Finlay Sinclair-Smith

Finlay Sinclair-Smith (born 21 April 2000) is an English semi-professional footballer who plays for FC United of Manchester, as a winger.

Finlay Sinclair-Smith
Personal information
Full name Finlay Sinclair-Smith[1]
Date of birth (2000-04-21) 21 April 2000
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 FC United of Manchester
Youth career
2013–2017 Blackpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Blackpool 0 (0)
2018–2019 → Marine (loan) 9 (0)
2019 → Widnes (loan)
2019 Longridge Town
2019– FC United of Manchester 11 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:22, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

Career

Born in Liverpool,[2] Sinclair-Smith joined Blackpool in 2013.[3] He scored on his senior debut, in a 1–1 home draw against Wigan Athletic on 29 August 2017 in the EFL Trophy.[4] In December 2017 he was one of 11 young players recognised by the League Football Education for their achievements "on and off the pitch".[5] He signed a professional contract with Blackpool in May 2018.[3]

Sinclair-Smith was loaned to Marine on 22 September 2018 for 28 days.[6][7] He remained at the club until January 2019.[8] In February 2019 he moved on loan to Widnes.[9]

He was released by Blackpool in the summer of 2019 after his contract expired.[10] He signed for Longridge Town for the 2019–20 season.[11]

In December 2019 he joined FC United of Manchester[12] and made his debut as a substitute on 21 December in a match against Grantham Town.[13]

Career statistics
As of 10 January 2019
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Blackpool 2017–18[4] League One 0000002121
2018–19[14] League One 0000001010
Total 0000003131
Marine (loan) 2018–19[15] Northern Premier League Premier Division 90320020142
Career total 120320051173

References
  1. "EFL Released and Retained List 2016-17" (PDF). English Football League. p. 70. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  2. Finlay Sinclair-Smith at Soccerway. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  3. "Sinclair-Smith Signs Professional Contract". Blackpool F.C. 11 May 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  4. "Games played by Finlay Sinclair-Smith in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  5. "Sinclair-Smith Named In The 11 By League Football Education". Blackpool F.C. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  6. "Sinclair-Smith Makes Loan Move To Marine". Blackpool F.C. 22 September 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  7. "Marine sign Irwin and Sinclair-Smith | Non League Daily".
  8. Richard Cross (7 January 2019). "PATRICK WHARTON & FINLAY SINCLAIR-SMITH". Marine F.C. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  9. "Sinclair-Smith Loaned To Widnes". Blackpool F.C. 24 February 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  10. McCartney, Aidan (7 May 2019). "Hundreds of players on the market as more EFL retained lists are confirmed". lincolnshirelive.
  11. "Non-league round-up: Longridge hit SIX in FA Cup romp, plus wins for Charnock Richard; AFC Fylde and Southport enjoy league victories". www.lep.co.uk.
  12. https://www.longridgenews.co.uk/sport/football/longridge-town-boss-lee-ashcroft-pays-tribute-as-former-blackpool-youngster-makes-fc-united-of-manchester-move-1-10147315
  13. http://www.fc-utd.co.uk/report.php?match_id=2116
  14. "Games played by Finlay Sinclair-Smith in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  15. "Profile". Marine F.C. Retrieved 10 January 2019.


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