| Philip John Parkinson (born 1 December 1967) is an English professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is currently manager of EFL League One side Wrexham.
Parkinson acquired a Social Science degree early into his career as a manager and is the only manager to take an English fourth-tier league club to the final of a major cup competition at Wembley Stadium, leading Bradford City of League Two to the 2013 League Cup final. During his career, he has achieved promotion five times: with Colchester to the Championship in 2006, with Bradford to League One in 2013, with Bolton Wanderers to the Championship in 2017, and with Wrexham to League Two in 2023 and League One in 2024. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article |
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46 lineups analysed - Number represent player in starting lineup. Click to show
Lineups not confirmed are not included.
See also Team Substitutions
| Lineups found Starting lineup changes since last game | | | | | | | | | | M1 | 03Aug | | Bristol C | | 2-2 | 4-4-2 | Initial team: McLa'in, Darby, McArdle, Davies, Meredith, Thompson, Ravenhill, Jones, Yeates, Hanson, Wells, | | | M2 | 10Aug | H | Carlisle | | 4-0 | 4-4-2 | In:Doyle,
Out:Ravenhill, | | | M3 | 17Aug | | Port Vale | | 2-1 | 4-4-2 | *** Repeat 11 *** | | | M4 | 24Aug | H | Sheff.Utd | | 2-0 | 4-4-2 | *** Repeat 11 *** | | | M5 | 31Aug | | Stevenage | | 1-1 | 4-4-2 | In:Reid, K,
Out:Yeates, | | | M6 | 07Sep | H | Brentford | | 4-0 | 4-4-2 | In:Oliver,
Out:McArdle, | | | M7 | 14Sep | H | Colchestr | | 2-2 | 4-4-2 | In:McArdle,
Out:Oliver, | | | M8 | 21Sep | | Gillinghm | | 0-1 | 4-4-2 | *** Repeat 11 *** | | | M9 | 28Sep | H | Shrewsbry | | 2-1 | 4-4-2 | In:Oliver,
Out:McArdle, | | | M10 | 05Oct | | Walsall | | 0-2 | 4-2-3-1 | In:McArdle, Yeates,
Out:Oliver, Wells, | | | M11 | 13Oct | H | Tranmere | | 0-1 | 4-2-3-1 | In:Oliver, Kennedy,
Out:Davies, McArdle, | | | M12 | 19Oct | | Crawley | | 1-0 | 4-2-3-1 | In:McArdle, Bates,
Out:Oliver, Kennedy, | | | M13 | 22Oct | | Preston | | 2-2 | 4-4-2 | In:De Vita,
Out:Yeates, | | | M14 | 26Oct | H | Wolves | | 1-2 | 4-4-2 | *** Repeat 11 *** | | | M15 | 02Nov | | Crewe | | 0-0 | 4-4-2 | In:Wells,
Out:Thompson, | | | M16 | 17Nov | H | Coventry | | 3-3 | 4-4-2 | In:Thompson,
Out:De Vita, | | | M17 | 23Nov | | MK Dons | | 2-3 | 4-4-2 | In:Kennedy,
Out:Doyle, | | | M18 | 26Nov | H | Notts Co | | 1-1 | 4-4-2 | *** Repeat 11 *** | | | M19 | 01Dec | | Oldham | | 1-1 | 4-4-2 | In:Doyle,
Out:Kennedy, | | | M20 | 14Dec | H | L Orient | | 1-1 | 4-4-2 | *** Repeat 11 *** | | | M21 | 21Dec | | Peterboro | | 2-1 | 3-4-1-2 | In:Taylor, Yeates,
Out:Reid, K, Hanson, | | | M22 | 26Dec | H | Rotherham | | 0-1 | 4-4-2 | In:McHugh, Reid, K, McBurnie,
Out:McArdle, Taylor, Yeates, | | | M23 | 29Dec | H | Swindon | | 1-1 | 4-4-2 | In:McArdle, Ravenhill, Hanson,
Out:Bates, Doyle, McBurnie, | | | M24 | 01Jan | | Notts Co | | 3-0 | 4-4-2 | In:Bates, Kennedy,
Out:McHugh, Wells, | | | M26 | 11Jan | H | Bristol C | | 1-1 | 4-4-2 | In:McHugh, McBurnie,
Out:Meredith, Kennedy, | | | M27 | 18Jan | | Sheff.Utd | | 2-2 | 4-4-2 | In:Kennedy, McLean,
Out:Ravenhill, McBurnie, | | | M29 | 28Jan | H | Preston | | 0-0 | 4-4-2 | In:Davies, Bennett, Doyle, Reach,
Out:McHugh, Thompson, Kennedy, Reid, K, | | | M30 | 01Feb | | Wolves | | 2-0 | 4-4-2 | In:McHugh, Thompson, Gray,
Out:Davies, Bennett, Hanson, | | | M31 | 08Feb | H | Crewe | | 3-3 | 4-4-2 | In:Davies, Bennett, Dolan, Hanson,
Out:McArdle, Thompson, Doyle, Gray, | | | M25 | 11Feb | | Carlisle | | 1-0 | 4-4-2 | In:McArdle, Thompson,
Out:McHugh, Bennett, | | | M28 | 18Feb | H | Port Vale | | 1-0 | 4-4-2 | In:McHugh, Bennett, Doyle,
Out:Bates, Thompson, Dolan, | | | M33 | 22Feb | H | MK Dons | | 1-0 | 4-4-2 | *** Repeat 11 *** | | | M34 | 01Mar | H | Stevenage | | 2-3 | 4-4-2 | In:Thompson,
Out:Bennett, | | | M35 | 08Mar | | Brentford | | 2-0 | 4-2-3-1 | In:Bates, Bennett, Atkinson,
Out:Davies, Thompson, Hanson, | | | M36 | 11Mar | | Colchestr | | 0-2 | 4-4-2 | In:Davies, Drury, Dolan, Hanson,
Out:Bates, McHugh, Jones, Atkinson, | | | M37 | 15Mar | H | Gillinghm | | 1-1 | 4-4-2 | *** Repeat 11 *** | | | M38 | 22Mar | | Shrewsbry | | 2-1 | 4-4-2 | *** Repeat 11 *** | | | M39 | 25Mar | H | Walsall | | 0-2 | 4-4-2 | In:Jones, Bates, Gray,
Out:Doyle, Dolan, Hanson, | | | M40 | 29Mar | | L Orient | | 0-1 | 4-4-2 | In:Dolan, Stead,
Out:Bates, Gray, | | | M32 | 01Apr | | Coventry | | 0-0 | 4-4-2 | In:McHugh,
Out:Drury, | | | M41 | 05Apr | H | Oldham | | 2-3 | 4-4-2 | In:Drury,
Out:McHugh, | | | M42 | 11Apr | | Rotherham | | 0-0 | 4-2-3-1 | In:Doyle,
Out:McLean, | | | M43 | 18Apr | H | Peterboro | | 1-0 | 4-4-2 | In:De Vita, Hanson,
Out:Dolan, Bennett, | | | M44 | 21Apr | | Swindon | | 1-0 | 4-2-3-1 | In:Bennett,
Out:Hanson, | | | M45 | 26Apr | H | Crawley | | 2-1 | 4-4-2 | In:Yeates, McLean,
Out:Bennett, Reach, | | | M46 | 03May | | Tranmere | | 1-2 | 4-4-2 | In:Thompson,
Out:De Vita, | | | Color References: GK, DF, DM, MF, FW , Unknown Pos |
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