Gordon John Parks (born 9 November 1972) is a

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and a former

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Playing career

Parks began his career with Dundee United, but failed to make a first team appearance. He joined Clyde in 1992, and after impressing in the Reserve team, he was promoted to the first team for the 1993-94 campaign. He scored 10 goals for the first team in his first two seasons. He broke his leg in a

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match at the start of the 1995-95 season. Parks was out injured for over a year, and never really recovered fully from his injury. He made two more appearances, before signing for Dumbarton. Parks only made eight appearances for Dumbarton, before joining

East Stirlingshire East Stirlingshire Football Club is a Scotland, Scottish association football club based in the town of Falkirk. The club was founded in 1881 and competes in the , in the fifth tier of the Scottish football league system. The club's origins ca ...

. He went on to have a spell with Queen's Park, before dropping out of the senior game to play junior football with

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and

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. In 2004, he returned to former club East Stirlingshire, before rejoining Clyde in 2005, although he never played for the first team.

Journalism

During his time playing in the juniors, Parks became a sports journalist, and worked for the '' Daily Record''. In a combined role as a player and journalist, he described the goings on at

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in his weekly column ''Parks Life''. Parks has since returned to journalism, writing for the ''Daily Record''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Parks, Gordon Living people 1972 births Footballers from Glasgow Scottish men's footballers Dundee United F.C. players Clyde F.C. players Dumbarton F.C. players East Stirlingshire F.C. players Queen's Park F.C. players Scottish sportswriters Scottish Football League players Dunipace F.C. players Men's association football forwards Scottish Junior Football Association players Lesmahagow F.C. players

Playing career

Journalism

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