# Matthew Parsons

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{{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](/source/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](/source/Headline_Publishing_Group)|location=London|isbn=978-0-7553-6356-8|page=461|edition=43rd}}</ref>
| death_date          =
| height              = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}
| position            = [Left-back](/source/Left-back)
| currentclub         = [Faversham Town](/source/Faversham_Town_F.C.)
| clubnumber          = 
| youthyears1         = 
| youthclubs1         = [Crystal Palace](/source/Crystal_Palace_F.C.)
| years1              = 2010–2014
| clubs1              = [Crystal Palace](/source/Crystal_Palace_F.C.)
| caps1               = 6
| goals1              = 0
| years2              = 2011
| clubs2              = → [Barnet](/source/Barnet_F.C.) (loan)
| caps2               = 8
| goals2              = 0
| years3              = 2012
| clubs3              = → [Wycombe Wanderers](/source/Wycombe_Wanderers_F.C.) (loan)
| caps3               = 4
| goals3              = 0
| clubs4              = [Plymouth Argyle](/source/Plymouth_Argyle_F.C.)
| caps4               = 10
| goals4              = 0
| years4              = 2014
| clubs5              = [Boreham Wood](/source/Boreham_Wood_F.C.)
| caps5               = 1
| goals5              = 0
| years5              = 2014
| clubs6              = [Eastbourne Borough](/source/Eastbourne_Borough_F.C.)
| caps6               = 6
| goals6              = 0
| years6              = 2014–2015
| clubs7              = [Maidenhead United](/source/Maidenhead_United_F.C.)
| caps7               = 1
| goals7              = 0
| years7              = 2015
| clubs8              = [Leatherhead](/source/Leatherhead_F.C.)
| caps8               = 1
| goals8              = 0
| years8              = 2015
| clubs9              = [Chatham Town](/source/Chatham_Town_F.C.)
| caps9               = 1
| goals9              = 0
| years9              = 2015
| clubs10              = [Greenwich Borough](/source/Greenwich_Borough_F.C.)
| caps10               = 1
| goals10              = 0
| years10              = 2016
| clubs11             = [Erith & Belvedere](/source/Erith_%26_Belvedere_F.C.)
| caps11              = 18
| goals11             = 4
| years11             = 2017
| clubs12             = [Cray Valley Paper Mills](/source/Cray_Valley_Paper_Mills_F.C.)
| caps12              = 33
| goals12             = 2
| years12             = 2017–2018
| clubs13             = [Cray Wanderers](/source/Cray_Wanderers_F.C.)
| caps13              = 2
| goals13             = 0
| years13             = 2018
| clubs14             = [Chatham Town](/source/Chatham_Town_F.C.)
| caps14              = 32
| goals14             = 0
| years14             = 2018–2019
| clubs15             = [Glebe](/source/Glebe_F.C.)
| caps15              = 32
| goals15             = 2
| years15             = 2019–2020
| years16             = 2020
| clubs16             = [Faversham Town](/source/Faversham_Town_F.C.)
| caps16              = 3
| goals16             = 0
| years17             = 2020
| clubs17             = [Corinthian-Casuals](/source/Corinthian-Casuals_F.C.)
| caps17              = 4
| goals17             = 0
| years18             = 2020–2021
| clubs18             = [Romford](/source/Romford_F.C.)
| caps18              = 1
| goals18             = 0
| years19             = 2021–2022
| clubs19             = [Glebe](/source/Glebe_F.C.)
| caps19              = 0
| goals19             = 0
| years20             = 2022
| clubs20             = [Sheppey United](/source/Sheppey_United_F.C.)
| caps20              = 10
| goals20             = 0
| years21             = 2022–
| clubs21             = [Faversham Town](/source/Faversham_Town_F.C.)
| caps21              = 13
| goals21             = 0
| club-update         = 23:09, 1 February 2023 (UTC)
}}
'''Matthew John Parsons''' (born 25 December 1991) is an English [footballer](/source/association_football) who plays as a [left back](/source/left_back) for [Faversham Town](/source/Faversham_Town_F.C.).<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](/source/Lewisham).{{citation needed|date=January 2014}}

==Playing career==
Parsons graduated from the Crystal Palace Academy to sign his first professional contract with [Crystal Palace](/source/Crystal_Palace_F.C.) 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](/source/Football_League_Cup) [Second Round](/source/2010%E2%80%9311_Football_League_Cup) on 24 August 2010, [replacing](/source/substitute_(association_football)) [Edgar Davids](/source/Edgar_Davids) 82 minutes into their 1–1 draw with [Portsmouth](/source/Portsmouth_F.C.) at [Fratton Park](/source/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](/source/Norwich_City_F.C.) at [Selhurst Park](/source/Selhurst_Park).

He joined [Barnet](/source/Barnet_F.C.) 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](/source/Wycombe_Wanderers_F.C.) 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](/source/Plymouth_Argyle_F.C.) for an undisclosed fee until the end of the [2013–14](/source/2013%E2%80%9314_Football_League_Two) 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>

==References==
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==External links==
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Category:Living people
Category:1991 births
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Men's association football full-backs
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Category:Barnet F.C. players
Category:Eastbourne Borough F.C. players
Category:Wycombe Wanderers F.C. players
Category:Plymouth Argyle F.C. players
Category:Boreham Wood F.C. players
Category:Leatherhead F.C. players
Category:Chatham Town F.C. players
Category:Maidenhead United F.C. players
Category:Greenwich Borough F.C. players
Category:Erith & Belvedere F.C. players
Category:Cray Valley Paper Mills F.C. players
Category:Cray Wanderers F.C. players
Category:Faversham Town F.C. players
Category:Corinthian-Casuals F.C. players
Category:Romford F.C. players
Category:Chislehurst Glebe F.C. players
Category:Sheppey United F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:National League (English football) players
Category:Isthmian League players
Category:Southern Counties East Football League players
Category:Footballers from the London Borough of Lewisham
Category:21st-century English sportsmen

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