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Finlay Speedie
Personal information
Full name Finlay Ballantyne Speedie[1]
Date of birth (1880-08-18)18 August 1880
Place of birth Dumbarton, Scotland
Date of death 5 February 1953(1953-02-05) (aged 72)
Place of death Dumbarton, Scotland[2]
Position(s) Inside Forward
Youth career
Artizan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Clydebank Juniors
Strathclyde
1900–1906 Rangers 98 (38)
1906–1908 Newcastle United 52 (13)
1908–1909 Oldham Athletic 15 (6)
1909 Bradford Park Avenue 5 (1)
1909–1915 Dumbarton 100 (27)
1918–1920 Dumbarton 3 (0)
International career
1903 Scotland 3 (2)
1905 Scottish League XI[3] 1 (0)
Managerial career
Dumbarton (trainer)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Finlay Ballantyne Speedie (18 August 1880 – 5 February 1953) was a Scottish footballer who played for Rangers, Newcastle United and Scotland in the 1900s. He was a versatile forward who was most at home at inside left.

Career

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Speedie began his career with junior clubs Clydebank and Strathclyde (playing for both in different competitions) then joined Rangers in 1900.[2] Playing under William Wilton he won two League championships, a Scottish Cup, two Glasgow Cups, a Charity Cup and the 1901 Glasgow Exhibition Cup.

He left Rangers in 1906 after a match against Celtic was played for his benefit[4] and joined Newcastle United, where he won the English First Division in 1906–07 in his first season.[5] He stayed on Tyneside for another season before joining Oldham for a season and then moved to Bradford Park Avenue for a few months before eventually re-joining old club Dumbarton; he won the old Scottish Division Two title in 1911.[6]

Speedie won three Scotland caps, scoring two goals — all in 1903.[2]

During the First World War he served with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and was awarded the Military Medal.[7] He maintained his links with Dumbarton and coached the team in the 1930s. His brother Willie had also played for the club[8] (as well as for Third Lanark),[2][9] and his nephew Bob (son of Willie, and nephew and cousin respectively of footballers Bob Ferrier of Sheffield Wednesday and Bob Ferrier Jr. of Motherwell) was a Sons player in the late 1930s.[10][2][9]

Speedie died on 5 February 1953, aged 72.

Honours

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Newcastle United

References

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  1. ^ Brown, Alan; Tossani, Gabriele (17 October 2019). "Scotland - International Matches 1901-1910". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e Mitchell, Andy (2021). The men who made Scotland: The definitive Who's Who of Scottish Football Internationalists 1872-1939. Amazon. ISBN 9798513846642.
  3. ^ "Finlay Ballantyne Speedie - Scotland Football League Record from 11 Mar 1905 to 11 Mar 1905 clubs - Rangers".
  4. ^ Football. | Rangers v. Celtic. The Scotsman, 15 August 1906. Scan via London Hearts Supporters Club
  5. ^ Finlay Ballantyne Speedie, Toon1892. Retrieved 16 March 2022
  6. ^ Finlay Speedie Player Profile, Sons Archive. Retrieved 16 March 2022
  7. ^ "North East War Memorials Project – Regional Content". www.newmp.org.uk. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  8. ^ Willie Speedie Player Profile, Sons Archive. Retrieved 16 March 2022
  9. ^ a b John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
  10. ^ Robert Speedie Player Profile, Sons Archive. Retrieved 16 March 2022
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