Glenn Murray

Football player infobox
playername = Glenn Murray


fullname = Glenn Murray
height = height|ft=6
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1983|9|25
cityofbirth = Maryport
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Brighton
clubnumber = 17
position = Striker
youthyears = –2002
youthclubs = Workington Reds
years = 2002-2004
2004
2004
2004–2007
2006
2006–2007
2007
2008–

clubs = Workington Reds
Wilmington Hammerheads
Barrow
Carlisle United
→ Stockport County (loan)
→ Rochdale (loan)
Rochdale
Brighton & Hove Albion
caps(goals) = 57 (36)
14 0(3)
09 0(9)
46 0(5)
11 0(3)
12 0(4)
42 (21)
290(14)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 17th September 2008
ntupdate =

Glenn Murray (born 25 September 1983 in Maryport) is an English football player who plays as a striker for League One side Brighton.

Biography

A player who played for non league side Workington Reds before joining American side Wilmington Hammerheads. After his time in America he joined Barrow where he scored 9 goals in 9 games before joining the then Conference side Carlisle United and was part of the Conference play off winning team and League Two winning side.

Murray joined Stockport on loan for 2 months and he returned to Carlisle after this loan deal, following team-mate Karl Hawley's rib injury. Rochdale manager Steve Parkin then signed Murray on loan until January 2007. Murray then signed for Rochdale on a contract until 2009, for an undisclosed fee.

Murray had been linked with a transfer to League One team Brighton & Hove Albion through-out the January transfer-window, and finally completed his move to the Withdean on the 25 January 2008 for a reported £300,000. [cite news|url=http://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/argusgeneralsportsnews/display.var.1995123.0.albion_complete_murray_signing.php|title=Albion complete Murray transfer|date=25 January 2008|publisher=Brighton Evening Argus]

Murray made his Brighton debut coming on as a substitute during the 1-0 defeat at Northampton. Glenn then started Albion's next match, at home to Crewe and scored two goals on his home debut in the 3-0 victory. [cite news|url=http://www.seagulls.premiumtv.co.uk/page/MatchReport/0,,10433~1231458,00.html|title=Brighton 3-0 Crewe, Murray scores two|date=2 February 2008|publisher=Seagulls.co.uk]

Murray scored 9 goals in the 2007-8 season, but struggled to win over a section of Brighton's notoriously fickle fan base, who seemed to expect more from the club's biggest signing in 25 years. After a slow start to the 2008-9 season, in which he was sent off in a 4-0 victory against Barnet, Murray came to the fore with a sterling performance against the world's richest club, Manchester City and scored an equaliser late in the game and then took one of the penalties that knocked City out of the League Cup. Murray continued his renaissance with five more goals in the next two matches, including his first hat-trick, against Cheltenham Town. He still, in the eyes of some of the more short sighted and ignorant fans, lacks what it takes to be an asset for the club, despite 35 goals in his last 71 games.

References

External links

* [http://www.seagulls.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10433~32552,00.html Glenn Murray player profile] at seagulls.co.uk
* [http://www.rochdaleafc.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10441~32552,00.html Glenn Murray player profile] at rochdaleafc.co.uk
* [http://www.carlisleunited.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10361~32552,00.html Glenn Murray player profile] at carlisleunited.co.uk
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