Personal information | |||
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Full name | Thomas Finney [1] | ||
Date of birth | 6 November 1952 | ||
Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Linfield | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Distillery | |||
1971–1973 | Crusaders | (25) | |
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 | |||
International career | |||
1972–1973 | Northern Ireland Amateurs | 5 | (1) |
1974–1980 | Northern Ireland | 14 | (2) |
Managerial career | |||
Ely City | |||
1993–1995 | Histon | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Thomas Finney (born 6 November 1952) is a Northern Irish former footballer who made over 260 appearances in the Football League for Cambridge United as a midfielder. He also played League football for Luton Town, Sunderland and Brentford. Finney later managed Ely City and Histon in non-League football. He was a member of the Northern Ireland squad at the 1982 World Cup. [2]
Finney scored one goal in five appearances for the Northern Ireland amateur team between 1972 and 1973. [3] He won 14 caps and scored two goals for the senior team between 1974 and 1980. [4] He was a member of the Northern Ireland 1982 World Cup squad, but did not make an appearance. [2]
While a junior player in Northern Ireland, Finney worked for a gas company. [5]
Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | League cup [b] | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Luton Town | 1973–74 [6] | Second Division | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 21 | 6 | |
Sunderland | 1974–75 [7] | Second Division | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [c] | 0 | 9 | 0 |
1975–76 [8] | Second Division | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 [d] | 0 | 15 | 2 | |
Total | 15 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 2 | ||
Brentford | 1983–84 [9] | Third Division | 15 | 2 | — | — | 1 [e] | 1 | 16 | 3 | ||
1984–85 [9] | Third Division | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | ||
Total | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 3 | ||
Career total | 49 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 69 | 11 |
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