Andrew Finlay

Andrew Finlay (born 10 February 1901; date of death unknown) was a Scottish footballer who played as a forward for Port Vale, Airdrieonians, Manchester City, Crewe Alexandra, Third Lanark, Dundee United and Hibernian in the 1920s.

Andrew Finlay
Personal information
Full name Andrew Finlay[1]
Date of birth 10 February 1901[2]
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland[1]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Shawfield
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1921–1922 Port Vale 1 (0)
1922 Airdrieonians 3 (0)
1923 Manchester City 0 (0)
1923–1924 Crewe Alexandra 12 (3)
1924–1925 Third Lanark 28 (5)
1925–1926 Dundee United 13 (1)
1926–1929 Hibernian 60 (7)
Total 114 (16)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Finlay played for Glasgow-based junior club Shawfield before joining English Second Division side Port Vale in September 1921.[1] His only appearance at The Old Recreation Ground was at outside-left in a 1–1 draw against South Shields on 22 October, and he was released at the end of the 1921–22 season.[1] He later played for Airdrieonians, Manchester City, Crewe Alexandra, Third Lanark, and Dundee United,[3] before joining Hibernian midway through the 1926–27 season.[1] He scored three goals in 19 First Division games in the 1927–28 season, and then bagged four goals in 33 appearances in the 1928–29 campaign before leaving Easter Road.[2]

Statistics

Source:[4]

Club Season Division League National Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Port Vale1921–22Second Division100010
Manchester City1923–24First Division000000
Crewe Alexandra1923–24Third Division North12300123
Hibernian[5]1926–27Scottish Division One900090
1927–28Scottish Division One19300193
1928–29Scottish Division One32410334
Total 60710617

References

  1. Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 101. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
  2. "Finlay, Andrew". fitbastats.com. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  3. John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. Andrew Finlay at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  5. "Hibernian Player Andrew Finlay Details". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
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