Tony Parks

Career Parks was born in Hackney, London, and began his football career with Tottenham Hotspur. While still at Tottenham he had loan spells at fellow First Division club Oxford United and third-tier Gillingham.

Following his departure from Spurs in 1988 he signed for Third Division side Brentford, for whom he played 71 league games. In the 1990–91 season he was loaned to Queens Park Rangers in the First Division and subsequently joined third-tier side Fulham. Spells at West Ham United and Stoke City followed before he started a four-season spell at Scottish side Falkirk. After leaving them in 1996, his career concluded with spells at Blackpool, Burnley, Doncaster Rovers, Barrow, Scarborough and Halifax Town.

In June 2016, Parks was released from his position of goalkeeping coach by Aston Villa. Prior to the 2018–19 season, Parks was employed as Head of Academy Goalkeeping at Watford. However, he left the club in September 2018 to set up "Tony Parks Goalkeeping" offering private coaching and Coach Education.

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Honours Club Tottenham Hotspur; UEFA Cup: 1983–84