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Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2014 12:17 am
by lutonlagerlout
tom finney a legend at england and preston
RIP
LLL
Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2014 1:11 pm
by Tony McC
And one of life's true gentlemen - you never hear a bad word about him, and in an age when even modestly talented hoofers can become multi-millionairres overnight, his skills and the way he conducted himself throughout his career should be served up as an example of how to be a *professional* footballer.
Watch on YouTube how he could control what we used to call 'a casey' football. Think what he'd have done with one of the modern super-techno balls!
Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2014 2:55 pm
by lemoncurd1702
Never heard of the guy before until here and now on sports pages. Fair play, he had a good innings though, ok wrong sport but he certainly went into extra time.
Seen a couple of his performances on BBC webpage certainly looked the ultimate footballer of his era.
Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2014 5:08 pm
by lutonlagerlout
the fact he stayed with 1 club speaks volumes
LLL
Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 7:13 pm
by Tony McC
From the BBC website....
England legend Sir Stanley Matthews, who died in 2000, once said of Finney: "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 - Pele, Maradona, Best, Di Stefano, and Tom Finney."
....that's not a bad line-up, by anyone's standards!
Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 7:33 pm
by lutonlagerlout
i cant see beckham in there!
LLL 
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 7:26 pm
by Hawk
RIP Tom