Bill Finlayson

For the Australian rules footballer, see Bill Finlayson (Australian footballer).

William Finlayson (29 March 1899 – 1979) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a forward in the Football League for Brentford, Clapton Orient and Chelsea.^[4][5] He later played in the United States and Canada.^[4] His brother Bob was also a footballer.^[6][7][8]

Bill Finlayson

Finlayson while with Brentford in 1925.
Personal information
Full name	William Finlayson[1]
Date of birth	(1899-03-29)29 March 1899
Place of birth	Thornliebank, Scotland
Date of death	1979 (aged 79–80)[2]
Place of death	Inverness, Scotland
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[3]
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1918–1919	Ashfield
1919–1920	Thornliebank Juniors
1920–1924	Chelsea	5	(1)
1924–1925	Clapton Orient	21	(2)
1925–1926	Brentford	21	(5)
1926	Springfield Babes	16	(1)
1926–1929	Providence Clamdiggers	113	(8)
1928	→ Montreal CNR (loan)	3	(0)
1929	→ Montreal CNR (loan)	2	(0)
1929–1930	Bethlehem Steel	17	(0)
1930	Montreal CNR	3	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Chelsea	1921–22[9]	First Division	1	0	0	0	—		1	0
	1923–24[9]		4	1	0	0	—		4	1
	Total		5	1	0	0	—		5	1
Brentford	1925–26[10]	Third Division South	7	0	1	0	—		8	0
Springfield Babes	1926–27[11]	American Soccer League	16	1	—		—		16	1
Providence Clamdiggers	1926–27[11]	American Soccer League	16	1	0	0	2	0	18	1
	1927–28[11]		51	5	2	0	0	0	53	5
	1928–29[11]		44	3	0	0	0	0	46	3
	Total		111	9	2	0	2	0	115	9
Montreal CNR (loan)	1928[12]	Canadian National Soccer League	3	0	—		—		3	0
Montreal CNR (loan)	1929[12]	Canadian National Soccer League	2	0	—		—		2	0
Bethlehem Steel	1930[11]	Atlantic Coast Soccer League	17	0	5	0	—		17	0
Montreal CNR	1930[12]	Canadian National Soccer League	3	0	—		—		3	0
	Total		8	0	—		—		8	0
Career total			164	11	8	0	2	0	174	11