Phil Parkinson | ||
Personal information | ||
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Full name | Philip John Parkinson | |
Date of birth | 1 December 1967 | |
Place of birth | Chorley, Lancashire, England | |
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |
Playing position | Midfielder | |
Club information | ||
Current club | Charlton Athletic (manager) | |
Youth career | ||
Southampton | ||
Senior career1 | ||
Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
1985–1988 1988–1992 1992–2003 |
Southampton Bury Reading |
145 (5) 361 (20) |
0 (0)
Teams managed | ||
2003–2006 2006 2008– |
Colchester United Hull City Charlton Athletic |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
Philip John "Phil" Parkinson (born 1 December 1967) is an English football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of Charlton Athletic.
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Playing career
Parkinson, a former Southampton trainee,[1] made his Football League debut in 1988 with Bury, and later joined Reading for £37,500 in 1992. He soon became a favourite with the fans and still is today thanks to his committed, all-action style of play in the centre of midfield.
Reading
A fearsome tackler who always led by example, he was named player of the season two years in a row (1997–98 and 1998–99) and was also a key member of the 1993–94 Football League Second Division championship-winning team. He captained the team to promotion from the Second Division in 2001–02 and soon after promotion success, Phil celebrated his testimonial year with a memorable night at Madejski Stadium, where 20,000 fans watched former Reading team-mates such as Shaka Hislop, Michael Gilkes and Jeff Hopkins take on an England XI including the likes of Paul Gascoigne, John Barnes and Chris Waddle.
Although Parkinson rarely featured on the field in his final season as Reading returned to the First Division, he remained a hugely respected member of the squad until his departure to Layer Road.
In a vote to compile the Royals' best-ever eleven, Parkinson was voted the best central midfielder with 60.3% of the vote.[2] Parkinson is still sung about in the terraces today (his song, "Five Parkinsons", is sung every Christmas).
Management career
Colchester United
Parkinson left Reading early in 2003 after 11 seasons to take his first steps into the world of management with Colchester United. Despite showing promising signs as he steered the U's to safety upon arrival in February 2003, the 2003–04 season started poorly as Colchester slipped to three straight league defeats, only softened by a victory in the League Cup. The U's' supremo, however, continued to motivate as they surged up the table, looking like play-off contenders at one stage. They may have slipped down towards the end of the season, but a strong FA Cup run, LDV run and a good finish left optimism for U's supporters.
The 2005–06 season saw them finish in 2nd place, thereby gaining an unlikely promotion to the Championship – despite having the lowest average attendance of the division. However, he resigned in June 2006 with a year left to run on his contract.[3]
Hull City
Parkinson was confirmed as the new manager of Hull City in late June 2006,[4] following the departure of Peter Taylor. Hull agreed to pay Colchester £400,000 compensation. However, when he led Hull against his old club, he was embarrassed as his former club romped home 5–1.[5] After another defeat in the next match at home to Southampton 4-2, he left by 'mutual consent' in early December, leaving Hull in the relegation zone.[6]
Charlton Athletic
Parkinson then joined Charlton Athletic in January 2007 as assistant manager to Alan Pardew, having previously worked together at Reading. He was close to a return to management with Huddersfield Town in April 2007, but made a last minute decision to remain with Charlton.[7] Parkinson later extended his contract with Charlton until 2010.[8] Following Alan Pardew's departure in November 2008, he was appointed caretaker manager[9] and given the job permanently on New Year's Eve 2008 despite failing to win any of his eight matches in caretaker charge.[10] Under his management, Charlton were relegated to the third tier of English football for the first time in nearly 30 years. In League One, Charlton started off very well winning their first six league matches, but that run was brought to an end after a 1-1 draw at home to Southampton, Parkinson's ex manager Alan Pardew's side. Charlton continued to do well and were in the top two until the new year where Norwich overtook them and they then never returned to the top two, finishing 4th in the league. In the play-offs, they had to play Swindon Town over the two legs and lost the first one 2-1 at the County Ground. But in the second they turned it around and led 2-0 but Swindon fought back and it finished 3-3 on aggregate. Swindon then continued and won on penalties 5-4 to condemn Phil and his men to another season in League One.
Honours
As a Manager
Promotions
- 2005–06: League One Runner Up (promotion to The Championship) - Colchester United
Managerial statistics
Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
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P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
Colchester United | 25 February 2003 | 14 June 2006 | 187 | 79 | 54 | 54 | 42.25 | |
Hull City | 29 June 2006 | 4 December 2006 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 20.83 | |
Charlton Athletic | 22 November 2008 | Present | 83 | 30 | 27 | 26 | 36.14 | |
Total | 294 | 114 | 87 | 93 | 38.78 |
- As of 17 May 2010.
References
- ^ Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (2003). In That Number – A post-war chronicle of Southampton FC. Hagiology. p. 614. ISBN 0-9534474-3-X.
- ^ "Revealed - The Royals' best-ever XI as voted for by fans on this site". readingfc.co.uk. 2005-08-22. http://www.readingfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10306~702820,00.html. Retrieved 2006-06-14.
- ^ "Colchester boss Parkinson resigns". BBC Sport. 2006-06-14. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/colchester_united/5081416.stm. Retrieved 2006-06-14.
- ^ "Parkinson confirmed as Hull boss". BBC Sport. 2006-06-29. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hull_city/5129748.stm. Retrieved 2006-06-29.
- ^ "Colchester 5-1 Hull". BBC Sport. 2006-11-29. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/6183358.stm. Retrieved 2007-04-04.
- ^ "Hull part company with Parkinson". BBC Sport. 2006-12-04. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hull_city/6206666.stm. Retrieved 2006-12-05.
- ^ "Parkinson in Huddersfield U-turn". BBC Sport. 2007-04-04. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/charlton_athletic/6525135.stm. Retrieved 2007-04-04.
- ^ "Parkinson signs new Charlton deal". BBC Sport. 2007-04-10. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/charlton_athletic/6542563.stm. Retrieved 2007-04-10.
- ^ "Pardew and Charlton part company". BBC Sport. 2008-11-22. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/charlton_athletic/7744263.stm. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
- ^ "Parkinson to manage Addicks revival". cafc.co.uk. 2008-12-31. http://cafc.co.uk/newsview.ink?nid=33522. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
External links
- BBC Essex interview on May 6, 2006 on achieving promotion with Colchester United
- Phil Parkinson career stats at Soccerbase
- Phil Parkinson management career stats at Soccerbase
- League Managers Association profile
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