Carl Finnigan

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Carl Finnigan
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Finnigan in 2009
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-10-01) 1 October 1986 (age 36)
Place of birth Jarrow, England
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Dunston UTS
Youth career
0000–2001 Jarrow
2001–2003 Newcastle United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003–2007 Newcastle United 0 (0)
2007–2011 Falkirk 113 (25)
2011–2012 St Johnstone 11 (0)
2012 → Dundee (loan) 5 (3)
2012–2013 Dundee 8 (1)
2013–2014 Chippa United 9 (4)
2014–2015 Gateshead 22 (7)
2015–2016 Township Rollers 21 (9)
2016–2019 South Shields 115 (72)
2019–2020 Whickham 19 (11)
2019–2020 → Morpeth Town (loan) [1] 12 (4)
2020–2022 Morpeth Town [2] 19 (1)
2022– Dunston UTS [3] 11 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:17, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

Carl Finnigan (born 1 October 1986) is an English footballer and plays for Dunston UTS.

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He has played for teams in Botswana, England, Scotland and South Africa during his career.

Career

Finnigan was born in Jarrow, Tyne and Wear. [4] As a youngster, he played for Jarrow F.C.'s under-age teams before joining Newcastle United. [5] He scored 56 goals for Newcastle's reserve and academy teams from 102 starts and 20 substitute appearances, but never appeared in a competitive first-team game. [6]

Finnigan joined Scottish Premier League club Falkirk on 23 January 2007, replacing Anthony Stokes who had left the "Bairns" to sign for Sunderland. [5] He made his Falkirk debut, and his first appearance in a senior league, as a second-half substitute against Kilmarnock on 27 January 2007. [7] The forward scored his first Bairns' goal three weeks later against Rangers, when he "played a neat one-two with Gow and drilled a shot beyond McGregor from the edge of the penalty area". [8] In the 2008–09 season, he played a major role, scoring twice and winning a penalty, in Falkirk's 4–0 victory over rivals Inverness Caledonian Thistle in what proved a successful fight against relegation. [9] He also scored the winner against the same opposition to take Falkirk through to the semi-final of the Scottish Cup, [10] and had a goal disallowed in the Cup Final. [11] Before the 2009–10 season, Finnigan signed a new one-year contract with Falkirk, with an option for a second year. [12]

On 24 June 2011, Finnigan signed for Scottish Premier League (SPL) club St Johnstone. [13] In February 2012, Finnigan signed on loan for Dundee. [14] He scored on his debut for Dundee, a late equaliser in a 1–1 draw with Falkirk after coming on as a second-half substitute. Finnigan then scored in a 3–2 win over Livingston. Finnigan returned to St Johnstone in April 2012 following a season-ending cartilage injury, but then signed for Dundee on 1 June. [14]

In August 2013, Finnigan joined South African National First Division side Chippa United on a one-year contract. [15] He scored on his debut on 6 October 2013 in a 1–1 draw with Thanda Royal Zulu [16] and went on to score a total of 4 goals in 9 league appearances. [17] [18]

On 11 September 2014, it was announced that Finnigan had signed for Gateshead until the end of the season subject to international clearance. [19] He made his debut on 20 September as a half time substitute against Welling United, scoring the equaliser in a 1–1 draw within 5 minutes of coming off the bench. [20]

On 2 July 2015, Finnigan signed for Township Rollers of the Botswana Premier League scoring 9 goals within 21 appearances. [21]

On 26 August 2016 he signed for South Shields. [22] The club went on a 42-game win streak, getting promoted to the Northern Premier League Division One North and winning 4 trophies in one season.

On 23 May 2019 it was confirmed that Finnigan had joined Whickham. [23] On 14 December 2019, he was loaned out to Morpeth Town for the rest of the season, [24] and joined them on a two-year contract ahead of the 2020–21 season. [25]

After seven months out with health issues, Finnigan joined Dunston UTS in September 2022. [26]

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References

  1. ↑ "Morpeth Town – Appearances – Carl Finnigan – 2019–2020". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "Morpeth Town – Appearances – Carl Finnigan – 2020–2021". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
    "Morpeth Town – Appearances – Carl Finnigan – 2021–2022". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  3. ↑ "Dunston – Appearances – Carl Finnigan". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  4. ↑ "Carl Finnigan". Soccerbase . Archived from the original on 10 February 2007. Retrieved 8 November 2009.
  5. 1 2 "Jarrow Lad Joins Bairns". Shields Gazette. FindArticles. 23 January 2007. Archived from the original (reprint) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  6. ↑ "Striker To Quit For SPL". Newcastle United F.C. 23 January 2007. Retrieved 8 November 2009.[ permanent dead link ]
  7. ↑ "Falkirk 0–2 Kilmarnock". BBC Sport. 27 January 2007. Retrieved 8 November 2009.
  8. ↑ "Rangers 2–1 Falkirk". BBC Sport. 18 February 2007. Retrieved 8 November 2009.
  9. ↑ "Falkirk 4–0 Inverness CT". BBC Sport. 21 March 2009. Retrieved 8 November 2009.
  10. ↑ Moffat, Colin (7 March 2009). "Inverness CT 0–1 Falkirk". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 November 2009.
  11. ↑ Moffat, Colin (30 May 2009). "Rangers 1–0 Falkirk". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 November 2009.
  12. ↑ "Finnigan handed new Bairns deal". BBC Sport. 8 July 2009. Retrieved 8 November 2009.
  13. ↑ "Former Falkirk striker Carl Finnigan joins St Johnstone". BBC Sport. 24 June 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
  14. 1 2 "Dundee sign Carl Finnigan and Declan Gallagher". BBC Sport. BBC. 1 June 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  15. ↑ "Chippa Sign Finnigan". Soccer Laduma. 19 August 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  16. ↑ "Chippa's British import delighted with debut goal". PSL.co.za. 7 October 2013. Archived from the original on 11 September 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
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  18. ↑ "Chippa release Siwahla, Finnigan". Kickoff.com. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  19. ↑ "Gateshead Sign Striker Carl Finnigan". Gateshead FC. 11 September 2014. Archived from the original on 11 September 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  20. ↑ "Welling United 1-1 Gateshead". Gateshead FC. 20 September 2014. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  21. ↑ "Our New Striker – Carl Finnigan". Township Rollers FC. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  22. ↑ "Carl Finnigan signs for Shields". South Shields F.C. 26 August 2016. Archived from the original on 17 April 2022.
  23. ↑ "South Shields striker Finnigan signs for Whickham". nonleaguedaily.com. 23 May 2019. Archived from the original on 23 May 2019.
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