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Ian McParland
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Ian 'Charlie' McParland (born in Edinburgh, Scotland on 4 October 1961) was a former Notts County striker who has recently made the step up into management when he became joint caretaker manager with Frank Barlow at Nottingham Forest. After a new boss, Colin Calderwood was put in place, McParland and Barlow became coaches with the club.
The former striker was with Notts County from 1980 to 1988, and had caught the eye of then Forest manager Brian Clough who wanted to bring him to Forest as a player. It was not to be and after his time at Notts, McParland had spells at Hull City, Walsall, Dunfermline Athletic, Lincoln City, Northampton Town, Instant-Dict (Hong Kong), Eastern AA (Hong Kong), Hamilton Academical and Berwick Rangers.
McParland eventually went to Nottingham Forest as a coach. He has been with Forest for over 10 years and was the reserve team coach for most of that time. When Gary Megson left 'by mutual consent' in February 2006, he was put in temporary charge with Frank Barlow in a joint first team management role.
He and Barlow were named Managers of the Month for March 2006, when they went 10 games unbeaten, with 6 straight wins. McParland just missed out on equalling a club record of 7 straight wins when Forest fell to a 3-2 defeat at the hands of Hartlepool United. Despite Forest narrowly missing out on the League One playoffs, McParland was still the favourite to land the Forest job (with Barlow) on a permanent basis. He equalled a few records as the caretaker manager. After Colin Calderwood was named the permanent successor to Megson, McParland and Barlow became coaches for the Forest first team.
Categories: 1961 births | Living people | Sportspersons from Edinburgh | Scottish footballers | Notts County F.C. players | Hull City A.F.C. players | Walsall F.C. players | Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players | Lincoln City F.C. players | Northampton Town F.C. players | Hamilton Academical F.C. players | Berwick Rangers F.C. players | Instant-Dict players | Nottingham Forest F.C. managers