Joe Murphy (footballer)

Football player infobox
playername = Joe Murphy


fullname = Joe Murphy
height = height|ft=6|in=2
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1981|8|21
cityofbirth = Dublin
countryofbirth = Ireland
currentclub = Scunthorpe United
clubnumber = 1
position = Goalkeeper
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1998–2002
2002–2005
2004–2005
2005–2006
2005–2006
2006–
clubs = Tranmere Rovers
West Bromwich Albion
→ Walsall (loan)
Sunderland
→ Walsall (loan)
Scunthorpe United
caps(goals) = 63 (0)
06 (0)
25 (0)
00 (0)
14 (0)
81 (0)
nationalyears = 2003
nationalteam = Republic of Ireland
nationalcaps(goals) = 01 (0)
pcupdate = 19:32, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate = 14:34, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Joe Murphy (born 21 August 1981) is an Irish football goalkeeper for Scunthorpe United.

Football career

Murphy began his career at Tranmere Rovers, playing as their goalkeeper in the 2–1 defeat to Leicester City in the Worthington Cup Final at the old Wembley Stadium in 2000, before joining West Bromwich Albion in July 2002. [cite news
date=2002-07-13
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/west_bromwich_albion/2126459.stm
title=West Brom land Murphy
publisher=BBC Sport
accessdate=2007-06-05] His first action as an Albion player was to save a Michael Owen penalty at Anfield, having come on as a substitute following the dismissal of Russell Hoult. Murphy spent the majority of the 2004–05 season on loan at Walsall. In August 2005 he moved from Albion to Sunderland, but was again loaned to Walsall during 2005–06. [cite news
date=2005-10-21
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/walsall/4363996.stm
title=Murphy returns to Walsall on loan
publisher=BBC Sport
accessdate=2007-06-05] In May 2006 Murphy signed for Scunthorpe after being released by Sunderland. [cite news
date=2006-05-13
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/scunthorpe_utd/4768635.stm
title=Scunthorpe sign up keeper Murphy
publisher=BBC Sport
accessdate=2007-06-05]

He had an excellent 2006–07 season, and was an integral part of the team that led Scunthorpe to the League One trophy. He was in the League One team of the season, and also won the golden glove (award for most clean sheets). He was also named League One player of the month for February 2007. [cite news
date=2007-03-04
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/scunthorpe_utd/6416999.stm
title=Murphy is handed League One prize
publisher=BBC Sport
accessdate=2007-06-05] On top of this, he hit the crossbar during Soccer AM's crossbar challenge. His clean sheet in Scunthorpe's 2–0 home victory over Burnley on 30 September, 2007 earned him a place in the Championship Team of the Week. [cite web
url=http://www.football-league.premiumtv.co.uk/staticFiles/42/77/0,,10794~96066,00.pdf
title=Coca-Cola Championship Team Of The Week (20/08/2007)
publisher=The Football League
format=pdf
date=2007-08-20
accessdate=2007-10-09] He made the Team of the Week once more following his side's 1–0 victory over Charlton Athletic in February. [cite web
url=http://www.football-league.premiumtv.co.uk/staticFiles/7b/d4/0,,10794~119931,00.pdf
title=Coca-Cola Championship Team Of The Week (04/02/2008)
publisher=The Football League
format=pdf
date=2008-02-04
accessdate=2008-02-22]

Joe is a former member of the Republic of Ireland national under-21 football team.

References

External links

* [http://www.scunthorpe-united.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10442~8608,00.html Profile] at Scunthorpe United F.C. official site
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