Tony Parkes
Personal information
Full name	Anthony Parkes
Date of birth	5 May 1949 (1949-05-05) (age 60)
Place of birth	Sheffield, England
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1969–1970 1970–1982	Buxton Blackburn Rovers	00? 0(?) 350 (38)
Teams managed
1986–1987 1991 1996–1997 1998 1999–2000 2004 2008–2009	Blackburn Rovers (caretaker manager) Blackburn Rovers (caretaker manager) Blackburn Rovers (caretaker manager) Blackburn Rovers (caretaker manager) Blackburn Rovers (caretaker manager) Blackburn Rovers (caretaker manager) Blackpool (caretaker manager)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Anthony "Tony" Parkes (born 5 May 1949) is an English former professional footballer. After retiring, he became a coach. He was most recently caretaker manager at Blackpool. It is the seventh such role of his coaching career, having performed the role on six occasions for Blackburn Rovers.

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Coaching career 3 Statistics 3.1 Manager 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Playing career

Parkes was a midfielder who started his career in non-league football at Buxton in 1969 before moving to Blackburn Rovers in 1970 where he spent the rest of his playing career. He played a total of 350 league games and scored 38 goals for Rovers before retiring in 1982.

[edit] Coaching career

After retiring Parkes stayed with Blackburn, joining their coaching staff under Bobby Saxton, where he became assistant manager. He stood in as caretaker manager for the club six times, taking over from Bobby Saxton (1986-1987), Don Mackay (1991), Ray Harford (1996-1997), Roy Hodgson (1998), Brian Kidd (1999-2000) and Graeme Souness (2004) after their departures. He left Rovers in November 2004, after 34 years at the club, following then-manager Mark Hughes' decision to bring in his own backroom team. Parkes criticised the club after he learned of his sacking from his daughter, who had heard the news on the radio, saying, "Usually Blackburn do it the right way, but they got it wrong. I think I deserve a bit more respect than to have my daughter telling me she's just heard it on the radio."^[1]

Parkes became Blackpool's assistant manager in December 2005, shortly after Simon Grayson was appointed as caretaker manager, and he helped the club win promotion to the the Championship in the 2006-07 season after a successful play-off final against Yeovil Town at Wembley. On 4 March 2008, he signed a new contract, keeping him at Bloomfield Road until 2010.^[2][3]

In December 2008, Parkes was installed as a caretaker manager for the seventh time in his career, after Grayson resigned from his position as Blackpool manager to join Leeds United. Blackpool's first-team coach, Steve Thompson, took over Parkes' role as assistant manager. After his first game in charge, a 1–1 Boxing Day draw against Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough, Parkes revealed that the Blackpool board is willing to give him the job full-time, with Thompson continuing as his assistant, if the team continue to perform as they did under Grayson.^[4] Blackpool finished the 2008–09 season in 16th place in the Championship. The club's board are met in mid-May to discuss his position.^[5] After discussions with the club chairman Karl Oyston — resulting in disagreement over finances — Parkes left Bloomfield Road.^[6]. He is currently out of work and actively pursuing his keen interest in caravanning.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Manager

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As of 3 May 2009.

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Blackburn Rovers (caretaker)		25 October 1996	1 January 1997	30	10	11	9	30.00
Blackburn Rovers (caretaker)		21 November 1998	4 December 1998	2	0	0	2	0.00
Blackburn Rovers (caretaker)		2 November 1999	14 March 2000	26	11	8	7	42.31
Blackburn Rovers (caretaker)		6 September 2004	15 September 2004	1	0	0	1	0.00
Blackpool (caretaker)		23 December 2008	18 May 2009	23	6	9	8	26.09
Total				82	27	28	27	32.93

[edit] See also

• List of one-club men

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Profile at blackpoolfc.co.uk
• Tony Parkes management career stats at Soccerbase

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