Finlay Lockett
Personal information
Birth name Finlay Hurford-Lockett[1]
Date of birth (2003-04-10) 10 April 2003
Place of birth Marple, England
Position(s) Winger, centre-forward
Team information
Current team
 Bolton Wanderers
Youth career
Burnley
Bolton Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Bolton Wanderers 3 (0)
2022–2023 → Atherton Collieries (loan) 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:59, 16 October 2022 (UTC)

Finlay Lockett (born Finlay Hurford-Lockett,[1] 10 April 2003) is an English professional footballer who plays for Bolton Wanderers.

Career

At the age of 8, Lockett was signed as a youth player by Burnley after being scouted at Brazilian Soccer Schools, Tameside.[2] On 10 August 2019, Lockett made his Bolton Wanderers debut as a second-half substitute in a 0–0 draw at home to Coventry City, in which Bolton fielded their youngest ever team, due to financial difficulties.[3]

As of 2019, Lockett is the second youngest ever player to play a first team game for Bolton aged 16 years and 122 days, with only former England international Ray Parry having been younger at the age of his debut.[4] He returned to the U-18 for the 20–21 season.[5] He scored 19 goals and got 18 assists for the U-18 in the 2020–21 season, however on the final day of the season he injured his ACL which could see him miss the entire 2021–22 season.[6] On 16 June he announced he had signed his first professional contract[7] signing until June 2022.[8] He returned from injury for the reserves on 29 March 2022[9] and on 2 May Bolton announced they had activated an option clause in his contract to extend it to an unspecified date.[10] On 14 June, he signed a new contract.[11]

On 26 August 2022, Lockett joined Northern Premier League Premier Division side Atherton Collieries on a short-term loan agreement alongside his fellow young Trotter Arran Pettifer.[12] He made his debut a day later as a substitute in a 1–0 defeat against Matlock Town.[13] On 26 September, their loans were extended for another month.[14] On 14 October, he was recalled from his loan.[15] On 25 May 2023, he signed a new one-year deal with the option for an extra year.[16]

Personal life

On 6 October 2020 it was revealed his name had been shortened from "Finlay Hurford-Lockett" to "Finlay Lockett".[17]

Career statistics

As of match played 27 September 2022.[18]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bolton Wanderers 2019–20[19] League One 2000100030
2020–21[20] League Two 1000001[lower-alpha 1]020
2021–22[21] League One 0000000000
2022–23[22] 0000000000
2023–24[23] 0000000000
Total 3000101050
Atherton Collieries 2022–23[24] Northern Premier League 5010000060
Career total 80101010110
Notes
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy.

References

  1. 1 2 "Notification of shirt numbers" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  2. ↑ "Burnley signs 'Mini Lionel Messi' from Marple - aged just 8". Manchester Evening News. 9 November 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  3. ↑ "Bolton Wanderers 0–0 Coventry City". BBC Sport. 10 August 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  4. ↑ Bolton Wanderers F.C. (24 August 2019). Bolton Wanderers matchday programme. Bolton, United Kingdom.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ↑ BWFC.co.uk: "Wanderers Academy confirms scholar intake"
  6. ↑ the Bolton News: "Bolton Wanderers' promising striker undergoes knee operation, confirms agent"
  7. ↑ flockett10: "Successful surgery✅Going to miss the feeling of being out on the pitch for 9-12months! Happy to sign my first professional contract @officialbwfc the hard work continues"
  8. ↑ BWFC: "Wanderers Quartet Sign First Professional Contracts"
  9. ↑ The Bolton News "Finlay Lockett returns as Bolton Wanderers Reserves suffer narrow defeat against Huddersfield Town"
  10. ↑ "Wanderers Confirm Departures". Bolton Wanderers - Official Site. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  11. ↑ Bolton Wanderers: "Tutte Signs Up For New 'B' Role. Player-coach position for midfielder as Senior, Hutchinson and Lockett agree deals."
  12. ↑ "Squad Update: 26th August 2022". athertoncollieries.co.uk. 26 August 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  13. ↑ Football Web Pages: "Northern Premier League - Premier Division – Atherton Collieries 0 - 1 Matlock Town"
  14. ↑ The Bolton News: "Bolton Wanderers B pair Finlay Lockett and Arran Pettifer extend Atherton Collieries loans"
  15. ↑ Bolton Wanderers B Team and Academy (@BWFCBandAcademy): " B Team forward Finlay Lockett has been recalled from his loan spell at Atherton Collieries."
  16. ↑ "B Team Announce Retained List". Bolton Wanderers FC. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  17. ↑ BWFC.co.uk "Report: Shrewsbury Town 2-1 Bolton Wanderers"
  18. ↑ Finlay Lockett at Soccerbase
  19. ↑ "Games played by Finlay Lockett in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  20. ↑ "Games played by Finlay Lockett in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  21. ↑ "Games played by Finlay Lockett in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  22. ↑ "Games played by Finlay Lockett in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  23. ↑ "Games played by Finlay Lockett in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  24. ↑ Football Web Pages: "Atherton Collieries – Appearances – Finlay Lockett"


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