Information: - The Metropolitan Borough of Dudley is a metropolitan borough of West Midlands in England. It was created in 1974 following the Local Government Act 1972, through a merger of the existing Dudley County Borough with the municipal boroughs of Stourbridge and Halesowen. The borough borders Sandwell to the east, the city of Birmingham to the south east, Bromsgrove to the south in Worcestershire, South Staffordshire District to the west, and the city of Wolverhampton to the north. - Philip Benjamin Neil Frederick '' Phil '' Parkes ( born 8 August 1950 , Sedgley , Staffordshire , England ) is a former football goalkeeper . He was a pupil at Dormston School from September 1961 to December 1965 . Beginning his football career at Walsall , turning professional in 1968 , he made nearly 100 appearances in the Black Country before moving to London , signing for Queens Park Rangers for 15,000 in June 1970 . His QPR debut was on Saturday 22 August 1970 in a 3 -- 1 defeat at home to Leicester City . Parkes was part of the QPR team that reached the last eight of the FA Cup in 1974 and were League runners - up to Liverpool in 1976 . Many observers consider that side , managed by Dave Sexton , the finest team never to have won the League . His club career at QPR spanned 344 league appearances ( 406 in all competitions ) . He gained his only England cap during this period , against Portugal in 1974 . Parkes was sold to West Ham United in 1979 for 565,000 , a world record for a goalkeeper at the time . It is reported that Sexton , who by then was manager of Manchester United , put in six bids for the player but saw them all turned down . It was only the half million pound bid from West Ham United that QPR chairman Jim Gregory could not resist . Upon John Lyall 's signing of Parkes it was thought that he was a huge risk due to the severity of the condition of his knees but his signing was to pay off as Parkes was to remain first choice keeper for the next ten years . Despite this longevity , however , he only ever gained one piece of silverware , when West Ham beat Arsenal 1 -- 0 to win the 1980 FA Cup Final . Parkes appeared as himself in Thunderbolt and Smokey ! in the boys strip Eagle in 1982 , giving a coaching session to a schoolboy striker who was having to play in goal in a cup semi-final due to the regular keeper being injured . Although Parkes collected just one major trophy during his long playing career , his time at Upton Park saw him come close to picking up honours more than once later... - Dudley is a large town in the West Midlands of England, south-east of Wolverhampton and north-west of Birmingham. The town is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley and in 2011 had a population of 79,379. The Metropolitan Borough, which includes the towns of Stourbridge and Halesowen, had a population of 312,900. Dudley is sometimes called the capital of the Black Country. - Sedgley is an area in the north of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, in the West Midlands, England. What is the relationship between 'phil parkes ' and 'wolverhampton'?
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