Charles William Thomas Finney (born 5 September 1931) is an English former footballer who played as an inside forward in the Football League for Birmingham City, Crewe Alexandra, Queens Park Rangers, Rochdale and Stoke City.
Career Finney was born in Stoke-on-Trent and began his career with Crewe Alexandra as an amateur before turning professional with Stoke City as an 18-year-old in 1949. He spent the first three seasons with Stoke in the reserves making his debut away at Manchester United on 11 October 1952, Finney scoring in a 2–0 victory. He scored twice in his next two matches in defeats against Portsmouth and Bolton Wanderers as Stoke went on a poor run of form which led them to being relegated to the Second Division. He scored six goals in 25 appearances during 1953–54 and was used sparingly by manager Frank Taylor in 1954–55 as Stoke narrowly missed out on promotion. Finney signed for Second Division champions Birmingham City, for whom he played in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.Matthews, p. 241. After failing to fully establish himself at St Andrew's Finney had short spells with Queens Park Rangers, Crewe Alexandra and finished his professional career at Rochdale. He later played for non-league Macclesfield Town where he scored eight goals in 32 games.
Career statistics Source:
ClubSeasonDivisionLeagueFA CupOtherTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsStoke City1952–53First Division21411002251953–54Second Division25600002561954–55Second Division1144000154Total571451006215Birmingham City1955–56First Division10021101311956–57First Division40000040Total1402110171Queens Park Rangers1957–58Third Division South1010000101Crewe Alexandra1958–59Fourth Division10000010Rochdale1958–59Third Division3133100344Macclesfield Town1959–60Cheshire League24710723291960–61Cheshire League81000081Total32810724010Career total145241138216429
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