Reply With QuoteHi Nuge,
In another life, when you were Graham, where did I take you, Eric, Jonnie Cross and A.N.Other, to that Welsh Cup thingy ????
Was it Bangor ????
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Good interview here, talks about the cardiff dressing room
Malky treated him like poo
https://youtu.be/zAUEU9Uqg6w
Hi Nuge,
In another life, when you were Graham
Was it Bangor ????
I thought it was wrexhamOriginally Posted by BLUETIT
Hi Nuge,
In another life, when you were Graham
Was it Bangor ????
MM certainly had his favs, not sure Jon fitted into MM idea of the modern day athletic footballer
And parkin was fine with that as that was the norm when a new gaffer came in, it was the way malky treated him when he came
Hi Nuge,
In another life, when you were Graham
Was it Bangor ????Na, remember that chippy, where they all spoke with a scouse accent
Definitely a small town/city
I will watch if later, always liked Big Jon, despite his limited capabilities he always gave his all, I like players like that
Well it was 1997/98 season, the inaugural year of the fa premier cup.
Just had a look at fixtures we had Wrexham in the group stage, which is why I think it was quiet for the away fixture.
Then we had them in the final up there and lost.
Agreed.
I got that about him too.
Always seemed to do well against us
He gives a good insight to what the Chopra era dressing room was like
Good listen that.
Comes across a good bloke Parkin. 230 in 600 odd games ain’t too shabby either.
I just bought his book.
Getting delivered tomorrow
Interesting what he said about the dressing room under Jones too.
Kept calling Bothroyd ‘Boothroyd’ too
He wasn't that limited, had good feet for a big bloke and a very good touch, could see a pass as well. Obviously at the level he played at.
Check out his and Chris brown's podcast, most of them are available on YouTube, it's called undr the cosh. I think it's brilliant. Gives a really good insight into what it was like to be a footballer otside the premier League, hugely funny and at times, very sad. Check out the podcast with mark crosslet, you won't be disappointed.Interesting what he said about the dressing room under Jones too.
Kept calling Bothroyd ‘Boothroyd’ too
It's a very good read.
Malky gets thanked "for hating him so much he paid him off"
He did Richard herring’s podcast, well worth a listen. Comes across as a really genuine and down to earth bloke.
I liked Malky at the time but he came across a bit up his own arse.
Hows things croes?
He was great on the deck, really surprised me.
From Wikipedia:
"He made his first-team debut at the age of 17 against Hartlepool United. He almost missed his debut as he had forgotten about the recent rule change increasing the number of substitutes from three to five: as he knew he would not be among the three substitutes likely to be used in the match, he took the afternoon off to eat fish and chips and have sex with a woman he knew"
Scored a brilliant goal on his City debut v Norwich.
Always thought he had a part to play but Malky never took him seriously.
In 2012/13, while Malky Mackay was winning promotion to the Premier League and winning the Championship title, Jon Parkin was finishing mid-table in League Two with Fleetwood.
Perhaps Malky knew best on this occasion.
He was never going to fit in with a Malky side, all about fitness and work rate etc. He was an out and out target man, needed someone alongside him, that's why jones brought him in, as cover for Bothroyd as jones loved his 442. He was quite proven at championship level and i bet he was cheap in comparison to others. He did alright at Preston and played around 25 league games during Stokes promotion to the Premier league.
One goal in eleven Championship appearances for City. Never played in the Championship again following a loan spell at Doncaster in 2011 (five games, no goals), having been sent there by Mackay. I don't know how the manager treated him, but Parkin was 30 when Malky arrived at Cardiff. He was already finished at Championship level.
Yup, pretty much, although he was never prolific at Championship level and i don't think that managers bought him exclusively for his goalscoring ability. What didn't help him was the change to one striker, he was never going to be able to play like that.
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