Sir Tom Finney - 90 Today

Never heard of him but Happy Birthday anyway, being 90 years old is a very big achievement.

Google him, he's the Messi of his generation

Not Premier League proven..

Manchester United
Premier League (3): 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09
FA Cup (1): 2003–04
League Cup (2): 2005–06, 2008–09
FA Community Shield (1): 2007
UEFA Champions League (1): 2007–08
FIFA Club World Cup (1): 2008
Real Madrid
Copa del Rey (1): 2010–11
Individual
UEFA Euro All-Star Team (1): 2004
Bravo Award (1): 2004
FIFPro Special Young Player of the Year (2): 2004, 2005
Portuguese Footballer of the Year (1): 2006–07
UEFA Team of the Year (6): 2003–04, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11
Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year (3): 2003–04, 2006–07, 2007–08
FIFA FIFPro World XI (5): 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
PFA Young Player of the Year (1): 2006–07
PFA Players' Player of the Year (2): 2006–07, 2007–08
PFA Fans' Player of the Year (2): 2006–07, 2007–08
PFA Premier League Team of the Year (4): 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09
FWA Footballer of the Year (2): 2006–07, 2007–08
Barclays Player of the Year (2): 2006–07, 2007–08
Premier League Player of the Month (4): November 2006, December 2006, January 2008, March 2008
Premier League Golden Boot (1): 2007–08
Barclays Merit Award (1): 2007–08
UEFA Champions League Topscorer (1): 2007–08
European Golden Shoe (2): 2007–08, 2010–11
UEFA Club Forward of the Year (1): 2007–08
UEFA Club Footballer of the Year (1): 2007–08
FIFA Club World Cup Silver Ball (1): 2008
Ballon d'Or (1): 2008
FIFA World Player of the Year (1): 2008
FIFPro World Player of the Year (1): 2008
Onze d'Or (1): 2008
World Soccer Player of the Year (1): 2008
FIFA Puskás Award (1): 2009
Copa del Rey top goalscorer (1): 2010–11
La Liga top scorer (1): 2010–11

Strong individual awards.

On 26 June 2009, Real Madrid confirmed that Ronaldo would join the club on 1 July 2009 from Manchester United for £80 million.

He played for Preston all of his career?

Sir Tom Finney used to take penalties with his weaker foot

Jelavić7|EFC wrote:He played for Preston all of his career?

Yeah World class and better than Pele.

Kuled wrote:

Jelavić7|EFC wrote:He played for Preston all of his career?

Yeah World class and better than Pele.

Kuled, this is so easy.

Drake wrote:Sir Tom Finney used to take penalties with his weaker foot

Foolish arrogance.

Dave Whelans tribute is quality such a good story

Kuled wrote:

Jelavić7|EFC wrote:He played for Preston all of his career?

Yeah World class and better than Pele.

Shankly said he was better than Pele so i'll take his word. Thanks

The only 2 players that are arguably better are Maradona and Messi. Not this guy, I never heard of him until today

Kuled wrote:The only 2 players that are arguably better are Maradona and Messi. Not this guy, I never heard of him until today

Well that's not a surprise in your case. And not a valid point.

Are we just going to celebrate every old footballer's birthday with a thread now?

Ben 10 wrote:Google him, he's the Messi of his generation

187 career league goals with 76 caps over a 14 year period compared to Messi who has 155 league goals and 68 caps at the age of 24.

210 goals in 473 games isn't bad.

Danny wrote:210 goals in 473 games isn't bad.

Messi has 26 more goals than that already.

Ronaldo has a better goal rate. RVP has a similar goal ratio to that.

Pele scored 620 in 661 league games, don't think Finney was better tbh.

Jelavić7|EFC wrote:Never heard of him but Happy Birthday anyway, being 90 years old is a very big achievement.

Yea, he must have put alot of work into not dying.

Some people in this thread

I decided to make a thread because he's a legend, and it was trending on Twitter. Thought it'd be an interesting topic, so fuck off.

Jordi wrote:Pele scored 620 in 661 league games, don't think Finney was better tbh.

Tom Finney wasn't a striker.

Not all about goals.

Ben 10 wrote:Some people in this thread

I decided to make a thread because he's a legend, and it was trending on Twitter. Thought it'd be an interesting topic, so fuck off.

It's a guy's birthday..

Anyway I'm not complaining about that, I'm shocked you said he was the Messi of his generation which made me want to penetrate myself with something sharp.

So Shankly was comparing two players that play in different positions? What an idiot

Ben 10 wrote:

Jordi wrote:Pele scored 620 in 661 league games, don't think Finney was better tbh.

Tom Finney wasn't a striker.

Not all about goals.

He did play up front a bit though.

Dwight Yorke was better.

I worded it bad. Didn't put at the end 'according to another pro he played with'

It's got a massive media reaction anyway, which is why I made it..

Danny wrote:

Ben 10 wrote:

Tom Finney wasn't a striker.

Not all about goals.

He did play up front a bit though.

He was an inside right - which is a right winger I think