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.

For the St Mirren player, see Andrew Findlay.
Andrew Finlay
Personal information
Full name Andrew Finlay[1]
Date of birth 10 February 1901[2]
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland[1]
Playing 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
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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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