Philip Benjamin Neil Frederick Parkes (born 8 August 1950, Sedgley, Staffordshire, England) is a former football goalkeeper.

Beginning his football career at Walsall, turning professional in 1968, he made over 50 appearances in the Black Country before moving to London, signing for Queens Park Rangers for £15,000 in June 1970.

Despite this long spell, most of which was spent in the First Division, he only ever gained one piece of silverware, when West Ham beat Arsenal 1–0 to win the 1980 FA Cup final.

in the boys' comic Eagle in 1982, giving a coaching session to a schoolboy striker who was having to play in goal in a cup semi-final due to the regular keeper being injured.

[4] In 1990, just before his 40th birthday, he left the Hammers on a free transfer after 11 years and was signed by John Lyall, who had just returned to management at Ipswich Town, to complete his playing career in Suffolk.

West Ham United Individual In 2014, Parkes received treatment for Dukes stage A bowel cancer.