Ian John McParland (born 4 October 1961) is a Scottish former professional

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player and manager. He played professionally as a striker with a number of teams and he is most known for his eight-year spell with Notts County, a club he later managed. He now features as a pundit on weekly football talk show 'Team Talk' on

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Playing career

McParland grew up in

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and after leaving an apprenticeship with

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due to homesickness worked for two years in the Lothian

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industry whilst playing for Ormiston Primrose. McParland was with Notts County from 1980 to 1988, then had spells at

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, Dunfermline Athletic, Lincoln City,

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, Instant-Dict (

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(Hong Kong), Hamilton Academical and Berwick Rangers.

Coaching and management

Nottingham Forest

McParland eventually went to

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as a coach. He was with Forest for over 10 years and was the reserve team coach for most of that time. When

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left the club in February 2006, he was put in temporary charge with Frank Barlow in a joint first team management role. He and Barlow were named Managers of the Month for March 2006, when they went 10 games unbeaten, with 6 straight wins, including a 7-1 victory over

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at the City Ground. McParland just missed out on equalling a club record of 7 straight wins when Forest fell to a 3-2 defeat at the hands of Hartlepool United. Despite Forest narrowly missing out on the

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playoffs, McParland was still the favourite to land the Forest job (with Barlow) on a permanent basis. After Colin Calderwood was named the permanent successor to Megson, McParland and Barlow became coaches for the Forest first team.

Notts County

He was announced as the new Notts County manager in October 2007. McParland enjoyed a two-year spell in charge and, despite the appointment of

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as Director of Football, the club decided to retain his services. McParland was sacked on 12 October 2009, however, with the club in fifth place in League Two.

Ipswich Town

He joined

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as part of

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's coaching staff on 27 November 2009. On 7 January 2011 he took over as caretaker manager for the departed Keane, and in his first game suffered a 7–0 defeat to

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side

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. His second and final game in charge was the home leg of the League Cup semi-final against Arsenal on 12 January 2011, which Ipswich won 1-0. He was replaced permanently by

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on 13 January 2011.

Swindon Town

McParland joined

on 3 March 2011 as assistant to Paul Hart who had taken over the manager's role. He left the club in April 2011 following relegation to League Two.

Return to Forest

On 28 February 2013, McParland was appointed the under-21 coach at former club Nottingham Forest, returning to the club after an absence of over five years.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player Individual *

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: 1987–88 Third Division Manager Individual * League One Manager of the Month: March 2006

References

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Career statistics
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