Finlay Lockett

Finlay Lockett

Personal information
Birth name	Finlay Hurford-Lockett[1]
Date of birth	(2003-04-10) 10 April 2003 (age 21)
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)
2019–2024	Bolton Wanderers	3	(0)
2022–2023	→ Atherton Collieries (loan)	5	(0)
2024	→ Southport (loan)	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:15, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

Finlay Lockett (born Finlay Hurford-Lockett,[1] 10 April 2003) is an English professional footballer who last played 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]

In March 2024, Lockett joined National League North club Southport on loan until the end of the season.[17] On 22 May, the club confirmed that he would be leaving at the end of his contract on 30 June.[18]

Personal life

On 6 October 2020 it was revealed his name had been shortened from "Finlay Hurford-Lockett" to "Finlay Lockett".[19]

Career statistics

As of match played 13 April 2024[20]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Bolton Wanderers	2019–20[21]	League One	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
	2020–21[22]	League Two	1	0	0	0	0	0	1[a]	0	2	0
	2021–22[23]	League One	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2022–23[24]		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2023–24[25]		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	5	0
Atherton Collieries (loan)	2022–23[26]	Northern Premier League	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Southport (loan)	2023–24[27]	National League North	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Career total			10	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	13	0

Notes

1. Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy.

References

1. "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.
5. BWFC.co.uk: "Wanderers Academy confirms scholar intake"
6. the Bolton News: "Bolton Wanderers' promising striker undergoes knee operation, confirms agent" ^[dead link‍]
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. "Loan Signing Finlay Lockett". southportfc.net. 28 March 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
18. "RETAINED LIST CONFIRMED". bwfc.co.uk. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
19. BWFC.co.uk "Report: Shrewsbury Town 2-1 Bolton Wanderers"
20. Finlay Lockett at Soccerbase
21. "Games played by Finlay Lockett in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
22. "Games played by Finlay Lockett in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
23. "Games played by Finlay Lockett in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
24. "Games played by Finlay Lockett in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
25. "Games played by Finlay Lockett in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
26. Football Web Pages: "Atherton Collieries – Appearances – Finlay Lockett"
27. "England - F. Hurford-Lockett - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com.