Ray Parkin (footballer)

Raymond Parkin (28 January 1911 – 18 July 1971)[1] was an English professional footballer who played at inside right and later in his career at right half. He spent a large part of his career at Arsenal, where he played mainly in the reserves, and also appeared for Middlesbrough, before becoming a regular member of Southampton's Second Division side.

Ray Parkin
Personal information
Full name Raymond Parkin
Date of birth (1911-01-28)28 January 1911
Place of birth Crook, County Durham, England
Date of death 18 July 1971(1971-07-18) (aged 60)
Place of death Market Bosworth, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Position(s) Inside right / Right half
Youth career
Esh Winning
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1926–1928 Newcastle United 0 (0)
1928–1936 Arsenal 25 (11)
1936–1937 Middlesbrough 6 (0)
1937–1939 Southampton 56 (10)
Total 87 (21)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Football career
Ray Parkin signature
Autograph of Ray Parkin

Parkin was born in Crook, County Durham[2] and played his youth football at Esh Winning before joining Newcastle United as an amateur in October 1926.[1]

He made no first-team appearances for Newcastle[2] and moved south to join First Division Arsenal in February 1928.[1] His Arsenal debut came in a 5–1 defeat at Sunderland on 1 January 1929.[3] He was in and out of the side for the rest of the season[4] and scored his first goals for Arsenal when he netted twice in a 7–1 victory over Bury on 30 March, with David Jack scoring four goals.[5] Despite scoring three goals in five matches in his debut season, Parkin made no first-team appearances in the next two seasons, and it was not until September 1931 that he made another Football League appearance.[4] On 30 January 1932, he scored a hat-trick in a 4–0 victory over Manchester City.[6]

Although Parkin remained with Arsenal until January 1936, he only made eleven appearances in his final four seasons, before being transferred to Middlesbrough for a fee of £2,500.[3] He appeared regularly for Arsenal's reserve team, making 232 appearances and winning the Combination League five times.[4] In his eight years at Highbury, he only made 26 first-team appearances, scoring 11 goals.[3]

After nearly two years at Middlesbrough with only six first-team appearances,[2] he moved in September 1937 for a fee of £1,500 to Southampton, where his former Arsenal teammate, Tom Parker, was manager.[1] Parkin scored on his Saints debut, a 3–3 draw with West Ham United on 18 September.[7] He made 13 appearances at inside right, before losing his place to another new signing, Ted Bates in December. Parkin was recalled to the side in February, and remained in the side for the rest of the season, either at inside right or centre forward.[7]

The following season, Parkin was moved to right half to replace Cyril King, retaining his place for the rest of the season.[8] In September 1939, he played twice[9] before the Football League was abandoned for the Second World War.

Honours

Arsenal

  • Football Combination (formerly the London Combination) champions: 1928–29, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1933–34, 1934–35

World War II and after

During the Second World War, "the Board gave permission for Parkin to guest for Holiday Sports". After 1945 he worked in a coalmine not far from Leicester, as an electrician.[10]

References
  1. Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (1992). The Alphabet of the Saints. ACL & Polar Publishing. pp. 266–267. ISBN 0-9514862-3-3.
  2. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 203. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
  3. "Ray Parkin". Player database. Arsenal FC. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  4. "Raymond Parkin". Club matches. 11v11.com. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  5. "Sunderland v Arsenal, 1 January 1929". 11V11.Com. 11v11.com. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  6. "Arsenal v Manchester City, 30 January 1932". 11V11.Com. 11v11.com. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  7. Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan (1987). Saints – A complete record. Breedon Books. p. 99. ISBN 0-907969-22-4.
  8. Saints – A complete record. p. 103.
  9. Saints – A complete record. p. 101.
  10. "Raymond Parkin aka Ray Parkin". saintsplayers.co.uk. Saints Players (Southampton FC_. 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022.

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