Richie Parsons

Richie Parsons
Personal information
Full name Richard Parsons
Date of birth (1970-05-05) 5 May 1970
Place of birth Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 12 in)
Playing position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (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)
Total 299 (100)

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


Richie Parsons was an Irish football player during the 1990s and 2000s and is one of only 42 players to score 100 league 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

References

  1. Ireland – List of Topscorers. Rsssf.com (24 December 2012). Retrieved on 28 October 2013.
  2. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1988/0825/Pg003.html#Ar00306
  3. Bray Wanderers Afc. Braywanderers.com. Retrieved on 28 October 2013.


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