Oliver Finney

Oliver Vincent Finney (born 15 December 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays for Crewe Alexandra.

Oliver Finney
Personal information
Full name Oliver Vincent Finney[1]
Date of birth (1997-12-15) 15 December 1997[2]
Place of birth Stoke-on-Trent, England
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[3]
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Crewe Alexandra
Number 14
Youth career
0000–2016 Crewe Alexandra
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016– Crewe Alexandra 37 (5)
2016–2017 → Nantwich Town (loan)
2017 → Halesowen Town (loan) 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:58, 7 March 2020 (UTC)

Career

Finney signed professional terms with Crewe in early 2016 while still a scholar in the club's academy.[4] In December 2016, he joined Nantwich Town on loan.[5]

He made his Crewe debut on 6 May 2017, coming on as a 72nd-minute substitute for James Jones against Barnet at Gresty Road, Crewe's final game of the 2016–17 season.[6] On 9 May 2017, Crewe announced that Finney had been offered a new contract by the club,[7] and he signed a new one-year deal on 11 May 2017.[8]

On 1 September 2017, Finney signed for Northern Premier League team Halesowen Town on a two-month loan deal along with teammate Daniel Udoh,[9] returning to Crewe in November after incurring an injury.[10]

Finney signed a further one-year contract with Crewe in May 2018.[11] He made his first start for Crewe in a Football League Trophy tie against Manchester City under-21s on 25 September 2018,[12] and his first start in a league game at Northampton Town on 3 November 2018.[13]

Offered a new contract by Crewe at the end of the 2018–19 season,[14] Finney agreed a new one-year deal with another year option.[15] On 9 October 2019, Finney scored his first Crewe goal, the equaliser in an EFL Trophy tie at Mansfield Town that finished 1-1; he then scored in the penalty shoot-out that Crewe won 4–3.[16] He scored his first two league goals in a 5–0 win over Morecambe at Gresty Road on 23 November 2019.[17]

A contract extension clause was triggered by Crewe in June 2020.[18]

Career statistics
As of 7 March 2020.
Club Season Division League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Crewe Alexandra2016–17League Two1000000010
2017–18League Two[19]10------10
2018–19League Two[20]17010--1[lower-alpha 1]0190
2019–20League Two[21]18520103[lower-alpha 1]1246
Crewe Alexandra total 375301041456
Career total 375301041456
  1. Appearances in EFL Trophy

References
  1. "Retained List 2015–16" (PDF). English Football League. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  2. "Ollie Finney". 11v11. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  3. Oliver Finney at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  4. Sharpe, Rick (20 April 2016). "Crewe Alexandra: Teenage midfielder becomes latest Academy graduate to pen first professional deal". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  5. Whitney, Steve (7 December 2016). "Dabbers Borrow Crewe Youngster". Non-League News. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  6. "Crewe Alexandra 4–1 Barnet". BBC Sport. 6 May 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  7. Crewe Alexandra Retained List 2017, CreweAlex.net. Retrieved: 9 May 2017.
  8. "Oliver Finney Signs New Crewe Contract". CreweAlex.net. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  9. "NEW SIGNINGS Crewe Alexandra pair Oliver Finley and Daniel Udoh join on 2 month loan". Halesowen Town F.C.
  10. "Loans: Dale Joins Witton, Udoh Remains At Halesowen, Finney Returns". CreweAlex.net. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  11. "Contracts: Finney & Jaaskelainen Pen New Deals". CreweAlex.net. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  12. "Report: Crewe Alex 1–4 Man City U21". CreweAlex.Net. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  13. "Northampton Town 2–0 Crewe Alexandra". BBC Sport. BBC. 3 November 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  14. "Crewe Alexandra: Nicky Hunt signs new deal, but George Ray rejects contract offer". BBC Sport. 7 May 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  15. Wilson, Rob (14 May 2019). "Boss: "Finney Has Gone On Again This Season And Needs To Do So Again"". CreweAlex.net. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  16. "Mansfield Town 1-1 Crewe Alexandra". Mansfield Town FC. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  17. "Crewe Alexandra 5-0 Morecambe". BBC Sport. BBC. 23 November 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  18. Morse, Peter (10 June 2020). "Paul Green and Nicky Hunt released as Crewe Alex announce retained list". Cheshire Live. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  19. "Games played by Oliver Finney in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  20. "Games played by Oliver Finney in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  21. "Games played by Oliver Finney in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
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