Stuart Parker is an English former professional footballer.

Parker began his career with Blackpool

Blackpool F.C.

Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the...

 in 1972, making his debut under Bob Stokoe

Bob Stokoe

Robert "Bob" Stokoe was an English footballer and manager who was able, almost uniquely, to transcend the traditional north-east rivalry between the region's footballing giants, Newcastle United and Sunderland....

 as a substitute in a 1–1 draw with Orient

Leyton Orient F.C.

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 at Bloomfield Road

Bloomfield Road

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 on 16 September. He made two more appearances, both starts, during the remainder of the 1972–73 season.

He sat out the entirety of the domestic season of 1973–74, but appeared for the club in the "Caligaris" International (under-21) Tournament in northern Italy during the summer. He scored two goals in the final, against Napoli

S.S.C. Napoli

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, as Blackpool became the first English club to win the tournament.

Parker made thirteen league appearances (eight starts, five substitute) in 1974–75. He scored his first goal for the club on 24 September, in a 4–0 home victory over Cardiff City

Cardiff City F.C.

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. He scored his only other goal for the Tangerines in the very next game, four days later, a 3–1 win at Bristol Rovers

Bristol Rovers F.C.

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. His final appearance for the club occurred in a 4–0 defeat at Manchester United

Manchester United F.C.

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 in the final game of the season, on 26 April.

As a manager

• AFC Blackpool
  • North West Counties Football League First Division Champions - 2010-11
    2010–11 North West Counties Football League
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