Legend of football, never saw him play but from what I’ve read and the footage viewed he was one of the all-time greats of world football.

For all his cliche  quotes Bill Shankly reckoned he was top class and “shanks” wasn’t a bad judge of a player.

“Tom Finney would have been great in any team, in any match and in any age… even if he had been wearing an overcoat.”

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