John Murphy (footballer)

Football player infobox
playername= John Murphy


fullname = John Murphy
nickname = Big Murph
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1976|10|18
cityofbirth = Whiston, Merseyside
countryofbirth = England
height = height|ft=6|in=1
currentclub = St Patrick's Ath
position = Striker
clubnumber =
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1995-1999
1999-2006
2006-2007
2007-2008
2008-
clubs = Chester City
Blackpool
Macclesfield Town
Chester City
St Patrick's Ath
caps(goals) = 103 (20)
229 (83)
023 0(5)
039 0(9)
000 0(0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = May 10, 2008

John Murphy (born 18 October 1976) is an English professional footballer, currently playing for St Patrick's Athletic F.C..

He had two spells with Chester City, having left first time round to join Blackpool in 1999. He came through the youth ranks with Chester and made his first-team debut in 1994-95. He remained with the club until the eve of the 1999-2000 season, when he moved up to Division Two by joining Blackpool, where he enjoyed a long and successful seven-year stint that included three victories at the Millennium Stadium.

Murphy rejoined Chester from Cheshire neighbours Macclesfield Town, whom he joined from Blackpool in January 2007 after making a loan move permanent. On January 6, 2007, during his loan spell, Murphy scored Macclesfield's goal in their 6-1 FA Cup Third Round defeat against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge to briefly bring the tie level. [Cite news
title= Chelsea 6, Macclesfield 1
url= http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2093-2534716,00.html
publisher= Times Online
date= 2007-01-07
accessdate= 2007-12-31]

He rejoined Chester on the June 29 2007. [Cite news
title= John Murphy Next for Chester City
url= http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/chester-city/2007/06/29/john-murphy-next-for-chester-city-100252-19379161/
publisher= Liverpool Echo
date= 2007-06-29
accessdate= 2007-12-31] His first league game back at the club saw Murphy feature in the starting line-up in the goalless draw with Chesterfield on August 11 2007, with his first two goals back at the club coming in a 4-0 demolition of Dagenham & Redbridge a fortnight later. Almost inevitably, he scored on his return to Macclesfield in a 2-1 win for Chester on September 29 2007.

Murphy signed for St Patrick's Ath on the 31st of July 2007 for an undisclosed fee.

Honours

Blackpool
*Division Three play-off final winner: 2000/1
*Football League Trophy winner: 2001/2, 2003/4

External links

* [http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=5706 Profile at soccerbase.com]
* [http://www.chestercityfc.net/Player?playerId=1111476 Chester City Official Website Profile]

References