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Tom Parkes
Thomas Peter Wilson Parkes (born 15 January 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for National League club Tamworth. He plays mainly a centre-back, he can also be deployed as a left-back.
Born in Sutton-in-Ashfield, he started his career with Leicester City. He had four loan spells with Burton Albion and one each with Yeovil Town and Bristol Rovers. He moved to Bristol Rovers permanently in 2012 where he won two promotions and was named as the club's Player of the Year and was included in the Conference Team of the Year for the 2014–15 season. He left in 2016 for Leyton Orient and then spent two seasons with Carlisle United. He moved to Exeter City in 2019. He spent two years with Exeter and moved to Scottish side Livingston in 2021. After three seasons with Livingston, he returned to England, signing with Hartlepool United in 2024.
Born in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, Parkes started his career at Leicester City where he is a product of their youth academy. Parkes' first involvement with Leicester's first team came when he was named as an unused substitute as Leicester beat Swansea City 2–1 at the Walkers Stadium in the third round of the FA Cup.
On 22 January 2010 Parkes joined Burton Albion on a one-month loan deal to help ease their injury crisis, making his debut the following day, playing the full 90 minutes of Burton's 2–3 come back win away at Torquay United. On 30 January, Parkes agreed to extend his loan at Burton until the end of the 2009–10 season.
On 1 December 2010, Parkes secured a loan move to League One side Yeovil Town until January 2011 Parkes made two appearances for the club the first being a 0–0 draw against Colchester United in a Football League One match. The second was a 4–2 defeat to Hartlepool United in the FA Cup.
On 24 March 2011, Parkes joined Burton Albion on loan for a second time until the end of the 2010–11 season.
Parkes joined Burton Albion on a sixth month loan deal at the start of the 2011–12 season. However this came to a premature end after only three league games after Parkes suffered a broken ankle. He made his return by being named on the bench on 14 January 2012 in a match against Plymouth Argyle.
Following the end of his loan at Burton Albion, Parkes was an unused substitute for Leicester's 2–0 victory over Swindon Town in the fourth round of the FA Cup.[citation needed] A few days later, Parkes joined up with fellow Leicester loanee Cian Bolger, at Bristol Rovers on an initial month-long loan deal. Parkes made his debut against Morecambe on 11 February, re-uniting his academy defensive partnership with Bolger. On 21 April, he was sent off for a dangerous two footed challenge on Port Vale's Chris Shuker; opposition manager Micky Adams defended Parkes, saying that in his experience "the boy is not that type of player".
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Tom Parkes
Thomas Peter Wilson Parkes (born 15 January 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for National League club Tamworth. He plays mainly a centre-back, he can also be deployed as a left-back.
Born in Sutton-in-Ashfield, he started his career with Leicester City. He had four loan spells with Burton Albion and one each with Yeovil Town and Bristol Rovers. He moved to Bristol Rovers permanently in 2012 where he won two promotions and was named as the club's Player of the Year and was included in the Conference Team of the Year for the 2014–15 season. He left in 2016 for Leyton Orient and then spent two seasons with Carlisle United. He moved to Exeter City in 2019. He spent two years with Exeter and moved to Scottish side Livingston in 2021. After three seasons with Livingston, he returned to England, signing with Hartlepool United in 2024.
Born in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, Parkes started his career at Leicester City where he is a product of their youth academy. Parkes' first involvement with Leicester's first team came when he was named as an unused substitute as Leicester beat Swansea City 2–1 at the Walkers Stadium in the third round of the FA Cup.
On 22 January 2010 Parkes joined Burton Albion on a one-month loan deal to help ease their injury crisis, making his debut the following day, playing the full 90 minutes of Burton's 2–3 come back win away at Torquay United. On 30 January, Parkes agreed to extend his loan at Burton until the end of the 2009–10 season.
On 1 December 2010, Parkes secured a loan move to League One side Yeovil Town until January 2011 Parkes made two appearances for the club the first being a 0–0 draw against Colchester United in a Football League One match. The second was a 4–2 defeat to Hartlepool United in the FA Cup.
On 24 March 2011, Parkes joined Burton Albion on loan for a second time until the end of the 2010–11 season.
Parkes joined Burton Albion on a sixth month loan deal at the start of the 2011–12 season. However this came to a premature end after only three league games after Parkes suffered a broken ankle. He made his return by being named on the bench on 14 January 2012 in a match against Plymouth Argyle.
Following the end of his loan at Burton Albion, Parkes was an unused substitute for Leicester's 2–0 victory over Swindon Town in the fourth round of the FA Cup.[citation needed] A few days later, Parkes joined up with fellow Leicester loanee Cian Bolger, at Bristol Rovers on an initial month-long loan deal. Parkes made his debut against Morecambe on 11 February, re-uniting his academy defensive partnership with Bolger. On 21 April, he was sent off for a dangerous two footed challenge on Port Vale's Chris Shuker; opposition manager Micky Adams defended Parkes, saying that in his experience "the boy is not that type of player".
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