John Murphy (footballer)

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Personal information
John Murphy
Full name	John Murphy
Date of birth	October 18, 1976 (1976-10-18) (age 31)
Place of birth	Whiston, Merseyside, England
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Chester City
Number	9
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995-1999 1999-2006 2006-2007 2007-	Chester City Blackpool Macclesfield Town Chester City	103 (20) 229 (83) 023 0(5) 039 0(9)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 10, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

John Murphy (born 18 October 1976) is an English professional footballer, currently playing for Chester City.

He is in his second spell with the club, 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.^[1]

He rejoined Chester on the June 29, 2007.^[2] 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.

[edit] Honours

Blackpool

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

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[edit] References

^ "Chelsea 6, Macclesfield 1", Times Online, 2007-01-07. Retrieved on 2007-12-31.
^ "John Murphy Next for Chester City", Liverpool Echo, 2007-06-29. Retrieved on 2007-12-31.

v • d • e Chester City F.C. – current squad

4 Dinning • 6 Butler • 7 Partridge • 9 Murphy • 11 Ellison • 12 Danby • 14 Hughes • 17 Wilson • 18 Vaughan • 19 Linwood • 20 Holroyd • 21 Rutherford • 22 Vaughan • 24 Carroll • 25 Roberts • 26 Newton • 27 Kelly • 32 McManus • 33 Rule • 34 Gregory • 36 Mitchell • 37 Feliciello • Manager: Davies