Phil Parkes
| Phil Parkes | ||
 Phil Parkes in September 2010
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| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | Philip Parkes | |
| birthday | August 8, 1950 | |
| place of birth | Sedgley , England | |
| size | 1.92 m | |
| position | goalkeeper | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1968-1970 | Walsall FC | 52 (0) |
| 1970-1979 | Queens Park Rangers | 344 (0) |
| 1979-1990 | West Ham United | 344 (0) |
| 1990-1991 | Ipswich Town | 3 (0) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1972 | England U-23 | 1 (0) |
| 1974 | England | 1 (0) |
| 1978 | England U-21 | 1 (0) |
| 1979 | England B | 1 (0) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Philip Benjamin Neil Frederick Parkes "Phil" Parkes (born August 8, 1950 in Sedgley ) is a former English football player on the position of goalkeeper . He was considered one of the best goalkeepers in the history of his longtime clubs Queens Park Rangers and West Ham United .
Life
Walsall FC
Parkes received his first professional contract in 1968 with the then third division club FC Walsall , for which he completed a total of 52 games.
Queens Park Rangers
In 1970 he moved to Queens Park Rangers , who were playing in the second division at the time, for £ 15,000 . In the 1972/73 season Parkes was one of the success guarantees of his team, which won the runner-up behind Burnley FC and made it to the top division . Three years later he was one of the most successful team in the history of the Rangers, who in the 1975/76 season were the only time English runner-up behind Liverpool FC . In the following 1976/77 season, the Rangers advanced to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup , where they failed despite a 3-0 home win against AEK Athens because the second leg in Athens was lost with the same result and QPR in the subsequent penalty shoot-out with 6 : 7 defeated.
At the end of the 1977/78 season , QPR was able to avoid relegation due to a point scored over London rivals West Ham United , but rose in the following 1978/79 season .
West Ham United
After the relegation of the Rangers, Parkes moved within the second division for the then record transfer fee for a goalkeeper of £ 565,000, - to last year's relegated West Ham. In his first season with the Hammers, Parkes won the FA Cup by beating London rivals Arsenal 1-0 in the final , while only finishing seventh in the second division . But West Ham won the second division championship in the following season with a convincing record of 66-18 points, lost only four games and in the end had 13 points more than the runner-up Notts County . The biggest success with the Hammers in the league was a third place at the end of the first division season 1985/86 . Just three years later, however, Parkes experienced his greatest disappointment with the Hammers and rose with them at the end of the 1988/89 season in the second division.
Ipswich Town
In 1990 Parkes moved to Ipswich Town FC , for which he only played three games and soon after moved to management.
National team
On April 3, 1974, Parkes came in a friendly against Portugal (0-0) for his only international appearance . Despite being one of the best English goalkeepers of his time, he was unlucky that Ray Clemence and Peter Shilton were always preferred.
successes
- FA Cup winner : 1979/80
- Master of the Football League Second Division : 1980-81
Individual evidence
literature
- Gordon Macey: Queen's Park Rangers - The complete record (breedon books Publishing, Derby 2009), p. 230 ISBN 978-1-85983-714-6
Web links
- Phil Parkes in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
- Interview: West Ham legend Phil Parkes (article from March 5, 2010)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Parkes, Phil |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Parkes, Philip Benjamin Neil Frederick (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 8, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sedgley , England |