Full name Richard Parsons Name Richie Parsons Role Football player | Years Team Height 1.76 m | |
Date of birth (1970-05-05) 5 May 1970 (age 45) Place of birth Dublin, Republic of Ireland | ||
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Richie Parsons was an Irish football player during the 1990s and 2000s and is one of only 42 players to score 99 goals, the other 41 went on to score 100 goals.
He made a scoring debut for Bray against Shamrock Rovers in the Leinster Senior Cup on 24 August 1988
His first of 99 league goals came on the opening day of the 1989–90 League of Ireland First Division season at Monaghan. Parsons made 2 substitute appearances against Trabzonspor in the 1990–91 European Cup Winners' Cup.
On 20 March 1994 Parsons scored 4 for Longford Town against St James's Gate F.C.
The 1995-96 League of Ireland season was a rewarding one for Parsons and Bray. On the opening night Wanderers hammered Monaghan United 5–1 at Gortakeegan with Parsons scoring the very first league hat trick for a Bray Wanderers player.
He scored a total of 55 goals in his 3 spells at the Carlisle Grounds.