Gordon Parks (footballer)

Gordon Parks
Personal information
Full name Gordon John Parks
Date of birth (1972-11-09) 9 November 1972
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1990–1992 Dundee United 0 (0)
1992–1997 Clyde 49 (10)
1997 Dumbarton 4 (0)
1997–1998 East Stirlingshire 21 (1)
1998–1999 Queen's Park 20 (1)
2004–2005 East Stirlingshire 9 (0)
2005 Clyde 0 (0)
Total 103 (12)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Gordon John Parks (born 9 November 1972 in Glasgow), is a Scottish sports journalist and a former footballer.

Career

Parks began his career with Dundee United, but failed to make a first team appearance. He joined Clyde in 1992, and after impressing in the Reserve team, he was promoted to the first team for the 1993-94 campaign. He scored 10 goals for the first team in his first two seasons, but he broke his leg in a Scottish League Cup match at the start of the 1995-95 season. Parks was out injured for over a year, and never really recovered fully from his injury. He made two more appearances, before signing for Dumbarton.

Parks only made 4 appearances for Dumbarton, before joining East Stirlingshire. He went on to have a spell with Queen's Park, before dropping out of the senior game to play junior football with Lesmahagow and Dunipace.

During his time playing in the juniors, Parks became a sports journalist, and worked for the Daily Record. In 2004, he returned to former club East Stirlingshire in a combined role as a player and journalist, and would describe the goings on at Firs Park in his weekly column Parks Life. He returned to Clyde in 2005 in the same role, although he never played for the first team.[1] Parks has since returned to journalism, writing for the Daily Record.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Clyde sign 11 players in 24 hours BBC Sport - Retrieved August 28, 2008
  2. ↑ "Ex-player Gordon Parks makes Scottish match-fixing claim". BBC Sport. BBC. 23 August 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2016.

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