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Sir Tom Finney dies: Tributes paid by footballing world (and others)

Posted on - 15th February, 2014 - 7:30am | Author - | Posted in - Preston News, Preston North End, Sport

The footballing world is in mourning this morning as one of its greatest players has passed away.

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Sir Tom Finney was a one club player, and that club was Preston North End.

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These are some of the tweets we spotted which touched a nerve as social media went into overdrive with PNE fans, footballers and football clubs saying goodbye to Sir Tom.

Blog Preston readers have been paying tribute in our comments and also on our Facebook page.

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