Sonny Parker (footballer)

Sonny Parker (born 28 February 1983) is a former professional footballer who played as a defender in The Football League for Bristol Rovers between 2002 and 2005.

Sonny Parker
Personal information
Date of birth (1983-02-28) 28 February 1983
Place of birth Middlesbrough, England
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
????–2002 Birmingham City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2005 Bristol Rovers 30 (1)
2005 Gateshead 17 (1)
2005–2006 Bishop Auckland 12 (0)
2006 Horden Colliery Welfare ? (?)
Osmotherley Rangers 14 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Parker was a youth team player at Birmingham City, and although he progressed to become a regular in their reserves he never made the jump into the first team squad.[1] He joined Bristol Rovers in December 2002 following his release by Birmingham and he went on to make 30 appearances in the Football League Third Division, scoring once, as well as playing twice in the FA Cup and once in the Football League Cup.[2]

He was released by Rovers in the summer of 2005 and returned to his native North East England to join Gateshead. He played seventeen times and scored once in half a season with them, before moving to Bishop Auckland,[3] where he spent the remainder of the 2005–06 campaign. The following season he joined Horden Colliery Welfare,[4] but after the manager left the club late in 2006 he was released. He now works for his family-run business in Teesside and is a time-served[5] joiner.

References
  1. Chris Barnes (9 September 2004). "Sonny Parker". Bristol Rovers Mad. Footy Mad. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
  2. "Sonny Parker". Soccerbase. Racing Post. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
  3. "Player review 2005–06 – Group 5". Gateshead Football Club. 19 July 2006. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
  4. "Problems mount at troubled Terriers". This is the North East. The Northern Echo. 7 July 2006. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
  5. https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/time-served Definition of time-served
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