Thomas Finney (born 6 November 1952 in Belfast) is a former Northern Ireland international footballer who made over 260 appearances in the Football League for Cambridge United as a midfielder. He was a member of the Northern Ireland squad at the 1982 World Cup.[2]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Thomas Finney[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1952-11-06) 6 November 1952 (age 69) | ||
Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
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 | |||
National team | |||
1972–1973 | Northern Ireland Amateurs | 5 | (1) |
1974–1980 | Northern Ireland | 14 | (2) |
Teams managed | |||
1993–1995 | Histon | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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]
While a junior player in Northern Ireland, Finney worked for a gas company.[4]
Luton Town
Cambridge United
Individual
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Luton Town | 1973–74[5] | Second Division | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 21 | 6 | |
Sunderland | 1974–75[7] | Second Division | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 9 | 0 |
1975–76[8] | 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[9] | Third Division | 15 | 2 | — | — | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 16 | 3 | ||
1984–85[9] | 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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