Tom Finney
Sir Thomas Finney, OBE (born 5 April 1922, Preston, Lancashire) is a former English footballer, famous for his loyalty to his league club, Preston North End, and for his performances in the English national side. More about Tom Finney from Wikipedia »
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Tom Jones ‘63- Finney is Tom; a cad w/ heart of gold who pursues his true love when not pursuing carnal pleasure. Madcap British film is ok.
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I’m at Deepdale Stadium (Deepdale Road, Sir Tom Finney Way, Preston). http://4sq.com/bPZViO
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The miracle of Belo Horizante
…William Jeffrey England: Bert Williams, Alf Ramsey, John Aston, Billy Wright, Laurie Hughes, Jimmy Dickinson, Wilf Mannion, Tom Finney, Jimmy Mullen, Stan Mortensen, Roy Bentley, coach: Walter Winterbottom The stakes The English arrived in Brazil with a bevy…
Is sleeping with a teammate’s girlfriend a good enough reason to lose the England captaincy?
…as paragons of virtue. The world has changed — and not for the better, you might suggest — since the days of Bobby Moore and Tom Finney. But then those players never suffered half as much in the way of media intrusion, either. Hell, who knows, it might be…
Donovan: England have more talent but USA still expect to reach last 16
Landon Donovan is hoping to take a bit of extra intelligence back to the USA after his loan spell at Everton. But the man who dared to take verbal pot-shots at LA Galaxy team-mate David Beckham accepts that Bob Bradley's men will have to shock the
THE LIST- Sportsmails top 50 golden oldies to have graced British football Nos 20-11
…final Premier League clash in the 4-1win over Wigan in December 2007 at 38 years old. Mr Consistency: Irwin Solid: Speed 11 Tom Finney The Preston Plumber had to put his football career on hold due to the Second World War, eventually making his debut…
Alan A'Court obituary
…died at the age of 75, that, in the 1958 World Cup finals in Sweden, he was obliged to deputise on England's left wing for Tom Finney. It was rather as if an actor of modest attainments should be obliged to replace John Gielgud or Laurence Olivier. Finney…
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I think that gives you a fair indication that it was handball. There are four officials. I think one of them should be in a position to see that.
Did we think it was handball? Yes. I think you always know from players' reactions an awful lot of the time. When you get one or two objecting, then you are not sure. But when you get eight or 10 convinced it is handball, similar to in the game between France and the Republic of Ireland when Thierry Henry handled
First of all, I thought it was a magnificent performance against arguably the best footballing side in the league in West Brom. We restricted them to very few opportunities—Nigel Clough, Club Fanzine
It was a fantastic strike and to think of the goals we’ve conceded recently, that one, the goal by Ambrose, and the goal at Blackpool were all quality strikes.
It’s always better playing at home than away from home, we realise that our home form in the past has been very good, it’s great to be back and it’s been a while since we’ve won so hopefully we will be able to get two good results in the next games at Deepdale.
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