Raymond Parlour (born 7 March 1973) is an English former professional footballer and sports radio pundit for BBC Radio 5 Live and Talksport.
He was a midfielder from 1992 to 2007, and spent his career playing for Arsenal, Middlesbrough and Hull City. He totalled 466 games and 32 goals for Arsenal, winning honours including three Premier League titles, four FA Cup and the 1994 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. He played ten games for England in 1999 and 2000.
While at Arsenal he was nicknamed "The Romford Pelé", an ironic sobriquet reflecting his combination of solid performance with a humorous, self-deprecating, down to earth personality and an image wholly lacking in glamour. He has been described as an "unsung hero" and praised as a "fans' favourite" for his high work rate and commitment.[3] After retiring, Parlour became a pundit on television and radio. In 2012, he briefly came out of retirement to play for Wembley in the club's FA Cup fixtures.
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Raymond Parlour (born 7 March 1973) is an English former professional footballer and sports radio pundit for BBC Radio 5 Live and Talksport. He was a...
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score at 0–0. After Ruud van Nistelrooy's penalty hit the bar, Keown and RayParlour confronted van Nistelrooy, and Keown hit him on the back of the head...
Marc Overmars scored the opener inside 68 seconds, and his teammate RayParlour added a second to give Arsenal a commanding lead going into the interval...
and Graham Beecroft with punditry from Alvin Martin, Stan Collymore, RayParlour, Bobby Gould, Tony Cascarino, Lawrie Sanchez, and Micky Quinn September...
2013, there has been a variety of co-presenters including Matt Holland, RayParlour, David Ginola, Dominic Cork, Neil Warnock and Brian Moore. Brazil missed...
in goal for Arsenal more times than anyone else, and is second after RayParlour in the all-time Premier League appearances chart for Arsenal, with 325...
off and running away from them with ease." Former Arsenal midfielder RayParlour said that Ramsey could "become as influential as Steven Gerrard". In...
potential eligibility to play for the Scotland national team with pundits Ray Wilkins and Graeme Souness, Keys referred to Johnson as a "choco jocko"....
when they get lazy", as well as offering opinions from RayParlour, Alvin Martin, Jason Cundy, Ray Houghton and Micky Quinn from talkSPORT. In January 2013...
play in the club's FA Cup games alongside fellow former professionals RayParlour, Martin Keown, Claudio Caniggia, Brian McBride and Graeme Le Saux. Ehiogu...
tour to Singapore due to being involved in a drinking session. In 1995, RayParlour was arrested for assault for throwing prawn crackers at a taxi before...
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