Tony Parry

**TONY PARRY**

**HULL CITY**

Tony Parry was a iconic figure in the Premier League during the 2080's and 2090's. He was a striker who started his career at Hull City in 2078. He started his career in the Championship and quickly impressed all onlookers scoring 49 goals for his boyhood club. He made a great impact at Hull winning the second division on two occasions 2082 and 2084.

**CARDIFF**

In 2086 Parry departed his boyhood club in search of a more sustained chance in the Premier League. He joined Cardiff City for 29.5 Million pounds. Tony would go on to become an iconic player for Cardiff in only a short three year spell in Wales. He made 65 appearances and scored 27 league goals. Each of the three years Parry helped Cardiff survive by narrow margins, In 2087 Parry made his greatest contribution to Cardiff, by winning them the Carabao Cup.

2087 Carabao Cup Final

The 2087 Carabao Cup Final was contested by Cardiff and Arsenal. Arsenal were the heavy favourites and had such names as Celso and Diego Sanchez on their list. Cardiff pulled off one of the great Cup final upsets by beating the London side 1-0 courtesy of a header by centreback Henning Ulvestad. Vice captain Terry Nagi delivered the assist from a corner. Tony Parry didn't have his greatest game that day but was a huge part in the teams success. This Cardiff team hosted a lot of younger players that would go on to have very successful careers such as Terry Nagi, Aron Slatter, Simon Norton, Henning Ulvestad, Gabriel Nwafor and of course Tony Parry himself.

**ARSENAL**

After a successful three year period at Cardiff Tony Parry left Wales in search of an illusive Premier League title. He decided to join Arsenal, the very team he had defeated to win his first cup final. Parry joined the gunners for 17.75 million pounds in 2089. At Arsenal Parry quickly became a cult figure and a very important member of a mildly successful gunner side. He played there from 2089-2095 and scored 47 Premier League goals for the club. He also guided Arsenal to a historic Europa League victory in 2092 against West Ham United.

2092 Europa League Final

The 2092 Europa League final was contested between Arsenal and West Ham United. These two teams both were preforming as well as their sides had in many years. Both had great coaches Arsenal with Connor Slade and West Ham with the legendary World Cup winner Sven Cuntz. The Arsenal side hosted names such as Tony Parry, Conor Kenny and Bruno Faqoli, . West Ham had Luke Walton, Jonathan Flynn, Celso and Ian Lowndes. Arsenal were in the end victorious with Tony Parry assisting Conor Kenny for the winning goal. Tony Parry was named man of the match.

**LIVERPOOL**

In 2095 Tony Parry joined Liverpool for 11 million pounds. This would be his last chance at claiming the elusive Premier League title he always dreamed of. At 32 Parry wasn't expected to make much of an impact, he was mostly expected to play backup to Oliver Holden and Lewis Nolan. In the end Parry showed his quality and made a big impact in this 4 years at the club scoring 27 league goals. In 2097 he won a second Carabao Cup playing in a 5-1 victory over former club Arsenal. A year later he won the FA Cup for the very first time, he was an unused substitute in a famous 3-2 Victory for Liverpool over Merseyside rivals Everton. Parry finally achieved his ultimate goal in his final season as a professional footballer, he won the Premier League with Liverpool at the ripe age of 35. He arguably had his best season for the reds that year scoring 8 goals, including the title sealer away at Newcastle on the second last day of the season. It was a fitting end to the career of an unquestionable Premier League legend, suitably Tony Parry was voted into the Premier League Hall of Fame.

Tony Parry never played for England but his contribution to English football will not be forgotten.