Gary Finley

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Gary Finley
Personal information
Date of birth (1970-11-14) 14 November 1970 (age 52) [1]
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Position(s) Central defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Marine
Warrington Town
Vauxhall Motors
Warrington Town
Curzon Ashton
Netherfield
1997 Doncaster Rovers 8 (0)
Netherfield
1997–1998 Hyde United 8 (0)
1998–1999 Conwy United 41 (3 [2] )
1999–2004 Aberystwyth Town 116 (5 [2] )
2004 Total Network Solutions 1 (0 [2] )
2004 Colwyn Bay (loan)
2004–2005 Witton Albion
Managerial career
2001–2004 Aberystwyth Town
2004–2005 Witton Albion
2006 Lancaster City
2007–2008 Colwyn Bay
2008–2010 Witton Albion
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gary Finley (born 14 November 1970) is a former professional football central defender and non-league manager. He played in the Football League for Doncaster Rovers and was most recently Assistant Professional Development Coach at Blackburn Rovers .

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Career

Born in Liverpool, Finley played for Marine, Warrington Town, Vauxhall Motors, Curzon Ashton and Netherfield before joining Doncaster Rovers. He made his debut in the League Cup in August 1997, as Doncaster lost 2–1 away to Nottingham Forest, and played eight times in the league that season as they were relegated to the Conference. Upon leaving Doncaster he returned to Netherfield, moving on to Hyde United and to Welsh side Conwy United in 1998 [3] before joining Aberystwyth Town in November 1999. [1]

He became player-manager of Aberystwyth in December 2001, [4] a post he held until resigning less than a fortnight before the 2004–05 season, after the club's most successful period in 20 years. They reached their highest league placing, winning the MWC Cup and qualifying for the Inter Toto cup, drawing the home leg before finally bowing out to Dinaburg FC from Latvia. [3] On leaving Aberystwyth, he had a brief spell as a player with Total Network Solutions, also appearing for Colwyn Bay on seconds forms, [5] before becoming player-manager at Witton Albion in November 2004. [1] He and his assistant Lee Coathup left Witton by mutual consent in October 2005, [6] following the club stating that it would be reducing the playing budget. [7]

Finley was appointed assistant manager at Lancaster City in December 2005, [8] remaining in that post until July 2006 when he took over as manager from the departed Peter Ward. [9] In January 2007, he took over as manager of Colwyn Bay, where a massive upsurge in form saw them qualify for the Unibond playoffs, only to lose to Cammell Laird in injury time. [10] [11]

In 2008-15 Finley joined Blackburn Rovers category 1 academy, where he was Professional Development Coach.

For several years now, Gary Finley has been a full-time youth coach for Blackburn Rovers Football team academy where he is in charge of professional development for 18–23 age group.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Player profile – Gary Finley". Non League Daily. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 "Welsh Premier career details for Gary Finley". Welsh Premier League. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
  3. 1 2 "Finley quits Aber". 5 August 2004. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
  4. ↑ "Departures hamper new boss Finley". NonLeagueDaily. 5 December 2001. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
  5. ↑ "Finley helps out Bay". NonLeagueDaily. 18 October 2004. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
  6. ↑ "Finley goes at Witton". NonLeagueDaily. 3 October 2005. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
  7. ↑ "Finley puts the record straight". 21 October 2005. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
  8. ↑ "Ward and Finley take over at Lancaster". NonLeagueDaily. 23 December 2005. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
  9. ↑ "Gary's promoted". Doncaster Rovers F.C. 24 July 2006. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
  10. ↑ "Bay appoint Finley". NonLeagueDaily. 24 January 2007. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
  11. ↑ "Finley goes at Bay". NonLeagueDaily. 28 April 2008. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2010.

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