Les Parry
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Leslie Parry | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 27 November 1957||
Place of birth | Birkenhead, England | ||
Managerial career | |||
Years | Team | ||
2009–2012 | Tranmere Rovers |
Leslie Parry (born 27 November 1957) is an English physiotherapist and former manager of Tranmere Rovers Football Club from 9 October 2009 until his dismissal on 4 March 2012.[2]
Parry worked with Tranmere Rovers as physiotherapist since 1991 before succeeding
Managerial career
Tranmere Rovers
Rovers sacked manager
After finishing 18th in the 2010-11 campaign, his first full season in charge, Parry was awarded the Liverpool Echo Special Award for Outstanding Service to Sport.[7] In the same season, Parry completed the amazing feat of attending 1001 consecutive First Team matches [8] a feat made more remarkable by the fact that for more than 900 of those matches when he was physio, he wore nothing more than tee-shirt and shorts, even on the coldest of evenings.[9] The team made a strong start the following season, with Rovers in 5th place at the end of August and Parry was nominated for the NW Manager of the Year award.[10] However, they had a run of 11 matches without a win (on a wider scale 1 win in 20), leading to the physio's dismissal on 4 March 2012.[2]
Parry was appointed as physiotherapist at Accrington Stanley until the end of the 2011–12 season[11] and stayed there until joining Manchester United on 1 January 2013 to work with the development and academy squads in Athletic Development.[12] In October 2014, Parry was awarded the prestigious Fabrice Muamba Award for Medical and Science Professional of the Year.[13]
Statistics
Managerial
These statistics include all league and cup first team fixtures.[14][15]
- As of 3 March 2012
Team | From | To | Record | ||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
Tranmere Rovers
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9 October 2009 | 4 March 2012 | 131 | 40 | 34 | 57 | 30.53 |
Total | 131 | 40 | 34 | 57 | 30.53 |
Personal life
Parry began his working life as a trainee
He started as part-time physio at Tranmere in 1991
Parry completed a PhD in "Sports injuries in professional soccer and the effects of detraining" at Liverpool John Moores University in July 2010.[18]
Parry released a
External links
- Les Parry management career statistics at Soccerbase
- BBC Sport: Paul Fletcher, The physio who became a manager, 6 October 2010
References
- ^ "Les Parry profile". LMA. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
- ^ a b "Tranmere Rovers sack manager Les Parry". BBC. 4 March 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ^ "Tranmere sack Barnes and McAteer". BBC Sport. 9 October 2009. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
- ^ "Tranmere 0 - 1 Stockport". BBC Sport. 12 October 2009. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
- ^ "Parry has Tranmere job for season". BBC Sport. 16 December 2009. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
- ^ "Tranmere Rovers unveil new physio Steve Walker from Crewe". Liverpool Echo. 29 June 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
- ^ "Tranmere Rovers rock les Parry receives Special Liverpool Echo award". 3 March 2010.
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ "Tranmere Rovers FC: Les Parry's 1,000 games in the dugout – and he's not missed a single one". 17 November 2011.
- ^ "Paul Harper – Sports Writer | Sir Alex Ferguson versus les Parry!". Archived from the original on 26 February 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ^ Liverpool Echo, Former Tranmere Rovers FC manager Les Parry lands physio role at Accrington Stanley, 30 March 2012. Accessed 16 April 2012
- ^ "Parry moves to pastures new". League Medical Association. 1 January 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- ^ "Sterling, Dyche, Dalglish - Big winners at MBNA Northwest Football Awards 2014 : F.C. Business". fcbusiness.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 February 2015.
- ^ "2009-2010 Fixtures". Tranmere Rovers Official Website. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
- ^ "Les Parry's managerial career". Soccerbase. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "The physio who became a manager". BBC. 6 October 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
- ^ "BBC - Paul Fletcher: The physio who became a manager".
- ^ "Students Conference - Pain can be 'unlearned'". Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. 17 March 2010. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
- The Football League. 9 September 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2009.