Parker Pens Loan

TIVERTON have added more attacking power from Gloucester City in the shape forward Joe Parker.

The 28-year-old comes to the Ian Moorcroft Stadium on loan from the Tigers, where he has been a regular scorer and provider for more than a decade.

Joe has been with his home town Gloucester for 12 years, operating as a central or wide forward, scoring more than 80 goals in 200-plus appearances.

A product of Hartpury College, Parker made his Tigers debut as a teenager in Conference North club in 2012. Following a 19-minute hat-trick for Gloucester in an FA Cup third qualifying match against Yate Town, he joined Newport County in 2013 and was loaned back to City for the remainder of the 2012–13 season.

He had a further two loan spells with Gloucester in 2014 and made his EFL debut for Newport in January 2015. He was released by Newport in May that year and returned to Gloucester.

After a loan spell at Cinderford, he spent two seasons at Leamington prior to signing for Chippenham Town in 2022, ending last season as the Bluebirds' top scorer with eight goals in 26 games from the wing before re-joining Gloucester.