Just spoke to my mate who coaches with Scott at Scotts sons team, he's seeing Scott on Sunday so I thought it be nice to do aScott Parker Appreciation thread and get him to give it to Scott on Sunday
Nice idea. I heard today that he is hanging up his boots. Massive thanks to scotty and well done on such an incredible career. Any team in london he didn't play for? Haha. Such a great professional and if our midfield hadn't been so well balanced this season I'm sure we would have seen more of him. I thought he would be pirouetting into his 40's. I think it speaks volumes the reception he got whenever warming up. Hopefully we can keep him at the club in some capacity and I wish super Scott the best whatever he does. A great, great player in his pomp.
In August 2014 I spoke to Scott Parker at the Jenbach Stadium when we played Caykur Rizespor in Austria. Magath was "in charge", Scott who looked immaculate in his suit prior to the match had no idea that he would be playing was great in speaking to us. The problems that developed had obviously started but Scott conducted himself superbly and supported the younger members of the club as a senior player should. I hope the lack of comment from the club about his retirement is only because of the exciting news about Ryan and that he did not want the club to lessen the impact by having two major news comment in one day.
Good luck to Scotty, hopefully he'll go into coaching with Fulham as he understands and likes our club. That is, of course, if he doesn't go into coaching pirouettes with the Royal Ballet 😃
Thank you for all your hard work and great play with Fulham, Scott - you have inspired by your example, especially when we began our Championship campaign with a team of inexperienced youngsters, and have often turned games around single -handedly.
You are a legend with Fulham as you have been for all your other clubs.
Thanks scotty for everything you have done firstly at fulham and football in general you are a great ambassodor for the game.
Hope to see you remain on the coaching side of the club.
So pleased to have seen Scotty play at Fulham , he was always good to watch and did so well for our club but I am also aware that he must have a similar reputation at those other London clubs that he played for. In particular his partnership with Moderic at Spurs was world class.
Just hope his knowledge and attitude can now be put to good use at Fulham in a coaching capacity and that we may hear a lot more about him in the future.
He was one of the perennial Premier League footballers when I was growing up and was always a well respected and top quality footballer. Proud to have had him at my club at the end of his career, I'll always remember his equaliser against Cardiff right after half time then celebrating with the ball boy by the riverside 049:gif
A top quality player with a top quality attitude. Was so good to see him in a Fulham shirt. I hope he is going to be offered a coaching post at the club. Long term he looks to be manager material. Thanks Scott. Good luck to you and your family.
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A true ambassador and role model for football at all levels, wherever he has played and whoever he has played with. You may be hanging up your boots, Scott, but please, please, please stay in the game. Football needs people like you to coach, manage and inspire.
Without him we would be in a dark place now, been a wonderful player and ambassador for our club. I really hope you will be staying at Fulham.
What a playing career he has had. Well done and thank you for everything put in to our team.
Thanks for all you've done and your consistently professional attitude. You've inspired many younger players. Just imagine what a player you'd have been if you used your left leg too! ;-)
Love'd seeing Scotty play for Fulham. He was a massive leader on the pitch and gave the young lads someone to look up to. Players like Scotty will live in my mind with legends like Carles Puyol and McBride. No complaints from legends like these when they played. Just tough, tenacious and always ready to just get on with the game.
Thanks for everything you have done for the club Mr. Scotty Parker :Haynes The Maestro: :wine:
Quote from: love4ffc on June 28, 2017, 08:49:53 PM
Love'd seeing Scotty play for Fulham. He was a massive leader on the pitch and gave the young lads someone to look up to. Players like Scotty will live in my mind with legends like Carles Puyol and McBride. No complaints from legends like these when they played. Just tough, tenacious and always ready to just get on with the game.
Thanks for everything you have done for the club Mr. Scotty Parker :Haynes The Maestro: :wine:
I duplicate all you say about the legend that is Scott Parker.
Quote from: toshes mate on June 28, 2017, 08:23:07 PM
A true ambassador and role model for football at all levels, wherever he has played and whoever he has played with. You may be hanging up your boots, Scott, but please, please, please stay in the game. Football needs people like you to coach, manage and inspire.
What I want to say also, plus thanks for all you have done for Our club and I really hope that you continue in some compacity.
Thanks Scott
Just a few tweets below from players, shows how respected Scotty is in the game.
Good luck in whatever you choose to do , hopefully coaching at Fulham, thanks Scotty. 049:gif
Tom Cairney @ThomasCairney
I wanna wish the best player I've ever played with a happy retirement! 20 year career and done things I can only dream of all the best skip!
Matt Smith @mattjpsmith
One of a kind. They don't make them like this anymore...
Enjoy your retirement mate.
Moussa Dembélé @MDembele_10
It was an honour to have U as a partner, captain & guide at @FulhamFC .An example to follow & a true gentleman.An absolute pleasure 🌟 #ledge
Theres a lot I could say about the guy but I'll say this.
We are a club that has always tried to do things the right way. In some ways, this has maybe held us back at times.
Sadly, the last 5 years have not been our greatest time. However, in all that time, Scott Parker was the one bit of class that stood out when everything around him didn't.
I'm pleased that he retires when we are back on track and he will always be thought of in a very good light in my eyes.
You're know you will be alright if you have a Scott Parker in the club
Worth mentioning the Charlton fans still regard him as Judas
Scott was fantastic as a player throughout his career, and thank goodness he was at Fulham to lead in the dark times under Felix. One of the best for application and leadership. The fact he won the football writers player of the year award in a season when his club (then West Ham) finished 20th says everything about his drive and heart. I really hope he stays at Fulham as a coach. One of the men I'd really like to meet for a pint or if he's teetotal a mint tea.
I hate to post twice in a thread as it means I missed a spot. Call it coincidence that our club captain was unfortunately involved in a downward spiral yet hung about until we started looking up again. Could well be a coincidence but I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't his mission to get us right.
http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/fulham-still-deal-table-scott-13253502
Fulham still have a deal on the table for Scott Parker to continue as a coach at the club, should he wish to do so.
The club and the 36-year-old were in talks after he came to the end of his contract at the club, with the two parties in talks over a new playing deal with some aspects of coaching involved.
However, after the announcement from Parker, where he has announced he is looking forward to new challenges , Fulham are hoping he will sign a coaching deal with the club.
It is well known that Parker has had an interest in continuing in football in some capacity once he retired, and he has previously coached in the academy at Fulham and sat amongst the backroom staff during Peter Grant's caretaker reign of the club, all while completing his UEFA A and B licenses while still playing.
He's embarked on a FA UEFA Pro Licence course, which is mandatory to manage in the Premier League, and was in the same class as Mark Warburton, Jummy Floyd Hasselbaink, Brad Friedel and Phil Neville, graduating in June 2016.
In a statement, Parker said: "I'm now looking forward to the next chapter of my life and career and hope to make an announcement soon with regards to what that will be."
My first game at the Cottage was v Swansea in the 13/14 prem season. We were front row in the Hammersmith end and we saw Parker float in a cross... into the top left hand corner if I remember correctly!
Have been a fan ever since and am now a season ticket holder. Have always admired his dedication, determination and commitment.
Legend.
Cheers Scotty.
A fine player ends a distinguished career.
Scott Parker has proved to be a man of real character and a great asset to our Club in all sorts of ways.
I am particularly impressed by the respect he is held in by the younger players (I suppose that's all of them!)
Typical of the man was the time he paid out of his own pocket the exorbitant fine levied by Magath on two of the lower paid players. Not because he thought that the players in question did not deserve punishment, but because he thought the sum involved (which was, I believe, considerable) was unfair and Magath, to no one's great surprise, refused to reduce it after Parker, as Club Captain, interceded.
Good luck to him in the future.
It would be nice if he might continue with us in a coaching role, but I am sure he doesn't lack offers.
One note of caution would be that he fits exactly the profile of the inspirational midfielder who would seem to be an ideal managerial candidate. So many of this type of player has, in the past, proved to be very disappointing as a manager.
Lasting memory will be the countless images of a goal going in and Scott, mud all down him, exhausted and on his knees looking exacerbated.
One man army 🙂
Daily Express saying that Spuds are in talks with him for a coaching position. I wonder where his heart is?
Quote from: grandad on June 29, 2017, 08:40:02 AM
Daily Express saying that Spuds are in talks with him for a coaching position. I wonder where his heart is?
No offence but this is suppose to be an appreciation thread so it can be printed off and given to Scott.
Can we keep speculation to where his next move is on a different thread?
Cheers
Good idea.
I don't see why any Fulham supporter would have anything but admiration for Scott. He's been a fantastic player throughout his career. For us in what has been a very difficult transition for the club, Scott has been the glue that has lead the team on and off the pitch and that ambassador us fans look to when all players around him are useless or unfamiliar to us.
I would imagine his role last season on the training ground and in the changing room played a big part in our success. The players clearly love him, the manager respects him as do us fans.
Why? Because there isn't enough Scott Parkers in the game and we were lucky to have him. (Even if he did go round in circles a little too often lol)
Good luck Scott, I really hope you stay in some capacity and that we get the chance to thankyou at half time against Norwich.
The other 'F' forum I am a member of is my family forum. We are mostly Fulham but have Arsenal, Chelsea, West ham and Nottingham Forest among our midst. To a person no one has a bad word to say about Mr Scott Parker. Even the two glory hunters Tom (Man U) and Colin (Liverpool) would agree that they have the utmost respect and admiration for him both as a professional footballer and a thoroughly decent human being. If I was lucky enough to have had a son Scott Parker would certainly have been the role model I would have been chosen for him to follow. Of the many things I admire about him I would put top of the list his ability to be so passionate but able to control his emotions when things don't quite go to plan. I wish him nothing but good fortune and hope to see him at some capacity helping Fulham in the future.
