Finn Tapp

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Finley Tapp
Personal information
Full name Finley Tapp[1]
Date of birth (1999-11-09) 9 November 1999 (age 24)[2]
Place of birth Milton Keynes, England[1]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
2008–2016 Milton Keynes Dons
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Milton Keynes Dons 0 (0)
2018–2019 → Staines Town (loan) 9 (2)
2019–2020 Oxford City 20 (1)
2023 Banbury United 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:35, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

Finley Tapp (born 9 November 1999) is an English television personality and semi-professional footballer who most recently played for Banbury United.

In 2020, Tapp won the sixth series of the ITV2 reality series Love Island. Prior to appearing on the show, Tapp was a semi-professional football player for non-league club Oxford City, having previously played as a professional for Milton Keynes Dons.[3] He returned to football in 2023 with Banbury United.

Club career

Milton Keynes Dons

Tapp joined Milton Keynes Dons' academy at the age of 8,[4] progressing through various age groups and into the club's development squad. On 10 November 2016, whilst still an academy player, Tapp was named as a substitute for the first team's EFL Trophy group stage fixture against Norwich City. After coming on as a 76th-minute substitute, Tapp scored in the 84th-minute in an eventual 4–1 defeat.[5]

Tapp signed professional terms with the club on 17 May 2018, signing a one-year deal with an option of a further year.[4] He made his professional debut for the club on 28 August 2018, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 3–0 EFL Cup second round defeat away to Premier League side Bournemouth.[6] Following limited first team opportunities during the first half of the 2018–19 season, Tapp joined seventh-tier club Staines Town until January 2019. Tapp was later one of ten players released by Milton Keynes Dons at the end of the season.[7]

Oxford City

On 19 July 2019, following a successful trial, Tapp joined National League South club Oxford City.[8]

Banbury United

In July 2023, Tapp returned to football when he joined National League North club Banbury United, reuniting with manager Mark Jones whom he had played under at Oxford City.[9] He departed the club in November 2023.[10]

Media career

Love Island

In January 2020, it was announced that Tapp would join the sixth series of ITV2 dating programme Love Island, the first series to feature a winter villa, located in Cape Town, South Africa. Tapp entered the villa on Day 5.[11]

On 23 February 2020, Tapp along with fellow participant Paige Turley were voted the show's winning couple by the UK public and shared a £50,000 prize.[12] Tapp contested the show without permission from Oxford City, which the club's commercial director said though there was no formal breach of contract, but to avoid such situations, the club will introduce formal clauses inhibiting appearances on TV shows for players in future contract forms.[13]

Celebrity Coach Trip

In January 2022, Tapp alongside partner Paige Turley featured in the seventh series of E4's Celebrity Coach Trip.[14]

Personal life

Tapp was in a relationship with Paige Turley, whom he met during the sixth series of Love Island, from 2020 to 2023. [15][16][17]

Career statistics

As of matches played 21 November 2023
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Milton Keynes Dons 2016–17[18] League One — — — 1[lower-alpha 1] 1 1 1
2018–19[19] League Two 0 0 0 0 1 0 2[lower-alpha 1] 0 3 0
Total 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 4 1
Staines Town (loan) 2018–19[18] Southern Premier South 9 2 — — — 9 2
Oxford City 2019–20[18] National League South 20 1 2 0 — 0 0 22 1
Banbury United 2023–24[18] National League North 3 0 0 0 — 1 0 4 0
Career total 32 3 2 0 1 0 4 1 39 4
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Appearances in EFL Trophy.

References

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