Player Info
Sir Thomas Finney
Born: 5th April 1922, Preston, Lancashire
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Position whilst with England: Outside Right
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Clubs whilst with England: Preston North End
- Knighted in 1998.
Footballer of the year 1954 & 1957 but never won a major club honour.
Match Statistics
- Type
- Caps
- Goals
- Capt
- Mins
- Friendly
- 37
- 18
- 0
- 3330
- 0
- 0
- World Cup Qualifier
- 9
- 0
- 0
- 810
- 0
- 0
- World Cup Finals
- 7
- 2
- 0
- 660
- 0
- 0
- Home Championship
- 23
- 10
- 0
- 2070
- 0
- 0
- Competitive
- 39
- 12
- 0
- 3540
- 0
- 0
- Home
- 30
- 9
- 0
- 2700
- 0
- 0
- Away
- 40
- 19
- 0
- 3600
- 0
- 0
- Neutral
- 6
- 2
- 0
- 570
- 0
- 0
- Total
- 76
- 30
- 0
- 6870
- 0
- 0
Match Statistics
- Debut
- v
Ireland (HC) on 28th September 1946 aged 24 years, 176 days - Last Cap
- v
USSR (FR) on 22nd October 1958 aged 36 years, 200 days - First Goal
- v Ireland (HC) on 28th September 1946 aged 24 years, 176 days
- Career
- 12 years, 24 days
- Starts
- 76
- Substitute
- 0
- Withdrawn
- 0
- Full Games
- 76
Sources
- An English Football Internationals' Who's Who by Douglas Lamming (Hutton Press 1990)
Match List
- URS, 22nd Oct 58 (FR)
NIR, 4th Oct 58 (HC) 
- URS, 8th Jun 58 (WCF)
- URS, 18th May 58 (FR)
YUG, 11st May 58 (FR) 
POR, 7th May 58 (FR) 
SCO, 19th Apr 58 (HC) 
FRA, 27th Nov 57 (FR) 
WAL, 19th Oct 57 (HC) 
IRL, 19th May 57 (WCQ) 
DEN, 15th May 57 (WCQ) - IRL, 8th May 57 (WCQ)
- SCO, 6th Apr 57 (HC)
- DEN, 5th Dec 56 (WCQ)
- YUG, 28th Nov 56 (FR)
- WAL, 14th Nov 56 (HC)
- SCO, 14th Apr 56 (HC)
ESP, 30th Nov 55 (FR) - NIR, 2nd Nov 55 (HC)
- WAL, 22nd Oct 55 (HC)
- DEN, 2nd Oct 55 (FR)
FRG, 1st Dec 54 (FR) 
URU, 26th Jun 54 (WCF) 
SUI, 20th Jun 54 (WCF) 
BEL, 17th Jun 54 (WCF) 
HUN, 23rd May 54 (FR) - YUG, 16th May 54 (FR)
- SCO, 3rd Apr 54 (WCQ)
- WAL, 10th Oct 53 (WCQ)
USA, 8th Jun 53 (FR) - URU, 31st May 53 (FR)
CHI, 24th May 53 (FR) 
ARG, 17th May 53 (FR) - SCO, 18th Apr 53 (FR)
- BEL, 26th Nov 52 (FR)
- WAL, 12th Nov 52 (HC)
- IRE, 4th Oct 52 (HC)
- SUI, 28th May 52 (FR)
AUT, 25th May 52 (FR) 
ITA, 18th May 52 (FR) - SCO, 5th Apr 52 (HC)
- IRE, 14th Nov 51 (HC)
- WAL, 20th Oct 51 (HC)
- FRA, 3rd Oct 51 (FR)
- POR, 19th May 51 (FR)
- ARG, 9th May 51 (FR)
- SCO, 14th Apr 51 (HC)
- WAL, 15th Nov 50 (HC)
- ESP, 2nd Jul 50 (WCF)
- USA, 29th Jun 50 (WCF)
- CHI, 25th Jun 50 (WCF)
- BEL, 18th May 50 (FR)
- POR, 14th May 50 (FR)
- SCO, 15th Apr 50 (WCQ)
- ITA, 30th Nov 49 (FR)
- IRE, 16th Nov 49 (WCQ)
- WAL, 15th Oct 49 (WCQ)
- IRL, 21st Sep 49 (FR)
- FRA, 22nd May 49 (FR)
NOR, 18th May 49 (FR) 
SWE, 13th May 49 (FR) - SCO, 9th Apr 49 (HC)
- WAL, 10th Nov 48 (HC)
- IRE, 9th Oct 48 (HC)
- ITA, 16th May 48 (FR)
- SCO, 10th Apr 48 (HC)
- SWE, 19th Nov 47 (FR)
- IRE, 5th Nov 47 (HC)
- WAL, 18th Oct 47 (HC)
- BEL, 21st Sep 47 (FR)
- POR, 25th May 47 (FR)
- FRA, 3rd May 47 (FR)
NED, 27th Nov 46 (FR) - WAL, 13th Nov 46 (HC)
- IRL, 30th Sep 46 (FR)
- IRE, 28th Sep 46 (HC)