Joe Murphy (footballer, born 1981)

Joe Murphy

Personal information
Full name	Joseph Murphy[1]
Date of birth	21 August 1981[1]
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[1]
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Huddersfield Town
Number	25
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2002	Tranmere Rovers	63	(0)
2002–2005	West Bromwich Albion	6	(0)
2004–2005	→ Walsall (loan)	25	(0)
2005–2006	Sunderland	0	(0)
2005–2006	→ Walsall (loan)	14	(0)
2006–2011	Scunthorpe United	201	(0)
2011–2014	Coventry City	137	(0)
2014–	Huddersfield Town	9	(0)
2015	→ Chesterfield (loan)	0	(0)
National team^‡
?	Republic of Ireland U21	?	(?)
2003–2010	Republic of Ireland	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:02, 29 December 2015 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 00:23, 22 November 2014 (UTC)

Joseph "Joe" Murphy (born 21 August 1981) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Championship club Huddersfield Town.

Club career

Early career

Born in Dublin, County Dublin,^[1] Murphy began his career at Tranmere Rovers, where he played in the 2000 Football League Cup Final, before joining West Bromwich Albion in July 2002.^[2] With his first touches in a Premier League game, Murphy saved a Michael Owen penalty following the sending off of Russell Hoult.^[3] He spent the majority of the 2004–05 season on loan at Walsall. In August 2005, he moved from West Brom to Sunderland, but was again loaned to Walsall during 2005–06.^[4]

Scunthorpe United

Murphy signed for Scunthorpe United in May 2006 after being released by Sunderland.^[5] 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.^[6] 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.^[7] He made the Team of the Week once more following his side's 1–0 victory over Charlton Athletic in February.^[8]

Murphy enjoyed a good set of performances during the 2008/2009 season. He put in a number of stunning performances but never caught the eye of Republic of Ireland manager Giovanni Trappatonni due to playing in the third tier. Murphy's performance in the League One play-off semi-final helped the team proceed to the final due to him keeping a clean sheet in 120 minutes and saving three penalties in the following shootout. Despite this performance Murphy did not perform his best during the final, with Millwall's second goal a header from Gary Alexander that he should have comfortably saved: although he could do nothing about Millwall's absolutely stunning strike for their first. Also, Millwall keeper David Forde suffered a similar fate to Murphy's in the second half – leaving some observers to blame the pitch. Murphy's contract was to end at the end of the 2008/2009 season and there was much speculation as to where his future lay; many reports suggested that he would be moving to a much bigger club to gain international football for Ireland. This speculation was ended when he signed a one-year contract extension with the Iron, extendable to 2011 if the Iron remained in the Championship. He told local newspapers that he signed the new deal because "He owed the club for all it has done for him."

He was selected as a member of the League One team of the year for the 2008/2009 football team

Murphy was one of seven players to be released by Scunthorpe in May 2011. Albeit, alongside David Mirfin – he was not offered a contract owing to cost-cutting measures following the Iron's relegation, and once bigger clubs' interest had become obvious.^[9]

Coventry City

On 30 June 2011, Murphy joined Championship club Coventry City on a three-year deal.^[10]

Huddersfield Town

Murphy signed for Championship side Huddersfield Town on a two-year contract, with the option of a further year in the club's favour, on 17 June 2014. Although he admits he will start as 2nd choice, he aims to challenge Alex Smithies for the goalkeeper spot.^[11] After making his début in the Capital One Cup first round match against Chesterfield in August, he would make his league début against Sheffield Wednesday on 22 November 2014.

Chesterfield loan

On 9 May 2015, Murphy was sent on a week-long emergency loan to Chesterfield for their play-off campaign, following an injury to Tommy Lee.^[12] Unfortunately, he couldn't help the Spireites get to Wembley, as they lost in the two-legged semi-final to Preston North End.

International career

Murphy is a former member of the Republic of Ireland national under-21 team and has been capped twice at senior level for the Republic.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 3 May 2014.

Club statistics

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Tranmere Rovers	1998–99[13]	First Division	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	1999–2000[14]	First Division	21	0	2	0	4	0	—		27	0
	2000–01[15]	First Division	20	0	0	0	1	0	—		21	0
	2001–02[16]	Second Division	22	0	1	0	3	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	27	0
	Total		63	0	3	0	8	0	1	0	75	0
West Bromwich Albion	2002–03[17]	Premier League	2	0	0	0	1	0	—		3	0
	2003–04[18]	First Division	4	0	0	0	0	0	—		4	0
	2004–05[19]	First Division	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	Total		6	0	0	0	1	0	—		7	0
Walsall (loan)	2004–05[20]	League One	25	0	0	0	0	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	27	0
Sunderland	2005–06[21]	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
Walsall (loan)	2005–06[22]	League One	14	0	0	0	0	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	16	0
Scunthorpe United	2006–07[23]	League One	45	0	3	0	2	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	52	0
	2007–08[24]	Championship	45	0	1	0	0	0	—		46	0
	2008–09[25]	League One	42	0	3	0	0	0	8[lower-alpha 2]	0	53	0
	2009–10[26]	Championship	40	0	1	0	3	0	—		44	0
	2010–11[27]	Championship	29	0	1	0	2	0	—		32	0
	Total		201	0	9	0	7	0	10	0	227	0
Coventry City	2011–12[28]	Championship	46	0	0	0	1	0	—		47	0
	2012–13[29]	League One	45	0	2	0	3	0	6[lower-alpha 1]	0	56	0
	2013–14[30]	League One	46	0	5	0	1	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	53	0
	Total		137	0	7	0	5	0	7	0	156	0
Career total			446	0	19	0	21	0	22	0	508	0

1. Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
2. Five appearances in Football League Trophy, three in League One play-offs

International

As of match played 28 May 2010.^[31]

International statistics

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Republic of Ireland	2003	1	0
	2010	1	0
Total		2	0

Honours

Tranmere Rovers F.C.

• Football League Cup: Finalist 1999-2000

Scunthorpe United

• Football League One: 2006–07
• Football League One play-offs: 2008–09

International

• UEFA U-17 Championship: 1998

Individual

• League One PFA Team of The Year: 2006–07, 2008–09
• FAI Under-21 Footballer of The Year: 2002

References

1. Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Mainstream Publishing. p. 301. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
2. "West Brom land Murphy". BBC Sport. 13 July 2002. Retrieved 5 June 2007.
3. "Baros ends Liverpool frustration". BBC. 21 September 2002. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
4. "Murphy returns to Walsall on loan". BBC Sport. 21 October 2005. Retrieved 5 June 2007.
5. "Scunthorpe sign up keeper Murphy". BBC Sport. 13 May 2006. Retrieved 5 June 2007.
6. "Murphy is handed League One prize". BBC Sport. 4 March 2007. Retrieved 5 June 2007.
7. "Coca-Cola Championship Team of the Week (20/08/2007)" (PDF). The Football League. 20 August 2007. Retrieved 9 October 2007.
8. "Coca-Cola Championship Team of the Week (04/02/2008)" (PDF). The Football League. 4 February 2008. Retrieved 22 February 2008.
9. "Murphy and Mirfin exit Scunthorpe". BBC Sport. 20 May 2011.
10. "Coventry City sign sign Chris Dunn and Joe Murphy". BBC Sport. 30 June 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
11. Thomson, Doug (17 June 2014). "Huddersfield Town sign Joe Murphy from Coventry City". Huddersfield Examiner. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
12. http://www.chesterfield-fc.co.uk/news/article/experienced-keeper-signed-on-loan-2449175.aspx
13. "1998/99". Soccerbase. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
14. "Games played by Joe Murphy in 1999/2000". Soccerbase. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
15. "Games played by Joe Murphy in 2000/2001". Soccerbase. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
16. "Games played by Joe Murphy in 2001/2002". Soccerbase. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
17. "Games played by Joe Murphy in 2002/2003". Soccerbase. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
18. "Games played by Joe Murphy in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
19. "2004/05". Soccerbase. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
20. "Games played by Joe Murphy in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
21. "2005/06". Soccerbase. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
22. "Games played by Joe Murphy in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
23. "Games played by Joe Murphy in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
24. "Games played by Joe Murphy in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
25. "Games played by Joe Murphy in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
26. "Games played by Joe Murphy in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
27. "Games played by Joe Murphy in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
28. "Games played by Joe Murphy in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
29. "Games played by Joe Murphy in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
30. "Games played by Joe Murphy in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
31. "Joe Murphy". National Football Teams. Retrieved 12 June 2014.

External links

• Joe Murphy career statistics at Soccerbase