Ian McParland

{{Infobox football biography

| image =

| fullname = Ian John McParland{{Hugman|12900|access-date=5 March 2017}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|10|4|df=y}}

| birth_place = Edinburgh, Scotland

| height = 5 ft 8 in{{cite book |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88 |editor-first=Peter |editor-last=Dunk |publisher=Queen Anne Press |location=London |date=1987 |page=270 |isbn=978-0-356-14354-5}}

| currentclub =

| position = Striker

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Sunderland

| years1 = 1979–1980

| years2 = 1980–1989

| years3 = 1989–1991

| years4 = 1991

| years5 = 1991–1992

| years6 = 1992

| years7 = 1992

| years8 = 1992–1993

| years9 = 1993–1994

| years10 = 1994–1995

| years11 = 1995

| years12 = 1995

| years13 = 1995–1996

| years14 = 1996

| years15 = 1996–1997

| clubs1 = Ormiston Primrose

| clubs2 = Notts County

| clubs3 = Hull City

| clubs4 = → Walsall (loan)

| clubs5 = Dunfermline Athletic

| clubs6 = Lincoln City

| clubs7 = → Sliema Wanderers (loan)

| clubs8 = Northampton Town

| clubs9 = Instant-Dict

| clubs10 = Eastern AA

| clubs11 = Hamilton Academical

| clubs12 = Kettering Town

| clubs13 = Cliftonville

| clubs14 = Dagenham & Redbridge

| clubs15 = Berwick Rangers

| caps1 =

| caps2 = 221

| caps3 = 47

| caps4 = 11

| caps5 = 16

| caps6 = 4

| caps7 = 1

| caps8 = 11

| caps9 =

| caps10 =

| caps11 = 1

| caps12 = 3

| caps13 = 6

| caps14 = 1

| caps15 = 9

| goals1 =

| goals2 = 69

| goals3 = 7

| goals4 = 6

| goals5 = 2

| goals6 = 0

| goals7 = 1

| goals8 = 3

| goals9 = 18

| goals10 =

| goals11 = 0

| goals12 = 0

| goals13 = 1

| goals14 = 0

| goals15 = 1

| totalcaps = 320

| totalgoals = 88

| manageryears1 = 2006

| manageryears2 = 2007–2009

| manageryears3 = 2009–2011

| manageryears4 = 2011

| manageryears5 = 2011

| managerclubs1 = Nottingham Forest (joint caretaker)

| managerclubs2 = Notts County

| managerclubs3 = Ipswich Town (assistant manager)

| managerclubs4 = Ipswich Town (caretaker)

| managerclubs5 = Swindon Town (assistant manager)

| manageryears6 = 2013–2014

| managerclubs6 = Nottingham Forest (youth coach)

| manageryears7 = 2015

| managerclubs7 = Sogndal (assistant manager)

}}

Ian John McParland (born 4 October 1961) is a Scottish former professional football player and manager. He played professionally as a striker with a number of teams and he is most known for his eight-year spell with Notts County, a club he later managed. He now features as a pundit on weekly football talk show 'Team Talk' on Notts TV.

Playing career

McParland grew up in Tranent, East Lothian and after leaving an apprenticeship with Sunderland due to homesickness worked for two years in the Lothian coal mining industry whilst playing for Ormiston Primrose.{{cite web

|url=http://sport.scotsman.com/english/McParland-taking-care-with-role.2767793.jp

|title=McParland taking care with role as part of double act

|date=16 April 2006

|publisher=Scotland on Sunday

|access-date=23 April 2010}} McParland was with Notts County from 1980 to 1988, then had spells at Hull City, Walsall, Dunfermline Athletic, Lincoln City, Northampton Town, Instant-Dict (Hong Kong), Eastern AA (Hong Kong), Hamilton Academical and Berwick Rangers.

Coaching and management

=Nottingham Forest=

McParland eventually went to Nottingham Forest as a coach. He was with Forest for over 10 years and was the reserve team coach for most of that time. When Gary Megson left the club in February 2006, he was put in temporary charge with Frank Barlow in a joint first team management role.

He and Barlow were named Managers of the Month for March 2006, when they went 10 games unbeaten, with 6 straight wins, including a 7–1 victory over Swindon Town at the City Ground. McParland just missed out on equalling a club record of 7 straight wins when Forest fell to a 3–2 defeat at the hands of Hartlepool United. Despite Forest narrowly missing out on the League One playoffs, McParland was still the favourite to land the Forest job (with Barlow) on a permanent basis. After Colin Calderwood was named the permanent successor to Megson, McParland and Barlow became coaches for the Forest first team.

=Notts County=

He was announced as the new Notts County manager in October 2007. McParland enjoyed a two-year spell in charge and, despite the appointment of Sven-Göran Eriksson as Director of Football, the club decided to retain his services. McParland was sacked on 12 October 2009,{{cite news | title = McParland loses Notts County job | work = BBC Sport | url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/n/notts_county/8303078.stm | date=12 October 2009 | access-date=4 May 2010}} however, with the club in fifth place in League Two.

=Ipswich Town=

He joined Ipswich as part of Roy Keane's coaching staff on 27 November 2009. On 7 January 2011 he took over as caretaker manager for the departed Keane,{{cite news | title = Charlie Takes Charge| work = Ipswich Town official website | url =http://www.itfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10272~2260627,00.html | date=7 January 2011| access-date=8 March 2011}} and in his first game suffered a 7–0 defeat to Premier League side Chelsea. His second and final game in charge was the home leg of the League Cup semi-final against Arsenal on 12 January 2011, which Ipswich won 1–0. He was replaced permanently by Paul Jewell on 13 January 2011.

=Swindon Town=

McParland joined Swindon Town on 3 March 2011{{cite news | title = Ian McParland joins Swindon Town | work = Swindon Town official website | url = http://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10341~2306979,00.html | date = 3 March 2011 | access-date = 8 March 2011 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110305223045/http://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10341~2306979%2C00.html | archive-date = 5 March 2011 | df = dmy-all }} as assistant to Paul Hart who had taken over the manager's role. He left the club in April 2011 following relegation to League Two.

=Return to Forest=

On 28 February 2013, McParland was appointed the under-21 coach at former club Nottingham Forest, returning to the club after an absence of over five years.[http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11727/8529594/Ian-McParland-returns-to-Nottingham-Forest-as-Under-21-coach Sky Sports: Ian McParland returns to Nottingham Forest] He was relieved of his position after Billy Davies was fired from Nottingham Forest. In August 2014 he was contacted by Norwegian club Sogndal to become assistant manager under former Leeds player Eirik Bakke. McParland assumed the position ahead of the 2015 1. divisjon campaign, but missed his family, resigned after only three months and returned to England.{{cite news|url=https://www.nrk.no/vestland/fra-nottingham-forest-til-sogndal-for-a-rykke-opp-1.12132163|title=Frå Nottingham Forest til Sogndal for å rykke opp|date=5 January 2015|language=nn|publisher=NRK|access-date=11 May 2024}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nrk.no/vestland/sogndal-trenar-sluttar-pa-dagen-1.12275656|title=Sogndal-trenar sluttar på dagen|date=23 March 2015|language=nn|publisher=NRK|access-date=11 May 2024}}

Managerial statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
rowspan="2" \| Team ! rowspan="2" \| Nat ! rowspan="2" \| From ! rowspan="2" \| To ! colspan="5" \| Record
G ! W ! D ! L ! Win %
style="text-align: left" \| Nottingham Forest \| {{flagicon\|England}} \| style="text-align: left" \| 17 Feb 2006 \| style="text-align: left" \| 30 May 2006 \| 13 \| 8 \| 4 \| 1 \| 61.50
style="text-align: left" \| Notts County \| {{flagicon\|England}} \| style="text-align: left" \| 18 October 2007 \| style="text-align: left" \| 12 October 2009 \| 103 \| 28 \| 31 \| 44 \| 27.18
style="text-align: left" \| Ipswich Town \| {{flagicon\|England}} \| style="text-align: left" \| 7 January 2011 \| style="text-align: left" \| 12 January 2011 \| 2 \| 1 \| 0 \| 1 \| 50.00

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"

rowspan="2" | Team

! rowspan="2" | Nat

! rowspan="2" | From

! rowspan="2" | To

! colspan="5" | Record

! W

! D

! L

! Win %

style="text-align: left" | Nottingham Forest

| {{flagicon|England}}

| style="text-align: left" | 17 Feb 2006

| style="text-align: left" | 30 May 2006

| 13

| 8

| 4

| 1

| 61.50

style="text-align: left" | Notts County

| {{flagicon|England}}

| style="text-align: left" | 18 October 2007

| style="text-align: left" | 12 October 2009

| 103

| 28

| 31

| 44

| 27.18

style="text-align: left" | Ipswich Town

| {{flagicon|England}}

| style="text-align: left" | 7 January 2011

| style="text-align: left" | 12 January 2011

| 2

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 50.00

Honours

Player

Individual

PFA Team of the Year: 1986–87 Third Division,{{cite book |last=Lynch |title=The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes |page=146}} 1987–88 Third Division{{cite book |last=Lynch |title=The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes |page=147}}

Manager

Individual

League One Manager of the Month: March 2006{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/nottm_forest/4861062.stm |title=Forest managers win monthly award |publisher=BBC Sport |date=30 March 2006 |access-date=2 October 2022}}

References

External links

[http://www.oncloudseven.com/mcparland-i.htm Career statistics] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017092952/http://www.oncloudseven.com/mcparland-i.htm |date=17 October 2007 }}

Category:1961 births

Category:Living people

Category:Footballers from Edinburgh

Category:Scottish men's footballers

Category:Notts County F.C. players

Category:Hull City A.F.C. players

Category:Walsall F.C. players

Category:Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players

Category:Lincoln City F.C. players

Category:Sliema Wanderers F.C. players

Category:Northampton Town F.C. players

Category:Hamilton Academical F.C. players