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Brian Parkin (born 12 October 1965) is a former professional
footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...
who played as a
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and works as academy director at
Team Bath TeamBath is the University of Bath's sporting organisation. In addition to entering teams in BUCS intervarsity competitions, TeamBath has also entered teams in national leagues and competitions. Team Bath F.C. reached the first round proper of t ...
. Parkin was born in
Birkenhead Birkenhead (; cy, Penbedw) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England; historically, it was part of Cheshire until 1974. The town is on the Wirral Peninsula, along the south bank of the River Mersey, opposite Liver ...
,
Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county t ...
. He began his career at Oldham Athletic. He was on the books of eight different teams, although he never made an appearance for Brighton & Hove Albion or
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, despite being contracted to them. The bulk of his career was spent at Bristol Rovers, for whom he made 246 appearances in two spells. In his second period at Bristol Rovers he was primarily the goalkeeping
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, but also made a handful of appearances for the first team. After leaving Bristol Rovers, Parkin joined
Team Bath TeamBath is the University of Bath's sporting organisation. In addition to entering teams in BUCS intervarsity competitions, TeamBath has also entered teams in national leagues and competitions. Team Bath F.C. reached the first round proper of t ...
, where he is now the football academy director.


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* 1965 births Living people Footballers from Birkenhead English men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers English Football League players Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players Crewe Alexandra F.C. players Crystal Palace F.C. players Bristol Rovers F.C. players Wycombe Wanderers F.C. players Notts County F.C. players Yeovil Town F.C. players Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players {{England-footy-goalkeeper-stub