Richie Parsons

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Richie Parsons
Personal information
Full name Richard Parsons
Date of birth (1970-05-05) 5 May 1970 (age 53)
Place of birth Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1988–1991 Bray Wanderers 42 (9)
1991–1992 Athlone Town 24 (2)
1992–1993 Longford Town 19 (15)
1992–1993 Monaghan United 3 (0)
1993–1994 Longford Town 25 (11)
1994–1995 Finn Harps 21 (7)
1995–1999 Bray Wanderers 100 (36)
1999–2000 Longford Town 34 (13)
2000–2001 Athlone Town 4 (0)
2000–2001 Home Farm 26 (7)
2001–2002 Bray Wanderers 1 (0)
Total299(100)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Richie Parsons is an Irish former football player during the 1990s and 2000s and is one of only 42 players to score 100 goals. [1]

He made a scoring debut for Bray against Shamrock Rovers in the Leinster Senior Cup on 24 August 1988 [2] His first of 100 league goals came on the opening day of the 1989–90 League of Ireland First Division season at Monaghan. Parsons made 2 substitute appearances against Trabzonspor in the 1990–91 European Cup Winners' Cup.

On 20 March 1994 Parsons scored 4 for Longford Town against St James's Gate F.C. [3] The 1995-96 League of Ireland season was a rewarding one for Parsons and Bray. On the opening night Wanderers hammered Monaghan United 5–1 at Gortakeegan with Parsons scoring the very first league hat trick for a Bray Wanderers player. [4] He scored a total of 55 goals in his 3 spells at the Carlisle Grounds.

Honours

F.A.I.CUP 1990 F.A.I.CUP 1999 Leinster Senior Cup Athlone Town 1992

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References

  1. ↑ Ireland – List of Topscorers. Rsssf.com (24 December 2012). Retrieved on 28 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "The Irish Times - Thursday, August 25, 1988 - Page 3".
  3. ↑ [ dead link ]
  4. ↑ Bray Wanderers Afc. Braywanderers.com. Retrieved on 28 October 2013.


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