Philip John Parkinson (born 1 December 1967) is an English professional football manager and former midfielder. He is the currently manager of EFL Championship club 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 six 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, League One in 2024 and the Championship in 2025. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article TacticsPlayersComments (0)Country coaches Post your comment herePost Comment --- Today Top Games --- Atlas - Puebla Cameroon - Morocco Club Tijuana - América Eintracht Frankfurt - Borussia Dortmund Getafe - Real Sociedad NEC Nijmegen - FC Utrecht Preston North End - Wigan Athletic Ross County - Partick Thistle Wrexham - Nottingham Forest --- Tomorrow Top Games --- 1. FC Union Berlin - 1. FSV Mainz 05 Accrington Stanley - Barnet FC Algeria - Nigeria Atalanta - Torino Atromitos - Olympiacos CFP AZ Alkmaar - FC Volendam Bayer Leverkusen - VfB Stuttgart Bristol City - Watford Burnley - Millwall Cambridge United - Birmingham City Celtic FC - Dundee United FC Charlton Athletic - Chelsea Cheltenham Town - Leicester City Chivas Guadalajara - Pachuca Deportivo Cali - Once Caldas Doncaster Rovers - Southampton Egypt - Ivory Coast Everton - Sunderland FC Groningen - NAC Breda FC St. Pauli - RB Leipzig Fulham - Middlesbrough Hibernian FC - Motherwell FC Independiente - Alianza Lima Ipswich Town - Blackpool Leyton Orient - Cardiff City Livingston FC - Kilmarnock FC Luton Town - Stevenage Macclesfield FC - Crystal Palace Manchester City - Exeter City Mansfield Town - Reading Monterrey - Toluca Newcastle United - Bournemouth Oldham Athletic - Notts County Panetolikos - PAOK Perth Glory - Central Coast Mariners PSV Eindhoven - Excelsior Rotterdam Racing de Santander - Real Zaragoza Real Oviedo - Real Betis Roma - Sassuolo Santos Laguna - Necaxa SC Freiburg - Hamburger SV Sheffield Wednesday - Brentford St Mirren - Falkirk FC Stoke City - Coventry City Tottenham Hotspur - Aston Villa Twente Enschede - PEC Zwolle Udinese - Pisa Valencia - Elche CF Villarreal - Deportivo Alaves Werder Bremen - TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Wolverhampton Wanderers - Shrewsbury Town --- Recent games --- England - FA Premier LeagueEngland - The ChampionshipFrance - Ligue 2Italy - Serie AItaly - Serie CSaudi Arabia - Saudi Pro LeagueScotland - Scottish PremiershipWales - Welsh Premier League------ - Africa Cup of Nations------ - Club Friendlies select match 06-Jan --- West Ham 1:2 Not.Forest07-Jan --- Bournemth 3:2 Tottenham07-Jan --- Fulham 2:1 Chelsea07-Jan --- Everton 1:1 Wolves07-Jan --- Man.City 1:1 Brighton07-Jan --- C Palace 0:0 A.Villa07-Jan --- Brentford 3:0 Sunderland07-Jan --- Newcastle 4:3 Leeds07-Jan --- Burnley 2:2 Man.Utd08-Jan --- Arsenal 0:0 Liverpool select match 05-Jan --- Leicester 2:1 West Brom select match 05-Jan --- Montpelr 1:3 Dunkerque select match 06-Jan --- Pisa 0:3 Como06-Jan --- Lecce 0:2 Roma06-Jan --- Sassuolo 0:3 Juventus07-Jan --- Napoli 2:2 H.Verona07-Jan --- Bologna 0:2 Atalanta07-Jan --- Lazio 2:2 Fiorentina07-Jan --- Torino 1:2 Udinese07-Jan --- Parma 0:2 Inter select match 05-Jan --- Triestina 1:2 Alcione05-Jan --- Benevento 2:1 Crotone05-Jan --- Cosenza 0:2 Monopoli05-Jan --- Altamura 0:2 Casertana select match 08-Jan --- Al-Hilal 3:0 Al Hazm08-Jan --- Al-Nassr 1:2 Qadsiah08-Jan --- Al-Najma 3:4 Ettifaq select match 06-Jan --- Rangers 2:0 Aberdeen select match 06-Jan --- TNS 2:1 Bala Town select match 05-Jan --- Egypt 3:1 Benin05-Jan --- Nigeria 4:0 Mozambique06-Jan --- Algeria 1:0 DR Congo06-Jan --- Ivory C. 3:0 Burkina F select match 06-Jan --- Salzburg 0:5 Bayern Stories Potential Bruno Fernandes exit Celebrate the World Cup 2026 EPL promoted clubs Club World Cup Qualification A-League 2025 ending Transfer talk Liverpool 2025 Season Liverpool Influence in the Champions League Sports-Themed Online Games