Finlay Sinclair-Smith (born 21 April 2000) is an English semi-professional

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who plays as a winger for

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club Marine.

Career

Born in

Liverpool Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population ...

, Sinclair-Smith joined

Blackpool Blackpool is a seaside town in Lancashire, England. It is located on the Irish Sea coast of the Fylde peninsula, approximately north of Liverpool and west of Preston, Lancashire, Preston. It is the main settlement in the Borough of Blackpool ...

in 2013. He scored on his senior debut, in a 1–1 home draw against

Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic Football Club is a professional association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The team competes in the EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system. Founded in 1932, they have p ...

on 29 August 2017 in the

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. In December 2017 he was one of 11 young players recognised by the League Football Education for their achievements "on and off the pitch". He signed a professional contract with Blackpool in May 2018. Sinclair-Smith was loaned to Marine on 22 September 2018 for 28 days. He remained at the club until January 2019. In February 2019 he moved on loan to

Widnes Widnes ( ) is an Industrial city, industrial town in the Borough of Halton, Cheshire, England, which at the 2021–2022 United Kingdom censuses, 2021 census had a population of 62,400. Historic counties of England, Historically in Lancashire, ...

. He was released by Blackpool in the summer of 2019 after his contract expired. He signed for Longridge Town for the 2019–20 season. In December 2019 he joined

FC United of Manchester Football Club United of Manchester, more commonly known as FC United, is a semi-professional football club based in Moston, Manchester, England, that competes in the , the seventh tier of the English football league system, and plays home m ...

, and made his debut as a substitute on 21 December in a match against Grantham Town. He signed for

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Premier League side

Bamber Bridge Bamber Bridge is a large village in Lancashire, England, south-east of Preston, in the borough of South Ribble. The name derives from the Old English "bēam" and "brycg", which probably means "tree-trunk bridge". People who live in Bamber Bri ...

on a free transfer in September 2021. Sinclair-Smith then joined Marine in June 2023. He scored the opening goal with a penalty in the 2024

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final against City of Liverpool, which Marine won 2–0 and did the same in the 2–1 win over

Macclesfield Macclesfield () is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East, Cheshire, England. It is sited on the River Bollin and the edge of the Cheshire Plain, with Macclesfield Forest to its east; the town lies south of Ma ...

in the

playoff final. After a spell at Radcliffe, Sinclair-Smith returned to Marine in July 2024.

Career statistics

References

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