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Peter James McParland, MBE
MBE

MBE can stand for:* Member of the Order of the British Empire* Mail Boxes Etc.* Master of Bioethics* Master of Bioscience Enterprise* Master of Business and Engineering...
 (b. 25 April 1934, Newry
Newry

Newry is the fourth-largest City status in the United Kingdom in Northern Ireland and eighth on the island of Ireland. The River Clanrye, which runs through the city, forms the historic border between County Armagh and County Down: Newry was included entirely in the latter by the Local Government Act 1898....
, County Down
County Down

County Down is one of the nine Counties of Ireland that form the province of Ulster and one of six counties that form Northern Ireland. The county forms an area of ....
, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland

conventional_long_name = Northern Ireland|native_name= Tuaisceart ?ireannNorlin Airlann|motto =|image_map = Europe location N-IRL2.png...
) is a former professional footballer
Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
.

rland was spotted playing for Dundalk
Dundalk F.C.

Dundalk Football Club is an Republic of Ireland football club based in Dundalk, County Louth. The club currently play in the FAI Premier Division of the FAI League of Ireland....
 in the League of Ireland by Aston Villa
Aston Villa F.C.

Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, who currently play in the Premier League. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897....
 manager George Martin
George Martin (footballer)

George Martin was a football manager and player. During his career he played at Luton Town F.C. in the 1930s, before going into management.In 1947 he was appointed as Newcastle United F.C....
. Martin signed McParland for a fee of £3,880.

During his time with Aston Villa
Aston Villa F.C.

Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, who currently play in the Premier League. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897....
, McParland won the FA Cup
FA Cup

The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a Single-elimination tournament cup competition in Football in England, run by and named after The Football Association....
 in 1957, scoring twice in the final against Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.

Manchester United Football Club is an English association football club, based at Old Trafford in Trafford, Greater Manchester, and is one of the most popular football clubs in the world, with over 330 million supporters worldwide ? almost 5% of the world's population....
 but also becoming involved in a controversial incident in which he shoulder charged (at the time a legitimate form of challenge) the Manchester United keeper after only 6 minutes which left United's goalkeeper, Ray Wood
Ray Wood

Raymond Ernest Wood was a Manchester United F.C. goalkeeper who played in the 1956 and 1957 championship-winning teams. Wood was a very fast player, he had the opportunity to be a professional sprinter but chose to play football, and was very agile, although he frequently had trouble with crosses....
, unconscious with a broken cheekbone.






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Peter James McParland, MBE
MBE

MBE can stand for:* Member of the Order of the British Empire* Mail Boxes Etc.* Master of Bioethics* Master of Bioscience Enterprise* Master of Business and Engineering...
 (b. 25 April 1934, Newry
Newry

Newry is the fourth-largest City status in the United Kingdom in Northern Ireland and eighth on the island of Ireland. The River Clanrye, which runs through the city, forms the historic border between County Armagh and County Down: Newry was included entirely in the latter by the Local Government Act 1898....
, County Down
County Down

County Down is one of the nine Counties of Ireland that form the province of Ulster and one of six counties that form Northern Ireland. The county forms an area of ....
, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland

conventional_long_name = Northern Ireland|native_name= Tuaisceart ?ireannNorlin Airlann|motto =|image_map = Europe location N-IRL2.png...
) is a former professional footballer
Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
.

Playing career


Dundalk & Aston Villa

McParland was spotted playing for Dundalk
Dundalk F.C.

Dundalk Football Club is an Republic of Ireland football club based in Dundalk, County Louth. The club currently play in the FAI Premier Division of the FAI League of Ireland....
 in the League of Ireland by Aston Villa
Aston Villa F.C.

Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, who currently play in the Premier League. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897....
 manager George Martin
George Martin (footballer)

George Martin was a football manager and player. During his career he played at Luton Town F.C. in the 1930s, before going into management.In 1947 he was appointed as Newcastle United F.C....
. Martin signed McParland for a fee of £3,880.

During his time with Aston Villa
Aston Villa F.C.

Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, who currently play in the Premier League. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897....
, McParland won the FA Cup
FA Cup

The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a Single-elimination tournament cup competition in Football in England, run by and named after The Football Association....
 in 1957, scoring twice in the final against Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.

Manchester United Football Club is an English association football club, based at Old Trafford in Trafford, Greater Manchester, and is one of the most popular football clubs in the world, with over 330 million supporters worldwide ? almost 5% of the world's population....
 but also becoming involved in a controversial incident in which he shoulder charged (at the time a legitimate form of challenge) the Manchester United keeper after only 6 minutes which left United's goalkeeper, Ray Wood
Ray Wood

Raymond Ernest Wood was a Manchester United F.C. goalkeeper who played in the 1956 and 1957 championship-winning teams. Wood was a very fast player, he had the opportunity to be a professional sprinter but chose to play football, and was very agile, although he frequently had trouble with crosses....
, unconscious with a broken cheekbone. Wood left the pitch for a period and returned after a while (substitutes had not yet been introduced) but was a virtual passenger in an outfield position for most of the match before returning to goal as United chased the game. He also won the Second Division title in 1960 and the League Cup in 1961 while with Aston Villa
Aston Villa F.C.

Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, who currently play in the Premier League. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897....
.He was coach of AEL LIMASSOL

Wolverhampton Wanderers & Plymouth Argyle

Following Aston Villa
Aston Villa F.C.

Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, who currently play in the Premier League. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897....
, McParland joined local rivals Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.

Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is a professional association football club based in the City of Wolverhampton, in the West Midlands of England....
 in 1962. Although he was only there for one season, he did manage to score 10 goals in 21 games. The following season McParland moved on to Plymouth Argyle, his third and final English league club (although he later turned out for Worcester City in the old Southern League), before hanging up his boots.

McParland played for the Atlanta Chiefs
Atlanta Chiefs

The Atlanta Chiefs were a soccer team based out of Atlanta, Georgia that played in the NPSL I and North American Soccer League from 1967 to 1972....
 of the North American Soccer League
North American Soccer League

North American Soccer League was a professional football league with teams in the United States of America and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984....
 in 1967 and 1968.

Northern Ireland

McParland represented Northern Ireland 34 times and scored twice in his debut against Wales in 1953-54 season.

He also starred for Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland national football team

The Northern Ireland national football team represents Northern Ireland in international football . In such events, the individual countries of the United Kingdom compete separately, but do not participate in the Olympic Games....
 in the 1958 FIFA World Cup
1958 FIFA World Cup

The 1958 FIFA World Cup, the sixth staging of the World Cup, was hosted by Sweden from 8 June to 29 June. Sweden was chosen as FIFA World Cup hosts#1958 FIFA World Cup by FIFA in June 1950....
 in which he scored five goals and helped his team to the quarter-finals. France
France national football team

The France national football team represents the nation of France in international football . It is fielded by the French Football Federation and competes as a member of UEFA....
 defeated Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland national football team

The Northern Ireland national football team represents Northern Ireland in international football . In such events, the individual countries of the United Kingdom compete separately, but do not participate in the Olympic Games....
 4-0 in the quarter-final.

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