Derek Parkin
Derek Parkin ( born January 2, 1946 in Newcastle -upon- Tyne ) is a former English footballer. The full-back and two-time League Cup winner is still the player with the most appearances for Wolverhampton Wanderers - both in terms of the league games and on duty games in general.
Sports career
The most active on the left winger Derek Parkin began his career working at second division Huddersfield Town, where he was in season 1966/67, for regular players. Because of its technical strengths and anticipatory, which was joined by a good positional play, he made a name for himself all the way up into the English upper class, and finally moved in February 1968 for the comparatively high transfer fee of £ 80,000 to the Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Quickly Parkin, who was called ( English for " beep " ) due to its high voice jokingly " Squeak " developed, a fixture at left- side of the " Wolves " and was already beginning in 134 competitive games without interruption at his new club under coach Ronnie Allen in the starting XI. In his fourteen years, ultimately spanning time he graduated in five seasons at least 50 games for the " wolves " - in addition to his general record player status, this is also a record within the club. The first success came on at the beginning of the 1970s, as Parkin and his team first won the 1971 Texaco Cup and a year later the UEFA Cup on the way to the finals, but even just stood in the first three rounds available. For this purpose, the two victories came in the years 1974 and 1980 in the League Cup, which are the only title of the club in this competition today, and fell in the middle of the Erstligabstieg 1976, and the direct re- emergence as second division champions. Parkin, was dedicated to the 1979 in recognition of his many years of service a personal charity match ( " Testimonial Match" ) ( in a time before the player salaries in professional football " exploded ", a common agent, a deserved player to provide a large sum of money available ), left in March 1982 his longtime club there and missed the end of the season 1981/82, which gave the Wolves a further relegation to the second division. After 609 official matches - of which 501 league games - concurred with Parkin Stoke City and " rescued " by this change in the English House of Lords.
The " Potter ", he acted on the side of the later Wolves player Alan Dodd and George Berry followed him shortly thereafter a former teammate of Wolverhampton. After 45 appearances for Stoke City Parkin resigned in May 1983 as an active soccer player. Inserts in the English national team he had left in his career always denied and so his matches were limited to five appearances for the English U-23 Nachwuchself 1969-1971, including some choice games were still came for the English Football League. After his sports career, he launched a " middle-class " career in the field of landscape architecture.
Achievements
- English League Cup Winners: 1974, 1980
- Texaco Cup winner: 1971