{{short description|English footballer}} {{about||the Australian rugby player|Matt Parsons}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Use British English|date=April 2016}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Matthew Parsons | image = | caption = | fullname = Matthew John Parsons<ref name="Barclays Premier League Squad Numbers 2013/14">{{Cite news |title=Barclays Premier League Squad Numbers 2013/14 |url=http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/news/2013-14/aug/premier-league-squad-numbers-seasons-2013-14.html |publisher=Premier League |date=16 August 2013 |access-date=17 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925003258/http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/news/2013-14/aug/premier-league-squad-numbers-seasons-2013-14.html |archive-date=25 September 2013}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|12|25|df=y}} | birth_place = Catford, England<ref>{{cite book|editor1-first=Glenda|editor1-last=Rollin|editor2-first=Jack|editor2-last=Rollin|title=Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2012–2013|year=2012|publisher=Headline|location=London|isbn=978-0-7553-6356-8|page=461|edition=43rd}}</ref> | death_date = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}} | position = Left-back | currentclub = Faversham Town | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Crystal Palace | years1 = 2010–2014 | clubs1 = Crystal Palace | caps1 = 6 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2011 | clubs2 = → Barnet (loan) | caps2 = 8 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2012 | clubs3 = → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) | caps3 = 4 | goals3 = 0 | clubs4 = Plymouth Argyle | caps4 = 10 | goals4 = 0 | years4 = 2014 | clubs5 = Boreham Wood | caps5 = 1 | goals5 = 0 | years5 = 2014 | clubs6 = Eastbourne Borough | caps6 = 6 | goals6 = 0 | years6 = 2014–2015 | clubs7 = Maidenhead United | caps7 = 1 | goals7 = 0 | years7 = 2015 | clubs8 = Leatherhead | caps8 = 1 | goals8 = 0 | years8 = 2015 | clubs9 = Chatham Town | caps9 = 1 | goals9 = 0 | years9 = 2015 | clubs10 = Greenwich Borough | caps10 = 1 | goals10 = 0 | years10 = 2016 | clubs11 = Erith & Belvedere | caps11 = 18 | goals11 = 4 | years11 = 2017 | clubs12 = Cray Valley Paper Mills | caps12 = 33 | goals12 = 2 | years12 = 2017–2018 | clubs13 = Cray Wanderers | caps13 = 2 | goals13 = 0 | years13 = 2018 | clubs14 = Chatham Town | caps14 = 32 | goals14 = 0 | years14 = 2018–2019 | clubs15 = Glebe | caps15 = 32 | goals15 = 2 | years15 = 2019–2020 | years16 = 2020 | clubs16 = Faversham Town | caps16 = 3 | goals16 = 0 | years17 = 2020 | clubs17 = Corinthian-Casuals | caps17 = 4 | goals17 = 0 | years18 = 2020–2021 | clubs18 = Romford | caps18 = 1 | goals18 = 0 | years19 = 2021–2022 | clubs19 = Glebe | caps19 = 0 | goals19 = 0 | years20 = 2022 | clubs20 = Sheppey United | caps20 = 10 | goals20 = 0 | years21 = 2022– | clubs21 = Faversham Town | caps21 = 13 | goals21 = 0 | club-update = 23:09, 1 February 2023 (UTC) }} '''Matthew John Parsons''' (born 25 December 1991) is an English footballer who plays as a left back for Faversham Town.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dartford's Ali Mansaray joins Sheppey United on loan while Matt Parsons departs the Isthmian League side |url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/sheerness/sport/one-in-one-out-for-sheppey-276248/ |work=Kent Online |date=1 November 2022}}</ref>
==Early life== Parsons attended Sedgehill School, Lewisham.{{citation needed|date=January 2014}}
==Playing career== Parsons graduated from the Crystal Palace Academy to sign his first professional contract with Crystal Palace in April 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cpfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10323~2025106,00.html|title=Parsons Offered Professional Deal|date=15 April 2010|work=cpfc.co.uk|access-date=20 September 2010}}</ref> He made his first team debut in the League Cup Second Round on 24 August 2010, replacing Edgar Davids 82 minutes into their 1–1 draw with Portsmouth at Fratton Park, his team losing 4–3 on penalties.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/8932914.stm|title=Portsmouth 1–1 Crystal Palace|date=24 August 2010|work=BBC Sport|access-date=20 September 2010}}</ref> He made his first league appearance the following January, playing the full game and impressing fans in a goalless draw with Norwich City at Selhurst Park.
He joined Barnet on loan in March 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|date=22 March 2012|publisher=Barnet F.C.|title=LEFT-BACK JOINS ON LOAN|url=http://www.barnetfc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10431~2306203,00.html|access-date=15 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322052253/http://www.barnetfc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10431~2306203,00.html|archive-date=22 March 2012}}</ref>
In the 2011–12 season Parsons went on to play six times in all competitions for Crystal Palace.
On 30 August 2012, he joined Wycombe Wanderers on loan for an initial one month youth loan deal.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Parsons Moves On Loan - News - Crystal Palace FC|url=https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/2012/august/parsons-moves-on-loan/|access-date=15 November 2020|website=www.cpfc.co.uk|language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Parsons pens Wycombe deal|url=https://www.wwfc.com/news/2012/august/parsons-pens-wycombe-deal/|access-date=15 November 2020|publisher=Wycombe Wanderers F.C.|language=en-gb}}</ref>
On 17 January 2014, Parsons joined Plymouth Argyle for an undisclosed fee until the end of the 2013–14 season.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Parsons' Green |url=http://www.pafc.co.uk/news/article/parsons-green-1297953.aspx |work=Plymouth Argyle FC |date=17 January 2014}}</ref>
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