I never saw Tom Finney play and footage from those days is difficult to find. However, there is no doubt that he was a truly great player and from what I have read, a very decent and honourable man. RIP.
I didn't see him either; Stanley Matthews was probably the only one of his era who enjoyed the sort of recognition, common today, which went beyond football. But anyone who took an interest in the game would have been aware of Sir Tom's considerable talents. It was perhaps an advantage that PNE were, I think, always in the First Division in his day. One club men were probably more common in those times though because of the maximum wage. Our one-club man of the same era was Syd Bycroft who also ran a business (painting and decorating in his case I think) alongside his many years playing for the Rovers and living in a semi-detached house in Bennethorpe.
Tom Finney
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posted on 16/2/14
R.I.P.
posted on 16/2/14
I never saw Tom Finney play and footage from those days is difficult to find. However, there is no doubt that he was a truly great player and from what I have read, a very decent and honourable man. RIP.
posted on 16/2/14
I didn't see him either; Stanley Matthews was probably the only one of his era who enjoyed the sort of recognition, common today, which went beyond football. But anyone who took an interest in the game would have been aware of Sir Tom's considerable talents. It was perhaps an advantage that PNE were, I think, always in the First Division in his day. One club men were probably more common in those times though because of the maximum wage. Our one-club man of the same era was Syd Bycroft who also ran a business (painting and decorating in his case I think) alongside his many years playing for the Rovers and living in a semi-detached house in Bennethorpe.
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