Sir Tom Finney - M.O.M - England 9 Ireland 2

Sir Tom Finney - M.O.M - England v Ireland @ Maine Road Manchester

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[02baldwincc]

Sir top finney = the greatest player of all time.

[joeypne09]

As the great Bill Shankly said "Tom Finney would have been great in any team, in any match and in any age

... even if he had been wearing an overcoat." A true loyal legend to PNE was Finney. Thankyou Sir Tom.

[joditot]

i can't see the ball in this vid

[mizofan]

It's a great pity so many people on youtube seem completely ignorant of football history and British greats like Finney, Matthews, John Charles, Edwards..

[TheLegendfamily]

Agreed, "The Plumber" was a true England all-time great. I feel very lucky to have seen him play for both PNE & England as well.

[TheWhitehall]

I had the great privilige of meeting Sir Tom, he graciously signed a vintage photograph of himself. A true England legend.

[seanreillyireland]

Thanks for the comment: I know you are only trying to clarify something for me so I appreciate it... of course the error I made was putting the 1 in the 1-5-5, of course I meant 1 being the keeper! Regarding the whole 2 inside forwards / full backs / half backs / wingers, and 1 centre half / centre forward, I am familiar with that notion.

Thanks for the post. Sean

[chavmanx]

@seanreillyireland 1-5-5 there was never a 1-5-5 formation, it was 2-3-5 (W-M). 2 full backs, 3 half backs and 5 forwards. And it changed well before the mid 60s, brazil won the world cup in 1958 playing 4-2-4.

[bothcancp]

i know him hes my friends great grandad

[MrMuppet07]

ive met tom finney! he said hi to me and i shook his hand! he rules!

[TheLegendfamily]

Thanx for all the kind words, seanreilly. Another example of the field generals that u r talking about is Duncan Edwards. Look how much he got forward & attacked, both in a creative & goalscoring way, and he was an orthodox #6 for the love of God!

[seanreillyireland]

Legend... I think that the old '1-5-5' formation allowed for genuine artists to break into soccer in a unique way until the mid 60's. Ok, wingers, full backs, and centreforwards were 'specialist' positions. But both the half back roles and the inside forward roles... you could be a general in any of these 4 roles, whether it be Busby, Cullis, Carter, Doherty... the list is endless. And as for centre half, the best ones were generals too, a la Franklin or Varela of Uruguay.