Neil Parry

Neil Parry (born 8 November 1985) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Scottish League One club Alloa Athletic and is also the club's goalkeeping coach.

Neil Parry

Personal information
Date of birth	(1985-11-08) 8 November 1985 (age 39)[1]
Place of birth	Rutherglen, Scotland[1]
Height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)[1]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Alloa Athletic (player/GK coach)
Number	21
Youth career
0000–2003	Airdrie Boys Club
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003	Petershill	0	(0)
2003–2005	Stenhousemuir	0	(0)
2005	St Anthony's
2005–2009	Petershill
2009–2011	Arthurlie
2011–2013	Queen's Park	66	(0)
2013–2015	Albion Rovers	67	(0)
2015–2016	Airdrieonians	35	(0)
2016–2021	Alloa Athletic	130	(0)
2021–2024	Clyde	58	(0)
2024–	Alloa Athletic	0	(0)
Managerial career
2024–	Alloa Athletic (GK coach)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 4 May 2024

Parry began his career at Stenhousemuir, before moving on to play for Junior clubs St Anthony's, Petershill and Arthurlie. In 2011 he returned to the Scottish Football League, where he has since played for Queen's Park, Albion Rovers, Airdrieonians, Alloa Athletic and Clyde.

Career

Parry began his career at career with Airdrie Boys Club, the youth team of Airdrie United.^[2] He then played one cup match as an emergency signing for Junior club Petershill before joining Stenhousemuir.^[2]

After leaving Stenhousemuir in 2005, Parry returned to the Juniors, firstly signing for St Anthony's then three months later, Petershill.^[2] In 2009, he moved to Arthurlie.^[2]

In May 2011, Parry returned to the senior leagues signing for Third Division club Queen's Park.^[3]

After two years at Queen's Park, Parry moved to Albion Rovers in May 2013.^[4] In his second season at Cliftonhill, the club won the 2014–15 Scottish League Two title^[5] and Parry was named in the PFA Scotland Scottish League Two Team of the Year.^[6]

On 30 May 2015, Parry signed for Airdrieonians.^[7] He left after only one season as the club "moved towards" full-time status, with Parry among a number of players leaving in order to stay part-time.^[8]

On 12 May 2016, Parry signed for Alloa Athletic.^[9] He combined his football career with a full-time job as a worker in the tax office in East Kilbride.^[10]

Parry left Alloa in August 2021 and signed for Clyde.^[11]

Parry returned to Alloa Athletic in the summer of 2024 as a goalkeeping coach, and was also assigned a number and included in the squad as a player.^[12]

Career statistics

As of match played 30 April 2022

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Scottish Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stenhousemuir	2003–04[13]	Scottish Second Division	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2004–05[14]	Scottish Third Division	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Queen's Park	2011–12[15][16]	Scottish Third Division	34	0	4	0	1	0	1[a]	0	40	0
	2012–13[15][16]		32	0	3	0	3	0	4[b]	0	42	0
	Total		66	0	7	0	4	0	5	0	82	0
Albion Rovers	2013–14[17]	Scottish League Two	32	0	6	0	1	0	1[a]	0	40	0
	2014–15[18]		35	0	4	0	1	0	2[a]	0	42	0
	Total		67	0	10	0	2	0	3	0	82	0
Airdrieonians	2015–16[19]	Scottish League One	35	0	1	0	2	0	1[a]	0	39	0
Alloa Athletic	2016–17[20]	Scottish League One	29	0	2	0	6	0	7[c]	0	44	0
	2017–18[21]		36	0	2	0	1	0	6[d]	0	45	0
	2018–19[22]	Scottish Championship	36	0	2	0	4	0	4[a]	0	46	0
	2019–20[23]		6	0	0	0	2	0	1[a]	0	9	0
	2020–21[24]		23	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	29	0
	2021–22[25]	Scottish League One	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	Total		130	0	7	0	19	0	18	0	174	0
Clyde	2021–22[25]	Scottish League One	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	26	0
Career total			323	0	26	0	27	0	27	0	403	0

1. Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
2. Two appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup and two in the Second Division play-offs
3. Three appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup and four in the Championship play-offs
4. Two appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup and four in the Championship play-offs

Honours

Club

Albion Rovers

• Scottish League Two: 2014–15^[5]

Individual

PFA Scotland Scottish League Two Team of the Year: 2014–15^[6]

PFA Scotland Scottish League One Team of the Year: 2016–17,^[26] 2017–18^[27]