Town have added former Notts County manager Ian McParland to their coaching staff. McParland left the Magpies last month after two years as boss.

Boss Roy Keane has been looking to add another coach to his staff for some while with Peter Taylor recently coming close to being offered a position.

Keane says McParland, known as Charlie, initially came to his attention on a coaching course: “I met Charlie first when I was on my Pro Licence and he’s a good man, which is important. He’s got his qualifications like a lot of coaches and I was keen on bringing a new face and new voice into the training ground.

“He’s somebody I believe I can trust and he’ll be working with the first team, very much hands on, and will be involved for the weekend.”

Former striker McParland, 48, played for Notts County, Hull City, Walsall, Dunfermline, Lincoln, Northampton, Chinese clubs Instant-Dict and Eastern AA, and Hamilton and Berwick in his native Scotland.

Prior to his spell as boss at Notts County, he was a coach at Keane's former club Nottingham Forest for 10 years.

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LeadbitterIsBeast added 10:33 - Nov 27 Ooo, not bad keano!
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Bluearmy added 10:33 - Nov 27 Intersting appointment this hope it works out
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BlueBagel added 10:40 - Nov 27 This is really good news
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Franzgumm added 10:45 - Nov 27 Excellent, excellent signing. Very impressed with this.
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dobbie73 added 10:46 - Nov 27 Sounds like a decent appointment! Nice one.
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StavangerBlue added 10:52 - Nov 27 Nice!
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tazdac added 11:00 - Nov 27 Good to have a coach who is a striker we need more coaching in this area, and with stern john's experiance hopefully we can push on up the table!!!
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Gipeswic added 11:05 - Nov 27 Possible headline soon - Caretaker Manager Ian McParland ...............
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SeriouslyDelusional added 11:06 - Nov 27 Like the sound of this, especially as he's an ex-striker (although not at the higest level).
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Franzgumm added 11:10 - Nov 27 Also, very well travelled with a good knowledge of the Scottish and lower leagues, I would reckon. The issue with Keane only signing players he knows or recommended by those he trusts will be eased by this, as McParland will have a lot of knowledge of other players. He came out of the whole Notts County farce very well too, with a lot of credit. He seems to be a widely respected and admired fella. For me, this looks like the most significant signing since Keane joined.

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pullyblue added 11:11 - Nov 27 please don't let sven follow
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lukeym18 added 11:11 - Nov 27 good appointment, yes he's managed at league 2 but he could have new ideas & im sure he'll work well with the coaching team already. good sigining.
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depressed added 11:21 - Nov 27 Felt he was dissmissed unfairly at Notts..Pleased with his addition to the coaching staff.
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BoxerBlue added 11:24 - Nov 27 Welcome aboard Ian
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byebyesheepshanks added 11:37 - Nov 27 Call me cynical but I hope he's got a nice exit clause in his contract!
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Redmond added 11:39 - Nov 27 Looks like keane had his head screwed on with this signing :) goood one keane
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SouperJim added 11:41 - Nov 27 So a new striker on loan, offered a deal to a young winger, added a first team coach. An encouraging week at Ipswich Town and I don't care how loud the usual morons shout.
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Plums added 11:52 - Nov 27 Excellent appointment, well respected and apparently very much a player's man. All in all, as SouperJim says above, an interesting and far from quiet week.
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Surco72 added 11:55 - Nov 27 Good addition Roy well done . Does anyone else think Roy has some massive trust issues in his comments? He has obviously been let down badly in the past ,Sunderlnd job ?
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Dale added 12:04 - Nov 27 Eastern AA? A team of chinese alcoholics?
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dobbie73 added 12:07 - Nov 27 @Dale - lol!
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BlueBagel added 12:14 - Nov 27 Completely agree SouperJim
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ITFC1985 added 12:35 - Nov 27 this is a good appointment, i think we've needed someone in with abit of experience, hopefully this will kick start our season!!
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Wozza added 13:07 - Nov 27 This can only be a good thing surely, lets hope lasts longer than Taylor.
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raycrawfordswig added 13:22 - Nov 27 season starts Sunday?
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