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Friday, September 26, 2008, 08:00
Notts County are still without a win in League Two this season after seven games.
And McParland, who was signed by Jimmy Sirrel from Ormiston Primrose in 1980, believes victory against the Shots would be a fitting tribute to the club's most successful manager who died yesterday at the age of 86.
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He has revealed he will tell his players all about the famous feats Sirrel achieved as Magpies' boss, taking the club from Division Four to the top-flight, in his pre-match team-talk to try to inspire them.
He said: "It will be a sad day but I would like to think we could get a win for Jimmy. We are overdue a win.
"Most of the lads in the dressing-room don't know him, apart from Johnno (Michael Johnson) who was coming up through the club when Jimmy was gaffer.
"I will have a few words with them and tell them all about what Jimmy was about. I would like to think they will win for him and the fans."
The club have now decided to hold a minute's applause to remember Sirrel before kick-off, rather than a minute's silence.
And many of the Magpies' legends – Don Masson, David Needham, Brian Stubbs, Dean Yates and Iain McCulloch – will be attending the game in honour of him.
McParland has paid his own tribute to his former manager.
"I cannot talk highly enough about Jimmy Sirrel," he said. "He brought me to this club as a 19-year-old, which was a long, long time ago, and gave me a chance to play professional football.
"He was great for me."
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