White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 397–398. ISBN 0951526200.
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