Sir Tom Finney has passed away..

A true legend.

 

The Preston Plumber. One of the greats. RIP.

 

Very sad. RIP. Legend.

 

According to Dave Wood, Oakwell historian on twitter, he actually played for us.

Minutes silence/applause tomorrow across all games I would imagine.

 

Sad news . Legend and not like these so called superstars who play now

 

He played for us? When?

RIP Mr Finney. Part of the legendary England strikeforce of the 50s alongside the great Tommy Lawton, Wilf Mannion, Stanley Matthews and Stan Mortensen.

 

What about this eh? Amazing what you can find.

RIP to Bob, too.

http://bbs.barnsleyfc.org.uk/showthread.php?124307-SIR-TOM-FINNEY

 

RIP - football legend

 

One of the greatest Englishmen to play the game. He also fought with Montgomery in North Africa, drove tanks. His Dad made him finish his plumbing apprenticeship before turning pro! A life well lived.

Where's that ground? That's a very impressive cantilever for the 1950s.

 

RIP, certainly a true legend, really down to earth guy

 

I'm guessing, but the opponent looks to be representing Spain. Could it be a Spanish stadium, perhaps?

 

Hemsie will tell us. When he's finished his tea.

 

A true legend indeed. RIP.
Proud to know he was once a Red, however briefly it was.

 

Basel, Switzerland. England's opening game v Belgium, World Cup 1954.

Probably built with Nazi gold.

 

Blummin ummer! How's tha figured that out? And is it still the stadium that Basel use today?

 

I'm an archivist of prints and drawings. That was a piece of pee.

 

I agree though on your point. Fine structure for that era.

 

A true legend of the game. RIP Sir Tom.

 

Tom Finney... Now there's a name that even I can recognise.

I never saw him play obviously, but from all that I've read and heard about Finney, he was an extraordinary player and pretty much the complete opposite of the modern ******** superstar player. He spent his whole career at Preston too, which gives him an outrageous amount of bonus respect points from me. Tom Finney is definitely one of those players that you can call a Legend (with a capital L!) without having to think whether it's appropriate or not... the same can't be said about <s>m</s>any modern players.

That little "Barnsley connection" of his is a funny little thing, I'm going to refer to him as "our Tom" from now on.

RIP Tom Finney.

 

Re: And a true story about a true gentleman, Tom

My pal's dad was from Preston, so he bought him Tom's autobiography, which he read during a period of poor health towards the end of his life. When my pal's dad died, he found the book by his bed about half-read, but not finished. So he wrote to Tom, care of Preston North End ..... and received a very nice letter of condolence from the great man himself. Of such true stories do legends prove their genuine worth. RIP Tom and condolences to his family.