Sir Tom Finney - 90 Today

Preston North End and England legend Tom Finney is 90 today. Fantastic player in his day, scored 30 times for England and was a one-club man. Footballer of the Year twice.

We've placed a permament vinyl image of him on our stadium.







"Tom Finney would have been great in any team, in any match and in any age ... even if he had been wearing an overcoat." (Bill Shankly)

"To dictate the pace and course of a game, a player has to be blessed
with awesome qualities. Those who have accomplished it on a regular
basis can be counted on the fingers of one hand – Pelé, Maradona, Best, Di Stefano, and Tom Finney." (Stanley Matthews)


Good article from yesterday from Sir Bobby Charlton

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2125240/Sir-Tom-Finney-90-Bobby-Charlton-tribute.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

Is he the guy who's face is made out of seats inside Deepale?

Yes.

Adz wrote:Is he the guy who's face is made out of seats inside Deepale?

One of them yeah.


Has a statue/water fountain of the picture in the OP outside doesn't he?

One of my grandads always go on about him, legend.

Ah, I always wondered who's face was on there, now I know.

Danny wrote:

Adz wrote:Is he the guy who's face is made out of seats inside Deepale?

One of them yeah.


Has a statue/water fountain of the picture in the OP outside doesn't he?

One of my grandads always go on about him, legend.

Yes he does.

'cos he was a legend. One of the best in the world at the time. It's Sir Tom Finney day on Saturday but I don't think he'll be there.

Adz wrote:Ah, I always wondered who's face was on there, now I know.

Bill Shankly's face is on another, and Alan Kelly is on another

Trending on Twitter, shows how respected he was and not forgotten despite his age.

Gary Linekar - Happy 90th birthday to Sir Tom Finney. According to my Granddad (fine player himself) the greatest two footed footballer of all time.
Dan Walker - Lots of twitter love for Sir Tom Finney & rightly so. The man is a solid-gold football titan. Happy 90th birthday #TomFinney
Phil McNulty - Sir Tom Finney celebrates his 90th birthday today. A player and man to make Preston justifiably proud.
Liverpool FC - Happy 90th birthday to the great Sir Tom Finney, Bill Shankly's favourite player and a legend of the game: http://bit.ly/HYQJ3Y
Henry Winter - Happy 90th Birthday, Sir Tom Finney. Pure class on & off the pitch. Brilliant, prolific attacker for #pne #eng. Humble, gentle man
Mark Bright - Happy 90th birthday to Sir Tom Finney, they just don't make them like they used to, #PNEFC
Sepp Blatter - I would like to wish a very happy 90th birthday to Sir Tom Finney, one of football’s true gentlemen. Had the privilege of seeing Sir Tom in action at 1954 WC in Switzerland.
Footballing greats like him would be capable of playing in any era. Sir Tom is an example to young players today through his loyalty to his club @pnefc and the consideration he shows to his fans and admirers

Birthday threads are not allowed. Locked.

Fuck off.

http://sirtomfinney.com/videos/

Lots of tributes here - Beckham, Sir Alex, Linekar, Dalgleish, Sir Bobby Charlton etc

RIP.

He's not dead

Rest in peace.

Idiot.

I thought he'd died tbh with all the reaction


Happy Birthday then I suppose

What era did his play?

1966?
Pre war?
Post war?

Pre war and post war, he took part in the way when football stopped.

He was one of the best footballers in the world at the time, can't believe so many people haven't heard of him

Kuled wrote:Birthday threads are not allowed. Locked.

Technically, this is right.

Well?

I can't be arsed for people to throw shit fits this early in the morning.

Happy Birthday to him btw.

If this gets locked it's a disgrace.

No, it's consistency from the moderators.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17588323

Lionel Messi is 'Tom Finney reborn', says Tommy Docherty

I was going to post that before but the link was broken.

Ben 10 wrote:I was going to post that before but the link was broken.

Dont worry i will try and get the great man noticed as he deserves it. Ive heard all about him and before and ive watched a few things about him aswell, and some of these great players dont get mentioned enough when they speak of the footballing greats.

Shut up Kuled.

Happy Birthday to the man! Whos imprinted on the seats in the Kop pal?

Bill Shankly

What a bitch Kuled is, saying 'RIP' is genuinely insulting in this context.

Kuled that wasn't funny just disgusting.

Happy Birthday Sir Tom, not many players compare to him he's englands greatest ever player fact.

Got the reaction

So did Hitler.