Tim Parkin

Timothy John Parkin (born 31 December 1957) is an English former footballer. A defender, he made 422 league appearances in a 14-year career in the English Football League, and also spent two years playing in Sweden.

He began his career at Blackburn Rovers in 1976 before moving to Swedish club Malmö FF in January 1980. He featured in the final of the Intercontinental Cup, won the Svenska Cupen in 1980, and helped the club to a second-place finish in the Allsvenskan. He returned to England to sign with Bristol Rovers via Almondsbury Greenway in August 1981. Five years later, he moved on to Swindon Town for a £27,500 fee and helped the club to win promotion out of the Third Division via the play-offs in 1987. He was purchased by Port Vale for £60,000 in December 1989, who loaned him out to Shrewsbury Town in October 1991. He joined Darlington on a free transfer in May 1992 and served as the club's co-caretaker manager in October 1993. He signed with non-League side Barrow the next month before retiring due to injury. He later became a police officer.

Career Blackburn Rovers Parkin passed a two-year apprenticeship to win a professional contract at Blackburn Rovers to earn a contract under manager Jim Smith in March 1976. He formed a consistent centre-back partnership with Colin Calderwood, and played 48 games in 1986–87. Manager John Rudge used him only 12 times in the Second Division in 1989–90. Murray could only take the club to one place above the bottom of the English Football League in 1993–94. Parkin departed Feethams and moved on to Barrow of the Northern Premier League in November 1993, where he was made player-assistant manager, before retiring as a player following a broken leg.

Post-retirement After retiring, Parkin was appointed football in the community officer at Middlesbrough. He then joined the Cumbria Constabulary in September 1994.

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1976–77 Second Division

1977–78 Second Division

1978–79 Second Division

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1981–82 Third Division

1982–83 Third Division

1983–84 Third Division

1984–85 Third Division

1985–86 Third Division

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1986–87 Third Division

1987–88 Third Division

1988–89 Third Division

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1989–90 Second Division

1990–91 Second Division

1991–92 Second Division

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Darlington 1992–93 Third Division

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Honours Individual Swindon Town F.C. Player of the Season: 1987–88

Malmö FF Intercontinental Cup runner-up: 1979 Svenska Cupen: 1980

Swindon Town Football League Third Division play-offs: 1987