William Parker School

[mona]

Quite some achievement to produce:
Gareth Barry BHA Villa and England
Michael Yardy Sussex and England
Dean Hammond BHA
Paul Watson BHA Fulham etc
Chris McPhee BHA and Torquay
Scott Ramsay BHA and Eastbourne Boro
Nick Phillips Sussex and Durham

Not bad for one school.

 

[The Auditor]

and Kevin Ball (Portsmouth/ Sunderland etc)

 

[Da Man Clay]

Not a bad effort at all.

 

[sussexfatboy]

Also pop svengali Simon Fuller and DJ John Digweed

 

[Wardy]

Also allegedly a child killing deputy headmaster.

 

[Albion Rob]

Quite some achievement to produce:
Gareth Barry BHA Villa and England
Michael Yardy Sussex and England
Dean Hammond BHA
Paul Watson BHA Fulham etc
Chris McPhee BHA and Torquay
Scott Ramsay BHA and Eastbourne Boro
Nick Phillips Sussex and Durham

Not bad for one school.

Point of order, Scott Ramsay went to Hillcrest with another former BHA player, Duncan MacArthur.

Cavendish in Eastbourne has had a few decent sportsmen, Joel Lynch and John Piercy spring to mind.

 

[binary]

Well the best of us went there, even if I did leave in 1984!

I think a few of them - Watson, McPhee and Hammond - also played for Spartan Youth FC so not a bad club for local talent.

If I'm not mistaken George Digweed, Olympic and World Clay Pigeon shooter went there as well.

 

[Was not Was]

Jake Chapman of the Chapman Brothers was there as well - same year as DJ John Digweed (Dinos the older Chapman might have gone there as well, but it was a grammar school before the late 70s).

(cue 'that's not art - anyone can do it' argument)

 

[Harold]

Re: Re: William Parker School

Point of order, Scott Ramsay went to Hillcrest with another former BHA player, Duncan MacArthur.

Cavendish in Eastbourne has had a few decent sportsmen, Joel Lynch and John Piercy spring to mind.

Stuart Myall came from there too.

 

[Skint Gull]

Well the best of us went there, even if I did leave in 1984!

I think a few of them - Watson, McPhee and Hammond - also played for Spartan Youth FC so not a bad club for local talent.

If I'm not mistaken George Digweed, Olympic and World Clay Pigeon shooter went there as well.

McPhee & Hammond both played for Spartan in the same team, used to play against them (and have to mark Dean) about 4 times a season and they were head and shoulders above the rest!

 

[Albion Rob]

McPhee & Hammond both played for Spartan in the same team, used to play against them (and have to mark Dean) about 4 times a season and they were head and shoulders above the rest!

Gareth Barry is also a Spartan old boy.

Do they still exist, not seen them mentioned playing any of the Eastbourne sides lately.

 

[Basil Fawlty]

Quite some achievement to produce:
Gareth Barry BHA Villa and England
Michael Yardy Sussex and England
Dean Hammond BHA
Paul Watson BHA Fulham etc
Chris McPhee BHA and Torquay
Scott Ramsay BHA and Eastbourne Boro
Nick Phillips Sussex and Durham

Not bad for one school.

Good effort, but I'm not sure how Dean Hammond ever got spotted by our scouts.

 

[Gazwag]

Re: Re: William Parker School

Good effort, but I'm not sure how Dean Hammond ever got spotted.

Puberty

 

[sussexfatboy]

Gareth Barry is also a Spartan old boy.

Do they still exist, not seen them mentioned playing any of the Eastbourne sides lately.

No they don't

 

[The Auditor]

If I'm not mistaken George Digweed, Olympic and World Clay Pigeon shooter went there as well.

Think George was a Priory Road boy...as was Dean White

 

[Moshe Gariani]

My mate is head of PE at William Parker... they are justly proud of their glittering alumni and the good work continues with one of their football teams winning the national championships at Stamford Bridge a couple of years ago...

William Parker provides a shining example of excellence within the state sector - the achievement of successive Labour governments in funding educational reform and development is not to be underestimated.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Re: Re: William Parker School

Good effort, but I'm not sure how Dean Hammond ever got spotted by our scouts.

Explain yourself, young man!

 

[Albion Rob]

No they don't

That's a shame, they always seemed to produce quite good sides.

God, I used to hate playing in Hastings - Bulverhythe with its falling down changing rooms or the rock face at the Ridge, quite a choice.

And don't get me started on when we played in Hollington.

 

[Basil Fawlty]

Re: Re: Re: William Parker School

Explain yourself, young man!

His shooting and finishing is dreadful to watch, his tackling and passing is in-consistent or even non-exisitant at times. He does alot of puffing and running around, doesn't show any skill on the ball.

Hammond is dreadful. IMO.

 

[Parson Henry]

Where is this school and who was Billy Parker?