Phil Parkes (footballer, born 1950)
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Philip Benjamin Neil Frederick Parkes | ||
Date of birth | 8 August 1950 | ||
Place of birth | Sedgley, England | ||
Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1968–1970 | Walsall | 52 | (0) |
1970–1979 | Queens Park Rangers | 344 | (0) |
1979–1990 | West Ham United | 344 | (0) |
1990–1991 | Ipswich Town | 3 | (0) |
Total | 743 | (0) | |
International career | |||
1972–1975 |
England U23[2] | 6 | (0) |
1974 | England | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Philip Benjamin Neil Frederick Parkes (born 8 August 1950, Sedgley, Staffordshire, England) is a former football goalkeeper.
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Early life
Phil Parkes grew up in Monument Lane, Sedgley, and was a pupil at nearby Dormston School.
Football career
Beginning his football career at
Parkes was part of the QPR team that reached the last eight of the FA Cup in 1974 and were League runners-up to Liverpool in 1976. His club career at QPR spanned 344 league appearances (406 in all competitions). He gained his only England cap during this period, against Portugal in 1974.[3]
Parkes was sold to
Parkes appeared as himself in
Although Parkes collected just one major trophy during his long playing career, his time at
Parkes is the only footballer ever to have played in excess of 300 matches for two different English league clubs.[4]
In 1990, just before his 40th birthday, he left the Hammers on a free transfer after 11 years and was signed by
before finally retiring as a player and moved into coaching.In 2003, an official
Parkes had great ability, and was unfortunate to only ever win one England cap. He would have won a second soon after his first as, during a game against Wales in 1976, the manager Don Revie said Parkes would play the second half, but at half-time with the score still at 0–0 Revie decided to keep Ray Clemence on. After the game, Parkes went home and said to his wife he would never make himself available for England again.
Honours
West Ham United
Individual
- PFA Team of the Year: 1979–80 Second Division,[5] 1980–81 Second Division[5]
- West Ham United Hammer of the Year: 1980–81[6]
Personal life
In 2014, Parkes received treatment for
References
- ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
- ^ Courtney, Barrie (27 March 2004). "England - U-23 International Results- Details". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
- ^ "englandstats.com | 478 - Portugal 0-0 England, Wednesday, 3rd April 1974". Englandstats.com. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Edgar, Bill. "The game in numbers: Seven-goal thrillers and Bundesliga blunders". The Times.
- ^ a b Lynch. The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes. p. 143.
- ^ "Awards". West Ham United F.C. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ^ "Parkes on road to recovery". West Ham United F.C. 3 June 2014. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014.
External links
- Phil Parkes at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database