Steve Finney

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fullname = Stephen Kenneth Finney
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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1973|10|31
cityofbirth = Hexham
countryofbirth = England
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position = Striker
youthyears = 1990–1992
youthclubs = Preston North End
years = 1992–1993
1993–1995
1995–1998
1997
1998–1999
1999
1999
1999–2000
2000–c.2002
clubs = Preston North End
Manchester City
Swindon Town
→ Cambridge United "(loan)"
Carlisle United
Leyton Orient
Barrow
Chester City
Altrincham
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0 73 00(18)
0 7 0 0 (2)
0 33 00(6)
0 5 0 0 (0)
0 ? 0 0 (?)
0 22 0 0(0)
0 ? 0 0 (?)
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Steve Finney (born October 31 1973, Hexham) is a former English professional footballer who played as a forward. He made appearances in The Football League for six clubs

Playing career

Finney began his career as an apprentice with Preston North End, where he made his professional debut during 1991–92. After just six league appearances he moved to Premier League side Manchester City in February 1993, but he failed to make the first team while at Maine Road.

In the summer of 1995, Finney moved to Swindon Town, scoring 12 times in his first season to help them to the Division Two title. Apart from a loan spell with Cambridge United in 1997, Finney remained with Swindon until July 1998, when he moved to Carlisle United. But before the 1998–99 season had finished, Finney had moved on to Leyton Orient for a short spell with the London club.

Finney spent time on trial with Exeter City in the summer of 1999, [cite web|url=http://www.altyfc.u-net.com/team.htm |title= Meet the Team | publisher = Altrincham FC Official Website | accessdate=2008-05-10] and then dropped into non–league football with Barrow before returning to The Football League with struggling Chester City on October 18 1999 after sending his CV to the club. [Cite news
title= Finney signs | url= http://www.chester-city.co.uk/october99news.asp
publisher= www.chester-city.co.uk | date= 1999-10-18
accessdate= 2008-05-10] During his 14 month stint at the club, he failed to score a competitive goal and was part of the side that were relegated to the Nationwide Conference. In December 2000 he joined Altrincham, initially on loan. He made an instant impact with a hat–trick against Whitby Town. [Cite news
title= Finney on target | url= http://www.chester-city.co.uk/december00news.asp
publisher= www.chester-city.co.uk | date= 2000-12-30
accessdate= 2008-05-10] It is not clear who he played for after this.

Honours

Swindon Town

• Football League Division Two champions: 1995–96 (30 apps, 12 goals)

External links

*soccerbase|id=2520 (pre-Chester)
*soccerbase|id=18161 (Chester)

References