Malcolm Finlayson

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Malcolm Finlayson
Personnel
Surname Malcolm John Finlayson
birthday June 14, 1930
place of birth Alexandria ,  Scotland
date of death November 26, 2014
Place of death Dudley ,  England
position goalkeeper
Juniors
Years station
FC Renfrew
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1948-1956 Millwall FC 230 (0)
1956-1964 Wolverhampton Wanderers 179 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

Malcolm John Finlayson (born June 14, 1930 in Alexandria , † November 26, 2014 in Dudley ) was a Scottish football goalkeeper . He was a regular for Wolverhampton Wanderers , who won two English championships in a row in the seasons 1957/58 and 1958/59 and the FA Cup in 1960.

Athletic career

Finlayson began his career in Scotland at Renfrew FC before moving south to the English capital in February 1948. There he completed a trial training at Millwall FC , with a closed game against Charlton Athletic being arranged. He immediately knew how to convince and only 16 days after this test, the 17-year-old stood against West Bromwich Albion (1: 1) for the first time between the posts of the then second division club. With a good 1.85 meters he already had an ideal goalkeeping stature and quickly became the first choice at Millwall. He was usually a regular goalkeeper, although he had longer periods of absence due to his military service. With his own supporters, he had hero status by April 1948 at the latest, when he injured himself against FC Walsall in the 20th minute, returned after a hospital visit in the second half and the team then made the 1: 3 intermediate result 6: 5 turned around. His good performances aroused the interest of renowned top division clubs and since Millwall only played third-rate from mid-1949, his move to Wolverhampton Wanderers in August 1956 for £ 3,000 came as little surprise .

With the "Wolves" Finlayson was initially a substitute behind Bert Williams , before he was "the new number 1" in the club in the 1957/58 season. With an agile and courageous style of play as well as the loud commands, he was a sure source of support in the successful team that won two English championships in 1958 and 1959 and the FA Cup the following year. He played a total of 203 competitive games before his resignation in May 1964 and the professional world was repeatedly surprised that he was completely left out of the Scottish national team , especially since a problem was occasionally identified in the goalkeeping position in the 1950s and 1960s and those responsible were only concerned the domestic league served.

After the end of his active career, Finlayson worked no less successfully as a businessman at R & F Stockholders in Kingswinford. In 1982 he took over the vice-presidency at Wolverhampton Wanderers, which lasted only a short time until the Bhatti brothers took over. He then served the club for many years as chairman of the ex-players' association. After a short illness, he died in Dudley at the end of November 2014 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Richard Linsday / Eddie Tarrant: Millwall - The Complete Record . DB Publishing, Derby 2010, ISBN 978-1-85983-833-4 , pp. 153 .
  2. ^ Tony Matthews, Wolverhampton Wanderers - The Complete Record . Breedon Books, Derby 2008, ISBN 978-1-85983-632-3 , pp. 119 .
  3. ↑ "Wolves legend Malcolm Finlayson dies at 84" (Express & Star)
personal data
SURNAME Finlayson, Malcolm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Finlayson, Malcolm John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION scottish football goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH June 14, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Alexandria
DATE OF DEATH November 26, 2014
Place of death Dudley