Without a win in nine league games and under new management, the club are second from bottom of the Southern League Premier Division and already five points adrift of safety.
In the FA Cup, however, it is a different story. Wins against Baffins Milton Rovers (4-1) and Westbury United (4-3) set Parkway up for last weekend's trip to Sittingbourne, where a comfortable 3-0 win not only saw Chris McPhee's side reach the fourth qualifying round, but create history as well. Never before have Parkway, established in 1988, reached this stage of the competition.
Now, only National South side Worthing stand between them and a place in the first round proper where clubs from Leagues One and Two enter and every non-league club strives to be. But while this FA Cup run is a novelty, big occasions are not uncommon at Bolitho Park.
Prior to their elevation to the Southern League, the club enjoyed some epic runs in the FA Vase. As good as they were, though, Parkway fans couldn't always enjoy them as much as they should have, with so many of those memorable occasions a long way away from Bolitho Park.
"All the big games we have had before seem to have fallen away, especially in my time anyway," said chairman Mark Russell. "You think of Barnet (in the Trophy, played in midweek) and that was away and then Spennymoor and Hebburn (both in the Vase and against clubs based in County Durham), so it is nice to have a good home draw that hopefully we can get a good crowd for as well." However, while the magical mystery tour of a Cup run brings welcome respite from the bread and butter for Parkway, their league form is something of great frustration.
No wins in nine games doesn't tell the whole story, though, with the general consensus that performances have not yielded the results that the team has deserved.
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