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English footballer (born 1965)

Brian Parkin
Personal information
Date of birth (1965-10-12) 12 October 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth Birkenhead, England
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1985 Oldham Athletic 6 (0)
1984 → Crewe Alexandra (loan) 12 (0)
1985–1988 Crewe Alexandra 86 (0)
1987 → Crystal Palace (loan) 0 (0)
1988–1989 Crystal Palace 20 (0)
1989–1996 Bristol Rovers 241 (0)
1996–1998 Wycombe Wanderers 25 (0)
1998 Notts County 1 (0)
1999 Brighton & Hove Albion 0 (0)
1999 Yeovil Town 0 (0)
1999–2001 Bristol Rovers 5 (0)
Total 396 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Brian Parkin (born 12 October 1965) is a former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper and works as academy director at Team Bath.

Parkin was born in Birkenhead, Cheshire. He began his career at Oldham Athletic. He was on the books of eight different teams, although he never made an appearance for Brighton & Hove Albion or Yeovil Town, despite being contracted to them. The bulk of his career was spent at Bristol Rovers, for whom he made 246 appearances in two spells. In his second period at Bristol Rovers he was primarily the goalkeeping coach, but also made a handful of appearances for the first team.

After leaving Bristol Rovers, Parkin joined Team Bath, where he is now the football academy director.

References

  1. "Brian Parkin". University of Bath. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2011.

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