Kyle Patrick Finn (born 7 December 1998) is an Irish footballer who plays for Southern League Premier Division Central side Tamworth, where he plays as a midfielder.
![]() Finn in August 2022 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kyle Patrick Finn[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1998-12-07) 7 December 1998 (age 23)[2] | ||
Place of birth | Leamington Spa, England | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Tamworth | ||
Youth career | |||
0000–2017 | Coventry City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2019 | Coventry City | 0 | (0) |
2018 | → Tamworth (loan) | 11 | (2) |
2018–2019 | → Hereford (loan) | 10 | (0) |
2019–2021 | Hereford | 36 | (0) |
2019 | → Stourbridge (loan) | 4 | (1) |
2019–2020 | → Rushall Olympic (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2021–2022 | Halesowen Town | 38 | (15) |
2022– | Tamworth | 4 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2015 | Republic of Ireland U18 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:00, 20 August 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:00, 20 August 2022 (UTC) |
Finn made his professional debut in a 3–1 EFL Cup loss to Blackburn Rovers on 8 August 2017.[3] Kyle signed a contract extension with the club on 15 March 2018, the new deal would take him to June 2019, with the club holding an option of a further year to take him to June 2020.[4]
In August 2018, he moved to Tamworth on a one-month loan deal.[5] A month later, the initial loan was extended by a further four months.[6]
It was confirmed on 30 October 2018, that Finn made his second loan of the campaign, on this occasion he joined National League North side Hereford on an initial one-month long loan deal after he was recalled from his loan at Tamworth.[7] The loan was extended again for a further month on 6 December.
On 7 January 2019, his move to Hereford was made permanent, with Coventry City retaining a sell-on fee.[8]
He was loaned to Southern League Premier Division Central side Stourbridge on 8 August 2019.[9]
Kyle made his debut for Stourbridge on 10 August 2019 in a Southern League Premier Division Central fixture away at Hitchin Town, Finn scored what proved to be the winning goal in a 2-1 victory.[10]
On 11 October 2019, Finn made the loan switch to fellow Southern League Premier Division Central side Rushall Olympic.[11]
Finn joined Northern Premier League Division One Midlands side Halesowen Town on 8 June 2021, he stated that he decided to drop down two divisions due to increased work commitments.[12]
Kyle made his debut for Halesowen Town on 14 August 2021 in a Northern Premier League Division One Midlands fixture away at Cambridge City, and proved to be the matchwinner scoring the winning goal in a 2-1 victory.[13]
On 1 June 2022, Finn re-signed for Southern League Premier Division Central side Tamworth.[14]
Finn made his second debut for Tamworth on 6 August 2022, in a Southern League Premier Division Central fixture at home to Ilkeston Town, with the match finishing 1-1.[15]
On 20 August 2022, Finn scored his first goal of the 2022–23 season in an away fixture against Bedford Town, with the player netting on the 54th minute to give Tamworth a 5-0 lead, with the match finishing 8-1 to Tamworth.[16]
Finn was called up to represent Republic of Ireland U18 in friendly matches against Czech Republic U18, and played in a match on 30 November 2015, starting the game, and being replaced by Trevor Clarke on the 55th minute, with Czech Republic winning the match 3-1.[17]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Coventry City | 2017–18[18] | League Two | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Tamworth (loan) | 2018–19[19] | Southern League Premier Division Central | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | |
Hereford (loan) | 2018–19 | National League North | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
Hereford | 2018–19 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
2019–20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
Stourbridge (loan) | 2019–20[19] | Southern League Premier Division Central | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
Rushall Olympic (loan) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
Hereford | 2020–21 | National League North | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7[lower-alpha 4] | 1[lower-alpha 5] | 20 | 1 | |
Halesowen Town | 2021–22[20] | Northern Premier League Division One Midlands | 38 | 15 | 3 | 0 | — | 3[lower-alpha 6][lower-alpha 7] | 1[lower-alpha 8] | 44 | 16 | |
Tamworth | 2022–23[19] | Southern League Premier Division Central | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
Career total | 106 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 123 | 21 |
Tamworth F.C. – current squad | |
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