Finlay Speedie

Infobox Football biography
playername = Finlay Speedie
fullname = Finlay Ballantyne Speedie
dateofbirth = birth date|1880|8|18|df=yes
cityofbirth = Dumbarton
dateofdeath = death date and age|1953|2|5|1880|8|18|df=yes | cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
countryofbirth = Scotland
position = Inside Forward
years =
1900–1906
1906–1908
1908–1909
1909
1909–1914
clubs = Dumbarton
Rangers
Newcastle United
Oldham
Bradford Park Avenue
Dumbarton
caps(goals) =
98 (38)
52 (13)
15 0(6)
05 0(1)
manageryears =
managerclubs = Dumbarton
nationalyears = 1903
nationalteam = Scotland
nationalcaps(goals) = 03 0(2)

Finlay Ballantyne Speedie (18 August 1880 — 5 February 1953). He was versatile forward, at home mostly on the left side however.

Speedie began his career with his local club Dumbarton but joined Rangers in 1900. Playing under William Wilton he won two League championships, a Scottish Cup, two Glasgow Cups, a Charity Cup and the 1901 Glasgow Exhibition Cup.

He left Rangers in 1906 and joined Newcastle United where he won the English First Division in 1906–07 in his first season. He stayed on Tyneside for another season before joining Oldham for a season and then moved to Bradford Park Avenue for a few months before evntually re-joining old club Dumbarton. He spent five years at Boghead before retiring in 1914. He won the old Second Division title in 1911.

Speedie won three Scotland caps scoring two goals — all in 1903.

During the First World War he served with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and was awarded the Military Medal. He maintained his links with Dumbarton and coached the team in the 1930s.

Speedie died on the 5 February 1953, aged 72.

External links

*SFA Profile|id=112837|name=Finlay Speedie