Tom Finney

**Tom Finney** (5 April 1922 – 14 February 2014) was an English footballer. He played for England national team.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="14"|Preston North End|1946–47|rowspan="3"|First Division|32|7|3|2|—|35|9|
|1947–48|33|13|4|1|—|37|14|||||
|1948–49|24|7|2|2|—|26|9|||||
|1949–50|rowspan="2"|Second Division|37|10|1|1|—|38|11|||
|1950–51|34|13|2|0|—|36|13|||||
|1951–52|rowspan="9"|First Division|33|13|0|0|—|33|13|||
|1952–53|34|17|3|2|—|37|19|||||
|1953–54|23|11|8|3|—|31|14|||||
|1954–55|30|7|3|2|—|33|9|||||
|1955–56|32|17|1|1|—|33|18|||||
|1956–57|34|23|6|5|—|40|28|||||
|1957–58|34|26|1|0|—|35|26|||||
|1958–59|16|6|0|0|—|16|6|||||
|1959–60|37|17|6|4|—|43|21|||||
|Distillery|1963–64|Irish League|0|0|0|0|1|0|1|0||

### International goals

- _Scores and results list England's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Finney goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|28 September 1946|Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland||4–0|7–2|1946–47 British Home Championship||||||||
|2|30 September 1946|Dalymount Park, Dublin, Republic of Ireland||1–0|1–0|Friendly||||||||
|3|27 November 1946|Leeds Road, Huddersfield, England||6–1|8–2|Friendly||||||||
|4|3 May 1947|Highbury, London, England||1–0|3–0|Friendly||||||||
|5|25 May 1947|Estádio Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal||4–0|10–0|Friendly||||||||
|6|21 September 1947|Heysel Stadium, Brussels, Belgium||3–0|5–2|Friendly||||||||
|7|4–2|||||||||||||
|8|18 October 1947|Ninian Park, Cardiff, Wales||1–0|3–0|1947–48 British Home Championship||||||||
|9|10 April 1948|Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland||1–0|2–0|1947–48 British Home Championship||||||||
|10|16 May 1948|Stadio Comunale, Turin, Italy||3–0|4–0|Friendly||||||||
|11|4–0|||||||||||||
|12|10 November 1948|Villa Park, Birmingham, England||1–0|1–0|1948–49 British Home Championship||||||||
|13|13 May 1949|Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden||1–3|1–3|Friendly||||||||
|14|18 May 1949|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway||2–0|4–1|Friendly||||||||
|15|14 May 1950|Estádio Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal||1–0|5–3|Friendly||||||||
|16|3–0|||||||||||||
|17|4–1|||||||||||||
|18|5–3|||||||||||||
|19|14 April 1951|Wembley Stadium, London, England||2–3|2–3|1950–51 British Home Championship||||||||
|20|19 May 1951|Goodison Park, Liverpool, England||3–2|5–2|Friendly||||||||
|21|12 November 1952|Wembley Stadium, London, England||1–0|5–2|1952–53 British Home Championship||||||||
|22|21 November 1953|Yankee Stadium, New York City, US||—|6–3|Friendly||||||||
|23|—|||||||||||||
|24|26 June 1954|St. Jakob Stadium, Basle, Switzerland||2–3|2–4|1954 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finals||||||||
|25|2 November 1955|Wembley Stadium, London, England||3–0|3–0|1955–56 British Home Championship||||||||
|26|30 November 1955|Wembley Stadium, London, England||3–0|4–1|Friendly||||||||
|27|14 November 1956|Wembley Stadium, London, England||3–1|3–1|1956–57 British Home Championship||||||||
|28|19 October 1957|Ninian Park, Cardiff, Wales||3–0|4–0|1957–58 British Home Championship||||||||
|29|8 June 1958|Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden||2–2|2–2|1958 FIFA World Cup Group 4||||||||
|30|4 October 1958|Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland||2–2|3–3|1958–59 British Home Championship||||||||

## Honours

**Preston North End**
- Football League First Division: runners-up 1952–53, 1957–58
- Football League Second Division: winners 1950–51
- FA Cup: runners-up 1954

**England**
- 76 Caps and 30 goals
- British Home Championship: winners 1946–47, 1947–48, 1949–50, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59

**Individual**
- FWA Footballer of the Year: 1954, 1957
- SPFA Special Merit Award: 2006

**Civil Honours**
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) - 1961
- Honorary Freedom  of City of Preston - 6 September 1979
- Honorary Doctorate (LLD) of Lancaster University - 1988
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) - 1992
- Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) - 1998
- Honorary Fellowship of Myerscough College - 2007

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Tom Finney
- **fullname**: Thomas Finney
- **birth place**: Preston, Lancashire, England
- **death place**: Preston, Lancashire, England
- **position**: Midfielder#Winger, Winger and centre forward
- **youthyears1**: 1940
- **youthclubs1**: Preston North End F.C., Preston North End
- **years1**: 1940–1960
- **clubs1**: Preston North End F.C., Preston North End
- **caps1**: 433
- **goals1**: 187
- **years2**: 1962
- **clubs2**: Toronto City
- **caps2**: 1
- **goals2**: 1
- **years3**: 1963
- **clubs3**: Lisburn Distillery F.C., Distillery
- **caps3**: 0
- **goals3**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 434
- **totalgoals**: 188
- **nationalyears1**: 1948
- **nationalteam1**: England national football B team, England B
- **nationalcaps1**: 1
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 1946–1958
- **nationalteam2**: England national football team, England
- **nationalcaps2**: 76
- **nationalgoals2**: 30