fullname years clubs caps goals birth_place height totalcaps position birth_date totalgoals article_title name
richard parsons 1988 1992 -- 1993 1993 -- 1994 1994 -- 1995 1995 -- -- 1999 1999 -- 2000 2000 -- 2001 2000 -- 1991 2001 2001 -- 2002 1991 -- 1992 1992 -- 1993 bray town finn harps bray wanderers longford town athlone town home wanderers farm bray wanderers athlone town longford town monaghan united longford 42 26 1 24 19 3 25 21 100 34 4 9 7 0 2 15 0 11 7 36 13 0 dublin , republic of ireland 1.76 299 forward -lrb- retired -rrb- 05 may 1970 100 richie parsons
 richie parsons
richie parsons

richie parsons was an irish football player during the 1990s and 2000s and is one of only 42 players to score 100 league goals .
he made a scoring debut for bray against shamrock rovers in the leinster senior cup -lrb- association football -rrb- on 24 august 1988 his first of 100 league goals came on the opening day of the 1989-90 league of ireland season at monaghan .
parsons made 2 substitute appearances against trabzonspor in the 1990 -- 91 european cup winners ' cup .
on 20 march 1994 parsons scored 4 for longford town against st james 's gate f.c. .
the 1995-96 league of ireland season was a rewarding one for parsons and bray .
on the opening night wanderers hammered monaghan united 5 -- 1 at gortakeegan with parsons scoring the very first league hat trick for a bray wanderers player .
he scored a total of 55 goals in his 3 spells at the carlisle grounds .
